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| Blockbuster's final film rental is... This Is the End | Blockbuster's final film rental is... This Is the End |
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| The last film hired from the about-to-become defunct video and DVD rental chain Blockbuster turned out, fittingly enough, to be the Seth Rogen apocalypse comedy This Is the End. | The last film hired from the about-to-become defunct video and DVD rental chain Blockbuster turned out, fittingly enough, to be the Seth Rogen apocalypse comedy This Is the End. |
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| According to a tweet from Blockbuster's official account, its Hawaii store made the rental at 11pm on 9 November, shortly before the close of their last day of business. | According to a tweet from Blockbuster's official account, its Hawaii store made the rental at 11pm on 9 November, shortly before the close of their last day of business. |
| Staff took a photo with the unnamed customer holding the DVD and posted it alongside the tweet. | Staff took a photo with the unnamed customer holding the DVD and posted it alongside the tweet. |
| This Is the End, written and directed by Rogen and Evan Goldberg, and starring James Franco and Jonah Hill, takes place at a party which is interrupted by the end of the world. | This Is the End, written and directed by Rogen and Evan Goldberg, and starring James Franco and Jonah Hill, takes place at a party which is interrupted by the end of the world. |
| The last BLOCKBUSTER rental 11/9 Hawaii 11PM @ThisIsTheEnd #BlockbusterMemories @Sethrogen @JamesFrancoTV @JonahHill http://t.co/RsXABlqfzL | The last BLOCKBUSTER rental 11/9 Hawaii 11PM @ThisIsTheEnd #BlockbusterMemories @Sethrogen @JamesFrancoTV @JonahHill http://t.co/RsXABlqfzL |
| Rogen greeted the news by retweeting the company's post, adding "this is nuts and sad", and then tweeting his own tribute: "The last movie ever rented from a blockbuster was this is the end. In high school I would go hang out at blockbuster every day." | Rogen greeted the news by retweeting the company's post, adding "this is nuts and sad", and then tweeting his own tribute: "The last movie ever rented from a blockbuster was this is the end. In high school I would go hang out at blockbuster every day." |
| The last movie ever rented from a blockbuster was this is the end. In high school I would go hang out at blockbuster every day. | The last movie ever rented from a blockbuster was this is the end. In high school I would go hang out at blockbuster every day. |
| According to Variety, owners Dish Network is closing down the 300-or so company-run Blockbusters by the middle of January 2014, leaving around 50 stores operating under license. Its movie rental service closed last Saturday. | According to Variety, owners Dish Network is closing down the 300-or so company-run Blockbusters by the middle of January 2014, leaving around 50 stores operating under license. Its movie rental service closed last Saturday. |
| • Blockbuster to close remaining stores as video rental chain calls it quits • This Is the End video review | • Blockbuster to close remaining stores as video rental chain calls it quits • This Is the End video review |
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