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Author Topic: Screwed Public Enemy print Peter Schoell Film Handler Posts: 47 From: Paynesville, MN, USA Registered: Jul 2001 posted 07-01-2009 08:35 PM                     I've seen a lot of mis-deeds involving film, but this is a new one. One of our prints of PE came sealed from TES with over 500 little screws loose in the can. Needless to say PE won't play tonight.  |  IP: Logged Greg Anderson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 766 From: Ogden Valley, Utah Registered: Nov 1999 posted 07-01-2009 09:28 PM                        This makes absolutely no sense. Who would do such a thing? Why?  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 07-01-2009 10:17 PM                        quote: Peter Schoell Needless to say PE won't play tonight I don't understand why 500 screws in a can would make a film unplayable.  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 07-01-2009 10:17 PM                     Why would this prevent you from using the print? Ha! Great minds!  |  IP: Logged Jarret Chessell Master Film Handler Posts: 288 From: London, Ontario, Canada Registered: Jan 2009 posted 07-01-2009 10:21 PM                     My guess would be that the print is screwed.... HAPPY CANADA DAY! btw.  |  IP: Logged Eric Robinson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 538 From: Santa Rosa, CA Registered: Jan 2005 posted 07-02-2009 12:39 AM                     The screws are likely tightly wedged in some areas. Some of the screws may get damaged when removing the reels.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 07-02-2009 12:43 AM                     (Uhhh...tip the can upside down to get the screws out while holding the reels up in the can......) That's real sad - letting something like that stop one from using the print ..... -Monte  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Weigel Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1062 From: Edmond, OK, USA Registered: Mar 2007 posted 07-02-2009 02:37 AM                     With as much shifting those reels do while in transit, the screws could have very well poked holes in the film making it unplayable to some extent. Other than that, I don't see why it couldn't be played.  |  IP: Logged James Westbrook Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1133 From: Lubbock, Texas, Usa Registered: Mar 2006 posted 07-02-2009 02:50 AM                     Is this some kind of a joke?  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 07-02-2009 03:32 AM                     (Kinda funny that Peter hasn't responded back to our comments yet...and this was posted in the evening when he should be on screen with this movie...) Wonder if he's "baiting" us with an idiotic story just to prove a point of sorts that we really don't know what, or why waste our times in the first place. I've seen this in other forums before: one person comes on with a topic, others chime in to make a tonnage of comments and arguements that pertain to the original topic, or drift off on side topics. Meanwhile, the original OP never pops back on for any sort of comment or rebuttal. ..leaves all who has posted high and dry to look like fools ... -Monte  |  IP: Logged Cameron Glendinning Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 845 From: West Ryde, Sydney, NSW Australia Registered: Dec 2005 posted 07-02-2009 05:50 AM                     quote: James Westbrook Is this some kind of a joke? I would hope so! Its pretty funny even if it isn't a joke.  |  IP: Logged Jack Ondracek Film God Posts: 2348 From: Port Orchard, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2002 posted 07-02-2009 06:12 AM                        Assuming the print doesn't have a mag track (be sure to check first!) A suitable electromagnet or tape cart eraser should pull out the offending metal. ... that print's screwed up! ..... something's screwy here. ....... what screwball would do such a thing?  |  IP: Logged Timothy Eiler Expert Film Handler Posts: 126 From: Litchfield , Minnesota, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 07-02-2009 08:10 AM                        quote: Monte L Fullmer (Kinda funny that Peter hasn't responded back to our comments yet...and this was posted in the evening when he should be on screen with this movie...) Peter Does have several theatres that are not very close together So He could be traveling between them. I can see how the screws could do damage to the edge of the print and make certain reels unplayable.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 07-02-2009 08:15 AM                     You paid your TES bill... right...  |  IP: Logged Peter Schoell Film Handler Posts: 47 From: Paynesville, MN, USA Registered: Jul 2001 posted 07-02-2009 12:01 PM                     In response to Monte. Not all of us have time to spend online. If i could ever work just a 40 hour week, I'd be on FN vacation! I only posted this photo to see if anyone else got the same treatment. I've had intentional sabotage before, but only when the print has come from another theatre. Some of you are correct, the screws did puncture the film, also my manager. The screws were of a specialized nature, and TES says they don't have screws like that in their facility. They have no idea how the screws got in the can. Universal Is quite concerned Now here's some baiting for ya. My first theory is the screws were place by the film handle's equivalent of a cyber hacker, somebody with way too much time on their hands. Or somebody who sells padlocks for film cans. Look at the huge industry that grew from the Tylenol tampering incident. So Monte, I'm sure you will have plenty of responses, don' feel offended if I don't reply for a while, 6 months maybe.  |  IP: Logged

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