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Topic: The first movie you ran on your own was...?
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Paul G. Thompson
The Weenie Man
Posts: 4718
From: Mount Vernon WA USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 01-22-2001 08:09 PM
The movie was "Flight Of The Phoenix" Starring James Stewart in 1967. I just received my operator's license to operate the navy projection equipment. The theater was the Skywarrior Theater at NAS Whidbey Island, Oak harbor, Washington. It was a completely manually operated booth, back in the days when there were curtains, manually operated house lights and stage lights. The booth was a complete Brenkert booth, using BX-80's, RCA-9030 sound heads, BX-10 pedistals, Tungar rectifiers, a WOPPING 25 watt rms amplifier, Brenkert Enarcs, and the orginal Brenkert picture changeovers for the BX-80. (they were not the "Zipper" style.)
It was one of the most beautiful "old" manually operated booths you could cast your eyes on. Perfectly maintained!!
Pay? HAH! But who cared then? We made a handsome 5 bucks a movie. WOW! That calculated out to $1.25 an hour, including prep time and getting things ready such as cleaning porthole glass, exciter optics, lense, etc!!! (pay sure has not changed too much since then, has it?  )
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John Pytlak
Film God
Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 01-23-2001 05:26 AM
Rachel:Ouch!  Trying to pick up the pieces of a five-reeler is bad enough, but when a picture the length of "Titanic" hits the floor, you've really got a fine mess on your hands. BTW, it is very important to properly clean a print that's been spilled on the dirty floor. Besides looking bad on the screen, leaving abrasive dirt particles on the print will quickly cause scratches and cinch marks.
At least the new Kodak VISION Print Film has a transparent conductive anti-static backing to minimize static attraction of dirt particles to the film.  ------------------
John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist
Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging
Eastman Kodak Company
Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7419
Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA
Tel: 716-477-5325 Cell: 716-781-4036 Fax: 716-722-7243
E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com
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Chris Wootten
Film Handler
Posts: 50
From: Moonlit Cinema, RAAF Tindal, N.T. Australia
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 01-23-2001 05:31 AM
I dont remember the "first" film but I do remember my bestand most memorable performance........the cinema I was managing had just been totally refurbished with new sound system, screen stadium seating and a new paint job. To show off the new set up I decided to screen "Lawrence of Arabia" , in 70MM in all of its six track magnetic sound. 14 chageovers later the show was over, and I blew the socks off the audience.Thats my memory.... ------------------
"I luv the smell of napalm in tha mornin !" Keep Smiling......Chris
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John Pytlak
Film God
Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 01-23-2001 05:44 AM
Chris:Anyone that has seen a 70mm print properly presented on a big screen is a fan forever, especially when the film was photographed on 65mm camera negative, like "Oklahoma!", "Ben Hur", "Lawrence of Arabia", "My Fair Lady", "The Sound of Music", "2001 A Space Odyssey", or "Patton". Screenings like yours will hopefully keep 70mm alive to live again on hundreds of screens! ------------------
John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist
Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging
Eastman Kodak Company
Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7419
Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA
Tel: 716-477-5325 Cell: 716-781-4036 Fax: 716-722-7243
E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com
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Darryl Spicer
Film God
Posts: 3250
From: Lexington, KY, USA
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 01-23-2001 06:35 PM
Well, I am posting this again because I do not know what happened to the one I posted last night. So here it goes again.The theater I started at was a six screener so her are the ones that I remember running on my own. Missing in Action (Chuck Norris)
Silent Night, Deadly Night
Breakin II: Electric Boogaloo
The Cotton Club
Starman
Beverly Hills Cop
All out during the holidays 1984.
Also the first time I ever had anything to do with a 35mm projector was in 1982 when I worked at the theater during the summer. I got to sit with Firday the 13Th part III in 3D and Keep adjusting the framing Knob because they set it up without the extra masking.
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