Ive got a 3Hrs 30Mins slot for Spartacus in 70mm and the film is 3Hrs 16Mins plus 15 min intermission, then the 10 mins to convert the platter, makes me minus 11mins! good job i don't havt to convert the Mech too as I have two machines in this screen.
Donnie Darko will be minus support for the show afer Spartacus.
Im sure well all have the troubles with Harry Potter and LOTR's.

Ill have to eat my weetabix that day!

The ultimate aim is persuading the programmers in London to get their sums right, which isn't as simple as that if they've calculated their initial timings based on provisional information. But there are things that can help. For example, if a four-times-a-day film is in 1:1.85, ask for that to be in screen 3. OK, you'll eventually have to go over to do a volume change, but you'll have a minute or two's flexibility, unlike if there's a lens change. If Dean St. is being totally stupid and/or just not thinking, tell them so, and flag up that their decisions will cost money in extra projection staff hours.

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Also, whenever two movies start at the same exact time, they are ALWAYS (no exceptions) in auditoriums #A and #E (please don't ask about our lame auditorium numbering/lettering scheme, well you can if you want to, I suppose)... the two that are the FURTHEST away from each other! Of course our building is only about 3 feet wide and 25 feet long, so I guess that's not really a legitimate gripe. But I like to complain so I typed it anyway.

At the theater I worked at with that Ian Price guy one quarter of all the projectors in our giant busy 12 plex were 70mm capable. Those auditoriums all had the Strong platters permanently converted to 70mm with the exception of the brains and the take up rollers that feed directly onto the take up deck. All of the other rollers on the column and elevator were 35/70 and they worked perfectly. Never a problem.... though I'm sure Ian found a way to make them a problem.

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Josh, the black rollers have a flat area designed for 35mm in the middle of the roller. The green rollers do not and as such cannot self-adjust on the last 4 rollers in the chain.

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Our art theater figured that since we are more trendy than everyone else (we don't even have spoilage, we have "waste sheets") that we needed something far more fancy than the typical numbered auditoriums. So we "numbered" our six auditoriums A, B, C, D, E, and F... not necessarily in that order. More like C, F, E, D, B, and A. It is a disaster. For one, B, C, D, and E all basically rhyme. So when someone comes up shouting that something is wrong with B C E or D in a noisy projection booth or over the radio, it takes a few times to understand. 1 2 3 4 5 and 6 do not rhyme. Also if someone were to pop up into the booth and signal me to check a certain projector, they could just hold up, say, 3 fingers to let me know to check #3. But they can't exactly immitate letters with their hands. The previous owners of this complex numbered the auditoriums 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6... IN THAT ORDER! Our policy... fix what's not broken and don't fix what is. (I am sooo fired if corporate ever stumbles upon this thread)

The Granada Prestonwood "named" their auditoriums. Let's see if I can remember. There is the "Granada" and "Capitol" and "Majestic" and "Palace" and something else. Anyway, the building is an old UA converted to dinner theater...so I know them from the UA days as #1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Fortunately the projectionists there also understand the logic of the numbering scheme...but a few months back they had a manager that wanted to start referring to them by numbers BUT HE CHANGED THE NUMBERS THEREBY CONFUSING THE PROJECTIONISTS WHO ALREADY KNEW THE HOUSE ASSIGNMENTS AS THEY HAD BEEN FOR 20 YEARS!!! We had some lovely phone conversations troubleshooting problems that went something like this:

"So #1 is doing what?"
"It's (fill in problem here)"
"That's never done that before to my knowledge. Did this just start today?"
"No it's happened before. I'm talking about the new #1."
"What?"
"The Majestic."
"Wait, is that the one by the kitchen?"
"Yes, #1."
"No wait, #1 is by the bar."
"No that's the old #1."
"What?"
"Huh?"
"What do you mean the old #1?"
"The manager changed the house numbering scheme."
"Why would he do that?"
"I don't know."
"So anyway I need to know what to do about #2."
"Ok, I'm confused. Which auditorium are we talking about?"
"The one by the kitchen manager's office."
"I don't know which office that guy has. Where is that?"
"It's by the AV closet."
"There are 2 AV closets that I know of."
"The AV closet that we keep most of the equipment in."
"I remember there being equal equipment in both of them."
"No, one of them is mostly computer stuff."
"Well I didn't pay that much attention. Which one has the AV stuff in it?"
"The one by #1"
"What? Where is that?"
"Upstairs by the old #2."
"What?"
"Huh?"
"We're going to have to approach this another way. What model projector is in that auditorium?"
"It's got a JJ."
"Ok, so then it has to be either #1 or #2"
"Correct."
"Is this the one with the blue sound rack?"
"They both have blue sound racks now after the upgrade, remember?"
"Oh yeah, ok so then it is the one closest to the front of the theater or in the back?"
"It's closest to the front of the theater."
"Ok, so you are talking about the theater that has been referred to as #2 for 20 years now?"
"Yes."
"So then what is the auditorium that has always been referred to as #1?"
"That's now #2."
"So he just flipped them?"
"Yup."
"Why?"
"Apparently just to make out lives harder."
"Idiot."
"That's him."
"Ok, so what was the problem again?"
"I forgot now."
"Did he screw up the numbering of the other screens too?"
"You don't want to know."
"Slap him for me next time you see him, will you?"
"Will do."

Thankfully this brain-child is no longer with the theater. (The houses are now back to being numbered properly too.)

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