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Gordon McLeod
Film God

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From: Toronto Ontario Canada
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posted 02-04-2001 05:32 PM

Worst movie I ran
35mm The Big Meat Eater
Worst IMAX
Journey of Discovery or Tiger Child

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Randy Stankey
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From: Erie, Pennsylvania
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posted 02-04-2001 11:49 PM

Grey Gardens -- A documentary about the Bouviers; Relatives of Jackie Kennedy who lived like cat ladies. Basically, it was two hours of nothing but a couple old ladies who ran around half-naked and cackled at each other.

At the college theatre where I ran this I had to watch it TWICE! Once to pre-screen and once for the Go-Show. This projector was attended 100% of the time whenever it was running. It got VERY painful after the first reel.

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John Pytlak
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posted 02-05-2001 11:13 AM

Mark Huff said: "Scream was the worst for me. I loved the movie but it was so brittle it would break every show."

AFAIK, the North American release prints of "Scream" were NOT printed on Kodak print film.

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Michael Pace
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From: Dalby, Queensland, Australia
Registered: Aug 2000

posted 02-11-2001 06:22 AM

My list of the Worst movies I have had to run would include:

Hideous Kinky
Diana and Me
Battlefield Earth

Probably a few others over the years but that will do for now.

Michael.

Leo Enticknap
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From: Loma Linda, CA
Registered: Jul 2000

posted 02-11-2001 03:10 PM

'Romance' - hardcore porn pure and simple, but marketed as pretentious arty claptrap (presumably to get past the censors). One reviewer accurately described it as '...the work of a talentless director who believes that, just because her heart is in the right place, it doesn't matter where she puts the camera.'

'Chuck and Buck' would come a very close second...

Leo Enticknap
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From: Loma Linda, CA
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posted 02-11-2001 03:12 PM

'Chuck and Buck' would come a very close second...

Jason Burroughs
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From: Allen, TX
Registered: Jun 99

posted 02-11-2001 11:38 PM

IMHO it would have to be a tie between Even Cowgirls Get the Blues and Joe's Apartment.

Sean Weitzel
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From: Vacaville, CA (1790 miles west of Rockwall)
Registered: Dec 1999

posted 02-19-2001 08:13 PM

Hey Randy! i happened to *like* 'Grey Gardens' nothing funnier than two old ladies cackling at each other for 2 hours..

If anyone else is interested in other things by the Maysles brothers, check out a 1963 documentary called "Showman" it's a documentary about film producer Joseph Levine and his dealings with Sophia Loren during the release of "Two Women" There's even a site for all the documentaries these guys directed. http://www.mayslesfilms.com

William T. Parr
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Cedar Park, TX
Registered: Nov 2000

posted 02-25-2001 05:22 PM

Worst Movie I had to run was Ed Wood.

Randy Stankey
Film God

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From: Erie, Pennsylvania
Registered: Jun 99

posted 02-25-2001 08:05 PM

Well, I guess SOMEBODY has to like every movie that gets released or else it wouldn't have been made in the first place.

Yes, there are LOTS of movies that I don't like but when it gets right down to it you have to remember... THIS IS AMERICA! WE CAN MAKE ANY MOVIE WE WANT!

Heyward Garner
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 101
From: Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Registered: Jan 2001

posted 03-01-2001 12:18 AM

Worst PRINT I have ever run...

Ferngully. Don't get me wrong, I love the movie! Just a POS print... Mr. Pytlak? Not Kodak I am guessing...? This was for one of our summertime kid specials (early tuesday morning shows for $1) and this print SUCKED! It seemed as though whomever had it last was pretty pissed off at the world or and ex-significant other, and decided to cut it all to pieces (I mean LONG diagonal cuts) 2-3 times per reel! Not to mention it was sprocket-ridden so badly that the stereo soundtrack just didn't come out well at all... I had to go home and watch it on VHS to keep myself calm...

Bob Maar
(Maar stands for Maartini)

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From: New York City & Newport, RI
Registered: Feb 2001

posted 03-02-2001 12:03 PM

Great Title- Lousey Movie (Circa 1965)

Audubon Films - "Days of Sin, Nights of Nymphomania" It was banned in Boston, it should have been burned in Boston.

It was released when Boston still had censor's and lasted at the State Theatre in the Combat zone for 1 and 1/2 days.

God bless the USA.

Paul G. Thompson
The Weenie Man

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From: Mount Vernon WA USA
Registered: Nov 2000

posted 03-04-2001 01:44 AM

Anyone remember that flakey movie "Gymkada"? That was second worse I ran. I started it in a small auditorium - 100 seats, about 50 were full. At the end of the movie, there were "0" people remaining. They all walked out, even the little punk wannabes.

Darryl Spicer
Film God

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From: Lexington, KY, USA
Registered: Dec 2000

posted 03-04-2001 02:07 AM

Paul, I remember that piece of crap very well. Opened it brand new left in five days.

P.S. Did you get effected by the earthquake up there? If so is everyone OK?

Paul G. Thompson
The Weenie Man

Posts: 4718
From: Mount Vernon WA USA
Registered: Nov 2000

posted 03-04-2001 02:12 AM

Darryl, yes, I felt it. Just a minor sway. The quake was about 120 miles south of me. It disloged a few bricks and cops out of the doughnut shop, but that was about it.

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