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Topic: Why is my movie scratched?
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Brian Michael Weidemann
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Posts: 944
From: Costa Mesa, CA United States
Registered: Feb 2004
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posted 03-06-2004 05:32 AM
We had an episode early in the run of Matrix Revolutions: The IMAX Experience where a misthread caused the entire print to be scratched. However, it was a very light scratch, emulsion side, and did not appear visible on screen except for a couple random reels. (Keep in mind, this print was 38 reels, as IMAX reels are 3.5 minutes long.) And when the scratch did appear, it was black (except for the one reel, in which it turned green for a horrifying 10 seconds).
If a misthread takes the film over a scratch-threatening surface, it's possible that it won't scratch the print, but every splice that passes by will adjust the position just slightly, likely just enough to start scratching; as this is what happened with Matrix. Most of the film didn't show the scratch at all, but it was there!
I had to order and replace reels #21 and #36 ... that was a fun night!
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