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A listing of forthcoming features, covering new projects announced in the past several months, plus films that have undergone major personnel or title changes. Data includes distributor or production company (listed in parentheses), cast, production credits and synopsis. Release dates, when known, are listed after the RD. Projects still in development are signified by ID.

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http://www.boxoffice.com/
 

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Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 07-17-2006, 02:36 PM:
 
And yet, the sad thing is that this written info is still not perfect - not as perfect as using your eyes to see if the film is in flat or scope..if you know how to tell the difference just by looking.

I run across this once in a while-release info mentions one lens format, yet come in as the other. Thus, I don't trust any written info (course, been trained from the beginning on how to tell the difference with visual contact..) and it would be good to learn this eventually.

(I would change your topic title to something like "Flat/Scope film release database" ..or something to a more descriptive nature....)

-Monte
 

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Posted by Marc Jensen (Member # 3561) on 07-19-2006, 06:18 AM:
 
My quick method:

Google.

Type "the film's title" "aspect ratio" for your phrase search (including the quotation marks) and you get a page of some ten hits. A quick skim through them generally turns up several identical results and I often duck down one of the links to double-check that I'm not reading information for some other film on the same page.
 

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Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 07-19-2006, 12:32 PM:
 
The "Google" idea is a good one. If the search term "aspect ratio" doesn't give a good selection of links, try "scope", "flat", or the actual ratio (e.g., "1.85:1").
 

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Posted by Dennis Benjamin (Member # 1137) on 07-19-2006, 01:45 PM:
 
The most accurate place I have gotten my info from:

IME Magazine (Independant Marketing Edge)

We subscribe to this service and they are TOP NOTCH. I have never had an issue with the FLAT/SCOPE formats with them. Every week or two they put out a 'scoreboard' which has movie release info for all major releases and indie films.

As a matter of fact, on a couple of occasions, my booker has given me incorrect info - when I questioned why the format was listed different on IME - we found out that the booking info was wrong and that IME was right!

Here is their website:

www.imeonline.com
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 07-19-2006, 05:11 PM:
 
We get IME too. Even they are not perfect - I built a flat trailer reel on their say-so a few months ago and when the print arrived it was scope, even though IME said it was flat. Still, it's right 99.9% of the time I'd figure. (Running times, too.)
 

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Posted by Dennis Benjamin (Member # 1137) on 07-20-2006, 05:49 PM:
 
Well, that must of been a film we didn't get.

Heck, the film companies themselves are usually the ones that send out the inncorrect info...
 

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Posted by Ron Curran (Member # 3631) on 07-20-2006, 07:22 PM:
 
There are labelling laws from which film distributors are obviously exempt.

We can reseive packages of film with a name that bears no relation to the real title, no indication of its flat or Scope status and odds and evens in different boxes.

Sound formats are also a fact finding mission. Like the disease, you could get hepatitus A, B or hepatitus SRD. If it has a time code, does it have discs?

Ah, sweet mystery of exhibition.
 

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