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Christopher Duvall
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 500
From: Denver, CO
Registered: Dec 1999

posted 02-11-2000 01:49 PM

I am probably one of the only General Managers in ANY change that is actually part of a cast fo RHPS. I have been doing it for 14 years and loved every bit of it. However due to my position with Regal, I don't have much time to that anymore. The theatre that runs it is a single screen, art/sub-run house in Norfolk, VA. The name if the theatre is The Naro Expanded Cinema. Great location. Reel to reel change-over, 70mm/35mm Century projectors with mag penthouse readers.

As far as clean up is concerned...they allow everything to be thrown EXCEPT rice and wet foods. Rice when it gets wet WILL bleach carpets and seats. We suggest bird seed instead. They also have an old beat-up roll down screen that they drop in front of the main screen whent RHPS is run. The screen is in acedemy ratio and they run the movie with the acedemy aperature plate. Basically no matting whatsoever. The screen of course protects the main screen just in case some num-nuts decides to bring his egg-salad to throw at the stage which has happened before. We have a website but for the life of me, I cannot remember the address. The name of the cast is Fishnet Inc. If Regal would allow me to run this movie, I would...but alas...

If anybody out there in theatre-land is also in a cast, let me know. I lave telling RHPS war stories. To give you an idea how much this movie has been a part of my life...my wife wife and I are part of the same cast.

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Chris Duvall
General Manager
Regal Cinemas
Rockville 13

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John Pytlak
Film God

Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000

posted 02-11-2000 03:23 PM

So Chris, what roles did you and your wife play in the cast of RHPS? How many times since your "virgin" screening? All at the same theatre?

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Tom Ferreira
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 203
From: Conway, NH, USA
Registered: Jun 99

posted 02-11-2000 11:00 PM

When I was in college, a weekend ritual was a trip to the old Cinerama Theatre in Providence for Saturday night showings of RHPS. 26 times in a theatre rings a bell, but it's been many, many years since I've seen it on the big screen. I'd love for my wife and kids to see it at a theatre with a good cast and active participation. Anyone know where in New England RHPS still screens? By the way, when new prints were struck, did they include the Super Heroes number at the end?

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Aaron Sisemore
Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day!

Posts: 3061
From: Rockwall TX USA
Registered: Sep 1999

posted 02-12-2000 02:47 AM

I lost my RHPS 'virginity' in 1983 projecting the film to a raging crowd of three people. (I swear!)I was clueless as to why this film was such a cult hit... My second time was about nine months later as a projectionist again, different theatre, live cast and a SRO crowd! it was a completely different movie! Too bad I was running it on carbons and changeovers and didn't get too many chances to listen to all the lines until later in my career...

Since then I have participated in several RHPS one-shot casts usually as Eddie, although I prefer to handle projection duties these days

And to whomever asked about the prints with 'Super Heroes' in R6:

All of the 1990 (15th anniversary) reissue prints (the ones with the Dolby SR soundtrack) *do* have the 'Super Heroes' ending and the alternate end credit music.

I remember people asking me years ago if we had a print with 'super heroes' and i had no idea what they were talking about (very few if any of the 1975 US prints had the SH ending..)

I would like to see a 25th anniversary reissue of RHPS this year (hint hint, Fox?) with all the digital sound formats included...

Aaron

Frank says:
...Magenta...Columbia...Go assist Riff Raff.... (as Frank extends his hand toward the camera) ...I'll entertain... [THE PROJECTIONIST CAUSE HE NEVER GETS ANY F***ING RESPECT!!!]

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Christopher Duvall
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 500
From: Denver, CO
Registered: Dec 1999

posted 02-12-2000 04:07 PM

My wife usually play Chuckie (has no f***ing neck) and sometimes Magenta. I almost always play Brad (a$$hole!) but I have played ALL characters at one time or another. Viki started going and joined the cast Halloween of 1986 at the Naro dressed as Freddy Krueger. I started the very same day at the rival Virginia Beach cast also dressed Freddy. When my cast went belly up in 1990, I headed over to the Naro and joined there. Viki and I never knew about the Freddy thing until well after we were married...strange. Anyhoo, my original cast had shows every weekend on Friday and Saturday. I was working for AMC at that time (spit). The Naro cast has shows every other Friday. After some calculation, I figure somewhere over 600 times for myself. I have only missed only a few shows during my stint with both casts and most of the last 2 years. Viki from what I understand is very close to the same figure. We both stopped counting after 69 shows ;'>

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Brad Miller
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From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall)
Registered: May 99

posted 02-13-2000 01:47 AM

Tom,

Yes, the new prints do include the song "Super Heroes" from the original European version. All have that horribly redone SR stereo track with the bad lip sync as well.

There's a thread already on this here at Film-Tech that you can read by clicking here.

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