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Malcolm Gerard
Film Handler

Posts: 7
From: Hampton, London, UK
Registered: Jul 2000

posted 05-19-2001 07:36 AM

The intermission in Pearl Harbor (for those theatres having one) is at the end of reel 4. Could anyone please provide the correct running time of the first four reels of this film so that I can do an accurate timesheet? It would be much appreciated. Incidentally, I'm told the total running time is 183 minutes (without attachments).

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John Walsh
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From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way
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posted 05-19-2001 09:02 AM

I'm surprised there is even the ablity to have an intermission. I like intermissions, but (at least in the USA) no one has them anymore. Strange how, at 2h 30m(?), "2001" had an intermission, but "Titanic" at 3h 15m didn't. Today, some theaters really push it to get in as many shows per day as they can.

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Bill Langfield
Master Film Handler

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From: Prospect, NSW, Australia
Registered: Apr 2001

posted 05-19-2001 01:48 PM

John, every theatre owner/corp prefers an
INTERMISSION thats where the cash is made.
With film studio's increasing their % cut, it
only makes sense to to bring back INTERVAL.
Get ppl back in the foyer to the candy bar
so we have the cash to replace xenons before 4000hrs.

Cameron loved th fact that Dances With Wolves brought back the 3hr+ movie and did so well. I just wish Kevin put an interval in there. So what did James do? The same thing. He made a fortune, did cinema's ??

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Darryl Spicer
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From: Lexington, KY, USA
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posted 05-19-2001 03:16 PM

actually cinemas shoulkd have benafited well from this release of Titanic. Since the film company did not go into the release with the intentions that the film was going to make so much money. They were hoping it would make back the extreem cost of the film. So when it kept on generating revenue cinemas should have been getting a better percentage as the weeks went by. That sort of bothers me because you have Disney sittting there going pearl harbor is going to be huge yet could be less than expected. My feeling is it will be a big success as far as how big depends on how many times you see it.

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Jason Black
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From: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA
Registered: Nov 2000

posted 05-19-2001 07:56 PM

I'm gonna say right now that I think the film will be a very good movie, with the whole war genre & love story throw in, howeverm I do NOT see this film getting repeat business like, say, Titanic. I'd guess that this would be a 2001 version of Saving Private Ryan, which drew considerable crossover appeal, at least in my area, yet it won't have the legs to go the distance of 4 week sellouts.
Think about the contract/booking agreements you had to agree to to get the film in the first place. Multi prints release after 2 weeks.... that lends me to believe the distributor feels the same way... hmmmm?

Anyone else?

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Aaron Sisemore
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From: Rockwall TX USA
Registered: Sep 1999

posted 05-19-2001 10:02 PM

Another thing that Titanic had in its favor was that it was a Christmas release and had very few other films going against it at the time (Tomorrow Never Dies and As Good As It Gets, etc) and there wasn't a new 'blockbuster' coming out every week as usually happens during the summer season...

The boss here thinks the same, He thinks 'Pearl' will have one REAL strong record-shattering opening week, and then drop sharply, as other similarly hyped films (Tomb Raider, Evolution, Scary Movie II, etc.) take their share of the box-office thunder...

Aaron

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John Pytlak
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From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
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posted 05-19-2001 10:15 PM

Is anyone doing any special promotions for WWII vets? Most are approaching their 80's or even 90's. Maybe some tie-in with local VFW or American Legion posts? Could get some local press coverage by inviting PH survivors to see the movie and talk about their memories.

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Bob Minge
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From: Fergus Falls, MN, USA
Registered: Aug 2000

posted 05-20-2001 01:33 AM

I would LOVE to ask my fellow Vets to see the movie and talk about old times...but have been told NO passes, NO reduced price groups shows etc. Full price or nothing. If I can't help, then why ask. As for the repeat business, depends on the romantic side of the movie..I haven't seen it. With Titanic, alot of the ladies dragged there husbands, other halves... into the movie on their 2nd or third time. With this seeming to be more of a guy movie, will the guys tell their wives to go if they think it has a good romantic plot?? Just ramblin' I am not an expert...or am I? Expert> ex=has been. Spurt=drip under pressure. Hmmmmm.

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Greg Anderson
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From: Ogden Valley, Utah
Registered: Nov 1999

posted 05-20-2001 02:41 AM

I realize that there are those on this forum who've seen this movie already and I admit that I have not. So, having made that confession, let me say that I don't expect this movie to be very good.

First, this is the same producer/director team which brought us that horrible movie Armageddon three summers ago. If Pearl Harbor is half as loud, sloppily-edited and in-my-face then I'd rather pass it up.

Second, there seems to have been an effort to model this movie after Titanic. But think about how well (or, rather, how badly) Titanic has held up over the years. The clunky love story is only held in high regard by the kind of teenage girls who clamor for the music of "boy bands" and nobody can stomache that "Heart Will Go On" song anymore.

So... I have low hopes for this movie, although I'm sure it'll make lots of money whether it's good or not.

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Dustin Mitchell
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From: Mondovi, WI, USA
Registered: Mar 2000

posted 05-20-2001 03:04 AM

Brukhiemer has done some good movies, Crimson Tide comes to mind.

As far as the whole love story thing, yeah, give me a break. But I think it will increase business. But consider this, from what I hear, the main battle seen lasts 45 minutes, that's 25% of the movie right there. That's enough to keep me interested.

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Joe Redifer
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From: Denver, Colorado
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posted 05-20-2001 03:24 AM

What would you do if the battle scene only lasts 30 minutes, and it's not 100% battle for that entire 30 minutes? Be prepared for overexaggeration from the hype machine.

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James R. Hammonds, Jr
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From: Houston, TX, USA
Registered: Nov 2000

posted 05-20-2001 03:29 AM

I dont know about how big this movie will be, nor do i care.

What I do know is, this movie will lose credibility with me if it is less about Pearl Harbor and more about some love story. I actually heard that there wasn't enought love story in this movie, which seems promising, but I dont know how reliable this information is.

TITANIC could have been a really good movie if it was actually about the Titanic and there was more than that one love affair going on.

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Mike Judge
Film Handler

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From: Seattle, WA
Registered: Aug 2000

posted 05-20-2001 03:30 AM

We've invited the Survivors of Pearl Harbor to come to our lobby. They'll be in the lobby to share their stories with other patrons, setting up displays and just chatting with people. They're quite excited for the event and call about every day to see if it's possible to do this or that. We're also letting them and their families to be our guests and come and see the movie free of charge, not during the weekends though!

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Leo Enticknap
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From: Loma Linda, CA
Registered: Jul 2000

posted 05-20-2001 08:35 AM

The WWII veterans idea might not be the hassle-free PR exercise that it would seem. A couple of workplaces ago we did a gala screening of that masterpiece 'The Land Girls'

to which 50 ex-land girls were invited.

We did the bar and foyer up with WWII stuff - air raid sirens, Anderson shelters and all the staff dressed in 1940s costumes. The press and local TV were there, and when the land girls turned up they all got blind drunk (Plymouth Gin had sponsored the event and probably ended up wishing they hadn't, as every last drop went) and most didn't even bother seeing the film. One local reporter told me he simply could not find one of them who had actually seen the film and was sober enough to provide a response to it!

The jazz band which was hired in to give the event a 1940s feel also drank themselves stupid. They didn't play very much and by the end of the evening one of them was vomiting into his trombone.

I won't even mention the nightmare that was cleaning the place up afterwards!

As for 'Titanic', they should burn that Celine Dion song into the EPROMs of all theatre fire alarm announcement systems. As soon as she started howling away the speed at which a theatre full of people ran for the exits had to be seen to be believed!

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John Walsh
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posted 05-20-2001 10:30 AM

Wow, Leo, next time you guys do something like that.. tell us! I wanna be there!

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