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Ian Price
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1714
From: Denver, CO
Registered: Jun 99

posted 11-23-2000 09:54 PM

I was organizing my favorites file and I thought I would share with you the sites that we use. Don't forget to Bookmark.
http://www.imdb.com/
The Internet Movie Database has information an almost every film you can imagine. It is owned by Amazon.com.
http://movies.yahoo.com/movies/
Yahoo has better capsule reviews and more photos than IMBD.
http://www.aint-it-cool-news.com/
Harry Knowls has an ireverent style for his reviews and frequently has information on films before the release date.
http://filmjournal.com/
Good source for running times, picture and sound formats.
http://www.mrqe.com/
Movie Review Quiry Engine lists all review available on the web for a particular title.
http://www.filmratings.com/
This is the MPAA's site that lists the ratings and the reasons behind the ratings.
http://www.roughcut.com/
The Hot Button has timely news on films and festivals.
http://www.film-tech.com/
This projectionist run site has a great forum and a photo page par excelance. Great technical information and lots of equipment manuals.
http://www.landmarktheatres.com/Index.htm
The nations largest art cinema chain has the best capsule reviews of upcoming art releases.
http://www.boxofficeguru.com/
Good for weekend numbers and statistics.
http://www.showbizdata.com/
Realy good for independent film, numbers and statistics.
http://www.suntimes.com/index/ebert1.html
Since our paper uses Ebert the most, it is nice to read up on his site first.
http://www.laemmle.com/
L.A.'s premier art house chain.
http://boxoffice.com/
Exhibitors phone directory.
http://www.variety.com/
Industry News.

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Steve Scott
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1300
From: Minneapolis, MN
Registered: Sep 2000

posted 11-26-2000 08:43 PM

Don't forget www.moviefone.com

Just don't rely on it for extreme accuracy. We get customer reports of error at least a few times a week. But hey, they ought to come early anyway!

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Evans A Criswell
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1579
From: Huntsville, AL, USA
Registered: Mar 2000

posted 11-27-2000 08:57 AM

Don't forget the American Widescreen Museum at http://www.widescreenmuseum.com/ .

It is a wonderful collection of historical information about film, including formats, sound, and color.

Evans A Criswell http://home.hiwaay.net/~criswell/theatre/

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Martin Frandsen
Master Film Handler

Posts: 270
From: Denmark, Europe
Registered: Jun 99

posted 11-27-2000 10:48 AM

http://hjem.get2net.dk/in70mm/
Great 70mm site. 70mm show times, Philips DP70.

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Martin Frandsen
Master Film Handler

Posts: 270
From: Denmark, Europe
Registered: Jun 99

posted 11-27-2000 02:22 PM

Great large format site. http://www1.tripnet.se/~adler/widescreen/index.html
Movie Sound Page. http://www.moviesoundpage.com/
Dye-transfer motion pictures. http://home.att.net/~B-P.TRUSCIO/COLORDEX.htm

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Peter Knight
Film Handler

Posts: 6
From: Perivale, London, UK
Registered: Dec 1999

posted 01-23-2001 01:51 PM

My website has a large number of links relating to films, movies, cinema & projectionism - the URL is http://www.madcornishprojectionist.co.uk - a new update for the site is due at the beginning off February.

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