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Robert Harrison
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From: Harwood Heights, Illinois, USA
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted 05-06-2006 12:59 PM
Last evening, I received a print of the film "Goal: The Dream Begins." We are scheduled for a special screening of this flick on Monday night. There were combination locks on the damn cans! I asked the delivery guy if he had the key. He, of course, knew nothing about it.
Today we received a fax from the good ol' boys at Technicolor. This is what it said:
"Pre-Release Print Security for Screening of GOAL! THE DREAM BEGINS
The biggest Threat to our industry today is piracy. Buena Vista and your theatre share a vested interest in doing everything possible to prevent it.
You are scheduled to screen GOAL! THE DREAM BEGINS in the next few days. Technicolor will deliver this print in a locked can. The purpose of the lock is to add another layer of security to protect the print from piracy. PLEASE DO NOT CUT THE LOCK.
Technicolor will call your theatre with the combination to unlock the cans. If your screening is before noon, we have instructed them to call after 5:00 PM the day before. If your screening is after noon, they will call on the morning of the screening. If you have not heard from Technicolor, or have problems opening the can, DO NOT CUT THE LOCK. Call Technicolor at 1-800-99-FILMS for instructions.
When you return the print, please be sure to relock the can. Technicolor will report any prints that are not returned in locked cans. Thank you for your help.
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution"
In the words of C-3PO, "Will this never end?"
I don't know about all of you, but I have been breathlessly anticipating this particular film!
Anyone else ever receive locked cans?
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Alexander Smith
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From: Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted 05-07-2006 06:29 AM
Re: MPD and zip ties on the blue boxes:
I had a email discussion with the head guy at MPD about this. They started doing that just so that when it was time to open the box you had an extra task to do, just to make a potential thief think about it. Sounds lame if you ask me but I don't make the rules. MPD were considering using serially numbered plastic seals, but they've (apparently) decided not to.
I had assumed, the first time I'd received a box from MPD, that they had had problems with the black fastener popping open unexpectedly.
Back on subject now:
AFAICR I've never received a film with locked cans (jigsaw and a couple of metal cutting blades on stand-by!), but the "security" for Mi3 was a bit of a joke:
Print delivered in two shipments, first even numbered reels then the odd numbered reels. One of the reels had the reel end taped down with what looked like red sellotape. If you peeled the tape up it revealed it had two layers, with the inner layer printed with 'VOID' on it. I had already cut the tape to make-up the film but was examining it during an idle moment. Another one of the reels was in a plastic bag with "deluxe labs" printed on the side. The bag was sealed with blue coloured tape, otherwise identical to the red tape. I had two prints to make up, so I picked up the sharpie and cut open the bottom of the bag.
With reference to the red and blue tape, a classic "man in the middle" attack could have removed both the blue-tape-plus-bag, and the red tape (trim the leader a little) and I would have had no way of finding out about it.
Alex.
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