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When SNAKES ON A PLANE came out we hired a local "rattlesnake juggler" to come put on a show before the movie. As they were pulling the snakes out of their burlap sack, the juggler's assistant was almost immediately bit. Pulling his hand back in shock he dropped the rattler which quickly slithered out into the crowd. As everyone screamed and jumped up on their seats the bitten guy whipped out a giant knife and slashed his hand open to drain out the venom, spraying blood everywhere. Actually I guess that was great. No regrets. - TS

ok...i don't get to tell this story very often, so here goes. Several years ago we had a guy in a screening at our Lamar location. One of our programmers (Lars) happened to be in the screening and when this 'guest' started making some chatter during the feature, he was warned right away. The warning did not do the trick and so as the manager in the building at the time, Lars came to grab me.

Having done more than a few 'kick outs' I was pretty comfortable. So, I went in and asked the guest to step out in the lobby to talk to me. His response was a rather loud "F@@k you!."

Great...I'm thinking. This didn't go as planned.

So I collect myself and go back in and tell the guest if he does not come outside to chat with me, I have to call the cops. The guy responds with "F@@k you, call the cops!"

hmmm....guess he called my bluff, I'm thinking.

Well, as it turns out we had an advance promo screening and often the studios send in security to watch for piracy. Turns out the security team all had day jobs as prison guards.

So this time I walk back in with three suited security guards and the guy decides to step outside with me, but he spends the better part of the next several minutes berating us, before eventually being 'escorted' outside.

He eventually realized that if he stayed on site, he was going to end up going to jail.

Fortunately, that's pretty rare , but I'd say that guy wins the award you're looking for! (MS)

I think it is still ART OF KILLING A CAT about 10 years ago. It was a doc about a guy who killed a cat and was going to eat it as a student art project. His last art film he killed a rooster and ate it. I was fascinated by the film and thought it brought up interesting debate between art and crime. Apparently lots of people like cats and didn't really care about the debate/context nor that this was a doc. We also did a show called Epilepsy Night with all the clips that have ever caused mass epileptic seizures in theaters and TV - including Mary Hart and the Japanese Pokemon episode. We got scared and rented an ambulance to be out front just in case. No seizures, but it was probably a dumb idea (that nobody really came to). - TL

It is off the menu, however we will always make it for you! We have those items in house and never say no if we have the things to make an item. JD

The time I went to see something in IMAX at an AMC theater in town and it was just a regular theater with a mildly larger screen was probably the screening I regretted going to most... - HM