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Topic: Are theatres in the US really playing all of those trailers ?
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Kamakshipalya Dhananjay
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 190
From: Bangalore, India
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 08-23-2002 09:23 AM
I envy all the theatres which receive so many trailers that are so noted in many forums on this site.Here in India, how I wish I could play all the trailers you play out there in the US ! Only 30 % of films that are released by the MPAA members are released in INDIA and usually within 5 to 6 weeks of their US debut. But this seems to be improving and DIE ANOTHER DAY is being targeted for a simultaneous release. MY theatre in BANGALORE received nearly 700000 persons in the last twelve months. I have a policy of not playing any commercials at my theatre. So, I always await trailers from the local distributors while the local distributors themselves wait for weeks. Nobody really pays that much attention to these matters here. That the law here stipulates only four shows a day, I have all the time during each show to play plenty of trailers. If I could get what I wanted, I would have asked for LOTR-2
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Solaris
I spy
Shanghai Knights
X-Men 2
Matrix Reloaded
The Core
Die Another Day
Sweet Home Alabama
Red Dragon
Daredevil
The Dreamcather
The Basic
and many more... But, is there some way I can get these ? Say, from some generous theatres there ? I could give these after use at my theatre to the local distributor and he too would be very happy with them. Please note that the local distributor is none but the appointed agent of the relevant MPAA studio.
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Manny Knowles
"What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???"
Posts: 4247
From: Bloomington, IN, USA
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 08-23-2002 11:07 PM
Technically, the trailers (and also the posters) do not belong to the exhibitors. They are property of the distributors and are "to be used solely in connection with advertising or promoting the film at your theatre." That's more in line with how they stated this idea in the mid- to late-1990s.Most theatres do not return their trailers and posters but -- correct me if I am wrong -- we are supposed to. Seems to me I recall that we are supposed to "discard or return after use." That last one may be an 80s phrasing. We are repeatedly warned "not to sell, trade, barter or give them away." That's what I've been seeing lately. ~Manny (Yeah. We've got that.)
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Kamakshipalya Dhananjay
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 190
From: Bangalore, India
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 08-24-2002 08:22 AM
Entertainment is a State subject in India so most states have passed such laws. Certain industries are largely deregulated.BEsides, as to whether trailers undergo dubbing or subtitling, the answer is none. American films are released in India without any modification except to the extent Censors require of them. Unlike the US, in INDIA there is what is called a Censor body which is set up and adminstered by the Federal Government. The following classifications are given : U - Universal / Unrestricted
A - Adults only. That is, persons who are above 18 years of age
U/A - Suitable for adults only. Minors of any age admitted if accompanied by a adult person Thats it. The Censors do not permit release of movies that qualify for XX or XXX ratings in some countries. All movies have to compulsorily require a Censor certification. Besides, there is no separate category of movie theatres for screening pornographic movies. FYI, the practice of prostitution, in any form, is banned in India. So are strip clubs. ------------------
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Gerard S. Cohen
Jedi Master Film Handler
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From: Forest Hills, NY, USA
Registered: Sep 2001
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posted 08-24-2002 10:52 AM
In 1965, while I traveled with a US filmmaker, a family invited us to a private screening of a very rough cut of a film they were producing.
Because they did not have a government certificate to show the film, we all climbed the fire escape at midnight to witness this event in a blacked-out theatre.I think prostitution was banned that year as well. However, pimps roamed the streets near hotels hustling for brothels, while in the center of Bombay, "the cages" did brisk business, with prostitutes
plying their trade in actual outdoor cages, often while nursing infants. Most middle-class people I met denied the existance of this
horror, but in private, others admitted to seeing what I have seen. I hope that today the gulf between what is forbidden by law and what
actually exists has been eliminated somewhat.
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Frank Angel
Film God
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From: Brooklyn NY USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 08-24-2002 05:19 PM
We used to have censorship on the state level in the US years ago. I can remember as a kid in NY, seeing at the end of every film, a B&W State seal with holds punched in it. The punch holes would flash by on the screen on top of the image of the state seal. They punched the certificate number into the film. When I finally got to become a projectionist, I saw one of these certificates attached to an old print. It's the only one I ever saw. Quite fascinating. The MPAA was created to thwart a governmental move at the time to increase censorship and move it to the federal level. The MPAA was kind of a way to "head them off at the pass" kind of thing -- a wise plan, and it worked. So now we have the self-regulatory industry rating system without the need (some say) for government censorship --censorship, of course, being an idea quite antithesis to American culture, unless you are of the extreme right wing persuasion. Frank Oh, and just as a point of interest, prostitution is against the law here in American also, except in Las Vegas.
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