Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: New York Minute "Customs Problem"?

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Posted by Jack Ondracek (Member # 1466) on 05-06-2004, 05:28 PM:

Anyone else's print being delayed?
Ours is not at Seattle ETS, because (they say), ALL prints are being held up at the Canadian border.

We'll get our print sometime tomorrow (Friday).... maybe.

First I've ever heard of such a thing.

(edit)
Found out... I guess. Seems some 10 prints have been held up for reasons unknown. Because of that, only will-call accounts... like me... are being delayed.

Sometimes, being next door to the depot is not such a good thing! [Roll Eyes]

Posted by Richard Fowler (Member # 893) on 05-06-2004, 09:17 PM:

Did you read the review of the picture where the critic made it sound that it was a shocking T & A movie with such young stars...maybe the Canadians think it is pornography... [Big Grin]

Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 05-06-2004, 10:50 PM:

Thousands of prints are routinely shipped from Canada into the USA on a weekly basis, as both Deluxe Toronto and Technicolor Mirabel (just north of Montreal) do much printing for all of North America. Their Hollywood labs are busy too.

Kodak routinely ships motion picture film into Canada.

But if the paperwork isn't in order, the delays at the border can be frustrating when you're trying to ship or carry items of value like film.