Watching a rented movie on a plane MBA

I just purchased MBA, this is my first MAC - love it so far. Problem, I rented 2 movies, got on the plane , took off, opened up MBA, itunes... When I clicked Play on one of the movies the computer sail "itunes store not available" ---Is it possible that the MBA needs to contact itunes in order to start the play clock for the movie - I would find that to be a problem.

Here's what it says on the terms of sale for Movie Rentals:
You must be connected to the iTunes Store when moving or streaming movies. Once a movie is moved, it is no longer viewable on the sending device. You may only move movies to another device from your Mac or Windows computer. Movies downloaded directly to your Apple TV may not be moved. You have thirty (30) days after downloading a movie to begin viewing. Once you begin viewing, you have twenty-four (24) hours to view the movie (the “Viewing Period”). You may view the movie an unlimited number of times during the Viewing Period. Movies are not viewable after the thirty (30) day period. Stopping, pausing or restarting a movie does not extend the available time for viewing. If you move a movie to an iPod or iPhone and then use iTunes to restore the iPod or iPhone before you finish watching it, the movie will be deleted and will not be recoverable. This also applies to choosing Settings > Reset > Erase all content and settings on iPod touch and iPhone.
Broadband Internet connection required. For more information about Movie Rentals, please read the iTunes Store Movie Rental FAQ http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n307257
The Apple Store implies that once you download the movie--completely and in full--that you need not be connected to the internet to watch it (how, after all, would you watch it on an iPod if you needed that connection?). But this is still new and one never knows what kind of bugs the program might have. The "not connected" message may mean that, for one reason or another, the iTunes program on your computer doesn't think the movie was fully downloaded even though it was.

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