Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Bad Printing Errors On "NINE"

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Posted by Jim Cassedy (Member # 4115) on 12-24-2009, 08:48 PM:

While making up my print of NINE today, I discovered that my
Reel 4 was printed with the framlines one-half-perf off, so
that it would have been out of frame on screen. The enitre
reel was that way.

It looks like the negative slipped in the printer. You can
see the perfs from the negative along the non-soundtrack
edge of the film.

When I called Technicolor, I was told that they had had many
similar complaints on assorted reels on other prints of NINE.

They are hoping to get me a relpacemt reel later tonihgt.

(There goes my Christmas eve, SGAIN@)

So, if your pint of NINE goes partly out of frame
tomoorw, you'll know why. . .

Posted by Bruce McGee (Member # 131) on 12-26-2009, 10:14 AM:

I guess that I am lucky to be running a digital only copy of this film.

I sure dont say that often.

Posted by Jim Cassedy (Member # 4115) on 12-26-2009, 07:49 PM:

Here's an actual picture (WoW!) of the mispinted reel.
Asyou can ses, the frame lines are clearely not in the right place,
If you look REALLY close, you can just ahout see the litte 'bumps' from the perfs on the negtive printed through betwwen the perfs on the print. It looks like the negative slipped 1/2 perf in the printer.

I've heard of several theaters locally here on the west coast
that got prints of this film with various reels printed this way. Based on lack or response or comments, I'm guesssing no one "here" was 'lucky' enough to get one.

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 12-26-2009, 09:29 PM:

My prints didn't have this error, at least that I know of. All looked fine when I built them. None looked out of frame when I walked by and that would definitely show.

Posted by Bill Gabel (Member # 1105) on 12-28-2009, 09:50 AM:

The two Academy prints that I ran for Weinstein had no problems.

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 12-28-2009, 10:42 AM:

Ah, that's the 16mm frame line position. So how drunk were these lab techs at their Christmas parties that they thought they were setting up the printers for 16mm? [Razz]

Posted by Greg Haas (Member # 1804) on 12-28-2009, 11:54 AM:

I'm wondering if this is the same people who printed the Furry Vengeance trailer (flat) to one side of the frame?

I'm not totally up on the printing process used but would a negative slipping cause this too? How can a negative slip sideways?

Anybody else run the flat trailer for Furry Vengeance recently & see the same thing I did?

Sorry this is *sort of* off topic...

-g