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Author Topic: Playing Twilight (2008) and New Moon before Eclipse? John T. Hendrickson, Jr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 889 From: Freehold, NJ, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 06-17-2010 03:54 PM                     Are you one of the lucky ones playing the first two films before the midnight show of Twilight Saga Eclipse? Be sure to check your prints. Summit was nice enough to deliver our prints, so I had plenty of time to check them today. Aside from the usual extra tape and cue marks left on them, it was obvious I had "mix and match" reels from multiple prints. Some reels had two frames left on heads and tails, one reel had shoe polish, and various reels had different types of splicing tape left on. All in all, I was pleasantly surprised to find that in the end, I was left with two reasonably clean prints, which leads me to believe that Summit went to the trouble to see that the prints were in good shape. If so, that is impressive. Am I the lucky one, or have others received good prints as well?  |  IP: Logged Matt Johnston Film Handler Posts: 37 From: Fort Myers, FL Registered: Oct 2009 posted 06-17-2010 07:00 PM                     Haven't checked mine yet. Here's to hoping!!!  |  IP: Logged Elise Brandt Expert Film Handler Posts: 160 From: Kuusankoski, FIN/ Kouvola, Finland Registered: Dec 2009 posted 06-17-2010 10:56 PM                     We're playing them all and glad to say, I expect a full house to the midnight showing. I have no idea when we'll be getting the prints, we're doing Eclipse digital but the other two on film. Our prints haven't travelled as far and wide as yours but still, worth a check after two years...  |  IP: Logged Michael Hossen Expert Film Handler Posts: 136 From: Perth, Australia Registered: Apr 2007 posted 06-17-2010 11:42 PM                        We're doing the triple. Twilight is on Bluray as no 35mm or DCP is available. New Moon is DCinema and we are playing Eclipse on 35mm.  |  IP: Logged Alex Shultz Film Handler Posts: 54 From: Marysville, KS, US Registered: Nov 2008 posted 06-18-2010 01:26 AM                        Why are they limiting the theatres that play it? I was really hoping to get them but was told I'm not in the top 2000 theatres so I could not get it.  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Weigel Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1062 From: Edmond, OK, USA Registered: Mar 2007 posted 06-18-2010 02:32 AM                     We opted not to do it based on the turn out when we played the first two back to back in November(?). We only had 9 people show up for the first film, but the midnight of the 2nd film sold out on 2 screens.  |  IP: Logged Manny Montes Master Film Handler Posts: 270 From: United States Registered: Feb 2010 posted 06-18-2010 04:27 PM                     we're doing it, but only sold about 50 tickets for it, it will be interesting. I think its mostly about advertising and promoting it. Its in our smallest house right now and is probably going to stay there considering the sales so far. However we've got 5 theaters interlocked right now to one print which is almost sold out, opefully going to get all 10 theaters once we get word about how many prints we are getting  |  IP: Logged Mike Frese Master Film Handler Posts: 465 From: Holts Summit, MO Registered: Jun 2007 posted 06-19-2010 01:12 AM                        Alex, I do not think you are missing much. In a college town nearby with over 100,000 people, 2 theaters grossed $382 combined on Twilight! Another theater in a 50,000 market grossed $366. I think I would rather play my regular lineup instead. You might offer to play them on Blu-Ray, that way it has absolutely no cost to them.  |  IP: Logged Dustin Mitchell Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1865 From: Mondovi, WI, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 06-20-2010 04:59 AM                     We've been told by our booker that both Twilight and New Moon will be on a hard drive. We're probably going to have to end up canceling a show to play these though as Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, plus whatever we're supposed to run in the afternoon probably wont' all fit on a Doremi. If the afternoon show is short MAYBE but I don't think it will work. We're not getting much business on a lot of our older movies so if we did have to cancel the afternoon show in that house it wouldn't be a huge deal.  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Althaus Master Film Handler Posts: 435 From: Bedford, TX Registered: Dec 2008 posted 06-21-2010 08:36 PM                     I have Dragon 3D, Toy Story 3 3D, Knight and Day, and a crapload of trailers on a doremi. Only takes up 41% of our space.  |  IP: Logged Justin Hamaker Film God Posts: 2253 From: Lakeport, CA USA Registered: Jan 2004 posted 06-21-2010 09:07 PM                        It's interesting how hit and miss the turn out was for Twilight before New Moon. My theatre typically does about 50% of the national average, but for Twilight (before New Moon) we were in the top 100 theatres nationwide. We also received our prints this week, but I'm not going to put them together until after we deal with this week's openers and break down the films that are leaving. I just don't have enough centering rings to have that many prints built up at once.  |  IP: Logged Manny Montes Master Film Handler Posts: 270 From: United States Registered: Feb 2010 posted 06-22-2010 04:21 AM                     our print was pretty scratched up on the right hand side, other than that it was is decent shape. This is a 35mm print of "Twilight"  |  IP: Logged Kyle Butler Film Handler Posts: 47 From: Belton, TX Registered: Jan 2010 posted 06-22-2010 11:29 PM                     Our prints were in pretty bad condition. anddd whoever gets our old print (0001), Sorry about reel 3 being totally fucked. Newbie booth girl tryed to run the film cleaner with absolutely no media pads.  |  IP: Logged Bruce McGee Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1776 From: Asheville, NC USA... Nowhere in Particular. Registered: Aug 1999 posted 06-24-2010 06:07 PM                     I have both Twilight and New Moon on hand. Both prints are fairly nice looking and splice free, other than heads and tails. New Moon, that I built today, was all tails out, so it was easy to run onto my 6K reels. We were to understand that we were going to get all the films on hard drives, too. I'm relieved that at least 2 shows will go off without a hitch, now.  |  IP: Logged Dustin Mitchell Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1865 From: Mondovi, WI, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 06-25-2010 12:47 AM                     quote: Jonathan Althaus I have Dragon 3D, Toy Story 3 3D, Knight and Day, and a crapload of trailers on a doremi. Only takes up 41% of our space. How big is the hard drive(s) in your Doremi? The usable space on ours is 750 GB. Shrek 3D is 94gig, Twilight is 179, New Moon is 184, and Eclipse is 140. Add in about 20-25 gigs of trailers and you get a server that's 83% full-not as bad as I thought and should be doable, but still close considering its not recommended to fill the server HD more than 80% full.  |  IP: Logged

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