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Author Topic: Scheduling of "Gods and Generals" Steve Anderson Expert Film Handler Posts: 168 From: Nashville, TN Registered: Feb 2000 posted 02-16-2003 08:47 AM                        With a 3:40 running time how many plays will you get in a day? 2 or 3 maybe?  |  IP: Logged Coleman L. Zatarain Film Handler Posts: 27 From: Alabama - USA Registered: Jan 2003 posted 02-16-2003 09:38 AM                        Sample Schedule would go as follows: Play the film in two (2) parts...Part 1 and Part 2. Establish a show schedule with a start time and end time for BOTH Part 1 and Part 2, so there will be two starts for one showing. 2:00PM - 4:00PM Intermission 4:08PM - 6:05PM ~~~~~~~~~~ 7:00PM - 9:00PM Intermission 9:08PM -11:05PM Trailers, Intermission and all: 4 hours and 5 minutes  |  IP: Logged Aldo Baez Master Film Handler Posts: 266 From: USA Registered: Mar 2001 posted 02-16-2003 08:36 PM                    11-3, 3:30-7:30, 8-12  |  IP: Logged Nicholas Roznovsky Expert Film Handler Posts: 156 From: College Station, TX, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 02-18-2003 12:33 AM                        I imagine we'll go with a schedule similar to the one we had for Gone with the Wind : one matinee and one evening, somewhere around 2:00 and 7:00. I'll probably have to allow for at least twenty minutes after the show of people complaining that they couldn't make it to the restroom, buy more popcorn, take a smoke break, call their nanny, etc. on a lousy 12 minute intermission. But only for the first weekend - I don't anticipate much of a crowd after that. Update: I was right. We ended up scheduling shows for 3:30 and 8:00 for the first week. [ 02-19-2003, 01:10 AM: Message edited by: Nicholas Roznovsky ]  |  IP: Logged Jason Black Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1723 From: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 02-18-2003 07:11 AM                        2:15 & 7:15 2:45 & 7:45 Span set to allow for the 12 minute built in intermission. I hope they included these 12 minutes in their run time quote...  |  IP: Logged Paul Konen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 981 From: Frisco, TX. (North of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-18-2003 09:06 AM                     Jason, they should have. I have 229 minutes including the 12 minute intermission.  |  IP: Logged Charles Everett Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: New Jersey Registered: May 2001 posted 02-19-2003 01:57 PM                     Paul K is correct: MovieTickets.com and Hollywood.com list a running time of 3 hours 49 minutes. (3 x 60 = 180, + 49 = 229) Reading Cinemas in Manville NJ will show Gods & Generals at 10 AM, 3 PM and 8 PM. That theater has been opening at 10 AM since Harry Potter 2 and The Two Towers, so scheduling was rather easy. The AMC Hamilton is opening 2 prints -- 1st print at 2 PM and 6:45, 2nd print at 2:45 and 7:30. [ 02-20-2003, 07:00 AM: Message edited by: Charles Everett ]  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 02-19-2003 02:58 PM                        Cinemark has it here at 12:05PM, 4:50PM, and 9:35PM. The online info actually states "Reel 8 followed by 12 min intermission". That's the only booking in this immediate market.  |  IP: Logged Michael Atkinson Film Handler Posts: 14 From: Gainesville, FL, USA Registered: Sep 2002 posted 02-19-2003 04:50 PM                     We are opening three prints on Friday: Print 1 - 11:50, 4:05, & 8:20 Print 2 - 12:35, 4:50, & 9:05 Print 3 - 2:30 & 7:00  |  IP: Logged Kenny Thies Film Handler Posts: 42 From: Effingham, IL, USA Registered: Jan 2003 posted 02-19-2003 05:10 PM                     I'm soooo happy my print of Gods and Generals came on Wednesday! What a pleasant surprise! We are playing it at 2:15 and 7:00. Well, I get er put together, with 4 inches to the edge of the platter to spare on a Strong Alpha Platter. I hope this movie does some business [ 02-19-2003, 06:22 PM: Message edited by: Kenny Thies ]  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 02-21-2003 01:44 PM                        Now that the film has opened, Consolidated theatres in Hawaii has scheduled only two shows a day for "GODS AND GENERALS" in their houses. Signature Theatres is running three. I do not know how many are interlocking the print with another auditorium but I doubt any theatres are doing it here because of the lack of publicity about the movie and the low interest in the American civil war and the movie itself. "GETTYSBURG" played in 70mm at the Cinerama for only two weeks to an almost empty house and was pulled and moved to the Kuhio #1 for a week in 35mm. With the poor reviews it received from Roger Ebert and others, I predict "GODS AND GENERALS" will be out of theatres in a very short time. I am planning to see it this weekend. -Claude  |  IP: Logged Joseph Pandolfi Expert Film Handler Posts: 213 From: Milford, CT. Registered: Nov 1999 posted 02-21-2003 06:24 PM                     1:30 and 7:00. We are running it non-sync during the first eight minutes of the intermission. Then the last four minutes we switch it back to film soundtrack. Also we have to "back time" 18 seconds from the first picture frame on the second part to add a cue for the automation to lower the house and curtain lights and to open the curtain. This allows a smooth transition without the picture showing through a partally open curtain.  |  IP: Logged Ian Price Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1714 From: Denver, CO Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-21-2003 06:55 PM                     It got such good review here in Santa Rosa (one star) that I'll bet the local theatre only has one showing of it next week.  |  IP: Logged Jacob Huber Expert Film Handler Posts: 172 From: Evansville, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 02-21-2003 09:35 PM                     Our show schedule is exactly the same as Aldo Baez's. 11-3, 3:30-7:30, 8-12.  |  IP: Logged Charles Everett Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: New Jersey Registered: May 2001 posted 02-23-2003 11:11 AM                     FWIW a lot of theaters are doubling up Gods & Generals with a matinee of Kangaroo Jack. The Loews megaplex in New Brunswick NJ is among those theaters.  |  IP: Logged

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