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Author Topic: Secondhand Lions print no-show? Frank Bruno Film Handler Posts: 50 From: houston, tx Registered: Aug 2003 posted 09-16-2003 01:07 AM                     In Bridgewater, NJ this Sunday (9/14) we were supposed to have a sneak of "Secondhand Lions?" The print never showed up  |  IP: Logged Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 09-16-2003 01:53 AM                    That was a sunday sneak. If the print wasn't there by the Friday before the sneak I would have been calling the booker or the ETS depot to find out where it was.  |  IP: Logged Frank Bruno Film Handler Posts: 50 From: houston, tx Registered: Aug 2003 posted 09-16-2003 01:34 PM                     I happened to not have been on Friday night or Saturday. I would hope that soembody else would have had the sense to do that. For my own sanity I'm operating under the assumption that they did.  |  IP: Logged John T. Hendrickson, Jr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 889 From: Freehold, NJ, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 09-16-2003 08:09 PM                     Frank- Who delivers your prints from ETS? Our print was delivered along with five others on Thursday, by our delivery service. I call our service every week to give them our bookings, and if there is a problem, they always call us at the theater and advise.  |  IP: Logged Frank Bruno Film Handler Posts: 50 From: houston, tx Registered: Aug 2003 posted 09-16-2003 10:10 PM                     Our normal ETS delivery guy is on some kind of disability at the moment. Our ETS prints that used to show up around 2-4 o clock showed up at 9:30 pm, just our two regular release prints & not the sneak. Being a mere operator (whom nothing was expected of besides the buildup of the print) I really can't do much besides ask management "Hey, you know the Secondhand Lions print isn't here yet. What's up with that?" I posted here kind of hoping this was maybe New Line's or ETS' goof, and had happened elsewhere, but as its kind of making myself & my theater look foolish, I think Im taking my thread & going home.  |  IP: Logged Jim Leko Film Handler Posts: 90 From: Redondo Beach, CA, USA Registered: May 2002 posted 09-18-2003 10:59 PM                     Our print didn't show up today. They said it will arrive at 2am. Oh well, I was supposed to screen it. I just lost a couple hours of work. Hopefully the booth manager will build it up with enough time for me to come in and screen it before our first show tomorrow.  |  IP: Logged John T. Hendrickson, Jr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 889 From: Freehold, NJ, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 09-19-2003 08:32 PM                     Frank- ETS does not deliver the prints. It only distributes them. If you will email me and let me know the delivery service that your theater uses, I may be able to shed some light on what happened.  |  IP: Logged

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