1.   An audience at an early test screening in a theater in Ridgefield, N.J., gave the film very high marks.

2.   And it was a conventional test screening that got Filmopolis, a small distributor, to agree to try to place the movie in theaters.

3.   At test screenings, women gathered up their children and ran for the exits.

4.   Brooks has run the film through a half-dozen test screenings, more than usual.

5.   But an enthusiastic test screening in Scottsdale, AZ, apparently eased their fears, and the arguments evaporated.

6.   But the initial reaction at test screenings was mixed.

7.   But when test screenings indicated the film needed tightening, out they went.

8.   Camp survivors reviewed the script and gave advice, but Benigni admits that he approached test screenings with trepidation.

9.   Curtin pointed out that attendees are required to sign a confidentiality waiver prior to seeing a test screening.

10.   Disney ran a teaser trailer for the film two years ago but pushed back the release date after disastrous test screenings.