A controversial movie pulled by Sony will now be shown in limited release across the country, including here in San Diego.
The Digital Gym on El Cajon Boulevard will be showing “The Interview” for two weeks starting Christmas Day. The small Norh Park theater is one of 300 venues nationwide that will screen the once prohibited film.
The Digital Gym joined a group of independent movie houses called the Arthouse Convergence, petitioning Sony to release the film after the company said it wouldn't. But on Tuesday, Sony agreed to the limited release.
Show times will be posted on the Digital Gym’s website. The theater says the two-week runtime could change depending on demand.
Tickets went on sale at 5 p.m. Tuesday and have been selling fast. In the first two hours, the Digital Gym received 300 phone calls and sold more than 100 tickets, according to a spokesman.
The 40-seat theater is the only place in San Diego movie-goers can see what many are calling a cult classic, even before its release.
Drew Smith was one of the first in line to buy tickets.
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"I'm not upset if it's going to be bad," Smith said. "I am just doing it right now as an American, just to show that I am not scared about what is going on around the world."
The film opens at noon Christmas Day, and there will be four shows daily. Tickets are $11, the usual price for movies at the Digital Gym.
Sony announced last week it had called off the release of the North Korea satire, which depicts the assassination of dictator Kim Jong Un, following hacker threats of violence against theaters that show the film. The movie stars James Franco and Seth Rogen.
The FBI has said the attacks on Sony came from North Korea.
