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Author Topic: Long film runs Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 06-27-2009 12:25 PM                     This thread is a continuation of the discussion on long film runs from here. A few memorable titles I've ran off of the top of my head... Beauty and the Beast 6 shows a day for 9 months. Titanic (70mm) 3 shows a day for 5.5 months. My Big Fat Annoying Wedding 5 shows a day for 54 weeks! Toy Story 6 shows a day for 8 months. I almost got fired from the Toy Story run, as on the last week this movie played at my theater corporate came in and insisted I must have ordered a new print from behind their back because it was "impossible" to run a print that long and there not even be any dirt on it. It took getting Disney and Technicolor on the phone to back me that it was the original print.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 06-27-2009 12:40 PM                     Bet it was fun showing up those "suits" that you can run a show as it supposed to be...being flawless. I had a similar situation with being challenged by "suits", but it was on leader usage: Get a call from head of engineering wondering why I haven't ordered any new leaders after two years of being open and rarely called up with any problems. I simply told him that we take care of stuff out here in Idaho - I had a good crew that knew what they were doing and knew the primer on how to run a projector. He then gave me a raise for being up front with him and keeping up the good work.... -Monte  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-27-2009 12:59 PM                     quote: Monte L Fullmer He then gave me a raise for being up front with him and keeping up the good work... Ok, then I'll be up there tomrrow and you can take me to that really good steak place....  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 06-27-2009 01:09 PM                     Leaders will have a useful life 5 times over if the upper roller on the projector is aligned to have a direct vertical angle downward into the projector and there isn't any electrical sealtite/flex running straight out of the projector to the wall. I have been preaching this for years, but there are a lot of people that are still setting up platter guidance rollers with the upper roller leaning forward (as if they were trying to bypass an upper magazine shaft from a reel-to-reel conversion). Here is an example of how it should be done: As you can see, when the film is threaded, it isn't mangled by having the leader drag over the flange of the roller when the roller is situated in this manner: Threading 101  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 06-27-2009 02:31 PM                        Brad is right. WE manufacture a top/bottom 360 degree swivel roller arm set that gives you exactly what Brad is showing. (Same roller and bearing that a Potts platter has, only mounted EXACTLY above/below the projector roller.) Louis  |  IP: Logged Matt Fields Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 545 From: Ohio, United States Registered: Jun 2005 posted 06-27-2009 03:18 PM                     Longest run I ever had was Jurassic Park for 9 months at a second run theatre.  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-27-2009 03:48 PM                        How long is platter leader supposed to last? I just requested more for one theatre that has been using the same leaders (ten or so for a 6-plex) for at least seven years and probably since the place opened in 1998. The existing leaders are still usable, but the sprocket holes are starting to get torn near the ends. As for long runs, that same theatre ran "Monsoon Wedding" and "MBFGW" for over six months each. Lately, they have been booking more mainstream titles than art titles, and few of those will last more than two weeks.  |  IP: Logged Don Furr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 509 From: Sun City, Ca USA Registered: Nov 2002 posted 06-27-2009 04:06 PM                     Longest run we did was our first dollar house with Home Alone summer of 1991. I ran it from Memorial Day through Labor Day...5 shows a day.  |  IP: Logged Geoff Jones Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 579 From: Broomfield, CO, USA Registered: Feb 2006 posted 06-27-2009 04:39 PM                        Why do you lie on your own forums, Brad? That's total BS. The only way a movie can look as good after months of playing is if it's digital.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 06-27-2009 08:16 PM                        Brad, your projector is out of frame.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 06-27-2009 08:21 PM                     quote: Scott Norwood How long is platter leader supposed to last With all the guidance rollers being at a square and not at an angle to both film enter and exit a machine, they can easily last a lifetime-being mylar leaders... I've got leads that are easily over 10-15yrs old - might be somewhat scratched, but still plenty threadable. quote: Mark Gulbrandsen Ok, then I'll be up there tomrrow and you can take me to that really good steak place.... ...How about OUTBACK...or Texas Roadhouse?  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 06-27-2009 11:30 PM                        Some of my leaders don't last more than a few months. Unfortunately all it takes is one person to ruin them for good.  |  IP: Logged Pete Naples Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1565 From: Dunfermline, Scotland Registered: Feb 2001 posted 06-28-2009 05:57 AM                     The Dominion in Edinburgh ran 'Gregorys Girl' for somethnig like 3 years IIRC. We ran 'Reservoir Dogs' for the entire 5 odd years I worked at the Cameo in Edinburgh, it had tailed off a bit, but when we opened 'Pulp Fiction' that gave it a new lease of life.  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 06-28-2009 06:08 AM                        The Village 8 in Louisville, Ky once ran 58 weeks,5 times a day on Smokey the Bandit. No scratches, but elongated sprocket holes and faded color. Christie AW-2 with Century. Same with The Gods Must be Crazy. Back in the days of acetate. Louis  |  IP: Logged Mike Croaro Master Film Handler Posts: 394 From: Millbrae, CA Registered: Apr 2005 posted 06-28-2009 12:22 PM                     Hi Folks: Nowadays only the art house films are capable of long runs. Mike  |  IP: Logged

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