Dollar
movies a cheap, easy download alternative
By
Cindy Chiang
Online Forty-Niner
Contributing Writer
For college students who survive on dollar menus, Cal State Long Beach’s
student-run Program Council provides its students with dollar movies.
With movie tickets costing upwards of $9, including the cost of candy, popcorn
and a medium drink, a night out to the movies can easily add up to $20.
I was unaware of this cheaper alternative, I’m sure many of my fellow
students have also walked past the flyers all over campus walls.
The movies
shown are chosen by students, for students at the beginning of each semester.
Through polls and screenings, Program Council students and volunteers usually
pick about six upcoming movies every semester.
When I first heard about the dollar movies last semester, I assumed the films
shown on campus would shy away from controversial movies such as “The
Passion of the Christ.”
However, I was relieved to find out that program
assistants Kenneth Cooper and Ashley Jeff both agree that films that spark
insight and conversation should be more than welcomed.
The Program Council also usually provides students with free sneak previews.
The production companies seek out college audiences and contact the Program
Council to set up sneak previews for upcoming movies.
Because the students choose the films, the movies shown represent the diversity
we have at CSULB. From “Just Like Heaven” to “Batman Begins,” all
movies shown are new and currently playing in theaters.
Instead of a $20 movie night, why not enjoy the same entertainment for a dollar?
Make sure to mark your calendars for a showing of classic scary movies on Oct.
31, featuring “Friday the 13th” and “Silence of the Lambs.”
For those living in the dorms, catch a movie for a dollar with your roommate
after class by simply walking across campus. And for those living off-campus,
treat yourselves to a comedy after a late class.
Advance flash passes allow you to watch all the movies playing that year for
only $8. Flash passes are available for purchase anytime at the Program Council
office, open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., located on the first
floor of the University Student Union.
Providing entertainment for low cost is no easy task. The Program Council is
always looking for volunteers to help get the job done.
Film, marketing, art
and public relations majors will especially benefit from this experience. The
students are involved in every aspect of the program, so stop by the Program
Council office to find out more about how you can get involved.
Next time you see a preview for a movie you really want to watch, check out
the movie schedule at the Program Council office first, and save your money
for what you really want.
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