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Author Topic: The first movie you ran on your own was...? Joshua Lott Expert Film Handler Posts: 246 From: Fairbanks, AK, USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 01-30-2001 04:57 PM                        I can't remember the first movie I ever ran, but I do remember the first movie I ever built. It was Jackie Chan's Supercop. The only reason they let me build it was becuase it came in late (Friday Morning) and I was the opening projectionist. It went up on screen with no probs what so ever. I was only shown for the first time how to build a movie the night before.  |  IP: Logged System Notices Forum Watchdog / Soup Nazi Posts: 215 Registered: Apr 2004 posted 09-29-2004 09:44 AM                 It has been 1337 days since the last post.  |  IP: Logged Matthew Peters Expert Film Handler Posts: 179 From: Glen Waverley, Melbourne, Australia Registered: Nov 2002 posted 09-29-2004 09:44 AM                     Official first run – “Bridget Jones’s diary” While I had run many films without direct supervision or someone in the booth, I always had a manager downstairs in his office in case anything went wrong (it provided a good sense of security). So for me the first “real” run on my own was “Black Hawk Down”, on a night shift without any other projection staff. Oh yeah, it was also the first run of this film… and the first time I had encountered a payout jam. At the time it seamed like complete chaos, but in reality it was just two layers of film got jammed in the payout arm, failsafe/tension halted the show. Resumed the show no big deal.  |  IP: Logged Wolff King Morrow Master Film Handler Posts: 490 From: Denton, TX, USA Registered: Feb 2004 posted 09-29-2004 06:59 PM                        I think my first on my own was Arnold's "End of Days" way back in December of 1999.  |  IP: Logged John T. Hendrickson, Jr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 889 From: Freehold, NJ, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 09-29-2004 07:49 PM                     Nice that this thread was bumped up. It ran before I became a member. Think Gordon has us all beat! Just for fun, to date myself: 16mm- since I was five years old (1949 yikes!) 16mm first feature- Smokey, when I was in 7th grade, in the school auditorium. Used two old Ampros and pulled off a changeover. 35mm- 1970, Patton, at the Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park, NJ. Simplex XL's, Ashcraft Carbon Arc Lamps with water coolers, magnetic sound. Still remember the sound of the bugle in the opening scene, reverberating around that grand old 1600 seat venue. Hey, Gary Crawford, bet you ran your first show here, too!  |  IP: Logged Rick Raskin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1100 From: Manassas Virginia Registered: Jan 2003 posted 09-29-2004 08:22 PM                     First 16mm - probably in Jr. High about 1958. I think it was "The Eddie Duchin Story" or "Miracle of the Bells" -- can't remember for sure. Ampro projector. First 35mm - I learned to thread up at the Virginia Theatre (razed) in Alexandria VA from George Giles, an old union man who was a family friend, sadly, long since gone. - sometime around 1961. XLs, Magnarcs, etc. First 35mm on my own -- "I'd Rather be Rich" at the Beltway Plaza (razed) in Greenbelt MD. Norelco 35/70s, Strong Futura lamps and Ballantyne sound - 1963. First 70mm - "2001" at the very same MacAuthur theatre mentioned in earlier posts. - 1975.  |  IP: Logged Don Furr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 509 From: Sun City, Ca USA Registered: Nov 2002 posted 09-29-2004 09:12 PM                     In 16mm it would have been a Woody Woodpecker toon about 1954. At the age of 14, I lied about how old I was.(had to be 16 years old to get in the booth)Don't remember the title though. We ran Supers and Peerless Magnarcs. What fun Don  |  IP: Logged Chris Hipp Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1462 From: Mesquite, Tx (east of Dallas) Registered: Jul 2003 posted 09-29-2004 09:56 PM                     Pearl Harbor (2001)  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 09-29-2004 10:02 PM                        First 16mm: Probably The Green Berets in the summer of 1970. Ran on a pair of Kalart-Victor 70-15's, borrowed from my junior high school for a city recreation department summer screening. First 35mm: Probably a tie between one of the Zatohichi films in LA and a three-screen interlock for the Follies Bergere at the Tropicana hotel here, both in the summer of 1972. The LA booth was equipped with Century SA's and Peerless lamps. The old Tropicana light booth had a mix of machines--Simplex and Ace picture heads, Peerless and Brenkert lamps. First 70mm: Thrillsphere on the midway at Circus Circus in the summer of 1975. Westrex with ORC lamp. First Omnimax: Caesars Palace in 1989. Funny, can't remember which film. Booth was a classic 1979 installation. First Showscan: Caesars Palace in 1990. Ran a six-week festival/demonstration of Showscan titles in the Omnimax. Omnimax titles ran during the day, Showscan titles ran at night from the upper booth on a pair of screaming Century JJ's. [ 09-30-2004, 04:54 PM: Message edited by: Paul Mayer ]  |  IP: Logged Richard Greco Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1180 From: Plant City, FL Registered: Nov 2003 posted 09-29-2004 10:53 PM                     Scary Movie 3 (2003) Last Movie before removal from theatre? King Arthur (2004)  |  IP: Logged Jack Ondracek Film God Posts: 2348 From: Port Orchard, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2002 posted 09-29-2004 11:49 PM                        Something back in 1966, I think. After 3 years under the tutelage of a cranky old union projectionist, I showed up at the Port Angeles Drive-In one night to find that he had taken the night off. The sub had brought his son with him, and they were more interested in playing with their model cars than running the show. After asking me what machine I was going to thread the cartoon on... and then watching me do it, they let me run the whole nite... and yes, it scared the out of me. On the other hand, my cranky old tutor heard all about it, and taught me a whole lot more in that year than I learned in the 2 or 3 before. Just part of growing up, I guess... something about taking advantage of opportunities.  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-30-2004 12:08 AM                     If we're going to count non-professional film formats I'll have to modify my original answer. (Mission Impossible and Truth About Cats and Dogs.) When I was in second grade, my Dad had an 8mm setup. He had a camera, an 8mm editor (like a Moviola, except smaller) and a splicer. He also made a tabletop animation stand. We had a wall size Da-Lite rollup screen on the wall in the living room. He would photograph family home movies, and hand draw animated titles. (He worked for Walter Lantz before I was born.) Everything was spliced up and put on large reels. Dad would sit on the sofa with beer in-hand and MAKE me run the projector for him while family and friends gathered 'round. As a reward, he would buy Yogi Bear cartoons and Little Rascals shorts on 8mm for me to run when I came home after school. This was about 1972-3. When I was in 4th or 5th grade I started showing interest in the 16mm film projectors my teachers ran. I remember the day when the Bell & Howell "Auto-Shredder" went out of whack and "blew a loop". Since I had already knew how to operate my Dad's projector I ran over and hit the reset button. That was the day I got drafted to be "Class Projectionist". When I was in 9th grade, one of my science teachers would reward us by showing cartoons. If our class average was high enough, he would get us Pink Panther cartoons to watch on Friday afternoons. I ran the shows while he sat in the back of the classroom and dozed off. After about 10th grade I started to lose interest for varying reasons. I was on Stage Crew for a while but, once I went to college, I didn't do much of that stuff anymore. It wasn't until almost 10 years ago that I got a job at the new Cinemark Tinseltown theater being built in my town. I wish I would have kept up with projection for all those years in college and studied more electronics instead of drinking beer and smoking dope. I'd be light years ahead of where I am right now!  |  IP: Logged Greg Davis Film Handler Posts: 96 From: Vista, Ca, USA Registered: Sep 2004 posted 09-30-2004 12:36 AM                     First ran - Italian Job (2003, not 1966!) First built and ran alone - Starsky and Hutch mmmm yeah. My supervisors first was the piglet movie. Not quite as exciting.  |  IP: Logged Dick Vaughan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1032 From: Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK Registered: Jul 2000 posted 09-30-2004 02:14 AM                        To Fly! in IMAX April 1983 here at NMPFT in Bradford  |  IP: Logged Mike Olpin Chop Chop! Posts: 1852 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Jan 2002 posted 09-30-2004 03:27 AM                     The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, right here at Edwards Rancho San Diego 15 on Screen 2.  |  IP: Logged

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