So let's make sure everything is straight so there is no confusion. There were two prints of Frida sent to this theater. The first print was received damaged and has not been ran. The second print of Frida is nice and happy, all perfect sitting on the platter awaiting Friday's engagement after a screening earlier tonight.

Tonight I understand the defective print of Frida was picked up. Ok fine. The pickup date/time was set for tomorrow afternoon, but who cares. The print is in the cans and it was released to Airbourne/Sky Courier. An hour later the same courier shows up to pick up the GOOD print! This all after being told that the theater COULD keep this print for Friday's engagement.

So here is this theater with a perfectly good print, built up and screened, everyone is satisfied with. Technicolor now wants it back. Why??? They want to add a trailer!

I say "fine, send me the trailer and it will be placed on the print by the first showing". Apparently that's not good enough. Apparently TES thinks that if the entire print is broken down (unnecessary film handling), shipped back to Ohio (unnecessary shipping expense and banging around), a TES inspector attaches the trailer (possibly out of frame and possibly even chopping off the Miramax logo's audio which has happened more times than I care to count), then the print is re-packed up and shipped back (again, more unnecessary shipping expense and banging around) all to be re-built up and re-screened (more unnecessary film handling and shipping expenses and employee payroll expenses, all being the financial responsibility of the theater) that somehow that GUARANTEES that the trailer will be played with the movie.

Hey guys, wake up. If you want a trailer played, and you want it considered to be an "attached trailer", then fine. Just tell us nicely and ship us the trailer and it WILL play with the print for the entire engagement. No questions, no excuses, it will be done. Don't pull this kind of crap.

Oh and did I mention, this theater is actually getting TWO prints of this movie? That's just great. They already have one print they are happy with the quality on. Now Technicolor wants it to go back to never-never land and will probably ship out two completely different prints that will probably have damage on them. Does no one there have a brain smart enough to figure this stuff out? Where is that Brad Carroll guy we keep hearing about? What is his specific job again? Isn't it to assist theaters in some fashion?

EDIT: I have decided to give Mr. Carroll a shot and have emailed him, directing him to this thread. Hopefully he will see the insanity at work here in regards to this second print, see it is corrected, and also see to it that whatever theater damaged that first print of Frida pays for it. I'll let ya know.

To the person who makes these decisions at Technicolor:

In this instance, I can only hope that the "retard" in this situation is a computer arbitrarily assigning print pickups and deliveries, and not a real person. If it is indeed dictated by a real person, then Joe's picture is wholly appropriate.

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Earlier this month I got a print of "Equilibruim" TES #00006 that screened at the Trolley Corner 3 Theatre in Salt Lake City. This print
came direct from the theatre without making a TES stop. The print had
those great masking tape splices. FILM DONE WRONG

Do these prints ever go to private screening rooms in VIP's homes? Maybe the butler did it.
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