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Author Topic: Dogma Running Times Joseph Pandolfi Expert Film Handler Posts: 213 From: Milford, CT. Registered: Nov 1999 posted 12-11-1999 03:06 PM                     I have been running Dogma in my theater since opening date. According to the show scedule the running time is 2:10 with the policy's and three trailers. But it has been running 2:17. This gets a little hairy when running midnight shows on the weekends with a 5 to 10 minute turnaround between shows. The sceduler told me that the times are correct. I spoke to another projectionist who works at another theater 40 miles away and he noticed the same problem with the running time. Is anyone else having the same problem?  |  IP: Logged Christopher Seo Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 530 From: Los Angeles, CA Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-14-1999 02:22 AM                     My theater's schedule pegs "Dogma" at 2:15... I'm not sure how much of that time is alloted for pre-feature stuff. But I never depend on the schedules for a precise calculation of show length, certainly not within 5 minutes. How can the scheduler expect three trailers to always add up to the exact same amount of time?  |  IP: Logged Michael Cunningham Expert Film Handler Posts: 186 From: Anchorage, AK Registered: Nov 1999 posted 12-15-1999 05:14 AM                     Best way we've found to handle this is to round off the studio's running time for a film to the nearest five minutes. Now add ten minutes for trailers, etc. Usually comes out pretty close. -Mike  |  IP: Logged

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