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Author Topic: Downtown Toronto Drive-In Barry Floyd Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1079 From: Lebanon, Tennessee, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 08-02-2001 08:55 AM                        I saw an article about this new theatre in a recent issue of Boxoffice magazine. They only had one photo, and it was just a small black & white snapshot. Anybody else seen this thing? I'd like to see what their completed project looks like. Ramps or no-ramps? Isn't there a web-site or something? What I'd like to see..... "Drive-In's done right" ------------------ Barry Floyd Floyd Entertainment Group Nashville, Tennessee (Drive-In Theatre - Start-Up)  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-02-2001 09:02 AM                     No ramps it is in a Golf driving range by day  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 08-02-2001 09:27 AM                        Good idea for the dual use as a golf driving range by day, and a drive-in at night. But why can't a driving range have ramps, unless there is a problem using the ball-collecting equipment? Did they end up with a 135-foot screen? What kind of light level with the high speed intermittent and more efficient shutter? What lamp size in that Xetron lamphouse? ------------------ 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 Web site: http://www.kodak.com/go/motion  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-02-2001 09:43 AM                     I heard a rumour that it was a 7K and that several prints got scorched because they didn't install a heat filter I haven't heard any positive comments from the projectionist on the installation but it does appear to be doing good business  |  IP: Logged Dave Bird Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 777 From: Perth, Ontario, Canada Registered: Jun 2000 posted 08-02-2001 12:01 PM                        Sheesh Gord! Even I knew enough to install the "drive-in" kit. And they're working great. I think I'll try to find some lamps soon, wan't to see 'em go!  |  IP: Logged Dave Macaulay Film God Posts: 2321 From: Toronto, Canada Registered: Apr 2001 posted 08-03-2001 03:07 PM                     It's a 4500W lamp, with a non-standard reflector in the lamphouse apparently. I don't recall the amperage but it's probably being overdriven. There is a heat filter, the burnt print of Shrek came preburned. I checked and the light is quite flat, with no hotspot where the print was blistered. The light level on screen is weak but viewable. The city lights aren't a major problem, it's pretty dark BUT the screen faces the Docks outdoor nightclub area and the lights there are a killer. Scope is acceptable but flat is way too dim. Right behind the screen across the road there is a bulk salt facility with some bright lights for unloading ships, if you get unlucky and a ship is there you have a lot of light in your face. There is some grading but not full ramps like a standard skytop, probably so the ball picker machine can get around OK. They also have cafe seating in the driving area behind the car area (with speakers) at least 200 yards from the screen, damn far and really unwatchable but if you want a hard drink that's where you go - only soft drinks allowed in the cars. Must be about the only drive-in with a bar? It was $11.00 or $12.00 per person last time I checked. They run a double feature (or triple), first show is "family" with a racier second show. Gord, to be fair the tilt up is so slight that the oil pump was drawing from the sump with front pickup - but would have sucked air if much oil leaked out (and XLs never leak, right?) BTW, recently the projection bunker was finished with siding. The contractor naturally covered the exhaust vent and forgot to cut out a hole afterwards. The lamphouse overheated a bit, I'm not sure if the mirror survived but the supplier did have to do some work on it afterwards.  |  IP: Logged

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