It does seem a waste. It also means that any expletives etc will be bleeped out because it will be available to everyone. It would have made more sense to be me to release it as a deluxe version of the MSG DVD.
I guess they couldn't find any company willing to back it for a cinema release.

From BJ.com:

WHEN WE WERE BEAUTIFUL TO BE SHOWN IN US MOVIE THEATERS!

When We Were Beautiful to be shown in US movie theaters!October 16, 2009 The incredible new documentary "When We Were Beautiful" will be shown one night only in select theaters. This chance to see the Bon Jovi documentary on the big screen is an opportunity you won't want to miss!

There are several ways to win free tickets to the screenings.

BackstageJBJ is giving away the most tickets to show love to our fan club members! To join the fan club click here. Existing members, click here to enter for your chance to win!

The Bon Jovi Street Team is giving away pairs of tickets to random members who complete mission #5! Visit the street team page for full details!

You can also enter for a chance to win via the Bon Jovi Mobile Community! Simply text "Bon Jovi" to 66937 and leave a text message showing your hometown pride! Random winners will be selected by Monday, so act fast

Well that's certainly interesting =D

I'd love to see the documentary in a theater. The cities they list for the ticket give-away are:

Burlington, MA
Chicago, IL
Dallas, TX
Houston, TX
Austin, TX
Las Vegas, NV
Los Angeles, CA
Seattle, WA
St. Louis, MO
Washington, DC

Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find a list of other cities where it will be shown. If those are the only places, most of us are SOL. Let's see -- St. Louis is the closest for me. That's only a 550+ mile drive . . . each way! I think I'll wait for Showtime.

Terri,
From what I understand, those are the ONLY locations where the documentary where be shown as far as the big screen.

Thanks for the info, Deb. That's what I was afraid of. Too bad, because I would love the theater experience for this. But at least we have the Showtime option here in the U.S., and the DVD will be out soon.

I bet it wont be shown in theaters in the UK

I'll be very very suprised.

Not sure I'd go even if it was - I'll watch it at home and and not have to worry about people talking, rustling sweet wrappers and playing with their mobile phones all the way through - wife and son will be banned!

Ok, showtime have declaired an online viewing event
but -
Will they actually show the movie online, or is it just a chat?

Can someone please try and get to the page they refer to:
http://www.sho.com/site/index.html
(you have to choose the Bon Jovi documentary from the list on the right side)

For some reason, I can't download that page, it gives me an unspecified error

Please please please - Can someone from outside the US try? I starting to think they block people from outside the US...

thanx

Domain sho.com isnt working right now!? And it looks like online chat, pff.

EDIT:
Nah, shit... This is why you get that:
Full episodes of Showtime programming on SHO.com are not available from your location. Please enjoy other exclusive video content, clips and more by clicking here.

EDIT2:
I got to that site throug the proxy. :D This is what it looks like:

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/6374/bjdoc1.th.jpg

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/3089/bjdoc2.th.jpg