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Robert E. Allen
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1078
From: Checotah, Oklahoma
Registered: Jul 2002

posted 09-24-2002 09:43 PM

Okay guys! Since I'm not back in the booth yet you're going to have to fill me in here. Do I understand correctly that Technicolor is now doing what National Screen Service used to do in the "old Days", inspecting and shipping prints for all the distributors? (And apparently not exactly doing a bang-up job of it from what I read here.) If that's the case I'd like to get a head start on my relationship with Technicolor since there seems to be at least one of their employees lurking in the dark around here. And Brad, very nice of you to explain to today's "film handlers" how to use a reel band. But I'm surprised that with the apparent ability to master all of todays Hi-tech equipment they couldn't figure that out.

Bob
The Old Showman

P.S. You haven't lost my new pic have you?

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Mathew Molloy
Master Film Handler

Posts: 357
From: The Santa Cruz Mountains
Registered: Nov 2000

posted 09-25-2002 09:31 PM

I had an odd Technicolor experience today. Airborn was here today to pick up a print of Ali that we ran back in mid-February. Originally it was lost (either in shipping or 'walked off' during our renovation just after its run). In Mid-April I had my last correspondence with them and they told me that they had one of the three cans. After that I assumed they found the other two cans. Odd that Technicolor sent someone out now, seven months later. I suppose I could call them and ask huh?

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Peter Kerchinsky
Master Film Handler

Posts: 326
From: Seattle, WA, USA
Registered: Jan 2002

posted 09-26-2002 04:16 AM

Here's more Technicolor trash folks:
I got a screening print of SECRETARY last week from our good friends at Technicolor. One can was so smashed up I had to virtually pry the reels out of the can with a crowbar, no bull..it. When I loaded the print one of the reels started riding up on the platter, apparently crimped from being "squeezed" into the can from the previous knothead and, the make matters worse, the film was not wound on the "reel" very straight and the print got cinched. It's runable, but when it gets to that part of the reel it starts rising up on the platter. Wish I had pix of this. It runs OK, and we are keeping that print for our regular run.
I'm to the believe some other projectionist took a hammer to the can because it looks like a veteran of WW2.
Some time ago we were told by TES their cans were going to be a new style and possibly the plastic ones that don't get damaged.
BULLSHIT!
Night.

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