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Author Topic: when do you get your prints Michael Hossen Expert Film Handler Posts: 136 From: Perth, Australia Registered: Apr 2007 posted 07-12-2008 02:35 AM                        Our prints usually show up on Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday morning for the first screening on Thursday morning.  |  IP: Logged Damien Taylor Master Film Handler Posts: 493 From: Perth, Western Australia Registered: Apr 2007 posted 07-12-2008 05:33 AM                     Usually picked up from depot, Tuesday night mostly for Atlab, Deluxe is pot luck.  |  IP: Logged Laurie Higgins Film Handler Posts: 45 From: Norcross, GA, USA Registered: Jun 2008 posted 07-16-2008 04:14 PM                        Generally speaking Hollywood movies Thursday afternoon/evening, on the rare occasion, Wednesday evening. Some Bollywood movies I don't get until midnight Thursday.  |  IP: Logged Brandon Willis Expert Film Handler Posts: 216 From: Richmond, VA, USA Registered: Apr 2004 posted 08-09-2008 08:09 PM                     For Technicolor, we get our prints early Thursday afternoon. If we have a midnight showing, they will usually come in on Wednesday. We have been having a rough time lately with getting our Deluxe / ETS prints on time. We usually don't get them until 9:00 PM or later. This is especially frustrating when we are waiting on a print for a midnight showing. All of the theatres in this area are having the same problem with getting the Deluxe / ETS prints on time.  |  IP: Logged Steve Maggs Film Handler Posts: 22 From: Brisbane , Australia Registered: Apr 2000 posted 08-21-2008 10:36 PM                     In Brisbane, Australia most of our prints arrive between Monday and Wednesday for the Thursday start. At times we can receive prints from the smaller distributors up to two weeks early. For the blockbusters, they often arrive over two days with the odd reel numbers on day one and the evens on day 2 to prevent copyright theft.  |  IP: Logged Blaine Young Master Film Handler Posts: 477 From: Kirkland, WA, USA Registered: Sep 2006 posted 08-27-2008 12:30 PM                     From Brandon's description of print delivery in Richmond, it sounds like not much has changed in the past 15 years. Highway Film Distribution was the delivery source when I used to work at Roth's Tysons Corner 8 and GCC Springfield Mall up in Northern Virginia and we would rarely get the prints before 7 or 8pm on Thursday. I recall one Thursday night, the prints arrived about midnight. Thankfully, Roth's was still doing change-over on the main screens, so the builds didn't take all night.  |  IP: Logged

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