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Jason Black
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1723
From: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA
Registered: Nov 2000

posted 05-26-2001 02:57 AM

Just curious as to what your earliest/latest starting times for the film are?

Mine... 12:00 & 11:45. And yes, those are both pm. Yes, people did show up for a 3:15min show that started at 11:45 tonight. No, I was NOT happy about the start time, nor the turnout for it, but it wasn't my decision to make, I just run the place...

I'm just a little bit higher on the pile than my employees..

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James R. Hammonds, Jr
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 931
From: Houston, TX, USA
Registered: Nov 2000

posted 05-26-2001 05:12 AM

First show 9:00 AM
Last show 11:00 PM
This means last show ends at 2:20

It is company policy to thread at night.
I can easily thread up the entire 24 screen booth in an hour, so I had about 2 hours before I had to start.
This was cool because when I'm threading up at nightI hat running back and forth (i do that all day).
I like to thread up in a row and shut the power down as I go.

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Brad Miller
Administrator

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From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall)
Registered: May 99

posted 05-26-2001 07:03 AM

Hmmmmm, 24 screens probably means you work for an AMC theater. Am I right? If that is the case, it is not company policy. Perhaps it is a booth manager's policy, but AMC as a company does not have that rule.

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John Pytlak
Film God

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From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000

posted 05-26-2001 07:41 AM

In another thread, many good reasons are given for NOT threading up the night before. Running the projectors a few minutes without film helps "loosen up" the mechanism and distribute the oil with least strain on the intermittent. Film tends to develop a "set" overnight, and stick in the gate. Dirt can settle on the film that is on the platter and strung out to the projector.

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Mike Spaeth
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Marietta, GA
Registered: Jul 2000

posted 05-28-2001 02:28 PM

12 pm - 9 pm. (12,1,4,5,8,9)

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Rob Brooks
Film Handler

Posts: 57
From: NY, U.S.A.
Registered: Oct 1999

posted 05-28-2001 05:10 PM

9am, 930, 10, 11, 12noon , 1, 130, 2, 3, 330, 4, 515, 545, 625, 7, 745, 815, 930, 10, 1045, 1115, 1155, 1215am. Break at 3:25 am. I'm not kidding. I worked 3 days in a row of this.

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Jody Southards
Film Handler

Posts: 3
From: Mt. Juliet, TN, USA
Registered: Apr 2001

posted 05-28-2001 07:16 PM

11:20am/11:15pm
I usually work double shifts in the booth.
It cost the company more money to keep me there for the 45 min. during which only that print was playing than they pulled from the 2 tickets sold to it.

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Mike Jones
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 108
From: Birmingham, MI, USA
Registered: Jul 2000

posted 05-30-2001 04:48 PM

In our 8 screen theatre with two prints our showtimes are:
11:30, 12:35, 3:00, 4:00, 6:30, 7:30, 9:55, 11:15*(on weekends only)
So on the weekdays that gives us 4 shows with one print and 3 with the other.

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Ric Holifield
Film Handler

Posts: 8
From: Atlanta, GA, USA
Registered: Feb 2000

posted 05-30-2001 09:30 PM

In our 18 screen theatre with 4 prints, we have showtimes at:
11:20, 11:50, 12:30, 1:30, 3:05, 3:40, 4:15, 5:15, 6:50, 7:30, 8:00, 9:00, 10:35

Ric

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Gracia L. Babbidge
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 709
From: Bowdoin, Maine
Registered: Aug 2000

posted 05-31-2001 12:05 PM

Everyday showtimes: 12:15, 1:00, 3:40, 4:30, 7:00 & 8:00.
Weekends we also have a 10:15PM show...

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Paul Konen
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 981
From: Frisco, TX. (North of Dallas)
Registered: Jun 99

posted 05-31-2001 01:34 PM

4 prints:
Started at 11:00 am on the hour every hour until 10:45 pm for the last print.

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Taplie Coile
Film Handler

Posts: 5
From: Durham, NC, USA
Registered: May 2001

posted 05-31-2001 04:18 PM

15-screen theatre w/ 3 prints:

1st show at 12 Noon.

Last show 10:50 (Fri/Sat 11:30) - 10:50 show wouldn't be so bad if I had something else that started after 10:00. But, oh well.

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Paul Rich
Film Handler

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From: Murfreesboro, TN, 37128
Registered: Nov 1999

posted 06-03-2001 10:52 PM

2 prints - 12:00, 12:30, 3:45, 4:15, 7:15, 8:00 (10:45 Friday and Saturday)

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James R. Hammonds, Jr
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 931
From: Houston, TX, USA
Registered: Nov 2000

posted 06-04-2001 03:08 AM

Your right, Brad, it is an AMC.
I guess I made the assumption that threading up at night was company policy since we were requied to do so ever since i started working at our megaplexes.
At the 10 screen I worked at we never threaded up at night, but since the megaplexes were 24 screens (most of them), thats how it was done.

However, at the theatre I just came back to a few days ago, i was told that we do not thread up on thursday nights and only move prints.
We also dont thread on friday nights because they are supposed to clean.
Im not sure if they do the same for Saturdays or any other day of the week.
Ill have to talk to the manager in charge of the booth to see exactly how that works.

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Bill Langfield
Master Film Handler

Posts: 280
From: Prospect, NSW, Australia
Registered: Apr 2001

posted 06-05-2001 12:29 PM

I don't see a problem with looping the leader around the projector.
Morning projectionist can test/warm the projector,then lace/thread up.

Bill.

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