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Aaron Sisemore
Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day!
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From: Rockwall TX USA
Registered: Sep 1999
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posted 01-06-2000 04:03 AM
What about 'Gremlins' (the first one of course with its gratuitous booth scenes (no its NOT 'Snow White' that tails out at the end of the reel,-( trust me I have checked the film frame bt frame))And of course 'Fight Club' with its erroneous naming of a cue mark as a 'cigarette burn'... And the trailer for 'Johnny Dangerously' with the Brenkert projector and Magnarc lamphouse.... Aaron
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Steve Guttag
We forgot the crackers Gromit!!!
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From: Annapolis, MD
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 01-07-2000 12:09 AM
>>"It's interesting that whenever you see a booth in a movie, it's a chnageover booth. Has anyone ever seen a platter system in a movie? Even modern mutiplexes are running reel to reel, according to Hollywood. "<<As GOD intended films to be run! Actually from a studio's point of view, THEY ARE ALL changeover houses...just look into any of their screening rooms. I'm sure the real... er... reel reason is that reels are more visually interesting and familiar to John Q public than a platter (when would the average person have encounted a platter vs reels like they had in school of yesteryear). Add THE GREEN MILE to films that have theatres or projection rooms in them (if it hasn't been added already) Also one of my favorite films, THE INNER CIRCLE is based on a true story of Stalin's projectionist in the USSR. Steve ------------------
"Old projectionists never die, they just changeover!"
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Steve Guttag
We forgot the crackers Gromit!!!
Posts: 12814
From: Annapolis, MD
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 01-08-2000 01:04 PM
Though it isn't supposed to be depicting a theatre...."TIN MEN" shows the lobby and parking lot of the Westview Theatre in Baltimore, MD (the theatre is now closed and gone). If you will recall the scene when Dryfuss and Devito step outside of their restaurant to settle some things, they cut from the restaurant to the group leaving the lobby...that lobby was the Westview's...it becomes obvious that it isn't the restaurant's since the lobby is HUGE and devote of ANY customers. In the background, there is a film playing on the Drive-In's screen, which was the choice for the location...Mr. Levenson wanted a Drive-In picture in the background. Steve ------------------
"Old projectionists never die, they just changeover!"
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Tim Reed
Better Projection Pays
Posts: 5246
From: Northampton, PA
Registered: Sep 1999
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posted 01-08-2000 02:44 PM
Oh, yes I forgot "The Projectionist", w/ Chuck McCann. (Did ya catch the casting of Chuck as the projectionist in the "Double Exposure" episode of Columbo? It was definitely a throw-back to the movie.)He was a union projectionist, in a 3-projector booth, in "The Projectionist". Notice how he leaves the dowser open, when he stops the machine to fix a film break, at the beginning of the film. Chuck's running Ashcraft Cinex Special Lamps; and XL's w/penthouses on WE 206 soundheads! What a combination!  Also notice the Brenkert Enarc on the third machine. Anyone in NYC know what theatre this was filmed in? It looks like it was a grand old house in its day. And, "Cinema Paradiso" MUST'VE been made by someone who had actually been a projectionist. It just hits home too close, and the sentiments are right, for someone growing up wanting to become a projectionist! Has to be!
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Raj Sheth
Film Handler
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From: Indiana
Registered: Aug 1999
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posted 01-10-2000 02:45 AM
How about "Stir of Echoes" which was out earlier last year....Kevin Bacon's character was hypnotized, and was sitting in a theatre every time.....------------------
"I sometimes realize
that I can only be as
good as you'll let me."
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