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Topic: Summer Kid Show Irritations!
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Thomas Pitt
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Posts: 266
From: Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK
Registered: May 2007
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posted 06-16-2008 03:32 PM
I wonder if it might be a good idea to run a couple of theatrical cartoon shorts before the main movie - like the old MGM and WB shorts? I mean, they were designed to be viewed in a cinema and often have 'fourth wall' gags that only work properly in a cinema setting!
Also, cinemas in the UK often run 'old' movies (from a couple of years back) for kids shows, often movies that are already out on DVD. Invariably the cinema gets a print that's already been through several first-run and second-run cinemas, and of course has lots of damage, splicing, relics of poor film handling etc.
Is it any more expensive or inconvenient to request a new print of an old film?
Sometimes I wonder if cinemas don't pass on films when they finish their run, but just hold them in storage for ages on a platter reel or broken-down reels. Good way for them to pick up dust, dirt and static while in storage!
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