'Hangover' Director Todd Phillips Sides with Theater Owners Against Studios' VOD Plan
3:44 PM PDT 3/31/2011 by Pamela McClintock
"If I had wanted to make movies for television, I would have been a TV director," Phillips told CinemaCon attendees.
LAS VEGAS -- Coming to CinemaCon to promote The Hangover 2, Todd Phillips told theater owners he too is opposed to a premium VOD service that would shrink the theatrical window to two months.
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