Okay, that needs to be the pre-movie phone commercial from now on.
People demanded refunds after discovering "The Artist" is a silent film.
The original story indicates that there were only a "small number" of refunds given out. I’m curious as to how many this is, and whether it would really be representative of the demographic that goes to see such films. Either way, I guess we Americans can take some consolation that we’re not the only culturally illiterate people when it comes to film.
Peter David remarked that theaters whose patrons demands refunds for this reason should give them a complimentary DVD of Clueless. 
I pity those people who demanded refunds. They’ll never experience the laughter of seeing Charlie Chaplin and the other diners struggle to eat soup in the beginning of The Immigrant. Or the poignancy of the heartbroken actress first meeting John in The Kid, not realizing that he’s the son she gave up five years earlier when he was an infant. Or the joy of seeing Charlie encounter the formerly blind woman recently granted vision at the end of City Lights.
Just recently got a chance to see City Lights on the big screen earlier this year/month. Loved it. But, I'm a Charlie Chaplin fan anyway.
I'd kinda like to see The Artist. Might have to look into it.
One thing I forgot to mention above from the linked Telegraph story is that people are loving this film.
It won the Golden Globe Awards for Best Musical or Comedy and Best Score, and star Jean Dujardin won Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy. He also won Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival 2011. The film is also expected to rack up Bafta Awards and Oscars, and it currently has a 97% Fresh rating at Rotten Tomatoes.
I wonder if the theaters mentioned this to those customers asking for refunds.
I'm just trying to figure out how The Artist was nominated for Best Screenplay.
Still have to script the actions.
quote:Luigi Novi: They’ll never experience the laughter of seeing Charlie Chaplin and the other diners struggle to eat soup in the beginning of The Immigrant. Or the poignancy of the heartbroken actress first meeting John in The Kid, not realizing that he’s the son she gave up five years earlier when he was an infant. Or the joy of seeing Charlie encounter the formerly blind woman recently granted vision at the end of City Lights.