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Author Topic: Still running Shrek 2? John T. Hendrickson, Jr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 889 From: Freehold, NJ, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 08-26-2004 08:28 PM                     We just ended our run of Shrek 2- 100 days since the opening. I watched several minutes of it and was glad to see that the print was in terrific shape and I passed around the compliments to the booth staff for a job well done. How many of you are still running it?  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 08-26-2004 08:46 PM                        "Film Done Right" Congratulations are in order. Would you estimate the number of runs at about 400?  |  IP: Logged Dean Kollet Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 591 From: Florida State University Registered: Jul 2003 posted 08-26-2004 10:41 PM                     we still have it for at least another week or two....and it still looks nice. Probably over 450 runs....  |  IP: Logged Aaron Garman Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: Toledo, OH USA Registered: Mar 2003 posted 08-27-2004 01:27 AM                     We lost ours a couple weeks ago and the print was in good shape too. We started with four, and I know two of them were damaged slightly (not by me of course )but the remaining was looking pretty good. We still have Spidey and that print has held up remarkably well. AJG  |  IP: Logged Barry Floyd Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1079 From: Lebanon, Tennessee, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 08-27-2004 01:17 PM                        We're bringing it back for the first film in our "Labor Day Weekend - Triple Feature". First time around we did REALLY good with it, we're hoping for the same results next weekend. Pairing it up with PRINCESS DIARIES 2 and SPIDERMAN 2, for a "family friendly" triple which usually brings in the kids, their parents, and their parent's $$$$$$$$.  |  IP: Logged Jack Ondracek Film God Posts: 2348 From: Port Orchard, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2002 posted 08-28-2004 02:44 AM                        That does sound like pretty good usage... except I think Brad says he can get 47,724.3 runs out of his prints.... (?) Back when the first Star Wars came out, we wore out 2 acetate prints over 6 months (3 months each). I figure we got something like 324 runs out of a print before the sprockets went brittle & started giving out. Any of you old-timers recall what kind of life was average for a print, back when it was all changeover, arcs & acetate? Ours was a turnkey XL booth.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 08-28-2004 02:58 AM                     1500 passes for acetate is about the most I ever ran a print (Beauty and the Beast). It left better than brand new and was flawless in every way. It's really not that hard to do. Nowadays I suppose 400 passes is considered impressive for a movie that does good business. Gotta love the oversaturation of prints on opening weekend! My Shrek 2 prints left flawless, of course.  |  IP: Logged Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 08-28-2004 12:00 PM                    I ran a accetate print of Fatal Attraction for 8 months. We lost it one week before it came out on video. No sprocket damage at all. I was amazed.  |  IP: Logged Jannette McQueen Film Handler Posts: 50 From: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Registered: Sep 2003 posted 08-29-2004 03:38 PM                     We still have one print of our original three. It's down to just one showing a day now, early afternoon, so once school goes back in, it'll be toast for sure (if this tuesday isn't it's last day). I haven't been working the matinee that much lately, but as far as I'm aware, it's still in pretty good shape.  |  IP: Logged John T. Hendrickson, Jr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 889 From: Freehold, NJ, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 08-30-2004 07:11 PM                     In response to John Pytlak's question about an esitmated 400 runs, I back tracked this print and found that we played it 394 times. It played on 8 of our 13 screens during its run. Lots of moves in multiple venues.  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 08-30-2004 08:27 PM                        quote: John T. Hendrickson, Jr In response to John Pytlak's question about an esitmated 400 runs, I back tracked this print and found that we played it 394 times. I'm a good guesser. The cost of that print was probably well under the price of one ticket per showing. Again, congratulations on "Film Done Right".  |  IP: Logged Steve Scott Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1300 From: Minneapolis, MN Registered: Sep 2000 posted 08-31-2004 09:33 AM                     We finished our run of Shrek 2 last Thursday. I took great pride in sending it back without a scratch, speck of dirt, or SRD error block. And with the DTS dics too  |  IP: Logged Peter Mork Expert Film Handler Posts: 181 From: Newton, MA, USA Registered: Jun 2002 posted 08-31-2004 04:02 PM                     quote: John T. Hendrickson, Jr It played on 8 of our 13 screens during its run. Lots of moves in multiple venues. My favorite is the seldom-achieved "Tour de Cinema", where a single print plays on each screen in a multiplex for at least a week. Obviously, the more screens you have, the less likely this will ever happen. At the West Newton, a mere six-screener, it's only happened twice in my tenure. Better than watching your odometer roll over. (Trying to influence the scheduler is considered cheating.)  |  IP: Logged Chris Hipp Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1462 From: Mesquite, Tx (east of Dallas) Registered: Jul 2003 posted 08-31-2004 04:20 PM                     Yeah, still running it, expect to keep it for at least two more weeks. Still looks new. Wonder why noone is posting about their print being scratched...  |  IP: Logged John T. Hendrickson, Jr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 889 From: Freehold, NJ, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 08-31-2004 07:32 PM                     Chris- Filmtechers don't normally scratch prints.  |  IP: Logged

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