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Movie promo gets studio boostLOS ANGELES lt;AP - Come to the Universal Studios tour and see a display for a rival studio. MGM-UA’s 2010: The Year We Made Contact.Universal isn’t being generous. It just figured the display’s good for business.We’re representing the film and TV industries, not just Universal. said Gordon Armstrong. executive vice president of MCA Recreational Services, whicn operates the tour.If we get an exhibit from another studio, we'll espouse it. We'll even advertise it... It's to our advantage to get something hot inhere.The tour will also exhibit the DeLorean car that Michael J. Fox rides into the past in Universal's Back to the Future.The set from 2010” was duplicated at Universal at a cost of *1.5 million, but the rights and resources were free MGM was extremely cooperative.” said Armstrong. No money changed hands.”MGM-UA stands to gain good will and promotion of its movie, at least for cassette sales. The movie was released last Christmas.Armstrong said he is looking for other movies from otherstudios to display on the tour. He said he would even show trailers at the tour’s Showcase Theater, which is currently recyling promos for five Universal features.The 2010 exhibit, which replaces the Buck Rogers exhibit. features a scene in which two astronauts race against time to re-enter a space craft before a nearby planet explodes. Volunteers from the audience are called on to play the part of the astronauts.RAYDX ANTENNASWe sell the most copied antennas on the market
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