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Tyler Skinner
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 115
From: Pa
Registered: Nov 1999

posted 04-14-2000 12:00 AM

We got 2 prints of American Psycho.

Print #1, reel 5 starts out normally then about 20 feet into the reel it starts printing the countdown to reel 2 "American Psycho- H-2" and reel 2 is printed....

Print #2, Reel 3 dubbed entirely in French!

What the fuck is going on over there at Technicolor????!!!

Tyler

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Alan Brandt
Film Handler

Posts: 28
From: Salem, Ohio, USA
Registered: Apr 2000

posted 04-14-2000 01:43 AM

Did he just type "fuck"??

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Dave Williams
Wet nipple scene

Posts: 1836
From: Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Registered: Jan 2000

posted 04-14-2000 04:17 AM

I think he did!!!!

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Joe Redifer
You need a beating today

Posts: 12859
From: Denver, Colorado
Registered: May 99

posted 04-14-2000 04:45 AM

And what did Technicolor have to say about this when you called them? Surely you told them that the print is not runable.

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Juan Mendez
Film Handler

Posts: 17
From: Houston, Texas, USA
Registered: Jan 2000

posted 04-14-2000 11:11 AM

My Technicolor run-in came when I got a print of American Beauty (the reissued print). To my surprise it was a new print, (although, after the hell I went through it might as well have been used. When I opened the cans, I had the first three reels of American Beauty, I opened the second can and I had the first three reels of American Beauty, and when I opened the third can, it was a couple of reels for another movie. So I pulled of the heads, and sure enough I had 2 reel#1's, 2 reel#2's, 2 reel#3's, and a bunch of other crap. When I called Technicolor, they apologized (for the umpteenth time) and said they would send another one by the next day.

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Brad Miller
Administrator

Posts: 17775
From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall)
Registered: May 99

posted 04-14-2000 11:37 AM

Well, here's this week's exciting adventure in the land of Technicolor prints.

Today's episode: "Crappy reels from Technicolor part XXVIX"

This is Technicolor's new reel design. Anyone who has used these has found they are already starting to fall apart after only a couple of uses, but wait...look closer!

Yes, check out the spindle hole...there is no slot for the key!

There's nothing better than not being able to mount the reel onto a spindle for makeup! Yet another time where the good old fashioned split reel saved the day.

I wonder if this is in the original design details of their patent?

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Brad Miller
Administrator

Posts: 17775
From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall)
Registered: May 99

posted 04-14-2000 11:48 AM

DOUBLE FEATURE

Today's second episode: "Film shipping canisters, what to look for"

Remember when Technicolor first opened and boasted "no more beat up shipping cans, blah, blah, blah"? Well kiddos, we all know where THAT went. But seriously folks, what are a few basic requirements of a film can? Hmmmm, perhaps it shouldn't be dished inward and be able to hold the reels. Let's take it one more and say, let's say it should be able to close. No wait, let's go even one further and say that it should be able to "latch" closed. Well what else could anyone want in a shipping canister???

Yes, that's it...A HANDLE!!!
That all-too-much taken for granted carrying handle. Oh, those poor Airborne drivers. But wait, let's take a closer look.

Upon closer inspection, it is obvious that this print's handle didn't just "fall off" during delivery...yet it was sent out anyway! (Oh well, it's only a tiny little film studio's product anyway right? It's not like it was a Buena Vista print with the fear of having a big influential company like BV get angry and switch over to the competition. Perhaps that's why the reels inside were all broken as well.)

Well kiddos, that wraps it up for this week. Stay tuned every week for the continuing saga!

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Randy Stankey
Film God

Posts: 6539
From: Erie, Pennsylvania
Registered: Jun 99

posted 04-14-2000 01:58 PM

I actually had a Technicolor can that fell apart upon opening. Both the side panels on the bottom half of the can were so dented in that they came off when you unlocked the can.

Sometimes I think I prefer those PRE-WWII film cans you get from ETS. Yes, they weigh 9,000,000 metric tons EACH and they are often rusty as hell but I haven't yet had one with more than a minor dent. Usually I put the reels in a plastic bag when I break the print down. Dirt isn't so much of a problem then.

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Dustin Mitchell
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1865
From: Mondovi, WI, USA
Registered: Mar 2000

posted 04-14-2000 06:17 PM

Wow Brad, we've never gotten cans that bad. But somehow it doesn't surprise me.

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Tyler Skinner
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 115
From: Pa
Registered: Nov 1999

posted 04-14-2000 06:29 PM

I've seen worse cans, I love when you get the ones with the molding cardboard inside and it flakes all over the print during shipping. That just classic. I've also had the latch open once when I was taking a can down the stairs and 3 reels of Stigmata rolled down the stairs....

Anyway, I gota hand it to Technicolor's reel replacement department because both new reels were at the front door at 9am this morning. Didn't miss any shows.

fucking screwheads! (I do kinda like their new reels however)

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Andrew D'Vrey
Film Handler

Posts: 92
From: St. Paul, MN USA
Registered: Dec 1999

posted 04-15-2000 01:00 AM

My favorite are the cans that you can open, but just can't get closed without a little help from a prybar. I just built two prints where the top was smashed in so far I just gave up trying to get it to close over the bottom.

I think when I send them back to Technicolor I will just duct tape it closed...maybe secure the duct tape with electrical tape to make sure.

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Christopher Seo
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 530
From: Los Angeles, CA
Registered: Jun 99

posted 04-15-2000 12:40 PM

Yes, I do think the Technicolor reels look nice, as far as that goes. By forcing them onto a spindle I was able to punch a slot into them. It's almost as if there was a certain piece of the spindle hole that was designed to be removed but they just forgot to at the factory.

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Chris Erwin
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 195
From: Olive Hill,KY
Registered: Oct 1999

posted 04-16-2000 09:25 AM

With no place for a key,crap fall apart reels, this just further proves they don't inspect!

--Chris

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Andy Davis
Film Handler

Posts: 49
From: Gainesville, FL
Registered: Dec 1999

posted 04-16-2000 05:53 PM

One of the cans to our Mission to Mars print has something written on it in black marker with a message something like, "You (Technicolor) a$$holes need to get new reels that don't f**king break all the time." Supposedly it was written on the can when we got it but something tells me one of our projectionists did it.

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Tyler Skinner
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 115
From: Pa
Registered: Nov 1999

posted 04-16-2000 11:21 PM

thats a great Idea, maybe if we all start writing that on the insides of our cans they will actually do something...

haha....right...

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