quote: Ian ParfreyThat's it then. It'll be remade for sure.
Should it be remade or remastered? No to both. Why?....well, why stuff with a classic unless you are totally devoid of ideas and just after a quick kill?
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quote: Joe RediferClearly Michael misunderstood what you wrote. I've had the same error code pop up a couple of times when making posts. Obviously the Film-Tech server has certain key words flagged. Is there a page on the site somewhere listing those black-listed key words?
But, as always, Michael is hyper-sensitive for whatever reason even though no ill-will whatsoever was directed at him.
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HAPPY 35TH, JAWS
REMEMBERING THE ORIGINAL SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER ON ITS 35TH ANNIVERSARY
Compiled by Michael Coate
Dedicated to:
Robert Shaw (Quint), 1927-1978
Charlsie Bryant (Script Supervisor), 1917-1978
John R. Carter (Sound), 1907-1982
Verna Fields (Film Editor), 1918-1982
Howard Sackler (Screenwriter), 1929-1982
Murray Hamilton (Vaughn), 1923-1986
Roger Heman, Jr. (Sound), 1932-1989
Manfred Zendar (Technical Advisor), 1907-1990
Chris Rebello (Michael Brody), 1963-2000
Lew Wasserman (Universal Chairman), 1913-2002
Peter Benchley (Screenwriter), 1940-2006
Roy Scheider (Brody), 1932-2008
Shari Rhodes (Location Casting), 1938-2009
Ned Tanen (Universal Executive), 1931-2009
David Brown (Producer), 1916-2010
June 20, 1975...the day the modern summer blockbuster was born. (Or so goes the legend.)
Timed to coincide with schools letting out and families beginning their summer vacations, Universal Pictures released Jaws, Steven Spielbergs thrilling cinematic adaptation of Peter Benchleys best-selling novel about a great white shark that terrorizes a New England coastal resort town. Little did anyone realize the impact positive and negative that this one film would have in influencing a shift in the type of movies that would get made, when and how they would be released, their earnings potential, and, not to mention, causing people to reconsider swimming in the ocean.
Prompted by extraordinary feedback from the films sneak-preview screenings that spring, Universal saturated the market by opening Jaws simultaneously in nearly 500 theaters and promoting it with a massive television ad campaign at a time when the industry norm was to launch in a conservative number of theaters (and expand gradually) and to rely on minimal if any television advertising.
The premise that Jaws opened in an unusually large number of theaters inspired me to research and assemble a list of the theaters that took part in the films landmark release. But...as the project progressed, it was discovered that what has often been described in historical accounts as a record saturation opening is nothing more than a myth. As it turns out, there were numerous films produced prior to Jaws that were given large-scale television promotion and/or saturation distribution greater than that of Spielbergs film, including most notably Columbias Breakout (1975) and Taylor-Laughlins The Trial Of Billy Jack (1974). Still, for its time, opening in hundreds of theaters at once is noteworthy as it was a sign of what would soon become the norm.
Another myth surrounding Jaws is the amount of money it made. Numerous sources claim it was the first motion picture to gross $100 million. Not true. What is not a myth is how quickly Jaws made its money, as it without question made money faster than any film in history up to that point in time, thanks in large part to it being advertised on television, excellent word-of-mouth, positive reviews, and that it was playing nationwide. Opening weekend brought in more than $7 million. After ten days: $21 million. A mere two weeks into release the film was in the black. And it cracked the blockbuster plateau of $100 million after only fifty-nine days in release. One by one, all of the big moneymaking records The Sound Of Music, Gone With The Wind, Love Story, The Sting, The Exorcist, The Godfather began to topple. Jaws went from a troubled production to the biggest hit the industry had ever seen, proving just how unpredictable the film business can be. Its funny how things work out.
The industry also has a funny way of remembering only the films that are successful, and it likes to honor its (successful) past when round-numbered anniversaries turn up. So with that in mind, here, on the occasion of its 35th anniversary, is a quick-reference tribute to Steven Spielbergs Jaws. Enjoy this flashback to the summer of 75...
PRINCIPAL CAST & CREW
Brody Roy Scheider
Quint Robert Shaw
Hooper Richard Dreyfuss
Ellen Brody Lorraine Gary
Vaughn Murray Hamilton
Meadows Carl Gottlieb
Hendricks Jeffrey C. Kramer
Chrissie Susan Backlinie
Cassidy Jonathan Filley
Estuary Victim Ted Grossman
Michael Brody Chris Rebello
Sean Brody Jay Mello
Mrs. Kintner Lee Fierro
Alex Kintner Jeffrey Voorhees
Ben Gardner Craig Kingsbury
Medical Examiner Dr. Robert Nevin
Interviewer Peter Benchley
Director Steven Spielberg
Producers Richard D. Zanuck and Robert Brown
Screenplay Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb (based upon the novel by Peter Benchley)
Director of Photography Bill Butler
Editor Verna Fields
Music John Williams
Production Designer Joseph Alves, Jr.
Special Effects Robert A. Mattey
Production Executive William S. Gilmore, Jr.
Studio Universal Pictures
Release Date June 20, 1975
Running Time 124 minutes
Projection Format Scope
Sound Format Mono
MPAA Rating PG
NUMBER$
1 = Rank on top-grossing films of 1975
1 = Rank on all-time list of top-grossing films at close of run
1 = Rank on all-time list of top rentals at close of run
2 = Number of years held the #1 spot on list of all-time top-grossing films
3 = Number of Academy Awards
4 = Number of Academy Award nominations
7 = Number of years Universal Pictures most-successful film
7 = Rank on current list of all-time top-grossing films (adjusted for inflation)
9 = Number of consecutive weeks it was the nations top-grossing film
14 = Number of days it took to turn a profit
26 = Steven Spielbergs age when he was offered the directorial assignment
39 = Rank on current list of all-time top-grossing films
40 = Number of weeks longest-running engagement played
48 = Rank on American Film Institutes list of the 100 Greatest American Films
59 = Number of days it took to surpass $100 million
78 = Number of days it took to become the industrys top-grossing movie
159 = Number of days it took to shoot the movie
161 = Number of days it took to surpass $150 million
464 = Number of opening-week bookings in the United States and Canada
2,500+ = Number of theaters in North America that showed Jaws during original run
$175,000 = Amount paid to acquire motion picture rights
$2.5 million = Amount Universal spent on marketing in advance of its release
$3.0 million = Salary plus profit-participation earned by Spielberg
$7.1 million = Opening-weekend box-office gross
$9.0 million = Production cost
$129.5 million = Cumulative domestic box-office rental (original + re-releases)
$192.0 million = Cumulative domestic box-office gross (original release)
$210.7 million = Cumulative international box-office gross (original + re-releases)
$260.0 million = Cumulative domestic box-office gross (original + re-releases)
$470.7 million = Cumulative worldwide box-office gross (original + re-releases)
$802.9 million = Cumulative domestic box-office gross (adjusted for inflation)
MEMORABLE DIALOGUE
Youre gonna need a bigger boat. Brody
Martin, its all psychological. You yell barracuda and everybody says, Huh? What? You yell shark, weve got a panic on our hands on the Fourth of July. Vaughn
Slow ahead. I can go slow ahead. Come on down and chum some of this shit. Brody
This is not a boat accident. Hooper
Smile, you son of a bitch. Brody
WHAT THE CRITICS HAD TO SAY
Jaws is an artistic and commercial smash. Producers Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown, and director Steven Spielberg, have the satisfaction of a production problem-plagued film turning out beautifully. Peter Benchley's bestseller about a killer shark and a tourist beach town has become a film of consummate suspense, tension and terror. The Universal release looks like a torrid moneymaker everywhere. A.D. Murphy, Variety
Destined to become a classic. Arthur Cooper, Newsweek
The first and crucial thing to say about the movie Universal has made from Peter Benchleys best-seller Jaws is that the PG rating is grievously wrong and misleading. The studio has rightly added its own cautionary notices in the ads, and the fact is that Jaws is too gruesome for children, and likely to turn stomachs of the impressionable at any age. Charles Champlin, Los Angeles Times
Brilliant young director Steven Spielberg has taken the premise of Peter Benchley's best-selling but rather pedestrian novel Jaws a summer resort community terrorized by the presence of a rogue Great White Shark and streamlined it into a new classic of cinematic horror and high adventure. The movie version of Jaws is one of the most exciting and satisfying thrillers ever made. Gary Arnold, The Washington Post
Jaws is a thriller of surprise rather than suspense. You feel like a rat, being given shock treatment, who has not yet figured out the pattern. Molly Haskell, The Village Voice
The real hero of the film is young director Steven Spielberg. No review of Jaws should tell you too much of what happens, but every review of Jaws should tell you how masterfully Spielberg manipulates the audience. Wisely he relies on our imagination. For a long time we dont see the whole shark, just the results. Or we are the shark, hovering beneath the swimmers, watching. Dominique Paul Noth, The Milwaukee Journal
In spite of some rather gruesome scenes, Jaws is a superior piece of entertainment. Larry Stallings, Daytona Beach Journal
Jaws is a movie whose every shock is a devastating surprise. It is elaborate, technically intricate, and wonderfully crafted. Contains classic sequences of suspense The final battle is literally explosive. Time Magazine
Jaws provides us with chills enough for the hottest of summers and hydrophobia for life. Judith Crist, New York Magazine
Shock piles upon shock until the viewer is half-dead from fright, and its all so skillfully directed by 27-year-old Steven Spielberg, edited by Verna Fields, scored by John Williams and photographed by Bill Butler, that you cant escape its tension and power even if you want to. Rex Reed, New York Daily News
If you think about Jaws for more than 45 seconds you will recognize it as nonsense, but its the sort of nonsense that can be a good deal of fun if you like to have the wits scared out of you at irregular intervals. Vincent Canby, The New York Times
Spielberg ranks with [William] Friedkin as a foremost commercial practitioner of a gritty, punchy, visual equivalent of best-seller prose. Tom Allen, The Village Voice
The technical credits, from Bill Butlers photography to John Williams music, with a theme that recalls Bernard Herrmanns classic score for Psycho, all add up to movie magic of a high order. George Anderson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
It is news when a 26-year-old film director goes $2 million over budget and two and a half months over schedule and manages to avoid getting fired. But then, Steven Spielberg has managed to perform the impossible for most of his brief adult life like successfully directing Joan Crawford in her first television movie. His most recent accomplishment will be hard to beat. Bob Thomas, Associated Press
TRIVIA & FACTOIDS
Promotional slogans used for the Jaws release included: And so it began... She was the first... The terrifying motion picture from the terrifying No. 1 best seller. Amity Island had everything. Clear skies. Gentle surf. Warm water. People flocked there every summer. It was the perfect feeding ground.
Author Peter Benchley appears as a reporter in the Fourth of July sequence.
Jaws spawned three sequels, a theme park attraction, a video game, a musical, and countless imitations.
The fictitious Jaws 19, directed by Max Spielberg (Stevens real-life son), was featured as an inside joke in the Spielberg-produced Back To The Future Part II (1989). In a scene set in the year 2015, the character of Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) sees a holographic shark promoting the movie at the Holomax Theater and responds by quipping, Shark still looks fake.
For his Jaws music, John Williams won an Oscar, a Grammy and a Golden Globe.
Jaws has been spoofed numerous times, most memorably in Mad Magazine (as Jawd), in Playboy (as Jugs), in the adult film Gums, and on an episode of Saturday Night Live.
The majority of Jaws was photographed on location in and near Marthas Vineyard, Massachusetts.
The original shooting schedule called for 55 filming days. The shoot was so problematic and difficult that, ultimately, principal photography lasted 159 days. Crew members jokingly referred to the film as Flaws.
The longest run of Jaws in the United States is believed to have been a 40-week engagement in Denver (27 weeks at the Cooper followed by 13 weeks at the adjacent Cooper Cameo). The longest continuous run at a single-screen theater is believed to have been a 39-week run at the Coliseum in Seattle.
Director Steven Spielberg was 27 years old when Jaws was produced. (Many references, including one elsewhere in this article, cite 26 as Spielbergs age at the time. Spielberg was 26 when he was offered Jaws to direct, but the age discrepancy can also be explained by pointing out that biographical information published early in Spielbergs career often cited his year of birth as 1947 when, in fact, he was born in 1946.)
Jaws won three Academy Awards: Film Editing (Vera Fields), Original Score (John Williams) and Sound (Robert Hoyt, Roger Heman Jr., Earl Madery, John R. Carter). It addition, Jaws was nominated for Best Picture.
Aside from the Oscars, other awards and nominations Jaws received included an American Cinema Editors Eddie and Films and Filming Magazines Best Editing, a Grammy and Golden Globe for John Williams music, six BAFTA nominations, a Directors Guild and Golden Globe nomination for Spielbergs direction, and a Peoples Choice Award for Favorite Motion Picture. In addition, Show-A-Rama awarded Spielberg Director of the Year and the Publicists Guild awarded Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown Producers of the Year.
The shark featured in the film was a combination of special effects (mechanical sharks nicknamed Bruce by the crew) and real underwater footage of live sharks shot near Australia by Ron and Valerie Taylor (Blue Water, White Death).
The memorable treadmill shot (i.e. simultaneous dolly-zoom) of Brody reacting to the shark attack during one of the beach sequences is one of, if not, the most effective examples of such a shot. It was inspired by similar shots featured in Alfred Hitchcocks Vertigo (1958) and has been used (often to great effect) in numerous films since.
Jaws was, in 1978, the first movie mastered for release on the then-new DiscoVision videodisc format. The film was also released on the Beta and VHS formats.
Jaws was first broadcast on Pay TV (i.e cable television) in August of 1979.
Jaws was first broadcast on network television on November 4, 1979. An estimated 80 million viewers tuned in to the ABC broadcast, and it was at the time the second-most-watched movie broadcast, being out-watched only by a 1976 airing of Gone With The Wind.
Jaws was test-screened on March 26, 1975, in Dallas, Texas (at the Medallion), and March 28, 1975, in Lakewood, California (at Lakewood Center). An analysis of the screenings and questionnaire results prompted the filmmakers to shoot additional footage (in a Los Angeles swimming pool) for one scene. The final release version of the film was sneak-previewed in numerous cities during April and May of 1975 (often as a double feature with Universals The Great Waldo Pepper).
Jaws is often mistakenly cited as the first motion picture to have grossed over $100 million. The fact is it was the first to exceed $100 million in rental revenue (i.e. the percentage of the gross receipts returned to the distributor). A few movies released prior to Jaws grossed over $100 million (but the rentals for which were less than $100 million), including The Sound Of Music, The Godfather, The Exorcist, and, thanks to numerous re-releases, Gone With The Wind.
So certain he would receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Director, Spielberg, in February 1976, had a television news crew record live his reaction to the announcement broadcast of the Academy Award nominations. To his shock and disappointment, Spielberg was not nominated in the Best Director category, though the film was nominated in other categories. (Spielberg would in subsequent years receive a Best Director nomination for Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, Raiders Of The Lost Ark, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Schindlers List*, Saving Private Ryan*, and Munich. [*nomination and win])
Jaws the was second collaboration between composer John Williams and director Steven Spielberg. Their first collaboration was The Sugarland Express in 1974. Subsequently, Williams has scored every one of Spielbergs directorial efforts (except for his segment of 1983s Twilight Zone: The Movie and 1985s The Color Purple).
Repeat performances: Jaws cast members Richard Dreyfuss, Murray Hamilton, Lorraine Gary, Susan Backlinie, and Ted Grossman appeared in subsequent Spielberg films. Hamilton, Gary and Backlinie all appeared in 1941 (1979), with Backlinie spoofing her role as the first shark victim. Dreyfuss played the lead in Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977) and Always (1989). Ted Grossman appeared in small roles (and provided stunt work) in Spielbergs Indiana Jones series and a few other films.
Jaws producers Richard D. Zanuck and Robert Brown also produced Spielbergs The Sugarland Express (and offered Spielberg the Jaws directorial assignment during its production).
John Milius (The Wind And The Lion, Big Wednesday) and Howard Sackler (The Great White Hope) did uncredited rewrites of the script.
Roger Kastel was the artist who painted the famous image used on the cover of the Jaws novel and which subsequently was used on the films promotional material. (Other noteworthy work by Kastel included the Style A poster art for The Empire Strikes Back.)
Jaws was re-released multiple times between 1976 and 1979, adding tens of millions of dollars to its already phenomenal box-office take.
The camera operator on Jaws was Michael Chapman, who would go on to a successful career as a cinematographer (Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The Lost Boys) and director (All The Right Moves, The Clan Of The Cave Bear).
In 1995, a feature-length retrospective documentary, produced by Laurent Bouzereau and showcasing new interviews with cast and crew members, was included on a collectors edition laserdisc set. A condensed version of the documentary subsequently appeared on the Jaws DVD.
Jaws was selected in 2001 for preservation by the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress.
In June of 2005, Marthas Vineyard hosted JawsFest, which featured a cast and crew reunion, Q&A and autograph sessions, film screenings and other activities. (Think: Star Trek convention for Jaws fans.)
Director Steven Spielberg in 2002 said: Frankly, I dont think that Jaws would do as well today as it did in 1975, because people would not wait so long to see the shark. Or theyd say theres too much time between the first attack and the second attack. Which is too bad. We have an audience now that isnt patient with us. Theyve been taught, by people like me, to be impatient with people like me.
THE ORIGINAL ENGAGEMENTS
Ever wonder where Jaws opened on that fateful day in the summer of 1975? Ever wonder what a wide release circa 1975 looked like? Cant remember the name of the theater in which you saw it? Well, look no further! What follows is a list of the theaters in the United States and Canada that opened Jaws on its initial June 20 release date.
But first a little more history of the films release and preface material for the list. Beginning July 25, 1975, the films sixth week, more than 200 additional engagements commenced in markets not included in the initial launch as well as in large markets already playing the film. By Labor Day weekend (the films eleventh week), Jaws had played or was still playing in more than 1,000 theaters.
No new bookings took place in-between the original June 20 date and the July 25 expansion except for a couple which are noted in the list and some New England coastal towns that exhibited Jaws on a rotational basis among a cluster of theaters.
Universal continued booking the film during the summer and into the autumn and winter months, primarily, at this stage, in small-town theaters located in remote areas. By the end of its record run more than 2,000 theaters in the United States and Canada had played the film (plus hundreds more internationally), with engagements of five and even six months long being average in numerous markets.
None of the post-June 20 engagements have been included in the list that follows. Listed instead, as an anniversary tribute, are the original 464 first wave bookings, which are being given special attention since these were the first anywhere to have played the landmark film.
The bookings list that follows has been tailored for readers of Cinema Treasures. Links have been provided for those theaters where a dedicated page exists so readers may learn more or post comments about a featured theater. In addition, note the number of entries for which there is no link. In other words, anyone with information or a desire to conduct research, please consider helping create pages for these unaccounted-for theaters.
In regard to the names of the theaters in which Jaws played, effort has been made to retain any special spelling or stylization used in its promotion based on referencing newspaper advertising and/or photographic evidence of theater marquees. The names of the theater owners, for the most part, have not been included.
Although Jaws played in numerous single-screen theaters, most of the theaters in which the film played, as youll glean from the list, were of the multiplex variety. In these instances, the total number of screens in a complex have been cited, rather than the specific screen/auditorium in which Jaws played, so as to provide an historical record of how many screens were in a given complex during 1975. (Theaters routinely expanded over the years, and historical accounts in books and websites, including Cinema Treasures, often do not accurately or comprehensively account for a venues screen-count timeline or alternate name history.)
And, lastly, the list serves many purposes. On one level it is nothing more than trivia related to Jaws. On another level it offers a nostalgic look at a classic movie. And on yet another level it provides an historical snapshot of the film industry circa the mid-1970s.
So, here goes...
* shown on two screens
ALABAMA
Birmingham Village East 1 & 2
Decatur Gateway 1 & 2
Huntsville Westbury Cinerama
Mobile Airport Twin
Montgomery Martin Twin
ALBERTA
Calgary 17th Avenue Drive-In
Calgary Grand 1 & 2
Edmonton Rialto 1 & 2
Edmonton Sky-Vue Drive-In
Lethbridge Paramount
Red Deer Paramount 1 & 2
ARIZONA
Phoenix Chris-Town Mall Cinemas 6*
Scottsdale Round-Up Drive-In
Tucson Park Mall 4
ARKANSAS
Fort Smith Phoenix Village Twin
North Little Rock McCain Mall Cinema I & II
BRITISH COLUMBIA
New Westminster Odeon
Prince George Princess
Surrey Surrey Drive-In
Vancouver Vogue
Victoria Odeon 1 & 2
West Vancouver Odeon
CALIFORNIA
Anaheim Brookhurst
Bakersfield Stockdale 6*
Buena Park Buena Park Drive-In
Burlingame Hyatt Cinemas
Carlsbad Cinema Plaza 4
Concord Solano Drive-In
Costa Mesa Cinema
Culver City Studio Drive-In
Daly City Serra
Fresno Country Squire
Gardena Vermont Drive-In
Highland Baseline Drive-In
Isla Vista Magic Lantern Twin*
La Habra Fashion Square 4
La Mesa Alvarado Drive-In
La Puente Vineland Drive-In
Lakewood Lakewood Center
Long Beach Los Altos Drive-In
Los Angeles (Canoga Park) Holiday
Los Angeles (Century City) Century Plaza 1 & 2
Los Angeles (Hollywood) Pix
Los Angeles (Panorama City) Americana 6*
Los Angeles (Van Nuys) Sepulveda Drive-In
Mill Valley Sequoia
Monterey Steinbeck
Oakland Piedmont
Oxnard Esplanade Triplex
Palm Springs Plaza
Paramount Rosecrans Drive-In
Pasadena Hastings Triplex
Pleasant Hill Century 25
Redondo Beach South Bay Cinema I-II-III-IV
Redwood City Redwood Drive-In
Riverside Tyler Mall Cinema 4
Sacramento Century 24
Sacramento Sacramento Drive-In
San Diego Fashion Valley 4*
San Francisco Coliseum
San Jose Century 24
San Leandro Plaza Cinema I & II
South San Francisco Spruce Drive-In
Stockton Sherwood
Union City Union City Drive-In
Ventura 101 Drive-In
West Covina Wescove Twin
COLORADO
Boulder Regency
Colorado Springs Rustic Hills North 1 & 2
Denver Cooper
Fort Collins Campus West
CONNECTICUT
Danbury Cine
Darien Darien Playhouse
Farmington The Movies at Westfarms
Greenwich Plaza
Groton UA Cinema
Hamden Whitney
Manchester East 1-2-3
Milford Milford Cinema I & II
Newington Newington Cinema I & II
Trumbull UA Cinema
Waterbury Naugatuck Valley Mall Cinema I-II-III
Westport Post
DELAWARE
Rehoboth Beach Midway Palace I & II
Wilmington Edgemoor
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington Jenifer Cinema I & II
FLORIDA
Altamonte Springs Altamonte Mall Cinema I & II
Bradenton DeSoto Square Mall Cinema 1-2-3-4
Clearwater Capitol
Coral Gables Miracle
Daytona Beach Bellair Plaza Cinema I & II
Deerfield Beach Gold Coast Drive-In
Fort Lauderdale Village 3
Fort Myers Arcade
Fort Walton Beach Brooks Plaza Cinema III
Gainesville Royal Park Cinema 3
Hollywood Plaza Twin
Jacksonville Regency I & II
Lakeland Imperial Mall Cinema I & II
Lauderhill Lauderhill
Merritt Island Merritt Cinema I & II
North Miami Beach 170th Street
North Palm Beach Twin City
Orlando Plaza I & II
Panama City Capri
Pensacola Cordova Twin
St. Petersburg Plaza I & II
Sarasota Plaza I & II
Tallahassee Miracle 1 & 2
Tampa Hillsboro I & II
Tampa University Square Mall Cinema I-II-III-IV
West Palm Beach Cinema 70
GEORGIA
Atlanta Phipps Plaza Triplex
Augusta Imperial
Jonesboro Arrowhead Cinema Centre
Macon Cinema Centre
Savannah Cinema Centre
Smyrna Belmont
HAWAII
Aiea Kam Drive-In
Honolulu Waikiki 3
IDAHO
Boise Midway Drive-In
Idaho Falls Rio
ILLINOIS
Aurora West Plaza Cinema I & II
Champaign Orpheum
Chicago Ford City Cinema I-II-III
Chicago Gateway
Chicago United Artists
DeKalb Cinema 1 & 2
Joliet Mode
Lombard Yorktown Cinema I & II
Milan Showcase Cinemas
Niles Golf Mill 1-2-3
Peoria Fox
Rockford Midway
Springfield Capital City
Waukegan Genesee
INDIANA
Anderson Mounds Mall Cinema I & II
Elkhart Concord Cinema 1 & 2
Evansville North Park Cinemas 1-2
Fort Wayne Northwood Cinema I & II
Greenwood Greenwood Cinema I-II-III
Indianapolis Glendale Cinema I-II-III-IV
Indianapolis Washington Square Cinema I & II
Kokomo Kokomo Mall Cinema I-II-III
Lafayette Lafayette
Muncie Northwest Plaza Cinema I & II
South Bend Scottsdale
Terre Haute Honey Creek Square Cinema I & II
IOWA
Cedar Rapids Eastown Twin
Des Moines Fleur 4
Des Moines Forum 4
Dubuque Kennedy Mall Cinema I & II
Sioux City Plaza 1 & 2
Waterloo Crossroads 1 & 2
KANSAS
Lawrence Hillcrest Triplex
Salina Mid-State Cinemas
Topeka Topeka Boulevard Cinema I & II
Wichita Cinemas East
KENTUCKY
Lexington Fayette Mall Cinema I & II
Louisville Showcase Cinemas
LOUISIANA
Alexandria Alexandria Mall Cinema I & II
Baton Rouge University Cinema 4
Lafayette Center Cinema 1 & 2
Lake Charles Charles Cinema III
New Orleans Joy
Shreveport Cinema City 6*
West Monroe McMillan Cinema 1 & 2
MAINE
Brewer Cinema Center
Portland Fine Arts Twin
Waterville Cinema Center
MANITOBA
Winnipeg Airliner Drive-In
Winnipeg Capitol
MARYLAND
Annapolis Circle
Baltimore Senator
Catonsville Westview Cinema I-II-III-IV
Dundalk Strand
Frederick Mall Cinemas
Hagerstown Cinema 1 & 2
Ocean City Surf
Randallstown Liberty Twin
Riverdale Riverdale Plaza
Wheaton Aspen Hill 1 & 2
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston Charles Triplex
Brockton Westgate Mall Cinema I-II-III-IV
Burlington Burlington Mall Cinema I & II
Danvers Cinema City
Dedham Showcase Cinemas
Fall River Center Twin
Falmouth Cod Drive-In
Framngham Shoppers World Cinema I-II-III-IV
Hanover Hanover Mall Cinema I-II-III-IV
Hyannis Cape Cod Mall
Lawrence Showcase Cinemas
Mashpee Seabury Twin
Nantucket Dreamland
North Dartmouth North Dartmouth Mall Cinema City I-II-III-IV
Oak Bluffs Island
Pittsfield Paris
Plymouth Cinema 1 & 2
Provincetown New Art
West Springfield Showcase Cinemas
Worcester Cinema 1 at Webster Square
MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor State
Bay City State
Benton Harbor Fairplain Cinema 1 & 2
Detroit Vogue
Flint Genesee Valley Twin
Grand Rapids Alpine Twin
Lansing Mall
Livonia Mai Kai
Portage Plaza Twin
Roseville Macomb Mall Cinema I & II
Saginaw Green Acres
Southfield Americana Complex
Southgate Southgate
Sterling Heights Showcase Cinemas
Waterford Pontiac Mall Cinema I & II
MINNESOTA
Duluth Kenwood I & II
Minneapolis Gopher
White Bear Lake Cine Capri
MISSISSIPPI
Biloxi Surfside 1 & 2
Hattiesburg Avanti
Jackson Ellis Isle Cinema I & II
MISSOURI
Columbia Uptown
Creve Coeur Creve Coeur
Florissant Grandview
Joplin Eastgate Cinemas 1-2-3
Kansas City Midland 3
Mehlville South County
St. Louis Stadium Cinema I
NEBRASKA
Lincoln Plaza 1-2-3-4*
Omaha Indian Hills
NEVADA
Las Vegas Red Rock 11
Reno Granada Twin
NEW BRUNSWICK
Moncton Capitol
Saint John Plaza
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Bedford Bedford Mall Cinema I & II
Nashua Nashua Mall Cinema I & II
Portsmouth Jerry Lewis Cinemas
NEW JERSEY
Bayville Berkeley Cinemas
Beach Haven Colonial
Brick Township Circle Twin
Cherry Hill Ellisburg
East Brunswick Turnpike Twin
Edison Plainfield Drive-In
Fair Lawn Hyway
Freehold Pond Road
Hackensack Fox
Hazlet UA Twin
Jersey City Hudson Plaza Cinema I & II
Long Branch Movies
Maplewood Maplewood
Montclair Clairidge
Ocean City Village
Parsippany Morris Hills Cinema I & II
Pleasantville Towne 4
Princeton Garden
South Plainfield UA Cinema
Vineland Vineland Twin
Wayne UA Cinema
Westfield Rialto
Wildwood Blaker
Willingboro Twin Willingboro
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque Cinema East Twin
NEW YORK
Amherst Boulevard Mall Cinema I-II-III
Bay Shore UA Cinema
Big Flats Cinema I & II
Bronxville UA Cinema
Cheektowaga Holiday 6
Coram Coram Drive-In
East Hampton UA Cinema
Endicott Cinema
Floral Park Floral
Hauppauge Hauppauge
Henrietta Todd Mart Cinema I & II
Hicksville UA Cinema
Huntington Shore Twin
Latham Towne
Middletown Cinema
Monticello Mall Cinema I & II
New City Cinema 304
New Hartford Cinema
New York (Bronx) Capri
New York (Brooklyn) Kings Plaza Twin
New York (Brooklyn) Marboro
New York (Brooklyn) Rialto
New York (Manhattan) 34th Street East
New York (Manhattan) Orpheum
New York (Manhattan) Rivoli
New York (Queens) Astoria
New York (Queens) Lefrak
New York (Queens) Prospect
New York (Staten Island) Island 1 & 2
Ossining Arcadian Cinema I & II
Patchogue UA Cinema
Pearl River Pearl River
Peekskill Beach Cinemas
Plattsburgh Plattsburgh Cinema 1 & 2
Poughkeepsie Dutchess
Queensbury Cinema 3
Syracuse Shop City
Valley Stream Green Acres
Wantagh Wantagh
White Plains UA Cinema
NEWFOUNDLAND
St. Johns Capitol
NORTH CAROLINA
Asheville Merrimon Twin
Charlotte Tryon Mall I & II
Durham Yorktowne Twin
Fayetteville Bordeaux 1 & 2
Greensboro Terrace I & II
Raleigh Village Twin
Wilmington Bailey
Winston-Salem Parkview 1 & 2
NORTH DAKOTA
Fargo Cinema 70
NOVA SCOTIA
Dartmouth Penhorn Mall 1 & 2
Halifax Paramount 1 & 2
OHIO
Akron Chapel Hill Cinema I-II-III
Canton Mellett Mall Cinema I & II
Cincinnati Northgate Cinemas 1-2-3-4-5
Cincinnati Skywalk Cinemas 1-2
Cincinnati Valley Cinemas 1-2
Cleveland Heights Severance I & II
Columbus University City
Dayton Dayton Mall Cinemas
Elyria Midway Twin
Fairview Park Fairview Cinema I & II
Mentor Mentor Mall Cinema I-II-III
Niles Eastwood 1 & 2
Ontario Richland Mall Cinema I & II
Parma Parmatown Cinema I-II-III
Springdale Princeton Cinemas 1-2
Springfield State
Steubenville Cinema
Toledo Showcase Cinemas
Trotwood Kon-Tiki Twin
Whitehall Cinema East
OKLAHOMA
Lawton Video Twin
Oklahoma City North Park Cinema 4
Tulsa Southroads Mall
ONTARIO
Belleville Quinte Mall Cinema 1 & 2
Brampton Odeon
Brantford Odeon
Burlington Odeon
Concord Dufferin Drive-In
Hamilton Hamilton Drive-In
Hamilton Odeon 1 & 2
Kingston Odeon
Kitchener Odeon
Kitchener Parkway Drive-In
London Mustang Drive-In
London Odeon 1 & 2
Mississauga Sheridan 1 & 2
North Bay Odeon
Oshawa Plaza
Ottawa Airport Drive-In
Ottawa Nelson
Peterborough Odeon
Pickering Bay Ridges Drive-In
Sarnia Odeon 1 & 2
St. Catharines Lincoln
Sault Ste. Marie Odeon
Scarborough Elane
Sudbury Odeon 1 & 2
Thunder Bay Victoria
Toronto Albion 1 & 2
Toronto Hyland 1 & 2
Windsor Odeon in the Holiday Inn
OREGON
Beaverton Town Center Tri-Cinema
Eugene West 11th Tri-Cinema
Milwaukie Southgate Quad
Portland Foster Drive-In
Salem Lancaster Mall Quad
PENNSYLVANIA
Camp Hill Camp Hill 1 & 2
Chester Twin West Goshen
Erie Strand
Fairless Hills U.S. #1 North Drive-In
Feasterville Feasterville
Harrisburg Union Deposit Twin
Horsham Township Twin Horsham
Johnstown Richland Mall Twin
Lancaster Wonderland Twin
Monaca Beaver Valley Mall Cinema I-II-III
Montgomeryville 309 Drive-In
Philadelphia City Line Center Twin
Philadelphia Goldman Twin
Philadelphia Merben
Pittsburgh Gateway
Plymouth Meeting Plymouth
Ridley Township MacDade Mall
Scranton Viewmont Mall Cinema I-II-III
Wayne Mainline Drive-In
Whitehall Plaza
Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley Mall Cinema I & II
Wyomissing Berkshire Mall
York Delco Plaza Mall Cinema 1-2-3
QUEBEC
Dorval Dorval Twin
Greenfield Park Greenfield Park Twin
Laval Laval Twin
Montreal Kent
Montreal Loews
RHODE ISLAND
Lincoln Lincoln Mall Cinema I-II-III-IV (opened June 25)
Warwick Warwick Mall Cinema I & II
Westerly Westerly Twin
SASKATCHEWAN
Regina Centre
Saskatoon Capitol
SOUTH CAROLINA
Columbia Dutch Square Twin
Greenville Astro Twin
Myrtle Beach Camelot (opened July 4)
North Charleston Terrace
Spartanburg Hillcrest Twin
TENNESSEE
Chattanooga Eastgate 1 & 2
Goodlettsville Rivergate 4
Knoxville Studio One
Memphis Park
Nashville Green Hills
TEXAS
Abilene Westwood
Amarillo Western Plaza Cinema I & II*
Arlington Forum 6
Austin Highland Mall Cinema I & II
Beaumont Gaylynn Twin
Corpus Christi Cine 4
Dallas Inwood
El Paso Cielo Vista Mall Cinema I-II-III
Fort Worth Seminary South Cinema I & II
Galveston Galvez Plaza Cinema I-II-III
Houston Galleria Cinema I & II
Lubbock Cinema West
Port Arthur Park Plaza
Richardson Promenade I & II
San Antonio Broadway
San Antonio Century South 6
Waco Cinema 1 & 2
Wichita Falls Cinema 1 & 2
UTAH
Provo Academy
Riverdale Cinedome 70
Salt Lake City Regency
VERMONT
South Burlington Burlington Plaza Cinema I & II
VIRGINIA
Hampton Riverdale Twin
Lynchburg Boonsboro I & II
Richmond Westhampton
Roanoke Towers I & II
Springfield Springfield Mall Cinema I & II
Vienna Tysons
Virginia Beach Pembroke 1 & 2
WASHINGTON
Kenmore Kenmore Drive-In
Lakewood Villa Plaza Cinema I & II
Seattle Coliseum
Tacoma Auto-View Drive-In
WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston Capitol
WISCONSIN
Brookfield Brookfield Square Cinemas
Green Bay Marc
Kenosha Roosevelt
Madison Esquire
Milwaukee Northridge Movies 1-2-3
Milwaukee Skyway Cinemas
Racine Cinema I & II
WORLWIDE RELEASE DATES
06.20.1975 Canada
06.20.1975 United States
10.22.1975 Portugal (Tubarao [Shark])
11.20.1975 Hong Kong
11.28.1975 Australia
12.06.1975 Japan (Jaws)
12.18.1975 Netherlands (De Zomer Van De Witte Haai [The Summer Of The White Shark])
12.19.1975 Belgium (Les Dents De La Mer [The Teeth Of The Sea])
12.19.1975 Italy (Lo Squalo [The Shark])
12.19.1975 Spain (Tiburon [Shark])
12.19.1975 Switzerland (French, German or Italian depending on city)
12.20.1975 Austria (Der Weisse Hai [The White Shark])
12.20.1975 Finland (Tappajahai [The Killer Shark])
12.20.1975 Israel (Meltaoth [Jaws])
12.20.1975 Sweden (Hajen [Shark])
12.20.1975 West Germany (Der Weisse Hai [The White Shark])
12.22.1975 Egypt
12.22.1975 Greece
12.22.1975 Lebanon
12.24.1975 Philippines
12.24.1975 Singapore
12.24.1975 Thailand
12.25.1975 Argentina (Tiburon [Shark])
12.25.1975 Bolivia (Tiburon [Shark])
12.25.1975 Brazil (Tubarao [Shark])
12.25.1975 Chile (Tiburon [Shark])
12.25.1975 Colombia (Tiburon [Shark])
12.25.1975 Costa Rica (Tiburon [Shark])
12.25.1975 Dominican Republic (Tiburon [Shark])
12.25.1975 Ecuador (Tiburon [Shark])
12.25.1975 Peru (Tiburon [Shark])
12.25.1975 Puerto Rico (Tiburon [Shark])
12.25.1975 South Africa
12.25.1975 Trinidad (Tiburon [Shark])
12.25.1975 Venezuela (Tiburon [Shark])
12.26.1975 Denmark (Dodens Gab [Jaws Of Death])
12.26.1975 Ireland
12.26.1975 New Zealand
12.26.1975 United Kingdom
12.26.1975 Virgin Islands
01.28.1976 France (Les Dents De La Mer [The Teeth Of The Sea])
02.16.1976 Norway (Hai Sommer [Shark Summer])
04.15.1976 Mexico (Tiburon [Shark])
04.22.1976 South Korea
REFERENCES
Primary references for this project were hundreds of daily newspapers archived digitally and/or on microfilm and the trade publications Boxoffice, The Hollywood Reporter, and Variety. Additional references for selected information included Mad Magazine, New York Magazine, Newsweek, Playboy, and Time Magazine. Books referenced included Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How The Sex-Drugs-And-Rock N Roll Generation Saved Hollywood by Peter Biskind (1998, Simon & Schuster), Epics, Spectacles, And Blockbusters: A Hollywood History by Sheldon Hall and Steve Neale (2010, Wayne State University Press), The Films Of Steven Spielberg by Douglas Brode (1995, Citadel), George Lucass Blockbusting: A Decade-By-Decade Survey Of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets Of Their Financial And Cultural Success edited by Alex Ben Block and Lucy Autrey Wilson (2010, George Lucas Books/HarperCollins), The Movie Brats: How The Film Generation Took Over Hollywood by Michael Pye and Lynda Myles (1979, Holt, Rinehart and Winston), Open Wide: How Hollywood Box Office Became A National Obsession by Dade Hayes & Jonathan Bing (2004, Miramax), Spielberg: The Man, The Movies, The Mythology by Frank Sanello (1996, Taylor), Steven Spielberg: A Biography by Joseph McBride (1997, Simon & Schuster), and Steven Spielberg: The Man, His Movies And Their Meaning by Philip M. Taylor (1992, Continuum). The following films were referenced: Back To The Future Part II (1989, Amblin Entertainment/Universal Pictures), Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How The Sex-Drugs-And-Rock N Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2002, Trio/Fremantle/BBC/Shout! Factory), Jaws (1975, Universal Pictures), and The Making Of Jaws (1995, Universal Studios Home Entertainment). Websites referenced include BoxOfficeMojo, CinemaTour, CinemaTreasures, and the InternetMovieDatabase.
Canadian engagement details researched and contributed by Bill Kretzel.
Special Thanks: Brad Adams, Jerry Alexander, Al Alvarez, Peter Apruzzese, Claude Ayakawa, Kirk Besse, Serge Bosschaerts, Laurent Bouzereau, Raymond Caple, Miguel Carrara, Bob Collins, Adam Cray, Nick DiMaggio, Sheldon Hall, John Hawkinson, William Hooper, Mark Huffstetler, Bill Kretzel, Mark Lensenmayer, Paul Linfesty, Stan Malone, Gabriel Neeb, Jim Perry, Tim Reed, John Stewart, Robert Throop, Joel Weide, and Vince Young. And a big thank-you to the numerous librarians who helped me research information for this project.
quote: Richard HamiltonToo bad -- it's a very interesting read.
I couldn't get past the first couple of words. It would take me 35 years to read it
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quote: Mike Blakesley"Jaws" opened in Billings, at the Fox, on July 25, 1975. The engagement ran twelve weeks.
Looking over the list of original openings on Michael's article, I see Billings isn't included. I'm curious when it actually opened in Billings...probably was the same summer, but maybe a month or so into the run.
quote: Bobby HendersonThe first-run Yuma engagement during the summer of '75 was at the Plaza I-II-III. It opened there on Aug. 15 and ran six weeks. A Crest drive-in run would've been during a re-release. (And, Bobby, don't even give me any of your Internet Cop bullshit.)
I first saw Jaws at the Crest Drive-In in Yuma, AZ in 1975 that summer just before starting the 3rd grade.
quote: Joe RediferWithout making this too much of a movie review, I must respectfully disagree, Joe, with your opinion. Jaws isn't scary. It's not supposed to be scary. Jaws is about male bonding and 3 men dealing with their own central agonies. That scene in the boat with the oneupmanship of scars is one of the great male bonding scenes of all time. That's why Jaws should never be remade. A remake would almost certainly put the focus on effects, which isn't what made the original a classic.
It was all right I suppose. All of the talking between the drunk guy with the accent and the other two guys on the boat was extraordinarily boring and seemed to last two hours unto itself. It just dragged on and on and on.
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quote: Bobby HendersonNo, it doesn't. That's just nonsense that people like you come up with when you're pissed or embarrassed that you have been the recipient, or "victim," of being corrected. (Which is ironic since someone like you wouldn't think twice about correcting me or someone else when the opportunity presents itself.)
Mike, the label of "Internet Cop" fits you perfectly.
quote: Bobby HendersonAnd you're not hell bent on being right all the time??? Try reading your posts sometime, Bobby. (If you go back and read your own posts, Bobby, then maybe you'll recognize what most of the rest of us have already realized: that you're an arrogant jerk.)
That's because you're so hell bent on being right all the time (and being sure to rub it in anyone else's face in the process) you apparently have no clue as to how much it makes you look like a total dick.
quote: Bobby HendersonThe reason I shot back at Joe was because I thought (perhaps mistakenly) that he was taking a cheap shot at me. When I read his comment and in particular the batshit remark I thought he was referring to that contentious thread from a couple of weeks ago where "Batman" was discussed. (I'm surprised you didn't recognize this since you, along with Joe and that jerk Chris Slycord, contributed to that thread heading south.)
Or actually you might have a clue as to how much an asshole you tend to be because people often project their own personalities onto others and read into things in that manner. That's likely why you shot flaming bullshit at Joe R. earlier without any justification to do so.
quote: Bobby HendersonIf you're so dismissive of movie trivia, why then do you mention such in so many of your posts? And, especially in regard to this "Jaws" thread, if you're so dismissive of the subject why then have you bothered to participate (commenting multiple times no less) and why did you bother to mention Oscar trivia and details about the film's box-office performance???
You often disappear for months at a time only to show up for the occasion of correcting other people's posts or bitching at them for repeating something you wrote on an earlier page and not giving you Michael Coate Inc.ฎฉ credit -as if you somehow own all things related to movie trivia. Honestly, who gives shit? Not everyone in this forum does and far fewer than that do outside of this forum.
quote: Michael CoateI have to jump in here on this one. Bobby may have accepted your correction gracefully if you hadn't taken the pot shot at him immediately after. In this thread where Michael vs Bobby is concerned, you made the first move.
When I post a correction it is an attempt to set the record straight. It is you who is hung up on this notion that I'm on a crusade to somehow embarrass people with a correction.
quote: Michael CoateMe correct you? When has that ever happened?
No, it doesn't. That's just nonsense that people like you come up with when you're pissed or embarrassed that you have been the recipient, or "victim," of being corrected. (Which is ironic since someone like you wouldn't think twice about correcting me or someone else when the opportunity presents itself.)
quote: Michael CoateYou're repeating yourself from 10 years ago when we had disagreements on the free for all, unmoderated flame fest known as Usenet. I'll play along anyway. BTW, "stubborn loser?" I didn't know there was anything to win.
Moreover, Bobby, you are a stubborn loser who cannot ever admit when he's wrong. What I have observed when you have been corrected is you tend to do one or more of the following: (1) you disappear from the discussion, (2) you attack the person correcting you, and (3) you try to spin your way out to avoid having to admit making a mistake.
quote: Michael CoateMike, this forum doesn't function as a game or sport where anyone is keeping score. To hear you talking about sportsmanship is funny. You recently deleted me from your Facebook friend's list. I'm trying to remember why. It was either the "Internet Cop" thing or me not using the correct verb in describing how the Loews Astor Plaza in NYC was closed in a FB discussion (I used the more emotionally charged term "demolished" rather than the more accurate but far too nice sounding term "remodeled" -the 1500 seat theater was still aborted out of the Mariott Marquis building).
Did you play sports as a child, Bobby? I ask because as an adult you appear to have no grasp of the concept of sportsmanship (which is related to the competitive nature of these Internet forums). With your attitude on these forums, you remind me of a poor-sport loser, like a tennis player who after losing refuses to come to the net to shake the hand of their opponent.
quote: Michael CoateMike, my comments weren't idiotic. I'm not jealous of you either. Do you think I am trying to compete with you in cataloging information about movies? I'm not. If it's making you happy and even making you money keep on doing it.
Frankly, your comments here, Bobby, are idiotic and reek of someone who is jealous.
quote: Michael CoateNews flash: You guys are both hell-bent on being right all the time. Instead of crapping all over this interesting thread, why not take the argument to PM?
And you're not hell bent on being right all the time??? Try reading your posts sometime, Bobby.
quote: Bobby HendersonHuh? We've never been Facebook friends. (You must be thinking of a situation or two where we've both posted comments in a discussion initiated by a Mutual Friend.)
You recently deleted me from your Facebook friend's list.
quote: Michael CoateGet over yourself. I haven't said a peep to you for weeks and then you come in here throwing mud at me? Grow up.
I'm surprised you didn't recognize this since you, along with Joe and that jerk Chris Slycord, contributed to that thread heading south.)
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quote: Chris SlycordThat did happen. That summer (and several thereafter) was a disaster for seaside resorts
I even remember my parents saying that less people went to the the beach in Virginia Beach after it was released although that's a bit anecdotal
quote: Chris SlycordWell, if we are predicting a complete turd of a movie, then that director would probably be McG or Paul Greengrass.
And if this movie gets redone in 3D it's gonna be done with some youngster that the studios think is the next hot thing. It will suck.
quote: Joe RediferAmen to that!
Be thankful it's not a Disney movie.
quote: Joe RediferNow you've done it...you do realize Universal execs frequent this forum, right?
I'm surprised they don't do a 3D conversion of the original.
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quote: Michael Coate?????????? Where...who...and why the hell not???
Turns out it was a certain city mentioned in the article that is, I guess, the hometown or headquarters of a certain industry person who apparently we aren't allowed to discuss.
(If you go back to my "Jaws" theater list, you'll see that I purposely misspelled to fool the filter.)quote: John WilsonGood ol' animatronics form of puppetry that happened here...
Mark, it wasn't real
quote: Victor LiorentasThis answer doesn't really belong in this thread, but so long as it is a one post tangent...over time the FilmGuard will evaporate...slowly and leave no trace of it being there. Depending on your storage conditions this could be up to a few years though. Once it evaporates, your scratches will be back. If you've gone overboard and sloshed it on to a ridiculous level though, I recommend you use dry media pads each time you run it to help ensure it stays clean of new dirt.
A question for Brad. Do you think film guard will penetrate this over time?
quote: Jim CassedyWere you cleaning the print regularly? Was the print timed for carbon light? If no to either, that wasn't "the right way".
Of course, we projected films 'the right way' back then-
with carbon arcs & change-overs
quote: Jim Cassedyyeah well if you're not watching a nitrate print then you're totally missing the blackest of blacks, it's all about the contrast and the smell of the toxic chemicals. Suddenly it's a lot hotter in here...
Of course, we projected films 'the right way' back then-
with carbon arcs & change-overs.
quote: Brad MillerThe comment was made slightly 'tongue-in-cheek, since
Were you cleaning the print regularly? Was the print timed for carbon light? If no to either, that wasn't "the right way".
It has been 1780 days since the last post.
quote: Jim CassedyWow. In those days that sort of record keeping would have been done on paper, and so not only were those records created, but they later went through manual data entry going back that far and down to that level of detail, such that this sort of information is now at their fingertips today. I've recently been reading a biography of Hoover, and what impressed me most about it was not so much the daredevil agents running around catching bad guys, as the sheer scale of back-end data wrangling operation he set up (and fought tooth-and-nail for the money for) to support them, this being in the days when data wrangling involved typewriters, filing cabinets and card indices.
(A decision that has come back to haunt me many times over the years. The FBI still has a record of that large cash transaction (over $10,000) and I've had to explain it every time I've had to get some kind of high security clearance)
quote: Leo EnticknapUniversal did make some new prints in 2012 for the 100th Anniversary.
I hope it's not a print from the original release, unless it's an IB one. I'm guessing it'll be an '80s or '90s rerelease print
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