• Play the film in two (2) parts...Part 1 and Part 2.

• Establish a show schedule with a start time and end time for BOTH Part 1 and Part 2, so there will be two starts for one showing.

2:00PM - 4:00PM
Intermission
4:08PM - 6:05PM
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7:00PM - 9:00PM
Intermission
9:08PM -11:05PM
Trailers, Intermission and all: 4 hours and 5 minutes
 

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Posted by Aldo Baez (Member # 790) on 02-16-2003, 08:36 PM:
 
11-3, 3:30-7:30, 8-12
 

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Posted by Nicholas Roznovsky (Member # 861) on 02-18-2003, 12:33 AM:
 
I imagine we'll go with a schedule similar to the one we had for Gone with the Wind : one matinee and one evening, somewhere around 2:00 and 7:00.

I'll probably have to allow for at least twenty minutes after the show of people complaining that they couldn't make it to the restroom, buy more popcorn, take a smoke break, call their nanny, etc. on a lousy 12 minute intermission. But only for the first weekend - I don't anticipate much of a crowd after that.

Update: I was right. We ended up scheduling shows for 3:30 and 8:00 for the first week.

[ 02-19-2003, 01:10 AM: Message edited by: Nicholas Roznovsky ]
 

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Posted by Jason Black (Member # 684) on 02-18-2003, 07:11 AM:
 
2:15 & 7:15
2:45 & 7:45

Span set to allow for the 12 minute built in intermission. I hope they included these 12 minutes in their run time quote...
 

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Posted by Paul Konen (Member # 41) on 02-18-2003, 09:06 AM:
 
Jason, they should have. I have 229 minutes including the 12 minute intermission.
 

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Posted by Charles Everett (Member # 889) on 02-19-2003, 01:57 PM:
 
Paul K is correct: MovieTickets.com and Hollywood.com list a running time of 3 hours 49 minutes. (3 x 60 = 180, + 49 = 229)

Reading Cinemas in Manville NJ will show Gods & Generals at 10 AM, 3 PM and 8 PM. That theater has been opening at 10 AM since Harry Potter 2 and The Two Towers, so scheduling was rather easy.

The AMC Hamilton is opening 2 prints -- 1st print at 2 PM and 6:45, 2nd print at 2:45 and 7:30.

[ 02-20-2003, 07:00 AM: Message edited by: Charles Everett ]
 

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Posted by David Stambaugh (Member # 1102) on 02-19-2003, 02:58 PM:
 
Cinemark has it here at 12:05PM, 4:50PM, and 9:35PM. The online info actually states "Reel 8 followed by 12 min intermission". That's the only booking in this immediate market.
 

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Posted by Michael Atkinson (Member # 1440) on 02-19-2003, 04:50 PM:
 
We are opening three prints on Friday:

Print 1 - 11:50, 4:05, & 8:20
Print 2 - 12:35, 4:50, & 9:05
Print 3 - 2:30 & 7:00
 

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Posted by Kenny Thies (Member # 1551) on 02-19-2003, 05:10 PM:
 
I'm soooo happy my print of Gods and Generals came on Wednesday!
What a pleasant surprise!

We are playing it at 2:15 and 7:00.

Well, I get er put together, with 4 inches to the edge of the platter to spare on a Strong Alpha Platter. I hope this movie does some business

[ 02-19-2003, 06:22 PM: Message edited by: Kenny Thies ]
 

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Posted by Claude S. Ayakawa (Member # 1401) on 02-21-2003, 01:44 PM:
 
Now that the film has opened, Consolidated theatres in Hawaii has scheduled only two shows a day for "GODS AND GENERALS" in their houses. Signature Theatres is running three. I do not know how many are interlocking the print with another auditorium but I doubt any theatres are doing it here because of the lack of publicity about the movie and the low interest in the American civil war and the movie itself. "GETTYSBURG" played in 70mm at the Cinerama for only two weeks to an almost empty house and was pulled and moved to the Kuhio #1 for a week in 35mm. With the poor reviews it received from Roger Ebert and others, I predict "GODS AND GENERALS" will be out of theatres in a very short time. I am planning to see it this weekend.

-Claude
 

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Posted by Joseph Pandolfi (Member # 223) on 02-21-2003, 06:24 PM:
 
1:30 and 7:00. We are running it non-sync during the first eight minutes of the intermission. Then the last four minutes we switch it back to film soundtrack. Also we have to "back time" 18 seconds from the first picture frame on the second part to add a cue for the automation to lower the house and curtain lights and to open the curtain. This allows a smooth transition without the picture showing through a partally open curtain.
 

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Posted by Ian Price (Member # 14) on 02-21-2003, 06:55 PM:
 
It got such good review here in Santa Rosa (one star) that I'll bet the local theatre only has one showing of it next week.
 

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Posted by Jacob Huber (Member # 1138) on 02-21-2003, 09:35 PM:
 
Our show schedule is exactly the same as Aldo Baez's. 11-3, 3:30-7:30, 8-12.
 

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Posted by Charles Everett (Member # 889) on 02-23-2003, 11:11 AM:
 
FWIW a lot of theaters are doubling up Gods & Generals with a matinee of Kangaroo Jack. The Loews megaplex in New Brunswick NJ is among those theaters.
 

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Posted by Matt Hale (Member # 1518) on 02-23-2003, 03:59 PM:
 
There is only one theatre in Vancouver playing Gods & Generals, and unfortunately most of the movie listings for it show the running time to be 100 minutes! There were a lot of antsy people in the room last night by the time the intermission came. Also, the theatre its playing at normally only provides 3 hours of free parking...They'll give you 6 if you ask for it, but with the misprinted listings nobody (except me) knew to ask...

 

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Posted by Charles Everett (Member # 889) on 02-27-2003, 03:26 PM:
 
Reading Cinemas in Manville does a double-up for the 2nd week: Gods & Generals at 10 AM and 8 PM, Frida at 3 PM. That means 1 hour between the matinee and Frida, 3 hours between Frida and the night show.

Incidentally it's the 2nd time Reading got Frida back.
 

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Posted by Paul Linfesty (Member # 214) on 02-27-2003, 04:56 PM:
 

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Incidentally it's the 2nd time Reading got Frida back.

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Miramax strikes again!
 

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Posted by Nicholas Roznovsky (Member # 861) on 03-03-2003, 11:57 PM:
 
It only took two weeks. Our chain is pulling The Film That Ted Paid For from its flagship theater after this week. Fourteen days, twenty-eight performances and yer outta here!

Our chain is keeping it for another week at another one of its first-run locations - in a spacious 101 seat, Ultra*Stereo 3-channel optical surround, 12x25 auditorium. An epic presentation for an epic film.
 

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Posted by Steve Kraus (Member # 476) on 03-04-2003, 01:04 AM:
 
Maybe Ted shoulda Four-Walled it.
 

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Posted by David Stambaugh (Member # 1102) on 03-04-2003, 12:08 PM:
 
What does "four-wall" mean?
 

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Posted by Bill Gabel (Member # 1105) on 03-04-2003, 12:20 PM:
 
When someone rents the theatre for a special release.
Like back in the 80's when Fox four walled the Westwood
Playhouse for the engagement of "The Stunt Man". Because
there was no theatres available in Westwood.
 

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Posted by Steve Kraus (Member # 476) on 03-04-2003, 11:54 PM:
 
Not just for special events. It used to be a way some films were released. IIRC, films like "Billy Jack" and some of those Sun International films like "Chariots of the Gods?" were four-walled. The distributor rents the theatre for a fee and collects all of the boxoffice. However, typically the theatre keeps the concession revenue.
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 03-05-2003, 12:07 PM:
 
We used to do those four-walls back in my changeover days! Since we're in a small town, they'd rent the theatre for one night, usually for $200. We'd do two shows. They would saturate the airwaves with commercials (we only had 2 TV stations in those days so saturation was easy.)

The "host" representative of the film company would arrive with the print about an hour before showtime, and collect the money and film at the end of the night.

The early show was usually a sellout, with the late show being half full or better. Used to do a lot of nature films like "The Legend of Grizzly Adams" that way....people in Montana would eat that stuff up, of course!

We didn't call it a "four wall" at the time, we always called it a rentout.
 

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