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Moviefone is an American-based movie listing and information service. Moviegoers can obtain local showtimes, theater information, film reviews, or advance tickets. The service is available nationwide in many but not all area codes, and is owned by AOL.
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History
In 1989, Russ Leatherman, Rob Gukeisen, Andrew Jarecki, and Adam Slutsky launched the interactive telephone service, with initial service in New York City and Los Angeles. After gaining popularity, it later expanded across the United States and eventually adopted an online presence as Moviefone.com. In 1999, Moviefone was purchased by AOL for more than $400 million. In 2001, Samir Hanna became the new voice of Moviefone. In 2004, MovieTickets.com acquired outright the online arm of Moviefone.com, after having entered in a partnership in 2001 that crosslinked their ticketing offerings.1 Today, Moviefone continues as a service of AOL and remains a popular movie information guide in America, bringing movie information and advance tickets to nearly 5 million moviegoers a week.
In Media
In an episode of Seinfeld, Kramer's phone number is very similar to Moviefones, and gets many calls from people wanting listings. In the end he decides to just play along and give out movie listings.citation needed
Kansas City rapper Kutt Calhoun spoofs the use of Moviefone in his intro track for his album Feature Presentation. The skit includes someone calling "KCMO Moviefone" and goes through the steps to find a listing for "Kutt Calhoun: Feature Presentation".