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Topic: Who Is Installing Digital Projection For "Chicken Little"?

John Pytlak
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From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
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posted 10-19-2005 08:08 PM

Disney is screening "Chicken Little" in 3D next Monday at ShowEast, most likely at the AMC Pleasure Island, where screenings are normally held:

http://www.vnufilmgroup.com/filmgroup/showeast/show_info/schedule.jsp

quote:
7:00 PM – 11:30 PM

"A SPECIAL SHOWEAST DOUBLE FEATURE"

Touchstone Pictures'
"CASANOVA"

and

Walt Disney Pictures'
"CHICKEN LITTLE"

Enjoy a premium digital 3D experience as Disney presents "Chicken Little" using REAL D Cinema platform and the Dolby Digital Cinema Playback System.

(A Digital Cinema Presentation using DLP Cinema Projection Technology manufactured by Christie)

BRIEF INTERMISSION AND DESSERT RECEPTION
Sponsored by REAL D

Upon entering the theatre, ShowEast delegates may proceed to the auditorium and film of their choice. Following the Dessert Reception, everyone is invited back for the second screening of each film

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Mark Lensenmayer
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From: Upper Arlington, OH
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posted 10-21-2005 09:23 AM

3-D Installation confirmed at Rave Polaris 18 through newspaper ad in Friday, October 21 Columbus Dispatch.

Ad copy: CHICKEN LITTLE in DIGITAL 3-D! All new technology like you have never seen before. Coming November 4th!

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Joseph L. Kleiman
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From: Sacramento, CA
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posted 10-21-2005 10:12 AM

Unless it comes out today, which is highly doubtful, I'm betting the official list comes out Monday in conjunction with the Chicken Little session at ShowEast.

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John Pytlak
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posted 10-21-2005 10:37 AM

If we all don't get blown away by Wilma! [Eek!]

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Joseph L. Kleiman
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From: Sacramento, CA
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posted 10-21-2005 11:22 AM

Chicken Little is confirmed to be playing at the following Mexican theaters Nov. 4:

Cinepolis Plaza Universidad
Mexico City

Cinemex Mundo
Mexico City

MM Cinemas Humberto Lobos Theatre
Monterrey

A fourth Mexican location is yet to be determined. The Mexican run of Chicken Little will not be using Dolby Digital Cinema servers, but rather QuVIS dual-stream servers. The deal is being put together by Moving Image Technologies. I just checked with QuVIS and all four systems will be using REAL D.

And here's the official one sheet poster from Disney for the U.S. market:

[ 10-21-2005, 04:25 PM: Message edited by: Joseph L. Kleiman ]

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Daryl C. W. O'Shea
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posted 10-21-2005 05:40 PM

That poster is wrong. "Disney Digital 3-D" should be smaller if it is going to fit in "Dolby Digital Cinema".

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Shane Cooper
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From: Little Rock, Arkansas
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posted 10-23-2005 01:39 AM

The Rave Motion Pictures Polaris 18 completed the install today.

So far the interest has been high from customers, but we will see how it goes for future releases.

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Brian Michael Weidemann
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From: Costa Mesa, CA United States
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posted 10-23-2005 03:01 AM

We've got our door guys wearing the lens-less promo 3D glasses we got in, and from what I hear, we are getting plenty of customer questions. So, we're pitching this thing like crazy.

The exhaust fan duct has been installed, and we're all reading up on the Dolby Show Store and Player operator manual and all that fun stuff. It seems like a neat system.

You know, it's really too bad that I'm not actually looking forward to the actual movie. The trailer really turned me off. Dancing CG characters are so boring.

And "Disney Digital 3D" is trademarked, eh? [Roll Eyes]

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Jason Miller
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From: Little Rock, AR,
Registered: Mar 2004

posted 10-23-2005 07:22 PM

Regal St Louis Mills 18 did not install a Digital Projector. unless they did it behind my back.

which isn't all together impossible...

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Wolff King Morrow
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From: Denton, TX, USA
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posted 10-24-2005 03:18 AM

I've been studying up on the manuals myself. The automation for this setup is too cool. You can program the entire cue system, ads, trailers, and start times using an LCD panel and keyboard. You can even program in all the start times in advance for as long as you want.

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Brad Miller
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posted 10-24-2005 03:30 AM

quote: Wolff King Morrow
You can program the entire cue system, ads, trailers, and start times using an LCD panel and keyboard. You can even program in all the start times in advance for as long as you want.

Oh the horror...timers! [Razz]

Funny, we have all of those features on our fabulously sexy CA21 automations running real FILM too. I'll bet the Dolby stuff can't program volume changes though. [Wink]

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Scott Norwood
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posted 10-24-2005 08:25 AM

Can this thing use an existing automation system (e.g. CA21), or does it only work with its own internal automation system?

Actually, I bet that it could do sound level changes, assuming that it has an unused contact closure. That could be used to operate either Brad's remote-fader trick or to select a different format (with fader setting assigned) on a CP500 or 650.

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Joseph L. Kleiman
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posted 10-24-2005 02:24 PM

News from ShowEast. 85 US screens, 4 Mexican screens for Chicken Little. This is from REAL D:

The following U.S. and Canadian theater circuits and independently owned theaters will be equipped with REAL D Cinema systems:

· AccessIT's Pavilion Digital Showcase Theatre
· AMC Theatres
· Celebration Cinema
· Century Theatres
· Cineplex Galaxy LP
· Classic Cinemas
· Crown Theatres, LLC
· Dickinson Theatres/Midwest Cinema Group
· Harkins Theatres
· Kerasotes ShowPlace Theatres, LLC
· Loews Cineplex Entertainment
· Malco Theatres, Inc.
· Mann Theatres
· MegaPlex Theatres, Inc.
· MJR THEATRES
· Muvico Theaters
· National Amusements
· Premiere Theaters, LLC
· Rave Motion Picture Theaters
· Regal Entertainment Group
· Santikos Theatres

Select screens at the following Mexican theater chains will be equipped with REAL D Cinema systems:

· CINEMEX
· Cinépolis
· MMCinemas

And this is from REG:

Chicken Little in digital 3-D in REAL D Cinema format will open at the following Regal Entertainment Group theatres on Nov. 4:

· Regal Cinemas, Mall of Georgia Stadium 20 & IMAX, Atlanta, GA
· Regal Cinemas, Gateway Stadium 16, Austin, TX
· Regal Cinemas, Lincolnshire Stadium 20 & IMAX, Chicago, IL
· United Artists, Colorado Mills Stadium 16, Denver, CO
· Regal Cinemas, Hacienda Crossings Stadium 20 & IMAX, Dublin, CA
· Regal Cinemas, Sawgrass Stadium 23, Ft Lauderdale, FL
· Edwards, Irvine Spectrum Stadium 21 & IMAX, Irvine, CA
· Regal Cinemas, Pinnacle Stadium 18, Knoxville, TN
· Regal Cinemas, Colonnade Stadium 14, Las Vegas, NV
· Edwards, Long Beach Stadium 26, Long Beach, CA
· Regal Cinemas, New Roc City Stadium 18 & IMAX, New Rochelle, NY
· Regal Cinemas, Union Square Stadium 14 (Two Screens), New York, NY
· Regal Cinemas, Waterford Lakes Stadium 20, Orlando, FL
· United Artists, King of Prussia Stadium 16 & IMAX, Philadelphia, PA
· Regal Cinemas, Bridgeport Village Stadium 18, Portland, OR
· Regal Cinemas, Countryside Stadium 20, Sterling, VA

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Wolff King Morrow
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posted 10-24-2005 04:51 PM

quote: Brad Miller
Funny, we have all of those features on our fabulously sexy CA21 automations running real FILM too. I'll bet the Dolby stuff can't program volume changes though.

So let me get this straight: You can program digital trailer content onto real FILM? [Wink]

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Brad Miller
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posted 10-24-2005 07:58 PM

Yes that's right. But we don't have to do the digital to film conversion. The labs do it for us, since all trailers these days are from a digital master anyway.

Stupid "digitial" buzzword. [Roll Eyes]

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