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Author Topic: Greek wedding question Gracia L. Babbidge Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 709 From: Bowdoin, Maine Registered: Aug 2000 posted 01-20-2003 02:23 PM                        Felt like bumping this thread as it made mention of Aquarius, and today, the Sun went into Aquarius! (At 11:53AM, EST) <- is the astrological opposite of Aquarius!  |  IP: Logged Josh Jones Redhat Posts: 1207 From: Plano, TX Registered: Apr 2000 posted 01-20-2003 05:29 PM                        Did anyone else notice the absoulutely horrible SR soundtrack on this movie? its just plain bad. Josh  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 01-20-2003 07:17 PM                     Josh, I see that movie is still playing at the Fargo. I am sure you would just be thrilled to have a copy of your very own on DVD or VHS.  |  IP: Logged Michael Brown Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1522 From: Bradford, England Registered: May 2001 posted 01-21-2003 11:53 AM                     The soundtrack was pretty bad. Was nearly as bad as the Mr Deeds SR track.  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 01-21-2003 12:38 PM                        Didn't you like the staticy centre channel on Deeds, Michael? At least, for the next picture, they'll be able to afford a digital track after what they've made on MBFGW.  |  IP: Logged Thomas Procyk Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1842 From: Royal Palm Beach, FL, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 01-21-2003 02:59 PM                     quote: At least, for the next picture, they'll be able to afford a digital track after what they've made on MBFGW. Or figure, "Well, if we made this much with only an SR track, who needs digital?" =TMP=  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 01-21-2003 04:55 PM                        You can be sure some movie studio bean counters are running around claiming there's no need for the extra expense of a digital soundtrack for movies like this to be successful.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 01-22-2003 12:45 AM                     Are you all deaf? Greek Wedding had incredible sound! You must've not been in the auditorium during the right scenes. Click here  |  IP: Logged Franklin Armstrong Expert Film Handler Posts: 106 From: Orlando, FL, USA Registered: Sep 2002 posted 01-25-2003 03:09 AM                     I just got MBFGW and the image is nice and steady !  |  IP: Logged Chris Markiewicz Expert Film Handler Posts: 209 From: Glenaviegh, County Tipperary, Ireland Registered: Aug 2002 posted 01-25-2003 10:07 PM                     The print we got for this weekend (#1495) has slight vertical movement, but is very clean with NO scratches and only a little dirt on the last reel. Some distortion in the sound in the party scenes, but all we have is Kintek. I think the decoder is starting to go. From the cues left on the print it looks like it came from Signature in Honolulu (Maxi-12). A really nice clean print. Next week, LOTR 2 Towers!  |  IP: Logged Dino Panagiotopoulos Expert Film Handler Posts: 139 From: Windor, Ontario, Canada Registered: Jan 2003 posted 01-25-2003 10:21 PM                     We've had our print since its release in Canada (August 15th I believe). Our print has run four times a day, everyday since that date. We opened with two prints but lost one about two months ago. Five months and still selling out on weekends! My guess is that this film will still do pretty well even after the DVD is released which does not make too much sense as the DVD version would most likely have a better soundtrack (possibly an SR-D) compared to the films static infested soundtrack.  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 01-25-2003 11:46 PM                        "MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING" will be released on February 11th by HBO Home Video with a 5.1 Dolby Digital soundtrack on DVD. With a very tight budget, I can see why the film was released to theatres with a analogue track. Now that the film has gone way over the two hundred million mark, they can now tweak the film with a better soundtrack and picture. The DVD sales should be more than double the amount of money it had already made in theatres and will be a 'hot' release. By the way, the movie is still playing in three Honolulu theatres and it should still be there when the DVD goes on sale. Can you think of any other film that had the vidio release overlap it's theatrical run? I cant think of any. -Claude [ 01-28-2003, 02:25 PM: Message edited by: Claude S. Ayakawa ]  |  IP: Logged Jonathan M. Crist Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 531 From: Hershey, PA, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 01-26-2003 01:44 AM                     The last picture that I can remember where the video overlapped the theatrical run was "Dirty Dancing" back in 1987/1988. Dancing had been made by a fledgling independent called Vestron -which was primarily a video company. The video release date had been set for January 2, 1988 even before the film opened in theatres. Dancing was to have opened in June but was pushed back at the last minute to mid-August to avoid competition with product from the majors. The picture took a couple of months to get noticed (due in no small measure to a then relatively new MTV playing the music videos in heavy rotation) by which time it was October/November. Vestron didn't have enough prints and was totally unprepared for the now steamrolling hit. The end result was that it was still playing in many first runs for the Christmas holidays when the video came out. Many second runs did not even get to play Dancing - something which appears to be going to happen with MBFGW as well.  |  IP: Logged Aaron Sisemore Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day! Posts: 3061 From: Rockwall TX USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 01-26-2003 02:38 AM                     quote: Can you think of any other film that had the vidio release overlap it's theatrical run? I cant think of any. A couple of our locations were still playing 'The Full Monty' a couple weeks after it had been released on video.  |  IP: Logged Glenda Cockrum Film Handler Posts: 58 From: Monaca, PA, USA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 01-26-2003 09:52 AM                     We are finally getting MBFGW on Valentines weekend , but from the response of my regulars we should be OK. Regretfully, my best friend from high school lost her mother last week to a lingering illness, it was a "big fat Greek funeral", and everyone there that knows my husband and me was asking for the movie. So I have a "built in" audience for the film, just wish I didn't need to spread the word at the funeral! But knowing my friend's mother, she would have gotten a real chuckle, she was very happy when I bought the theatre, the whole family was very supportive. I hope we do well, I may hold over an extra week if the response is positive. One of the problems of a single screen, getting a good variety of films in each month without losing out on good box office draws  |  IP: Logged

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