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Paul Konen
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 981
From: Frisco, TX. (North of Dallas)
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 06-12-2000 08:09 AM
Being in a Mega-plex (24 screens, currently running 12 titles), this Thursday should prove to be a bit more challenging than others.Yes, we have had our share of 6-8 movies dropping with 6-7 of them being technicolor but this changeover should be a "bit" more interesting, why. We have to change DLP movies. Dinosaurs is currently playing on DLP and we are getting Fantasia 2000 starting Friday. Dinosaurs doesn't drop until 11:30 pm. I guess that the TI guy will be there ready to trash the drive as soon as it is done and start loading Fantasia, while we deal with our other 6 prints that we will be given. So, has anybody else had there own challenging nights they wish to share. Sidenote: I wish that Buena Vista would have done Gone... in DLP but with Fantasia coming out, they probably decided not too. Would probably do more business than Fantasia.
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Russ Kress
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 202
From: Charleston, WV, USA
Registered: May 2000
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posted 06-12-2000 06:26 PM
Hey Joe! I can top that TES story!Once upon a time, a theatre that will forever remain nameless was instructed by TES to break down a film immediately after its last performance so the Airborne driver could pick it up and deliver it to a UA theatre about three miles away. We (um, they) told TES that it was close so we'd just drive it over and save both theatres some payroll. Well! This was simply un-heard of! I (um, they) felt like I (they) was (were) talking to the government. The lady had a certain DMV quality in her voice. We (they) were instructed to break down the print and follow the set proceedures. The print was clamped and driven to the next theatre. The cans were placed in the shipping room loaded with a couple of good old fasion bricks that Airborne Express dutifully delivered to them the next day. Come to think of it, the bricks were never returned, but I understand that the clamps were. To be fair, I will say that the last few sneak previews I have run were allowed to be kept at the theatre to open the following weekend. Could TES actually be learning? That's kinda scary. Russ
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John Walsh
Film God
Posts: 2490
From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way
Registered: Oct 1999
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posted 06-12-2000 10:39 PM
Not that this is exactly on topic for this thread, but it reminds me...I ran a sneak preview of "Gremlins" just before it came out. The guy who brought the print ("Vinnie") was instructed to deliver the print, and not let it out of his sight. He came to the theater about an hour before show time, which was plenty of time to get it ready, but no time for a screening. The shipping company he worked for had to time how long it took him to get from the film exchange to our theater (he had to call in whe he arrived.) So he sat in the booth while I made it up, ran it and waited for me to break it down. Wouldn't even go to the bathroom, which was just across the hall. He didn't know anything about projection, but someone had really impressed on him that if the print was stolen or copied, he would be in big trouble. At the end of the night, he looked beat. He took the two shipping cases with him into the bathroom. Meanwhile, I went next door to a diner and got him a sandwich and a coffee for the road. He said that the requirement was he had to be back with the print no later then 15 min. longer then it took to deliver the print. If he was late and there was no accident or otherwise noted by the police (for proof), his shipping company would be fined.
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Russ Kress
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 202
From: Charleston, WV, USA
Registered: May 2000
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posted 06-12-2000 10:57 PM
Vinnie was a victim.He was a victim because he had to take this seriously. No one else did. This poor guy probably lost sleep over it. Just ship the prints via UPS! They have a decent record! They also deliver in daylight! Let the CAP code do the enforcement. Give us the prints on Wednesday! Russ
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