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Advance ticket sales begin today in Willmar for the February showings of a 3-D movie of the "Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert."

The movie will be shown from Feb. 1-7 at participating theaters, including Carmike Cinema at the Kandi Mall in Willmar.

Tickets are available beginning
Dedham-based movie exhibitor National Amusements Inc. said today that 54 of its theaters will show a 3D digital presentation of "Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert" during the first week of February.

As many young girls know, "Hannah Montana" is a TV program starring Miley Cyrus in the title role; Hannah is a young student by day and a pop star by night.

Looking to extend its Hannah Montana franchise, Walt Disney Pictures, a unit of Walt Disney Co. of California, recorded several recent Cyrus concerts and is turning the recordings into a 3-D movie with digital surround sound.

National Amusements said it plans to exhibit that movie is some of its Showcase Cinemas theaters, including at such Massachusetts locations as Lowell, Randolph, Revere, Seekonk, and Woburn; tickets go on sale tomorrow.

With more than 1,500 movie screens around the world, National Amusements is pursuing a strategy of trying to reinvent the movie-going experience, in part by using theaters as venues for alternative programming such as concert simulcasts and other forms of entertainment programming
Tickets go on sale at 12:01 a.m. Saturday for "Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: The Best of Both Worlds Concert Movie."

"Disney is spinning this as a hot Christmas gift, hence the early on-sale date," said Ron Van Timmeren of Celebration Cinemas, whose properties at North, South, Rivertown and Studio 28 will all sell tickets to the movie.

The digital 3-D movie will open for a theatrical run Feb. 1-7 in movie theaters across the country. It will play a minumum of five times each day. Tickets are $15 per person and on sale online or at each theater's box office.

"Apparently, she is a hot ticket," Van Timmeren said. "But it's (being marketed) as -- 'Can't get tickets to show? The next best thing is to get