Link to May 14 Missoulian article, "Missoula library makes early purchase of movies from closing Crystal Video".
Excerpt: Crystal Video is closing, but part of it will live on at the Missoula Public Library.
A day before putting his entire 13,000-movie library on sale to the public, Crystal owner Jace Laakso made a phone call to the library staff.
"Wanna get first shot?" was his message.
Boy, did they.
More than 260 movies later, the library's buyers walked out of the Crystal on Thursday loaded to the gills with new flicks, foreign and independent films that will be available to the public by midsummer.
"It was a little overwhelming," said Sasa Vesovic, a library assistant who runs the library's "Cheap Date Night" once a month.
It would be overwhelming. More than 13,000 films to choose from, and a wad of cash to spend?
Once the phone call from Laakso came, the library scrounged for money, but found it had none as its fiscal year is wrapping up this month.
That's when Friends of the Library, a community nonprofit, stepped forward with some cash.
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