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Author Topic: (for fun)What is your life long screen count? Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 07-21-2003 01:31 PM                    For me: 8 Plex 1 Single 10 Plex 9 Plex 12 Plex Total 40.  |  IP: Logged Michael Brown Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1522 From: Bradford, England Registered: May 2001 posted 07-21-2003 01:56 PM                     1 Woo!  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 07-21-2003 02:34 PM                     Screen count I have done projection work for (not special setups and one time fill-ins): 121 Screen count I have done projection and/or service work for (includes the occasional one time fill-in and special setups for festivals and such): 671  |  IP: Logged Don E. Nelson Expert Film Handler Posts: 138 From: Brentwood, CA, USA Registered: Nov 2001 posted 07-21-2003 02:57 PM                     Private outdoor One-Plex. (1 screen 20ft X 10ft) Came out of a theater in Hilo, Hawaii. Perferated with grommets. Everybody's got to start some where.  |  IP: Logged Michael Harlow Expert Film Handler Posts: 170 From: Faversham, Kent, UK Registered: Jul 2002 posted 07-21-2003 03:05 PM                     1 site = 1 screen = 1, so that makes 1 !  |  IP: Logged Darren Crimmins Expert Film Handler Posts: 130 From: Dallas, TX, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 07-21-2003 03:40 PM                     1-8 Screen 1-17 Screen 1-20 Screen 1-16 Screen 1-7 Screen 1-5 Screen Total of 73  |  IP: Logged Matt Hale Expert Film Handler Posts: 123 From: Vancouver, Canada Registered: Dec 2002 posted 07-21-2003 03:43 PM                        1,2,3,4, or 5 - depending on whether you count screens that were video-only, screens that could run film but didnt, and booths that did run film but had no screen (long story.)  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 07-21-2003 03:49 PM                        Regular jobs lasting over a year at each place: 40 screens Including places where I've helped open, serviced, filled in, but still been paid etc: over 101 screens  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 07-21-2003 04:21 PM                       Years ago, I tried to figure out how many changeovers I'd made. Since I also worked some platter houses, I changed this to just how many times I'd threaded a projector. Lost count around a quarter of a million...  |  IP: Logged German Marin Expert Film Handler Posts: 227 From: Verbania (VB), Italy Registered: Jul 2001 posted 07-21-2003 04:31 PM                     As a Projectionist: One, four screens; One, seven screens; Thirteen screens total. As assistant of Projection Supervisor: Two, two screens = 4 One, three screens = 3 Five, four screens = 20 One, five screens = 5 Three, seven screens = 21 TOTAL = 53 Screens.  |  IP: Logged Jason Burroughs Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 654 From: Allen, TX Registered: Jun 99 posted 07-21-2003 04:37 PM                     1 5 Screen 1 10 Screen 1 5 Screen 1 24 Screen 1 15 Screen 1 20 Screen 1 16 Screen 2 7 Screens --- 109 Screens wow I hadn't realized it was that many. I feel like a projection whore now. LOL  |  IP: Logged William Leland III Master Film Handler Posts: 336 From: Charleston, SC, Registered: Aug 2002 posted 07-21-2003 05:34 PM                        (1)- 4 plex (1)- 6plex (1)- 10plex (1)- 16plex (1)- 1 IMAX 37 screens, seems meager to many other screen counts.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 07-21-2003 06:20 PM                        1 - Drive-in (I wasn't an official employee. My best friend's parents owned the place; I got paid in movies, soda and hamburgers) -- Changeover 1 - Indoor (Worked there for 3 years and then bought it) -- Changeover 1976-1980, then platter Total: 2 I also ran 16mm movies in my bedroom "theatre" when I was too young to work at the real one, so I guess my total is actually 3. [ 07-22-2003, 10:09 PM: Message edited by: Mike Blakesley ]  |  IP: Logged Dennis Benjamin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1445 From: Denton, MD Registered: Feb 2002 posted 07-21-2003 06:53 PM                        As a Manager I have managed at the following locations: Cobb Coralwood 6, Cape Coral, Florida (+4 screens a few years later) Cobb Edison Park 8, Ft. Myers, Florida Cobb Bell Tower West 6, Ft. Myers, Florida Cobb Gulfside 10, Port Richey, Florida Cobb Embassy 6, Pt. Richey, Florida Cobb Springhill 4, Springhill, Florida Showcase Cincinnati 12, Cincy, Ohio Regal Coral Springs 6, Coral Springs, Florida Regal California Club 6, Miami, Florida Regal Byron Carlyle 7, Miami Beach, Florida Regal Miller Square 8, Kendall, Florida Regal Farragut Towne Square 10, Knoxville, Tennessee Muvico Paradise 24, Davie, Florida Cobb Dolphin Mall 19, Miami, Florida Crown Grand 18, Hialeah, Florida Crown Neonopolis 14, Las Vegas, Nevada That equals 168 screens...................... I haved helped open the following locations: Cobb Bell Tower North 6, Ft. Myers, Florida Regal Cypress Creek 16, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Regal West Town 9, Knoxville, Tennessee Showcase Western Hills 14, Cincinnati, Ohio Regal Hollywood 16, Ocala, Florida That equals 61 screens.............. For a GRAND TOTAL of 229 screens. Whoa.. I need to settle down. Hey, and that doesn't include some theatres that I filled in for weeks at a time..........................  |  IP: Logged Travis Hubrig Expert Film Handler Posts: 175 From: Minot ND, USA Registered: May 2003 posted 07-21-2003 08:33 PM                     15  |  IP: Logged

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