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Author Topic: Direct TV projection booth commercial Rick Raskin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1100 From: Manassas Virginia Registered: Jan 2003 posted 10-25-2010 03:25 PM                     Anybody know what theater was used to film this? The operator is sitting in the booth when a sniper comes in and darts him. The sniper then steals cans of film ... blah blah blah  |  IP: Logged Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 10-25-2010 03:40 PM                     No idea but I have been hunting for it online to post to our Random Videos thread. Pretty cool commercial though.  |  IP: Logged Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 10-25-2010 03:43 PM                     I think it's the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, California. The Simplex XL's have a projection throw is 110 feet and are angled at 22 degrees. The theatre is used in many TV Specials and commercials and film premieres these days.  |  IP: Logged Mike Spaeth Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1129 From: Marietta, GA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 10-25-2010 04:30 PM                        Rumor has it that NATO sent a cease and desist letter regarding this for "promotion of piracy."  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 10-25-2010 04:30 PM                     NERDS!!!!! Piracy -- Ha! -- Since the industry is the source of the pirated copies, this seems accurate. If I were DirecTV I'd cite "journalistic integrity."  |  IP: Logged Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 10-25-2010 04:57 PM                     NATO, like the MPAA, is out of touch with reality. The Orpheum would be a good possibility, I thought it might also have been the Los Angeles, (or the Million Dollar) but I did a clip run some years ago at whichever one it was and it had LP Assoc. Lamps and the booth wasn't as nice.  |  IP: Logged Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 10-25-2010 05:35 PM                     Tony, the Los Angeles Theatre is a good answer but the projector angle is wrong. The Million Dollar Theatre has the booth on the front of the balcony. There are only afew deeply angled projection booths in Los Angeles today. Orpheum Theatre State Theatre El Capitan Theatre's storage room (Paramount's old booth) Alex Theatre United Artist Theatre (Downtown-old booth)  |  IP: Logged Mitchell Dvoskin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1869 From: West Milford, NJ, USA Registered: Jan 2001 posted 10-25-2010 06:04 PM                     And what makes us guess that it is in Los Angeles. The commercial could have been shot anywhere in the US or Canada. Unless someone recognizes the booth, the only thing we know for sure is that it is a a large old theatre, from the power/light board in the background.  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 10-25-2010 06:14 PM                     is there no possibility this was shot on a stage?  |  IP: Logged Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 10-25-2010 06:38 PM                     In Los Angeles they use the Los Angeles and Orpheum Theatres both for commercial shoots all the time. The Los Angeles Theatre is used most of the time just for film and TV and commercial shoots. It shows movies very rarely. The Orpheum Theatre has been restored for TV Specials (American Idol, etc). film shoots and concerts. The Orpheum's booth was remodeled when the theatre was restored and is a large booth, like the commercial. It was also seen in the movie "Last Action Hero" in 1993 along with the lobby and auditorium of the Orpheum. The exterior was the Empire Theatre (Pandora Theatre) on 42nd. Street in New York. And I've worked the Los Angeles and Orpheum Theatres, when I was working in Los Angeles locals. So IMHO it looks like the Orpheum Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles, CA.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 10-25-2010 09:04 PM                        What is the point of the commercial?  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 10-25-2010 09:37 PM                        Don't go there, Joe. Louis  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 10-25-2010 10:08 PM                     I can't copy the ad, but for the moment, it's on their website over to the right. Direct TV You may have to scroll up to the top to get the right one.  |  IP: Logged Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 10-25-2010 10:22 PM                     quote: Joe Redifer What is the point of the commercial? The point is that DirecTv offers movies supposedly before Netflix and the Box DVD kiosks. And I think the projectionist is hot.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 10-25-2010 10:44 PM                     The booth mustn't be air conditioned then, eh?  |  IP: Logged

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