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Author Topic: Stolen "Star Wars" one-sheet Dean Kollet Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 591 From: Florida State University Registered: Jul 2003 posted 03-28-2005 09:48 AM                     and I wonder if Fox would like to hear about Mgmt stealing posters, I wonder if it would have any effect on the amount (if any) or prints they would get.  |  IP: Logged Dominic Espinosa Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1172 From: California, U.S.A. Registered: Jan 2004 posted 03-28-2005 05:10 PM                     Fox barks more than they bite in my opinion. They're too big to waste time screwing with someone over a trailer or a one sheet. Who's to say either one didn't get trashed in an accident? As for hiding things...I've been known to hide the booth phone in a projector pedastal to prevent unwanted usage during work hours. I've also had to resort to hiding the framing knobs off our projectors on top of a cabinet behind a bunch of belts. Now I'm finding allen wrenches all over the place  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-02-2005 08:59 PM                        FWIW - Fox shipped the SWEpIII posters under a "code name," "Caden's Pride" or some dumb thing like that. The thing sat around here in a tube for about a month before I finally decided to see whether it was something worth saving. So they lost out on a month's worth of display time here (which admittedly isn't worth much!) with their dumb code name. I wonder how many of those sheets hit the landfills unintentionally because of it. Sorry if this has been brought up before.  |  IP: Logged Robert Burtcher Expert Film Handler Posts: 194 From: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Registered: Jun 2005 posted 07-04-2005 04:10 AM                     quote: Dean Kollet I've seen a few instances where the managers were the ones stealing them, and selling them on eBay. Or the old, "I took the Star Wars banner how b/c there is no way it would last hung up". Total bullshit, especially when they hang them 10-12 feet up from the ground. Our SWEpIII banner got ripped down by a late night customer shortly after the film opened. The closing manager was upstairs and the closing staff member was up in Projection cleaning up. Management was pretty but there was little they could do about it.  |  IP: Logged Andy Summers Master Film Handler Posts: 397 From: Bournemouth Dorset United kingdom Registered: Jun 2005 posted 07-21-2005 05:23 PM                 There should be a safe like the bank with the correct Temperature cooling for it and fire-sprinklers as well. Fail-safe that should keep the film safe, I mean projection rooms are so easy, more easy than knocking off a bank and making prefect copy’s for those vulture pyrites… [ 07-21-2005, 06:24 PM: Message edited by: Andy Summers ]  |  IP: Logged Kyle McEachern Expert Film Handler Posts: 165 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Feb 2004 posted 07-21-2005 05:47 PM                 Was that post run through a translator to one language and then back through a translator to English? All the words are spelled right, they're just so so so far from the right words that it makes one wonder.  |  IP: Logged Olivia Coleman Film Handler Posts: 53 From: Bend, OR USA Registered: Jun 2005 posted 07-21-2005 06:09 PM                        We had received our teasers just fine. The banner and 30 sheet arrived no problem. The one sheets disappeared after being signed for by a manager. We contacted Fox and got more which took forever to arrive. Luckily we have Rubbermaid tubs with padlocks so only 3 out of the now 11 managers can have access to the posters. Once all the promo material for SW3 came down, it was locked but up. (The tubs are also in the upstairs office which requires no less than two different manager keys to access! We have tight security!)  |  IP: Logged Andy Summers Master Film Handler Posts: 397 From: Bournemouth Dorset United kingdom Registered: Jun 2005 posted 07-21-2005 06:26 PM                 Is that just better Kyle, and let one wonder no more, get some sleep…  |  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 07-21-2005 07:44 PM                        11 managers? What do you have, 80 screens?  |  IP: Logged Jim Ziegler Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 753 From: West Hollywood, CA Registered: Jul 99 posted 07-22-2005 05:45 PM                     quote: Is that just better Kyle, and let one wonder no more, get some sleep… Huh?  |  IP: Logged

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