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Author Topic: 15 years ago, July 11th.... Dennis Benjamin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1445 From: Denton, MD Registered: Feb 2002 posted 07-12-2004 05:59 PM                        I just realized that I have been in the business for 15 years (officially). I started at the Cobb Coralwood 6 in Cape Coral, Florida just a few weeks after "Batman" opened on July 11th, 1989. 30 theatres later, I'm still in it. Damn, am I a fool or what? Ha! I love this business! I hold a drink up high and toast to the Motion Picture Industry (and to Paul G. Thompson and John Zampi (the man who hired me - R.I.P.)).  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Fuentes Mmmm, Dr. Pepper! Posts: 1168 From: Corpus Christi, TX United States Registered: Jan 2004 posted 07-12-2004 06:05 PM                     Happy 15th!!  |  IP: Logged R. Andrew Diercks Expert Film Handler Posts: 232 From: Marion, Iowa (In the middle of everywhere) Registered: May 2003 posted 07-12-2004 06:24 PM                     I recently realized that on June 6th, I hit my 10 year mark. Only due to an insurance evaluation where they had our official start date in the computer. I couldn't believe it.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 07-12-2004 09:08 PM                        On that date, we were playing "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" and were right in the middle of a verrrrry long dry spell (of business, that is).  |  IP: Logged Adam Fraser Master Film Handler Posts: 499 From: Houghton Lake, MI, USA Registered: Dec 2001 posted 07-13-2004 12:59 AM                        I think i just passed the 9 year mark on June 15. The first movie that I was an official employee working for the theatre was Casper ( I think). Before that I did help out a little bit here and there. Started as an usher, then concession and box, then projection, now its a little bit of everything. Working 90 days straight with maybe 1 or 2 days off during the summer is the way of life now. Sun-Thurs: 5-12:30PM Friday and Sat: 10:00 AM-12:30 PM  |  IP: Logged Sam Johnson II Film Handler Posts: 25 From: Waynesburg, KY, USA Registered: Jan 2004 posted 07-13-2004 01:57 AM                     July 10th marked my first year working at a theater. I started at Carmike Cinemas 4 in Danville, KY, and they had just opened Terminator 3 the day before I started. Admittingly, about two months of the last year I was unemployed after a bitter departure from Carmike. But now I work for a brand new theater, Danville Cinemas 8, which is only about two or three months old, with independent owners. They're also opening a theater in Somerset where I will also be working. It may not mean as much as 10 or 15 years, but hopefully I'll reach that point eventually .  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 07-13-2004 01:07 PM                        May 1967 for me. "Alfie" and "Georgy Girl" were the first films I projected at the Grandview Drive-In. Hey there, Georgy Girl, what's it all about Alfie?  |  IP: Logged

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