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Manny Knowles
"What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???"

Posts: 4247
From: Bloomington, IN, USA
Registered: Feb 2002

posted 05-12-2002 08:52 PM

Seen (or heard) any good trailers lately?

I'm planning my pre-show trailer program for Star Wars Episode II and I'd like to run some interesting trailers that will appeal to the "Star Wars" crowd.

So far, I've got...

EIGHT LEGGED FREAKS
SIGNS
MEN IN BLACK 2

Wondering what's a pre-show trailer program? It's simple really...we're going to run the paid ads and a few trailers. Then the show will pause and the lights will come up with a 5-minute delay before the advertised start time, at which time the main program will roll over.

The reason for this is that Lucas is limiting the amout of trailers on "Star Wars."

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Brad Miller
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From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall)
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posted 05-12-2002 09:02 PM

He is limiting trailers? Oh geez here we go again! What have you heard specifically?

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Manny Knowles
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posted 05-12-2002 10:43 PM

There's a whole fax that came in with terms...I'll edit this to include all of them, but so far (from memory)...

Maximum of 4 trailers
Maximum of 3 trailers if there are commercial ads, and there is a time limit on commercial ads
Minimum 8 week run and must play in a theatre with digital sound (markets where digital sound is uncommon/non-existant are exempted)
No interlocking of prints
Print cannot be moved to another auditorium without prior consent of distributor (I'm assuming this doesn't apply to emergencies like projector malfunctions)

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Aaron Sisemore
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From: Rockwall TX USA
Registered: Sep 1999

posted 05-12-2002 11:04 PM

Lucas is allowing rolling stock ads this time around? I remember a memo expressly forbidding them on Episode I, and a six-minute total run time for any trailers placed on the print (which is why there were all those :30 and :60 teasers accompanying the Ep I print)...

-Aaron

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Richard Fowler
Film God

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From: Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA
Registered: Jun 2001

posted 05-12-2002 11:20 PM

Funny....I have some international customers who will make more money ( and will ignore his demands ) with their screen ads....Spiderman seems to have more recognition and pulling power with these customers.
Richard Fowler
TVP-Theatre & Video Products Inc. www.tvpmiami.com

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Manny Knowles
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posted 05-12-2002 11:46 PM

I'm not familiar with the term "Rolling Stock." What is it exactly? Is this an American term for "Commercial Ads"?

(...and IIRC the trailers were limited to 8mins on Episode I, not six...)

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Bill Hallsworth
Film Handler

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From: Loganville, GA, USA
Registered: May 2002

posted 05-12-2002 11:55 PM

Manny,

Rolling stock are basically commercials or ads put on before (rarely after) the actual previews. Check out the discussion about it in the Ground Level forum.

Bill

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Jesse Skeen
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Sacramento, CA
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posted 05-13-2002 01:03 PM

AKA Rolling Schlock!

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Gracia L. Babbidge
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Bowdoin, Maine
Registered: Aug 2000

posted 05-14-2002 12:39 PM

Jesse said:

quote:
AKA Rolling Schlock!

Precisely!

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Aldo Baez
Master Film Handler

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From: USA
Registered: Mar 2001

posted 05-15-2002 01:51 AM

For the first time I got a memo saying exactly what trailers I have to put on my first, second, and third prints of SW.

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Dave Williams
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From: Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Registered: Jan 2000

posted 05-15-2002 02:02 AM

Remember children that in most cases that the studios often have trailers attached to the print. In my experience I have found that when they limit the number of trailers they are only asking to limit the number of additional trailers other than the ones attached to the print itself.

Does anyone know if this is the case in this case?

Dave

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James R. Hammonds, Jr
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Houston, TX, USA
Registered: Nov 2000

posted 05-16-2002 04:00 AM

I never heard anything about a 4 ttrailer limit for this movie.
Was this just a rumor or was there a fax I did not see?

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Manuel Francisco Valencia
Expert Film Handler

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From: Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Registered: Dec 2000

posted 05-16-2002 04:38 AM

What we have got on the prints now are:

Rolling Stock(Nestea)
Undercover Brother
Matrix Reloaded
Minority Report
AP2: Goldmember
Sum of All Fears
Men in Black

Not in that particular order and not on all prints. We have to have it in our two big houses (SDDS) and second biggest houses, one with DTS and the other SR-D.

PS Has anyone noticed that the Jedi Bastard himself looks so much like the freakin Ewoks!

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Pete Naples
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From: Dunfermline, Scotland
Registered: Feb 2001

posted 05-16-2002 12:05 PM

With the amount of control freakery attached to this, and the %'age the Georgey boy is taking out of your pockets, is there any point to showing this 'film'?

I glanced at out of the porthole of the booth I was in today, and was compelled to reach for the focus knob, which turned out to be a waste of time and effort. It's printed so soft it's impossible to tell if the machine is in focus

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Ken Lackner
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From: Atlanta, GA, USA
Registered: Sep 2001

posted 05-16-2002 12:14 PM

Pete said: "It's printed so soft it's impossible to tell if the machine is in focus."

Likely some fans of digital will use this as another peice of proof that digital must be better. Grrr.

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