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John T. Hendrickson, Jr
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From: Freehold, NJ, USA
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 12-18-2001 08:50 PM
We had a sneak preview of Kate & Leopold at our theater last Friday and Saturday night. Got a desperate call from one of my operators last night (Monday). Seems we got a fax from Technicolor (didn't you all?)at 10:02PM, EST that " at the request of Mirimax Studios, there will be no holdovers of Kate& Leopold for the release on Christmas Day 12/25/01. Please have your print broken down and ready for pickup on Tuesday, 12/18/01, in your normal Airborne pickup window."Really nice of Mirimax to let us know at the last minute that the print had to be shipped out. But, it gets better! The Friday release was moved back to Christmas Day. Little elves told us that Harvey and the boys at Mirimax were not happy with the outcome of the sneak and didn't want to go up against the other Friday releases. Incidentally, you will get a print(s) back to put together all over again on the 21st, according to TES. My understanding is that this has not only inconvenienced folks in projection who were unfortunate enough to work for theaters that had the sneak, but also management who have already set up their web sites to sell advanced tickets! What about patrons who may have bought tickets for December 21 thru 24? "Gee folks, we're sorry, but we don't have that picture. Sorry we took your money and sold you tickets for it." In addition, what about those theaters who have already sent time schedules to the press and may not have been able to make corrections in time for the deadline? Not to mention the barn dancing that will go on to fill screens with holdovers until the 25th. A real booker's dream!(nightmare?) WAY TO GO, MIRIMAX! Your concern for your exhibitors problems is non-existant. Did any of you filmtechers out there experience similar problems? The rant is on.
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Charles Everett
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From: New Jersey
Registered: May 2001
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posted 12-19-2001 07:29 PM
Miramax is too busy buying awards for its movies to look at the real world. I'd love to see all the gossip columnists and Miramax apologists explain THIS one away.Thanks to this f#(%*p by Miramax, Universal will expand A Beautiful Mind to megaplexes/upmarket theaters on Xmas Day. The UA East Hampton and the Princeton Garden Theatre will drop Amelie to pick up A Beautiful Mind. National break remains 1/4. Darryl S: Miramax moved Imposter from 12/25 to 1/4 last week -- before the f#(%*p with Kate & Leopold. All the Pretty Horses opened Xmas Day last year and tanked! Miramax wound up handling that one because Columbia didn't want it.
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Ian Price
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Registered: Jun 99
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posted 12-21-2001 01:27 PM
I thought I was above all this Miramax nonsense, but they found a way to involve us. We thought we were done with our booking on Monday, we were going to hold the same film over of two weeks through the New Year. Our newspaper deadline for the holiday was Tuesday, December 18th. Miramax called this morning (Friday, December 21st) to tell us that we were to open In The Bedroom on December 26th or they would give the print to our competition. So we set about changing our schedule. Then they called back to inform us that we needed to open the film December 25th. Were scrambling to get the ad changed in the newspaper. Not only has the weekly paper's deadline passed but the weekly newspapers are already out! I called Technicolor and asked when the print was being delivered as we are closing early on Christmas Eve and they said that we were already for delivery on January 3rd! They have a call in to Miramax now. Miramax is scrambling to get this print out after receiving numerous Golden Globe nominations yesterday. Why do they have to pull this shit now!? Ky was practically to his parent's house when he received the call. They should have had their act together a month ago. They always seem to pull this shit. And they threatened us as well with giving the print to someone else. I wish we had the guts to call their bluff. They should give us something for this; all the co-op or free print shipping or something. How can the Weinstein's have such a good company yet have their collective head stuffed up their assholes so far? Also, Miramax in pulling this stunt has guaranteed that they will not get a review in the local newspaper.
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I have spoken to two people who have seen Kate and Leapold and they loved it so who knows why they moved it. All I want is my movies in my theater early enough so that if there are problems they can be remedied...
... I've noticed since moving here that nobody flies freight into Grand Rapids International Airport. It all flies to Detroit and then a courier drives it here in 2.5 or 3 hours. Even our Imax films arrive through DTW.
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