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Topic: Juxtaposition of Trailers
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Charles Lubner
Film Handler
Posts: 78
From: Milwaukee, WI USA
Registered: Sep 1999
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posted 05-27-2000 12:28 AM
Recently at my theatre we were running a trailer that showed mentally and physically challenged children in "normal" society, with a song in the background to the tune of "Don't laugh at us, don't call us names" sponsored by the Variety Club. Anyways, it was nearly impossible not to laugh, because the trailer was only printed in flat format, yet we were required to run it on scope films as well. The end result: short and fat stubby legged retarded kids running around a park with a goofy song in the background..... I felt bad, but it was impossible not to laugh. :-(
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Scott Magie
Film Handler
Posts: 73
From: St. Albans, VT USA
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 05-27-2000 12:33 AM
Way back when we were showing "Half-Baked", we received a written notification asking us not to run our Anti-Drug PSA before it. I can't remember who sent it... probably the anti-drug people... Carmike wouldn't care and neither would the distributor. I just remember thinking it was funny.The other fun trailer combos to program are the twin-movies... such as "Armageddon" & "Deep Impact"... or "Volcano" & that other movie about volcanoes... etc. Or that Spy Who Shagged Me trailer with an Episode 1 trailer. ------------------ Scott A. Magie scoooot@hotmail.com "Anybody wanna peanut?"
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John Walsh
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Posts: 2490
From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way
Registered: Oct 1999
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posted 05-27-2000 08:29 AM
Scott: My girlfriend is the mom in, "Psychic Child." She said they shot a fairly complex scene where the kid waves a knife around (like Jack in "The Shining") but dropped it after that one kid shot another at school a few months ago. We didn't get any notice about only running it with "R" films.There was always a sort of contest to see who could change the marquee, bringing up and moving the fewest letters. At a theater up the street, someone left the ladder out after changing the letters on the their marquee. The next morning the cops called the manager. Someone had put the usual swear words on the marquee. Kids had fun knocking off the "y" in "Three Men and a Little Lady." And knocking off one of the "n"'s in "Pennies from Heaven." We finally spelled it "Pennys." A savings bank nearby had a sign: "Tuck-a-buck-a-day-away." A graffiti artist did a perfect job changing the T to an F.
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