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Author Topic: The Back-Up Plan Trailer Jeremy Weigel Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1062 From: Edmond, OK, USA Registered: Mar 2007 posted 04-04-2010 11:22 PM                     Received a new trailer for CBS Films' "The Back-up Plan" with a green band spliced on. As you can see the green band isn't even part of the production run. Are they so new that they can't print the green band as part of the trailer?  |  IP: Logged Jarret Chessell Master Film Handler Posts: 288 From: London, Ontario, Canada Registered: Jan 2009 posted 04-05-2010 12:35 AM                     It could be part of the recycling program  |  IP: Logged Greg Routenburg Expert Film Handler Posts: 178 From: Toronto, ON, Canada Registered: May 2003 posted 04-06-2010 11:47 AM                     It's possible the studio re-allocated some international trailers to the US and had the film service attach the green band for US exhibition. This sort of thing happens all the time in Canada only in reverse where a US trailer is re-allocated to Canada and the green tags have to be pulled before they are shipped for Canadian exhibition.  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Smith Expert Film Handler Posts: 201 From: Youngstown, OH Registered: Jan 2010 posted 04-16-2010 09:16 AM                     I ran into this too, forgetting the post had already mentioned it. The trailer MPAA band that is tape-spliced on is an old optical one, with the high-magenta optical soundtrack too. I bet this was a mistake that someone at the lab got fired for. Having someone make 2,000 splices is a lot of extra labor.  |  IP: Logged Mark Strube Master Film Handler Posts: 322 From: Milwaukee, WI, United States Registered: Feb 2007 posted 04-16-2010 05:59 PM                        Every single print we have of that trailer has that same splice.  |  IP: Logged Joe Elliott Master Film Handler Posts: 497 From: Port Orange, Fl USA Registered: Oct 2006 posted 04-16-2010 06:46 PM                     Ours too had the old rating band with only optical. It was all printed with no splice.  |  IP: Logged Richard P. May Expert Film Handler Posts: 243 From: Los Angeles, CA Registered: Jan 2006 posted 04-17-2010 10:13 AM                     Is it possible that the rating was changed after the bulk of the trailers were printed, requiring the tags to be changed? A big job, yes, but probably less expensive than reprinting all the trailers.  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Smith Expert Film Handler Posts: 201 From: Youngstown, OH Registered: Jan 2010 posted 04-17-2010 02:22 PM                     I thought they could just use "This film is not just rated" bands, no? My money's still on some lab tech F-ing up the whole run  |  IP: Logged

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