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Neil Fish
Film Handler

Posts: 16
From: Norwalk, Ct
Registered: Dec 2000

posted 12-20-2001 02:26 PM

In two of our locations, "Lord of the Rings" lost SDDS sync near the end of the film. Anyone else? These locations are in two different states.

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Brad Miller
Administrator

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

posted 12-20-2001 02:30 PM

Yes, this is a documented problem affecting the SDDS track in reel 9. Replace the reel.

Anyone who has SDDS systems in their theater and is not currently playing the film in SDDS would be very smart if they were to try playing the film in an SDDS house (even if for only one show) to verify whether they have a bad reel or not. Get them changed out right now, for I'll bet a few weeks down the road the lab will be unwilling to exchange it.

This sort of thing is why all film should be pre-screened before exhibiting them to the public. I'm sure the paying LOTR fans were not impressed. There is no excuse for not pre-screening all film.

(By the way, this is a good example of why it is so important to choose an appropriate title when a new post is started. The thread title "Lord of the Rings" may be skipped by some people and doesn't give too much insight as to the topic of the discussion. A more appropriate title would have been "SDDS problem with Lord of the Rings".)

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Jim Ziegler
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 753
From: West Hollywood, CA
Registered: Jul 99

posted 12-20-2001 03:32 PM

I can think of one valid reason for not prescreening a film.. Like, your promo screenign for Ali is at 7:30 and technicolor doesnt deliver the G** D***** M***** F****** print until 4pm...

Sorry. Had to rant...

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Michael Cunningham
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 186
From: Anchorage, AK
Registered: Nov 1999

posted 12-20-2001 04:58 PM

Of the two prints I have been to screenings of, the SR-D one played in synch throughout, the DTS one also went out of synch for reel 9. Very odd problem, don't know if this was just the one print or all prints having this problem. Anyone else have trouble with DTS on this film?

-Mike

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Bobby Henderson
"Ask me about Trajan."

Posts: 10973
From: Lawton, OK, USA
Registered: Apr 2001

posted 12-20-2001 07:14 PM

I never noticed DTS losing synch (as in lip synch) on "Lord of the Rings" here in Lawton. However, late in the film, the system defaulted to analog at the reel change and briefly a couple more times during that reel. Gives you a bad jolt if you are not used to it happening.

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Karen Hultgren
Master Film Handler

Posts: 492
From: Agoura Hills, CA, USA
Registered: Mar 2000

posted 12-20-2001 07:50 PM

If a reel is out of sync in DTS, call the film distribuator and request a new reel.

Karen at DTS

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Michael Cunningham
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 186
From: Anchorage, AK
Registered: Nov 1999

posted 12-21-2001 01:34 PM

Heh, luckily, this print belonged to the competition so no ordering a new reel for me. But thank you for the advice in any case Karen. I was just curious, since somone else had a problem with SDDS on that last reel, if there had been a serious lab issue with that reel or if these were just isolated occurances.

-Mike

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