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Topic: New Line's 1st D-Cinema Release -- "Snakes On A Plane"
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Frank Angel
Film God
Posts: 5305
From: Brooklyn NY USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 08-20-2006 02:38 AM
Wow! Do New Yorkers know something about DCinema that the rest of the country doesn't? It's only got two video screens? And you can't count the one in Brooklyn because although Brooklyn technically is part of New York City, when anyone in these outer boroughs talks about "The City" they are talking about Manhattan Island, as does the rest of the world. When tourists say they want to come to NYC, believe me, they are not talking about Brooklyn or Queens.
Besides, you shouldn't even count the one in Brooklyn. It's the one that I know personally, and it is probably one of the best examples of a single-screen-tortured-into-a-seven-screen pukeplex rebuild that you will ever want to see -- everything that shouldn't be done in a cinema can be found in this crapola of a dive (the Pavilion in Brooklyn). I understand they converted EVERY screen to video last year and then turned around and sold it just recently. Perhaps the owners found out something frightening about DC that they hadn't planned on! Guess they wish they still had A-Cinema, eh? hehe
Anyway, according to the list, there are none actually in Manhattan (New York, New York) but I know that at least at the time of the release of STAR WARS: LAST, the AMC Empire megaplex in The City (Manhattan) screened it in DC. Did they pull the projector after that? Perhaps they discovered what the guys at the Pavilion found out? Still, seems no matter how you cut it, New York is not in love with digital cinema.
Come to think of it, a city the size of Chicago...no video screens there either? Anyone want to hazard a guess why there is such a paultry showing in these major markets?
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Michael Coate
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1904
From: Los Angeles, California
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 08-20-2006 11:57 PM
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Wow! Do New Yorkers know something about DCinema that the rest of the country doesn't?
Anyway, according to the list, there are none actually in Manhattan (New York, New York) but I know that at least at the time of the release of STAR WARS: LAST, the AMC Empire megaplex in The City (Manhattan) screened it in DC. Did they pull the projector after that? Perhaps they discovered what the guys at the Pavilion found out? Still, seems no matter how you cut it, New York is not in love with digital cinema.
Come to think of it, a city the size of Chicago...no video screens there either? Anyone want to hazard a guess why there is such a paultry showing in these major markets?
Frank,
One of the reasons "Snakes On A Plane" may not be playing in D-Cinema in any Manhattan theatres is because, as I stated in my initial post, Sony's "Monster House" is booked for long-term engagements on many of the available D-Cinema screens. In fact, as you can see from the list below, "Monster House" is currently playing in D-Cinema (and in 3D) on two screens in Manhattan, two in Brooklyn (initally three), two in Queens, one on Staten Island, and three on Long Island. Plus, "Pirates Of The Caribbean" is still playing at Kips Bay, and "World Trade Center" is at the Ziegfeld.
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The Digital Cinema Engagements Of "Monster House"
NEW YORK
Farmingdale: National Amusements Farmingdale Multiplex (3D)
Holtsville: National Amusements Island 16: Cinema de Lux (3D)
New Rochelle: Regal New Roc City Stadium 18 (3D)
New York (Brooklyn): National Amusements Linden Boulevard Multiplex (3D)
New York (Brooklyn): Regal UA Sheepshead Bay 14 (3D)
New York (Manhattan): AMC Loews 84th Street 6 (3D)
New York (Manhattan): Regal UA Union Square Stadium 14 (3D)
New York (Queens): National Amusements College Point Multiplex (3D)
New York (Queens): National Amusements Jamaica Multiplex (3D)
New York (Staten Island): Regal UA Staten Island Stadium 16 (3D)
Westbury: AMC Loews Raceway 10 (3D)
White Plains: National Amusements City Center 15: Cinema de Lux (3D)
There are other D-Cinema-equipped screens in Manhattan but perhaps New Line doesn't book their films there or another circuit won the bid for "Snakes." (The AMC Empire, I believe, had one of the earlier-generation 1.3K systems and hasn't shown anything in some time.)
So...if D-Cinema is a failure because "Snakes On A Plane" got no Manhattan bookings, then how would you describe the state of D-Cinema based on the bookings of "Monster House"? Or "Cars," which had four D-Cinema bookings in Chicago and three in Manhattan. Or "Superman Returns": three in Chicago and two in Manhattan. Or "Pirates": four in Chicago and four in Manhattan.
I'm not intending to hit you over the head with these figures. I'm just using evidence to support my claim (to counter yours) that one should not judge the success or failure of a format based on the bookings of a single film in a single market.
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