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Author Topic: King Kong print delivery info. Paul Konen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 981 From: Frisco, TX. (North of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-06-2005 12:02 PM                     PRINT SHIPPING INFO: WIDE RELEASE ON DECEMBER 14: One reel (number 8) will ship to arrive at theatres on Monday, December 12 during theatres normal delivery window. The remaining reels will be delivered on Tuesday, December 13 during theatres normal delivery window. NO EXCEPTIONS. KING KONG Opens: 12/14 (Wed) Running Time: 187 (official) Rating: PG-13 Sound: DTS/SDDS/SRD Aspect Ratio: 2.35x1 (Scope) OK, print is actually 9 reels long and, you know, that you will be billed for TWO shipping fees from DHL. Uggggh!  |  IP: Logged Floyd Justin Newton Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 559 From: Phoenix, Arizona, USA Registered: Jun 2002 posted 12-06-2005 12:51 PM                     Huh?????????? That'd be OK for the initial release, but for the THIRD time around. IDIOTS!!  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 12-06-2005 12:52 PM                     That's fucking retarded. The least they could've done was ship all of the reels except for the last one so everyone could've gotten that beast of a print assembled and only have to spin on the last reel Tuesday. (Stupid morons...if they were seriously interested in preventing piracy instead of the illusion of it, they would've shipped the oddball reel via FedEx..and had those reels printed at a competing lab.)  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 12-06-2005 01:05 PM                     Alas, .. just another funny way of keeping people honest...from having staff "pre-shows" and any sort of pirating of this movie.  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 12-06-2005 01:08 PM                        Shipping the single 8th reel with the other 8 reels would have the same effect though. Shipping a single reel first doesn't even give the illusion of piracy prevention. It's just silliness if it's for piracy prevention.  |  IP: Logged John Hawkinson Film God Posts: 2273 From: Cambridge, MA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 12-06-2005 02:30 PM                     Is it possible that this is because of something other than piracy? Some kind of normal logistics problem, like reel 8 coming direct from Technicolor North Hollywood and the rest from Technicolor Rome, but they have to be broken down in some US facility? --jhawk  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-06-2005 03:18 PM                        I'm not normally one to defend stupidity, and the double-charge for shipping would be inexcusable if true, but how is this any worse (from the exhibitor's point of view) from having the complete print delivered one day prior to opening?  |  IP: Logged James R. Hammonds, Jr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 931 From: Houston, TX, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 12-06-2005 04:01 PM                     I don't know about the distributors, but for the theatres there really is no differene as far as the mechanics are concerned. They still can't build up their print until Tuesday. But if it's done in the name of piracy, it's kind of insulting and a bit of a slap in the face. It would appear as if they have the ability to send the whole print on Monday but are teasing people by only sending one reel. Of course as John said, there could be a legitimate reason for this that actually makes sense, but I doubt it.  |  IP: Logged Dan Harris Film Handler Posts: 86 From: Bristol, UK Registered: Jun 2003 posted 12-06-2005 07:13 PM                     Well here in the UK, we're getting Reels 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 on Monday 12th; Reels 2, 4, 6 on Tuesday 13th and Reel 8 on Wednesday 14th! Film opens on Thurs 15th.  |  IP: Logged Steve Scott Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1300 From: Minneapolis, MN Registered: Sep 2000 posted 12-06-2005 07:50 PM                     Bad R8 in the larger sets of film maybe? Or could they be dying to include 15 trailers with this stinker?  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 12-06-2005 08:00 PM                        quote: Dan Harris Well here in the UK, we're getting Reels 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 on Monday 12th; Reels 2, 4, 6 on Tuesday 13th and Reel 8 on Wednesday 14th! Film opens on Thurs 15th. Now that's just silly. Someone must have had way too much to drink at the office Christmas party. Assuming they're all coming from the same place, they might as well just drop off reels 1-7 on the Tuesday. I'd be tempted to show the reels in the order they arrive.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 12-06-2005 08:07 PM                     So the US gets reel 8 early and the UK gets reel 8 last. Is their plan to see if two pirates from around the globe join forces in bootlegging the entire movie early?  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 12-06-2005 08:15 PM                        I just heard that they're sending out DTS discs for the reels you don't have first, and then the remaining with the last film delivery.  |  IP: Logged Jon Miller Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 973 From: San Diego, CA, USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 12-06-2005 08:22 PM                     I'm wondering if this brand of shenanigans (along with "CrAP Code" dots the size of baseballs on the screen) is part of some insidious plot to make digital look better. It doesn't take that long to upload and point 'n' click a virtual reel into place if shipped separately, right?  |  IP: Logged Steve Scott Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1300 From: Minneapolis, MN Registered: Sep 2000 posted 12-06-2005 08:30 PM                     Just send the cans full of spacers, then box up the lab-new reels (minus flanges), send them code-named with security escort to the theatre & have the theatre schedule their own pickup for the extra cores. US will receive the first half first, the UK gets the last half first, with all remaining sub-level nations receiving quality checked screener prints over the next two or three days (depending on your distance to the international date line). Also, no cutting or alteration of the print will be allowed under penalty of catapult. If you separate the attached trailer from the print, you will not receive a print of The Hobbit. But maybe there'll be cool projectionist training cards?! Is that not what everybody's been waiting for?  |  IP: Logged

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