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Author Topic: Redline mystery Mark Igel Film Handler Posts: 3 From: Estes Park, Co Registered: Dec 2005 posted 04-11-2007 11:51 PM                        Tonight, we received a fax from Technicolor that said REDLINE would be delivered tomorrow by courier, just like every other Technicolor print. We don't have it booked, so I called Technicolor to advise of the error. Without giving the title, I explained briefly the situation and the lady asked: "is it Redline?". She then went on to say that the film company had booked it for us, for 5 weeks starting Friday, and she asked if we would accept the delivery. I confirmed our theater account and name with her, she said it was correctly addressed. She went on to say that the film company was sending the print to 30 theaters in the US to screen. It all sounds strange, and if I hadn't called them, I'd think it was a joke. Anyone else have any more info? We'll see if it actually shows up- and what the fallout is tomorrow. (our theater is the only one for 40 miles, with 3 screens and a population base of 12,000) [ 04-12-2007, 07:23 AM: Message edited by: Mark Igel ]  |  IP: Logged Frank Dubrois Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 896 From: Cleveland, OH Registered: Mar 2005 posted 04-12-2007 01:00 AM                    Didn't they (or someone) do that same thing with BloodRayne? I thought I heard something about theaters getting that when it wasnt even booked.  |  IP: Logged Bernie Anderson Jr Master Film Handler Posts: 435 From: Woodbridge, New Jersey Registered: Apr 2000 posted 04-12-2007 11:12 AM                        we're getting the print on Friday too. But its an actual booking from the home office. Bernie  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 퍼항시, 경상푹도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 04-12-2007 12:14 PM                     We had our print of Ultimate Gift before it was even on our upcoming list from AMC and we got it about 2 weeks before it was released. Would've built it up earlier if we had confirmation we were gonna play it.  |  IP: Logged Bernie Anderson Jr Master Film Handler Posts: 435 From: Woodbridge, New Jersey Registered: Apr 2000 posted 04-12-2007 01:57 PM                        Yep. Had that too! Showed up and no one knew what it was about. I had a couple like that. Thr3e was one of those odd ball titles.  |  IP: Logged Dustin Mitchell Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1865 From: Mondovi, WI, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 04-12-2007 02:45 PM                     Yes, Bloodrayne was shipped to hundreds of theatres it was not booked at. I don't know why anyone would be dumb enough to think such a money wasting stunt would help get their movie played. That is of course unless it was just an honest screw up that generated the order for all those prints and the subsequent shipping orders....  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 퍼항시, 경상푹도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 04-12-2007 04:20 PM                     Speaking of Redline: We've got this gigantic standee for the movie. They went so far as to have it include a TV which plays a DVD with the trailer for it continuously. Apparently, they sent it to every theater in the area (including one which they didn't bother checking that it had room for it in their lobby). But it's not even playing in the theaters nearby most of the places they sent those stupid standees to. Clearly, they were thinking ahead on this one.  |  IP: Logged Mark Igel Film Handler Posts: 3 From: Estes Park, Co Registered: Dec 2005 posted 04-12-2007 05:28 PM                        ..so the print did show up. The word on the street is that the film company probably guaranteed a certain number of playdates to the film maker, hence, the shipments without confirmed dates (like us). Our booker said to hold onto it and if it does well this wekend nationally- we'll play it next Friday. So, their plot will have worked- as long as the film delivers over the weekend.  |  IP: Logged Alex Grueneberg Expert Film Handler Posts: 125 From: Chicago, IL Registered: Aug 2004 posted 04-12-2007 06:38 PM                        Chris, we got the tv as well. It's been just sitting in the booth. Word has it we got an email from someone that said just to discard the 20 inch flat (tube) tv and standee. A house manager wants it but I think I'm going to argue that the brake room would make sense! Let's send a massive standee with a tv out to theaters that arnt even playing it! Good thinkin. Promotional budgets have stopped making sense to me a long time ago though..  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 퍼항시, 경상푹도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 04-12-2007 06:57 PM                     That would be a big improvement over the TV we've already got in the break room for entertainment and training.  |  IP: Logged Bill Enos Film God Posts: 2081 From: Richmond, Virginia, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 04-12-2007 07:03 PM                     If you played a movie you never ordered or contracted for, would you, in the absense of an agreement, owe anything? Maybe it is a gift.  |  IP: Logged Chris Dugan Film Handler Posts: 18 From: Goodyear, AZ Registered: Jul 2006 posted 04-12-2007 07:06 PM                        Took the shipping company about a month to finally get us the standee. Had the TV and TV stand for about 3 weeks. Just sitting in the booth.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 04-12-2007 07:08 PM                     If you played the movie? Yes...they are still the copyright holder. You certainly can't be billed for either shipping to/from the theatre. You could probably charge reasonable storage fees too. Steve  |  IP: Logged Frank Dubrois Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 896 From: Cleveland, OH Registered: Mar 2005 posted 04-12-2007 07:12 PM                    We're actually showing the damn movie and we never got a standee OR TV. Where do we bitch about that?  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 퍼항시, 경상푹도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 04-12-2007 07:18 PM                     That just made my day. Coordinated marketing effort at it's best...  |  IP: Logged

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