Cable Car Cinema to Screen "The Interview" on Friday

The Cable Car Cinema and Cafe in Providence will show the film “The Interview” on Friday after Sony Pictures Entertainment decided to release the controversial film to a limited number of theaters.

The controversial film directed by Seth Rogan satirizes North Korea’s despot, Kim Jong-un. Hackers allegedly recruited and sponsored by the North Korean government broke into Sony Picture Entertainment’s computer system and stole data, including copies of unreleased movies, internal documents and e-mails to use as blackmail in an effort to block the movie’s release.

Along with threats to major movie theater chains who were planning on screening the film, Sony apparently buckled last week and cancelled the film’s release.

A nationwide outcry followed as people were stunned to learn that a tyrant could convince an American production company to cancel a movie and lose tens of millions.

Sony responded on Monday by announcing that it would release the movie in limited form.

Cable Car owner Daniel Kamil said that he signed a petition with other independent theaters across the country in an effort to support Sony and show nobody would be “bullied into submission.”

Tickets for the show are expected to sell out quickly. Click here for more details.