my profile | my password | search | faq & rules | forum home

» Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE   » Operations   » Film Handlers' Forum   » Matrix starting on a Thursday (Page 1)

This topic comprises 3 pages: 1  2  3

Author Topic: Matrix starting on a Thursday Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 04-22-2003 08:41 AM                    Anyone have any official word on what that means? Is it one of the 7pm Thursday starts? Or does it start Thursday morning? Or what? Maybe Wednesday night at midnight?  |  IP: Logged Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 04-22-2003 08:54 AM                    Thursday is the official start day. As far as shows on wednesday I have not heard. They are pulling the Star Wars ep 2 move that Fox did last year.  |  IP: Logged Paul Konen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 981 From: Frisco, TX. (North of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-22-2003 08:55 AM                     It's a Thurday AM start, so two changeovers that week. Paul  |  IP: Logged Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 04-22-2003 08:57 AM                    I guess I beat you on the draw there Paul.  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 04-22-2003 09:57 AM                    I wonder if they will allow Wed midnight screenings.  |  IP: Logged Mike Perju Film Handler Posts: 90 From: Toronto, Canada Registered: Nov 2002 posted 04-22-2003 10:55 AM                     Toronto will have 10pm Thursday night screenings.  |  IP: Logged Dave Hall Film Handler Posts: 16 From: Watford, UK Registered: Jan 2003 posted 04-22-2003 11:46 AM                     we've been told we'll be allowed to run from 8.20pm the wednesday night (20 minutes after the premier kicks off). The word came from high up but is yet to be confirmed by our film buyers...  |  IP: Logged Joshua Burnham Film Handler Posts: 43 From: Rainier, WA, USA Registered: Feb 2003 posted 04-22-2003 03:54 PM                     We are showing our 1st show wednesday night at 7:00 and also at 11:00 and Opening it wide on thursday. Still unsure about 2 prints or 1, also the matrix revolutions trailer; i heard will run directly after the reloaded credits end. Thats the word for now. Joshua Burnham  |  IP: Logged Ray Bernardi Expert Film Handler Posts: 120 From: Antrim, NH, USA Registered: Feb 2003 posted 04-23-2003 07:34 AM                     We are still working on our schedule for the premiere. We are using Matrix as our grand re-opening show. We'll have our new sound system and screen installed by then. (he said with great hope....)  |  IP: Logged Patrick McDonough Expert Film Handler Posts: 118 From: Greenfield Ma. Registered: Jul 2002 posted 04-23-2003 09:48 AM                     we are planning a midnight showing on wed/thurs.  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 04-23-2003 11:11 AM                     See also this thread regarding the repurposing of the sequels for IMAX theatres.  |  IP: Logged Jonathan M. Crist Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 531 From: Hershey, PA, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 04-23-2003 12:31 PM                     WB has sent a letter with Additional Terms purporting to govern the first run Matrix 2 engagments (Sounds like someone has been reading the George Lucas playbook.......). These additional terms include: 1.) Minimum 4 shows per day for each screen 2.) Must exhibit certain WB trailers (T3 and one other I do not recall) with each show 3.) No moving to a different auditorium w/out WB approval 4.) Must post usher on door to prevent any persons without Matrix ticket from seeing show 5.) Must take precautions to prevent video taping both in the booth and from the auditorium 6.) May not sell containers at the concession stand which advertise or tie in any other movie than Matrix 2 7.) All additional terms are to apply through July 7th According to the letter WB will be employing blind checkers to see that these additional terms (as well as the standard terms of the new WB master licencing agreement) are strictly complied with. [ 04-23-2003, 02:01 PM: Message edited by: Jonathan M. Crist ]  |  IP: Logged Thomas Procyk Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1842 From: Royal Palm Beach, FL, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 04-23-2003 12:40 PM                     How will the checkers see you are complying if they are blind? =TMP=  |  IP: Logged Charles Everett Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: New Jersey Registered: May 2001 posted 04-23-2003 01:19 PM                     WB did read the Lucasfilm playbook. Those extra terms hint at an 8-week minimum. Then again Star Wars Episode 2 lasted only 4 weeks in the Hamptons. Thomas P: A "blind checker" would be a checker visiting the theater unannounced. This thread really belongs in Ground Level, no?  |  IP: Logged Nicholas Roznovsky Expert Film Handler Posts: 156 From: College Station, TX, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 04-23-2003 03:55 PM                        Actually, given what's been going on in recent years, those conditions don't sound too different from what I expected. It's sad that they have to write things into contracts like "make sure no one's making bootlegs copies of our film" or "make sure everyone has a ticket to get in". These are things we should be doing any way just as a matter of normal policy. Gotta play their trailers? Eh, we'll see. I get weekly faxes from Fox threatening to murder my children if I don't play their stupid trailers. I don't really sweat over trailer requests. It's easy enough to slap whatever they want on there. Eight week engagments? No moving prints without their approval? Yeah, that sucks but Fox was willing to give in after four weeks with us on both The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones. Hopefully, WB will be as understanding once Matrix Reloaded tapers off in June. Or, maybe they won't. In the end, we're all at the mercy of the distributors anyway. I think the "blind checkers" statement by Thomas was a joke. Of course, most of the checkers I've dealt with in the past couldn't count anyway... Yeah, this is definitely Ground Level stuff.  |  IP: Logged

All times are Central (GMT -6:00)

This topic comprises 3 pages: 1  2  3

Printer-friendly view of this topic

Hop To: Select a Forum: Category: Operations -------------------- Digital Cinema Forum Film Handlers' Forum Large Format Forum Ground Level Feature Info, Trailer Attachments & REAL Credit Offsets Category: Community -------------------- Film-Yak Film Handlers' Movie Reviews The Afterlife Bob Maar's Joke-A-Thon Category: Classified -------------------- Equipment and Supplies Wanted/For Sale Help Wanted/Seeking Employment Category: System -------------------- Software Beta Testing Forum

The Film-Tech Forums are designed for various members related to the cinema industry to express their opinions, viewpoints and testimonials on various products, services and events based upon speculation, personal knowledge and factual information through use, therefore all views represented here allow no liability upon the publishers of this web site and the owners of said views assume no liability for any ill will resulting from these postings. The posts made here are for educational as well as entertainment purposes and as such anyone viewing this portion of the website must accept these views as statements of the author of that opinion and agrees to release the authors from any and all liability.