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Author Topic: Movie Synopsis Sheets Rich Granata Film Handler Posts: 61 From: Bethlehem PA USA Registered: Mar 2004 posted 09-02-2004 03:36 PM                     Is there any place online that might publish movie synopsis sheets for use in the box office? for free? When someone asks, "What is Garden State about?" I would feel more comfortable if the attendants could answer them instead of just saying, "Beats me!?!". I was hoping for something free. Otherwise I might just throw something together myself everyweek using info off the internet.  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 09-02-2004 04:14 PM                     Just print out the Fandango page for each film.  |  IP: Logged Dave Williams Wet nipple scene Posts: 1836 From: Salt Lake City, UT, USA Registered: Jan 2000 posted 09-02-2004 05:53 PM                        Do what I always do... when they ask what the movie is about.. I just tell them "it's about two hours long"... Actually this is why I would require that my staff either see the movie on screening night or study the synopsis before it opens, actually weeks before it opens.. fandango is a really good site for that. I figured it is always helpful when a staffmember knows some crap instead of how to just clean up crap. Ciao Dave  |  IP: Logged Dan Bouvier Film Handler Posts: 70 From: Sylvan Lake, Alberta, Canada Registered: Aug 2004 posted 09-02-2004 10:17 PM                     We use http://www.cd.gov.ab.ca/enjoying_alberta/film_classification/nowplaying.asp but it's got Alberta's ratings. It comes in handy when I do the movie line too.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-03-2004 03:14 AM                        http://www.imeonline.com/downloads.asp You may have to register to get there, but they are free nonetheless, along with a couple of ad slicks.  |  IP: Logged Rich Granata Film Handler Posts: 61 From: Bethlehem PA USA Registered: Mar 2004 posted 09-05-2004 03:07 PM                     Thanks guys, but I was hoping to get all the movies on one page just for quick reference. We've got a 10 Screen playing 10 movies This weekend, I threw this together in MS Word http://freewebhomes.com/richardgranata/MovieSheet09-03-04.doc The info is straight from Fandango. That's OK right? I figure this way, it'll just take a minute to update once a week. The employees can let the customers borrow it if they want.  |  IP: Logged Adam Wilbert Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 590 From: Bellingham, WA, USA Registered: Mar 2002 posted 09-06-2004 01:39 AM                        A suggestion: put your showtimes on it and make copies for your customers.  |  IP: Logged Dan Bouvier Film Handler Posts: 70 From: Sylvan Lake, Alberta, Canada Registered: Aug 2004 posted 09-06-2004 04:23 AM                     We run a Powerpoint show next to our box office computer. The top of the screen has the movie poster and synopsis, and the bottom has all our showtimes. People seem to like it okay.  |  IP: Logged Mark Hajducki Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 500 From: Edinburgh, UK Registered: May 2003 posted 09-06-2004 06:46 AM                     If you have a foyer area before the box office, print out descriptions of each film and put them in the poster cases (putting the showtimes is a nice touch as well but for a large cinema these would be tedious to change).  |  IP: Logged

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