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Topic: Technicolor print pick-ups on multiple prints
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James R. Hammonds, Jr
Jedi Master Film Handler
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Posts: 931
From: Houston, TX, USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 11-27-2002 03:48 AM
You could probably call them as soon as you know you are losing the print to try and arrange for that print number to be picked up, but I have been told that the computer generates an automatic pickup after the last playdate for that print, so i dont know if theys be able or willing to tell the system to generate a pickup for that print.
Ive been in situations before where they wanted a print Thursday night for delivery elsewhere the next morning, and after getting one of the prints torn down (print 2345 for example), was told that they wanted a different print number than the one I tore down (print 5432 for this example). Even after the courier made a call, they still wanted print 5432, so I had to just switch the cans. This causes a confusion for us, because the print number is on the film inspection report, on the label, and on the trailer list we type up. If the cans have to be switched, we have to switch everything else and both prints end up with two print numbers in their history.
Now, with this information in mind, if we lose one or print of a multiple print title, we can just move the prints around before Thursday to get the correct prints in the houses we want to tear them down from. For example, we were playing three prints of 8 Mile until today, where we went down to one. We had it playing in houses 3, 4, and 15. The print in house 15 was scheduled to stay in 15, so we tore down the prints in 2 and 3. If they wanted the print numbers form 2 and 15, I could have easily switched 3 and 15 to accomodate. Since I dont remember the print numbers, I wonder how many torn down prints of 8 Mile we will have sitting by the door after Airborne shows up tomorrow. Right now we have three, the two torn down tonight, and the one torn down last week that is still sitting there.
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