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Author Topic: Where are the film projectors going? Jesse Skeen Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1517 From: Sacramento, CA Registered: Aug 2000 posted 12-25-2010 09:24 PM                     Just went to a theater I worked at for 9 years and where I first learned how to project film. 4 out of the 6 screens are now using digital projection, and the other 2 are scheduled to get digital in a few months. I asked someone there what happened to the film projectors, and she said they melted them down. I sort of doubt that, but if they aren't keeping them at the theaters then where are they going? I'd like to buy one someday, and if regular theaters are going to stop using them there should be a bunch looking for new homes.  |  IP: Logged Mike Spaeth Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1129 From: Marietta, GA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 12-25-2010 10:47 PM                        She's probably right. Many of them are just being sold for scrap metal.  |  IP: Logged Jesse Skeen Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1517 From: Sacramento, CA Registered: Aug 2000 posted 12-26-2010 01:10 AM                     So how much are they going for? Can I get one?  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 12-26-2010 06:24 AM                        Many are being put into corners. Kept for spares. A few are being reinstalled at lesser theatres. A few, previously removed, are being reinstalled back where they started. (Digital removed or side-by-side.) Louis  |  IP: Logged Robert E. Allen Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1078 From: Checotah, Oklahoma Registered: Jul 2002 posted 12-26-2010 03:49 PM                     Besides going to dealers backrooms there is the overseas market where digital will take longer to catch on.  |  IP: Logged Edward Havens Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 614 From: Los Angeles, CA Registered: Mar 2008 posted 12-26-2010 04:06 PM                     When my theatre recently closed, all the projectors and sound equipment were purchased by other (mostly independent) exhibitors, for spare parts. They moved them in to storage for when those parts were needed.  |  IP: Logged Michael Riley Film Handler Posts: 52 From: New Jersey Registered: Apr 2010 posted 12-26-2010 09:08 PM                  Regal and AMC are (were?) selling their old 35MM equipment to buyers from Central and South America  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 12-27-2010 01:29 PM                     I'd also guess that a lot of those decommissioned projectors are outbound to South America and The Caribbean. When I worked in The Bahamas, all of our projectors were refurbished, taken out of American theatres, screening rooms, etc.  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Althaus Master Film Handler Posts: 435 From: Bedford, TX Registered: Dec 2008 posted 12-27-2010 05:28 PM                     For us, certain models are going to other sites or down south, but my models are not. Simplex 1050's apparently aren't wanted  |  IP: Logged Sam D. Chavez Film God Posts: 2153 From: Martinez, CA USA Registered: Aug 2003 posted 12-27-2010 07:06 PM                       There aren't enough screens in Latin America to absorb all the 35mm projectors coming out. Regal is paying Strong Technical to haul off the film equipment. A lot of this is going to landfill, particularly consoles and platters. AMC has been putting some directly in the dumpster under a watchful eye of a guard. As far as other companies, I not be knowing.  |  IP: Logged Ian Parfrey Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1049 From: Imbil Australia 26 deg 27' 42.66" S 152 deg 42' 23.40" E Registered: Feb 2009 posted 12-27-2010 07:26 PM                     Sam. That is really cruel. I would kill for a Century DAW setup!  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-27-2010 07:33 PM                     Ian get a good machine a GK21 or a CW Century's i have found are a pain to maintain  |  IP: Logged Ian Parfrey Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1049 From: Imbil Australia 26 deg 27' 42.66" S 152 deg 42' 23.40" E Registered: Feb 2009 posted 12-27-2010 10:29 PM                     Gordon. I like the GK21's apart from 2 things, the double speed shutter and that ridiculous aperture change. Why did they design it like that??? Otherwise, they are a brilliantly well built machine and I wouldn't say no to one. I wonder what the parts situation is? C&W's? I already have a pair of P6's and feel it's almost time to upgrade to a more 'heavy metal' style of machine. ...an Christmas has just past. Oh well, maybe next year.  |  IP: Logged Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 12-27-2010 11:37 PM                     Worst example of projector waste I heard of is when Pacific was converting the Cinemra Dome in Hollywood to the Arclight Cinemas...during the demolition, they opened the booth wall up, set a dumpster in the auditorium, and shoved the Norelco AAII's over the edge. I chewed out their main man, told him I would have arranged to remove them on my dime. Buttmunch.  |  IP: Logged Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 12-28-2010 08:25 AM                     quote: Tony Bandiera Jr they opened the booth wall up, set a dumpster in the auditorium, and shoved the Norelco AAII's over the edge. Tony, When was the last time you was in the Dome's booth? Ralph sent me to the Dome many times. I never saw any Norelco AAII's sitting there in any part of the booth. During that time Carl had installed a pair of Century JJ's. with two Christie AW-3's, but that's 1991. Arclight Hollywood opened March of 2002. During the early 1990's Carl had to reinstall projectors back into the Pantages Theatre. He took the two Norelco's from the Paramount (aka ElCapitan) and two from the Hastings in Pasadena for the job. He took parts of my sound system for theirs and updated mine at the Hollywood Pacific Theatre. Yes, he dumpped alot of booth equipment from the basement warehouse at the Pacific. Just like Mann Theatres did from the old Fox Theatre on Hollywood Blvd., they used it as an equipment warehouse for the chain. A friend got a few full booth setups from AMC Century City for around $1000 per booth. Just like the old Crazy Eddie commercials. The Prices Are Insane !  |  IP: Logged

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