Man shot in theater for talking during Benjamin Button movie


Posted December 28, 2008 by Tim Henley Comment on this article Leave a comment
If anyone plans on watching the new Brad Pitt movie “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” please be sure to keep your mouth shut in the movie theater.

If you talk, you might get shot down.   That’s exactly what happened to a father in Philadelphia this week.

According the Philadelphia Enquirer, a father and son were talking to each other while the movie was playing.  A 29-year-old man identified as James Joseph Cialella Jr. became angry and started throwing popcorn at the son.  After some unkind words were exchanged between the father and the gunman, he pulled out a gun and shot the father in the arm.

The craziest part is that the gunman sat down in his seat and continued watching “Benjamin Button” until police arrived to arrest him.

I haven’t seen it yet, but I’ve heard some great reviews about the “Benjamin Button” movie. Is the movie that good where someone would shoot another person for talking while it’s playing? Is the movie that good where the gunman didn’t even try to run from police because he wanted to sit there and finish watching the movie?

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