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Author Topic: Phantom Menace down under Stephen Jones unregistered posted 06-04-1999 06:16 PM Central (GMT -6:00)  (12:16 AM Local)              Well phantom menace has finally reached Australia. It opened with midnight screenings at 350 locations around the country with premier screenings in Sydney and Melbourne.It has already taken at least a million dollars on its first day and has beaten Titanics record. At the Sydney premier screening, patrons were waiting in line for several hours outside the cinema, some were dressed as characters from the film.But at the Sydney screening the film stopped during its first screening and did not resume which resulted in a lot of refunds being given, a lot of patrons mentioned that they were very disappointed in what happened and saying that they will not visit that companies theatres again. This incident was reported around the country on the news broadcasts,the company is tight lipped about what happened up in the bio which dose not supprise me in the least as this was the first company in Australia to do away with projectionists.When I find out what happened I will advise you if no one else dose first. A good web page to find out about cinemas etc in Victoria Australia is at www.vicnet.net.au/~caths thats all for now. IP: Logged Ian Price Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1714 From: Denver, CO Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-06-1999 01:56 AM Central (GMT -6:00)  (7:56 AM Local)                     Stephan, tell us of your set-up in your projection booth. Do you have Dolby Digital, EX or the like? What kind of contract did your theatre have to take? Are your crowds as nuts as the ones in the US? By the way, I saw The Castle tonight and loved it.  |  IP: Logged

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