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Author Topic: Removal of 'The Core' trailers (Shuttle incident) Jason Black Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1723 From: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 02-01-2003 03:31 PM                        Has anyone else been instructed to remove The Core trailers due to the scene in the trailer where the shuttle blows up? I understand the thought behind the request, but I can't say that I find it reasonable. At any rate, I have complied with the request.  |  IP: Logged Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 02-01-2003 03:47 PM                    well, I guess this will push the release even later in the year.  |  IP: Logged Thomas Procyk Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1842 From: Royal Palm Beach, FL, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 02-01-2003 05:34 PM                     Yes. We received a call around 4pm instrucing us that they need to be off BY THE NEXT SHOWTIME. I never really payed attention to the trailer, but I hope those patrons who saw it on the first two shows weren't scarred for life. =TMP=  |  IP: Logged John Carpenter Film Handler Posts: 96 From: Fort Walton Beach, FL, USA Registered: Nov 2002 posted 02-01-2003 08:28 PM                     Was the request coming from Paramount or from a corporate office decision?  |  IP: Logged Dennis Benjamin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1445 From: Denton, MD Registered: Feb 2002 posted 02-01-2003 10:54 PM                        I applaud them for this. People go to the movies to get away from reality - not to be reminded of it......  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 02-01-2003 11:06 PM                    How is a movie about a mission to the core of the earth going to remind people of the shuttle accident? Oh, because it's a vehicle with a crew. Well that covers a lot of territory.  |  IP: Logged Jason Black Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1723 From: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 02-01-2003 11:34 PM                        Steve, Watch the trailer. There is a scene in which a shuttle (Endeavor I think) blows up while in the sky from the gamma radiation (I presume) from the whole center of the earth not rotating. I can't say whether it was a Corp. decision or Paramount decision. By the sounds of things, I'm leaning towards corporate... Thomas, we had 5 screens to pull from and all were done between 1/2 and 4/5 breaks.  |  IP: Logged Jesse Skeen Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1517 From: Sacramento, CA Registered: Aug 2000 posted 02-02-2003 01:35 PM                     I heard that there was a scene cut from "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" before release where he fantasizes about going on the space shuttle; it was cut because of the Challenger explosion.  |  IP: Logged Ken Lackner Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1907 From: Atlanta, GA, USA Registered: Sep 2001 posted 02-03-2003 08:55 AM                     It must have been a Paramaount decision because a friend of mine said he had to pull the trailers as well. IIRC, the shuttle gets hit by one of those storms and then crashes, not explodes.  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 02-03-2003 09:14 AM                    I told the managers that morning when I first came in that all The Core trailers need to come off and why and they agreed, so we yanked them then. About two hours later the managers were writing an email to let corporate know, when the email came in from corporate that as per Paramount, pull them off. FWIW, there are two versions of the trailer, one slightly longer with the shuttle scene and a shorter one without the scene.  |  IP: Logged David Favel Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 764 From: Ashburton, New Zealand Registered: Feb 2002 posted 02-03-2003 05:00 PM                     The rest of the world is waiting to see if any one complains, then a decision will be made. To be honest I hadn't even noticed the shuttle.  |  IP: Logged Paul Konen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 981 From: Frisco, TX. (North of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-03-2003 05:21 PM                     Here is the link to the story. Click Here  |  IP: Logged John Carpenter Film Handler Posts: 96 From: Fort Walton Beach, FL, USA Registered: Nov 2002 posted 02-03-2003 06:22 PM                     Well we got our email this afternoon - to immediately remove all of the trailers. It was a good move... [ 02-03-2003, 08:43 PM: Message edited by: John Carpenter ]  |  IP: Logged James Pope Film Handler Posts: 31 From: world wide web, USA Registered: Mar 2002 posted 02-03-2003 07:46 PM                        We also got a call also from the studio on Saturday and pulled all of our "The Core" trailers from all of our prints. Little to my knowledge when I started our advertised sneak screening of "how to lose a guy in 10 days" on Saturday night, it started with "The Core" trailer where it shows in the first few seconds the shuttle crashing. I hope there wasn't anybody overly sensitive in the sold out theatre.  |  IP: Logged Aaron Haney Master Film Handler Posts: 265 From: Cupertino, CA, USA Registered: Jan 2001 posted 02-08-2003 06:05 AM                     All the trailers previously available online have been taken down as well -- even the ones not containing the shuttle footage. Apple's trailer page for Paramount contains a dead link to an old teaser that has been taken down. As I recall, that teaser did not have any of the shuttle footage in it, but it has been removed anyway. Also, the official site simply says "all trailers are currently offline". EDIT: The above is no longer true. See next page. [ 02-14-2003, 07:27 PM: Message edited by: Aaron Haney ]  |  IP: Logged

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