State Lawmaker Moves To Make Movie Theaters Post Actual Times Films Start, Not Times Previews Start

The Connecticut Democrat has introduced a bill to make sure the start time is listed separately.

AP/Chris Pizzello
Pedestrians walk underneath the marquee of the Egyptian Theatre before the start of the Sundance Film Festival. AP/Chris Pizzello

It may seem like a looney idea, but not to one state senator in Connecticut.

State Senator Martin Looney, who is a Democrat from New Haven, is fed up with movie theaters saying a film starts at a set time, then being forced to sit through 30 minutes of advertisements, trailers, and promos for popcorn and sodas before the movie actually begins.

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