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Topic: "Left Behind" by Cloud Ten Pictures
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John Pytlak
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From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 02-02-2001 12:22 PM
Several Rochester theatres are showing "Left Behind", a 110 minute religious-themed feature produced by Cloud Ten Pictures in St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada:
http://www.leftbehindfilmproject.com/ According to the today's Rochester Democrat and Chronicle newspaper, the screenings are being sponsored by area church groups:
http://www.rochesternews.com/0202left_behind.html Is this picture being booked through normal distribution channels? Or is it being "four walled" or booked on a lease basis? ------------------
John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist
Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging
Eastman Kodak Company
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Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA
Tel: 716-477-5325 Cell: 716-781-4036 Fax: 716-722-7243
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John Walsh
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From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way
Registered: Oct 1999
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posted 02-02-2001 10:56 PM
This sounds like what is basically a donation to a church. A local person donates money and arranges for a theater to show the film. Local church-goers are asked to make a donation in the form of a ticket to see the film. Since the price is usually higher than a regular ticket, and the church would like to keep as much as possible, they four-wall the theater.We've done something like this several times. It's actually not a bad way to make some money. It's usually pre-sold tickets, (so you know how many people are comming) they are polite church-goers, (so they are not going to knife the seats or anything.) Even though techinally they are running the candy stand, they buy the candy and soda from us and hire one of our people to operate the stand (at a slightly higher rate than normal.) So in the end, everyone is happy. The only bad thing is sometimes the prints are shipped to the church or person sponsoring the film- who don't think to give it to you until the last minuite. And of course, it's beat to death. Some theaters have an "exclusivity" with a booker- meaning that only they can book a film. It just means they also want a peice of the action. So, a memo is sent out to keep the indivual managers from agreeing to run the film without checking the home office first.
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Mike Blakesley
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From: Forsyth, Montana
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 02-05-2001 12:17 AM
We are playing this film right now, also. Some of the above comments about the terms etc. are right, but some are not.What happens is: Some local group, whether it be a church, group of churches, "Promise Keepers" or whatever, has to pay $3000 up front to sponsor the film. Terms etc. are negotiated between theatre/booker and distributor just like any other film. After the terms are settled and the theatre's cut is taken out, the sponsor receives 38% of the remainder back, up to their $3000. If that amount is more than three grand, the film co. gets the excess. The ticket prices are up to the theatre. We are just using our normal ticket prices. They are distributing these coupons, which allow people to buy tickets at "matinee" prices. This of course means more people need to see the movie in order to raise enough money for the sponsor to get reimbursed. The "thousand people" they mention in their publicity is just a figure they used as an example. If 1000 people see the movie at $7 a ticket, and the theatre cut is 50%, the sponsor would get his whole $3000 back. (do the math.) We've shown the movie 6 times so far, and the sponsor here does not have a prayer of making their money back. We've yet to be over half full on any showing. The movie itself is rather cheaply produced (sound is Dolby Digital), and like someone mentioned, it's been out on video since October. The "idea" behind this is, the people who have seen the movie on video (the "true believers") will get the other people to see it in the theatres. I looked over the website for this movie. It made me kind of mad the way it portrays the movie business as just a bunch of money grubbers who are only in it for the profits, etc. Oh well. It'll be gone next Friday and we can get back to our usual sin and corruption. 
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