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Richard C. Wolfe
Master Film Handler

Posts: 250
From: Northampton, PA, USA
Registered: Apr 2000

posted 02-20-2002 10:17 AM

In the opening scene of Paramounts "School Ties" there is a drive-by shot of my Roxy theatre in Northampton, Pa. The camera stops on the theatre so that the audience can read "Rebel Without a Cause" on the marquee and thereby know that the picture takes place in the mid fifties.

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Bernard Tonks
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From: Cranleigh, Surrey, England
Registered: Apr 2001

posted 02-20-2002 11:06 AM

“THE END OF THE AFFAIR” (Columbia Pictures. UK/USA 1999) Ralph Fiennes, Ian Hart.

Romantic Drama set in World War 2 London, included two cinemas. The mocked exterior and foyer shots, was the WARNER VILLAGE 8 screen multiplex in Finchley Road, London. The interior auditorium shots which included a newsreel on the screen in the correct 1.33:1 ratio, was the PHOENIX (ex Rex) East Finchley, London.

The Phoenix’s chief projectionist, Peter Bayley has served over 41 years of loyal service. One Sunday The Phoenix Trust and staff held a buffet reception with guests, and there was a cake made in the shape of a spool to celebrate Peter’s 40th anniversary. This was all followed by a special screening of “THE SMALLEST SHOW ON EARTH” plus a programme of shorts. The cinema is temporarily closed for alterations and refurbishment.

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Tom Fermanian
Expert Film Handler

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From: Sainte Adele, Quebec, Canada
Registered: Dec 2001

posted 02-20-2002 11:17 AM

HaHa!
Come to the Paradise, Alan Parker's look at mistreatment of Japanese Americans during WW2, Dennis Quaid is a projectionist at little Tokyo's Paradise theatre,See a couple of old Simplex!

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Mark Gulbrandsen
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From: Music City
Registered: Jun 99

posted 02-20-2002 11:19 AM

Film-Techer Dick Prather of Portland provided all of the booth equipment and expertise for "Come To The Paradise"
Mark @ Old GTS

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Paul Mayer
Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under!

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From: Albuquerque, NM
Registered: Feb 2000

posted 02-20-2002 11:35 PM

Seems to me there was an I Love Lucy TV episode that had Lucy covering for a projectionist friend. He talks her through doing a changeover, then leaves. Obviously since it's Lucy the next changeover doesn't go too well.

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My favorite line in Come See the Paradise comes during Quaid's job interview when he's told that the previous projectionist (an issei, i.e. first-generation Japanese immigrant) had committed suicide.

Quaid's response: "Wha'd he do, miss a changeover?"

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Paul

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Carl King
Expert Film Handler

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From: Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Registered: Mar 2000

posted 02-21-2002 01:10 PM

CINEMA PARADISO - THE DIRECTOR'S CUT is being released this year according to some info I read in a marketing flier in my managers office.

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Steven Privett
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From: Pasadena, TX, USA
Registered: Dec 2000

posted 02-22-2002 11:11 AM

I always like the notices in the film cans. Gremlins had one that warned you about the scene where the film burns on the screen. I think I could have figured it out. It did creep me out the first couple of times I watched it from the booth though.

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Steven Privett
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From: Pasadena, TX, USA
Registered: Dec 2000

posted 02-22-2002 11:19 AM

I just saw another video that took place entirely in the booth. This guy had no idea what he was doing. Some of you might have seen it. I am still have nightmares about it. It was called 'Booth Training Seminar'

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Jesse Skeen
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From: Sacramento, CA
Registered: Aug 2000

posted 02-22-2002 12:11 PM

Does anyone have a copy of that "Gremlins II" notice they could post? I'd like to see that; it came out just a bit before my theatre career. I didn't even see this movie in the theaters but saw the laserdisc which has the scene intact (I heard it was changed in the VHS version).

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Will Kutler
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From: Tucson, AZ, USA
Registered: Feb 2001

posted 02-25-2002 05:57 PM

I am not sure of the name of this flick, but it was an old Vincent Price film. Vincent Price is a retiring horror film star giving his last hurrah at a drive in theater. The problem is that he is being stalked by a mad gunman/sniper. At the drive in, the sniper goes behind the screen and starts taking people out...including the Projectionist through the port window...naturally the change-over is missed! Extensive booth scenes...

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Phil Hill
I love my cootie bug

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From: Hollywood, CA USA
Registered: Mar 2000

posted 02-25-2002 06:07 PM

I think you are thinking of the film "Targets" starring Boris Karloff.

>>> Phil

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System Notices
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Registered: Apr 2004

posted 10-06-2004 01:36 AM

It has been 953 days since the last post.

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William Hooper
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From: Mobile, AL USA
Registered: Jun 99

posted 10-06-2004 01:36 AM

USA Today mentioned that the Frankenstein movie airing on the USA Network cable channel is set in New Orleans.

A photo on the IMDB site looks like some lady with a gun is standing in one of the boxes at the State Palace (formerly Loew's State) theatre in New Orleans; part of the prosc & curtain is visible behind her.

http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0397430/Ss/0397430/frk04ep_0512strf_lowres.jpg?path=gallery&path_key=0397430

Very Thomas Lamb. It's not the Orpheum.
The movie runs Sunday 10/10/2004 at 9pm EST.

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Peter Mork
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From: Newton, MA, USA
Registered: Jun 2002

posted 10-06-2004 02:53 AM

"Wish You Were Here" includes one of the nastier projectionists on screen.
"Son of the Pink Panther" - the cartoon title sequence is set in a booth.
"The Tingler" - the title creature gets loose in a movie theatre, apparently
crawls into the projector and you see its silhouette projected on the screen!
"Someone to Love" - No booth here, but it's in an old moviehouse slated
for destruction. Orson Welles, of all people, doesn't give a damn.

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Peter Hall
Master Film Handler

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From: London, UK
Registered: Dec 2000

posted 10-06-2004 06:41 AM

The exterior shots of the "A grade" cinema down the road from the BiJou were taken of the Odeon in Hammersmith, London, then clad in corrigated iron for "modernisation". Not sure where the actual Bijou was, if anywhere..

Does anyone know which theatre the booth scenes in "Quiet Earth" were shot ?

Do videos count ? I have a classic tape of "Accrington Cinemas - Past and Present" which describes the new Premiere cinema there as having chosen the "best" in sight and sound. One great quote, from the manager, saying that "some cinemas have Dolby and some DTS, well ours (Smart) uses the best bits of both and sounds better than the two of them" . Also, how the screen is installed - apparently by wetting and stretching the sheet.. Lots of good pix of lacing up - could provide hours of wet Saturday afternoon viewing for all the family.. (Hey Dad, isn't his loop too small ?)

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