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Geoff Jones
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 579
From: Broomfield, CO, USA
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 09-28-2009 10:21 PM
Years ago, I was told by a former manager that the screen is 78' wide x 35' tall. They used to advertise it as "three and a half stories tall."
It is a deeply curved D-150 screen. If you sit in the back, horizontal lines can appear distorted because of the curvature, but up close I find it to be overwhelmingly immersive.
I feel that the seating & sight lines are not as good as they used to be because of the recent stadium remodel, at least up front.
Over the past year or so, I've seen 6-8 films there and haven't perceived a brightness problem. Is it possible that the screen seems brighter up close, because of the curvature, with more light being reflected inwards? Or is it more likely that I'm just not as picky as Joe?
Is it perfect? No. But I think it's a pretty awesome, and I'm glad it's still around. I'm planning to make the 30 minute drive there this weekend to see Zombieland, past dozens of other theatres showing it on screens half that size. Hopefully I won't faint or die!
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James Westbrook
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1133
From: Lubbock, Texas, Usa
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted 09-29-2009 02:45 AM
I recall reading on the forums here that Al Remy died several years ago. I know he installed the equipment at the Amarillo UA in 1999, so it must have been in the early 2000's. He was our regional tech in the 80s when I worked for UA in Lubbock, and I butted heads with him a few times. If George is who I am thinking of, he was originally from Tulsa and had been in the booth since the 40s. He was knowledgeable, but quite prone to errors. He also was bald, but had a gray beard and one of the employees in Lubbock nicknamed him "Pappa Smurf." I butted heads with George a few times, too. He chain-smoked and let his cigarettes burn on the electrical conduit rails. Unlike some of our current techs, he didn't have to send an employee to a convenience store to get a lighter to apply heat shrink tubing - George always had a lighter. I'm thinking George is probably gone, too.
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