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Topic: AMC Booth Procedures.
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Mark J. Marshall
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Posts: 3188
From: New Castle, DE, USA
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 03-09-2005 09:11 AM
quote: Jason Gazaille
What if you DO screen the print, and call the depot to get the reel replaced immediately, and yet you don't get one?
We did our part. As much as we hate the situation, at least we did everything we could, and we get to bitch at someone... in this case, the depot.
quote: Jason Gazaille
What if you get 6 prints from the ETS depot only 7 hours before the first run of the morning?
Well, that would be BAD. And that's exactly what I'm talking about. It's not just the theaters, the distributors and the depots have to get in on this to fix it too. We had our print of Gods & Generals show up less than an hour before the first show. For those that don't remember, that was a 14 reel movie, with an intermission in the MIDDLE of reel 8 - which needed to be located and "cue'd" to bring the lights up and down. We couldn't even build up the trailers while we waited for the print because... the trailers were coming in the can - which is a rant for another thread. Not only was it on screen less than five minutes late, but the print was flawlessly built up, and we were the only theater in town that did NOT cancel the first show. The theater down the street from us put up a sign that said "SOLD OUT" according to our customers.
quote: Jason Gazaille
We do our absolute best at our theatre to screen them as early as possible but if you get no support, is it really worth it?
So do we. And you're right that it sucks that the home office and the movie companies don't back us up in that endeavor. That's why NATO and the MPAA need to get together and make a decision and stick to it.
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Monte L Fullmer
Film God
Posts: 8367
From: Nampa, Idaho, USA
Registered: Nov 2004
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posted 03-10-2005 12:38 AM
quote: Mark J. Marshall
I know some folks get their feathers ruffled when I post here, but I've never been told not to either.
I fully agree here, plus what Brad has posted.
Being around the film world a good few years has made me somewhat well known in a few states, and sometimes gained "notorious" status in what I do and what I have done.
Then with my newly introduced presense here on FT, this catagory of being "notorious" has been magnified some since now I'm being watch by my followers and peers, present and former, domestic and worldwide.
I've worked with many large circuits, some have pulled out of the cities that I've worked in, some have gone out of business all together and some have merged with other circuits. In almost all cases with these changes has caused within me, good and bad attitudes about the changes.
Sometimes, when we get "too good" in our trade, we get pretty well set on how things are supposed to run - kind of a King and his Kingdom....the EMPIRE that we have created.
But when the company that we work for decides to make a major change, mainly by mergers decides on different operational conditions, good or bad, we DO get our feathers fluffed real bad.
When we do get our feathers fluffed, keep our comments to ourselves and don't "bitch and whine" about your shortcomings from present and former employers here on FT, for this site has gained somewhat worldwide attention and the large circuits are also watching this site as well.
If you're going to gripe and complain about things, use the email section, so the comments can be kept private and not be publicially announced.
I present this for I've done the same: griped on my past work experiences with a circuit that I worked for, here on FT. And eventually heard that my comments weren't appreciated, thus accidently "burn my bridge" so to say, which I wasn't planning on. Thus, now I keep comments to myself on how circuits operate after this "waking up" that I experienced.
Never worked for AMC ....
Just think, if Brad didn't invent FG, where would we be then?
thx-monte
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