Independent Cinemas Sound Alarm Over Ending Paramount Consent Decrees, Call For ‘Larger FactuaI Inquiry’

The association representing independent theater owners is asking a federal judge for a “larger factual inquiry” into the Justice Department’s proposal to end 71-year-old rules that have restricted studio distributors’ control over exhibition. Earlier this month, the Justice Department filed a motion to terminate the Paramount Consent Decrees, the court-mandated restrictions put in place in 1948 that forced major studios to sell off their exhibition chains. The decrees were a significant factor in ending the so-called studio system era of Hollywood’s golden age. While the government’s Antitrust Division sees the consent decrees as long outdated, exhibitors and other industry groups warn that removing them will open the door to a host of business practices that will ultimately favor large-scale tentpoles over mid-level and independent movies. Related Story Live Nation, Justice Department Reach Agreement Over Antitrust Claims U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres will decide whether to approve the DOJ’s motion. In a letter to the judge last week, the Independent Cinema Alliance says that “nothing in existing antitrust law comes close to the elegance and power of the ‘theater-by-theater on the merits’ mandate that forms the heart of the Paramount Consent Decrees. Tens of thousands of Americans have enjoyed big-screen entertainment… Read full this story

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