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Topic: Hey you, you suck! (AKA: Outing bad film handlers)
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Thomas Procyk
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1842
From: Royal Palm Beach, FL, USA
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 08-05-2004 10:57 AM
Do you think that studios/depots purposely send out the worst prints in inventory for the kiddie matinees? This would make sense, given that *most* theaters that do these often build up, break down, and tote it to the next theater in the chain every week, they only run one or two shows for free, and some places even interlock through equipment not set-up for it. I don't think I ever got a "good" print when I did these for Regal.
OTOH, the theater I'm currently at did a paid screening of Daddy Day Care recently (group rentals) and we got a PRISTINE print!! Leaders were all spliced back properly, the print was spotless, no cues anywhere, and even the attached trailer for Radio was still there, unharmed. The cartoon that originally came with first-run showings was gone, however, and the sticker crossed out on the box.
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Barry Floyd
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1079
From: Lebanon, Tennessee, USA
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 08-11-2004 10:24 AM
quote: Jeremy Fuentes
We are doing everything short of calling the theater and telling the projectionist ourselves
I actually tried to do that. I was so pissed off, I picked up the phone and tried to call the other theatre to ask them WTF they did to this print and how was I susposed to get it put together and on the screen. All I could reach was their automated recording.
Adam stated above that we all just like to complain. When you work for a big national chain, you might not care as much when someone complains about a poor or sloppy presentation. In my case, I build the prints, run the booth, sign the checks, pay the bills, mow the grass, clean the toilets, flip the burgers, and pick up the trash on the lot at 1:30 a.m. .... everything that happens at my theatre I take personally.
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Adam Budweg
Film Handler
Posts: 22
From: Lorain, Ohio, USA
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 08-11-2004 10:27 PM
In response to Jermey I have recieved trash prints, hell prints have been trashed in the theater I work in, but my gm doesn't let me order a replacement reel unless its royaly screwed or it was recieved messed up.
Example: We had a print of harry potter. Its a pretty good sized film. Well one wed. it got tossed, and whats waiting for me on thursday? Thats right the last 30-40 min of harry potter sitting in 4 separate pieces. 1 was the film that was already on the platter. 2 was in a box with nothing telling me where in the filit belonged. 3 was in a neat pile on the floor. and 4 was in the trash. well my 1st question for my gm when he came in was in regards to part No.4 in the trash. His response was it was just the credits and it doesnt matter. It didnt take me to long to paste back together, but there was no need for it to be cut up in that way let alone end up on the floor in the 1st place. and in case ur wondering y it was on the floor it was because they were running it in manual bypassing the automation, probaby because they didnt check the failsafe arms and one of them wasnt engaged. hehe sorry i was doing a bit of ranting there. the example part of it comes in when i ordered a new reel for it because a good 4 ft were mauled and there were countless scratches and broken sproket holes. I then recieved a call from our coporiate office wondering y i needed a new reel, i told him y and then he hung up. when my gm came in later that day i got bitched at cause he got bitched at for haveing to get a new reel. In my opinion i made the right call. There was enough damage to the print to order a new reel, but aparently i was wrong.
ive seen films mauled, scratched, and filthy, but they wont let me do anything about it. I cant even get a film cleaner, because it costs to much. They dont mind teh fact that when the managers work they wont even pick up a paint brush to wipe away the dust.
This is theraputic. ![[Smile]](smile.gif) thanks for letting me get that out
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Do the booths that use this tape know how much of a bitch it is to remove it? They must be cheap theaters that never replace trailers, or they move the prints out of their theater within a couple weeks...
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