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Author Topic: Fox Ships Hide and Seek Without Final Reel Kurt Zupin Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 989 From: Maricopa, Arizona Registered: Oct 2004 posted 01-25-2005 06:53 PM                     Source: ComingSoon.net Dateline: January 25, 2005 For the first time in its illustrious 70-year history, 20th Century Fox will be shipping prints of a motion picture to theaters across the nation without the picture's final reel. The unprecedented move is part of a major effort to protect the pay-off of the studio's terrifying suspense-thriller Hide and Seek, starring Robert De Niro and Dakota Fanning. Fox has taken extraordinary measures to safeguard the critical final reel, which is shipping separately. In addition to shipping the reel separately, security guards will hand-deliver the reel to all playdate theaters across the U.S. As a final security measure, Fox has numbered all final reels. Hide and Seek opens nationwide this Friday, January 28. Commented Fox executive VP and general sales manager Richard Myerson: "'Hide and Seek' is a terrific picture with an ending that everyone will be talking about. To ensure everyone's enjoyment of the film and to prevent 'spoilers', we've instituted extraordinary measures. We think it's worth the effort." Hide and Seek, rated "R" for frightening sequences and violence, is about a widowed father who desperately tries to break through to his nine year old daughter when she creates a creepy, maniacal "imaginary" friend with a terrifying vendetta. The film also stars Famke Janssen, Elisabeth Shue, Amy Irving and Dylan Baker. It is directed by John Polson, produced by Barry Josephson, and written by Ari Schlossberg. Now is it just me or is this just moronic...What the hell have the film companys learned in the past month with all the late arival prints. Now we have to wait till Friday morning to get the last real to the Big Feature of the weekend. What happens when it dosn't arrive cause of a snow storm. What are we supposed to tell the customers...sorry sir you can watch the first 5 reels but your not going to find out the "GREAT" ending...you'll have to pay your $7.50 and come back next Monday Cause they don't ship over the weekend. In closing this has got to be one of the dumbest things possible...From me to Fox executive VP and general sales manager Richard Myerson a Big I forgot...FUCKING SECURITY GUARDS ARE TO DELIVER THE FINAL REEL!!!! How many people want to bet that its handed to you just like a replacement real would be...no one special just the delivery guy....WHAT A FUCKING JOKE! Now that my rants over whats everyone else's opinons on this? [ 01-25-2005, 08:44 PM: Message edited by: Kurt Zupin ]  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 01-25-2005 07:01 PM                     This story sounds kind of like a round a bout way to build hype for a movie. The tactic makes me even more suspicious the show will stink.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-25-2005 07:01 PM                        Publicity stunt. They should have opened the movie on Wednesday, that way if there were any problems, a theatre might only lose one day vs. a whole weekend.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 01-25-2005 07:05 PM                     This is just ridiculous. God forbid this doesn't have any issues with the late delivery of the last reel, then fucking EVERY movie will start shipping like this for "security reasons".  |  IP: Logged Chris Brown Expert Film Handler Posts: 105 From: Fairport, NY, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 01-25-2005 09:01 PM                        Totally ridiculous...as Mike said, sounds like a stupid publicity stunt to me!  |  IP: Logged Don Anderson Master Film Handler Posts: 312 From: West Bend, WI, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 01-25-2005 10:26 PM                     What happens to the theatres that do not open until late in the afternoon? Who's going to accept deliver for that final reel????  |  IP: Logged Ken Layton Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1452 From: Olympia, Wash. USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 01-25-2005 11:04 PM                     I would simply call the distributor and tell them, "We've changed our minds and found a better picture from a different distributor. We're canceling our booking". This movie must be a real pile of shit---maybe they should leave out all the reels!  |  IP: Logged Jason Black Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1723 From: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 01-25-2005 11:10 PM                        Sounds like some bonehead from my company made this decision... "Let's make the situation worse by compounding the completixity of day to day operations. Fuck the managers-- they'll get over it.. or we'll replace them..."  |  IP: Logged Mike Spaeth Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1129 From: Marietta, GA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 01-25-2005 11:48 PM                        Funny ... they didn't leave the last reel out from the trade screening ... I could spoil it for Fox here in this forum ....  |  IP: Logged Aaron Garman Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: Toledo, OH USA Registered: Mar 2003 posted 01-26-2005 02:31 AM                     How are we supposed to video tape the whole movie now since it is not arriving complete. My masses of video pirates are going to be angry at me. What am "I" going to do about this? AJG  |  IP: Logged Chase Hanson Expert Film Handler Posts: 172 From: San Diego, CA Registered: Oct 2004 posted 01-26-2005 03:17 AM                     Hey thats great!! And in 3 weeks after this movie bombs horribly, ill return the print, with the last reel missing...ya know for "security" reasons.  |  IP: Logged Mike Olpin Chop Chop! Posts: 1852 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Jan 2002 posted 01-26-2005 03:58 AM                     I wont even get the print untill 2Am. Will the hand delivered final reel wind up showing up at 4?  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Fuentes Mmmm, Dr. Pepper! Posts: 1168 From: Corpus Christi, TX United States Registered: Jan 2004 posted 01-26-2005 06:20 AM                     quote: Don Anderson What happens to the theatres that do not open until late in the afternoon? Who's going to accept deliver for that final reel???? We open late afternoon on Friday's...I build all movies on Thursday nights and will be out of town Friday. My manager's gonna be pissed.  |  IP: Logged Ken Layton Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1452 From: Olympia, Wash. USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 01-26-2005 10:25 AM                     This also reminds me of the time we played Wild Wild West at the Skyline drivein. We ran double features and we were opening Wild Wild West first run. Normally our films show up an hour before showtime! Well I dragged the film cans upstairs and started sorting thru which was going onscreen first. Put the two cans of the second feature in the corner since I had to build the WWW first. Looked at the label on the cans it said "3 can shipment". Oh shit! There's only two cans here! Needless to say we ran only one movie that Friday night and the owner made several frantic calls to find the other can. Pony Express (our film delivery company at the time) had completely lost one entire can and could not account for it. The studio shipped us the replacement reels the next day and we were back to running two features again that Saturday night.  |  IP: Logged Jim Ziegler Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 753 From: West Hollywood, CA Registered: Jul 99 posted 01-26-2005 02:26 PM                     I questing the authenticity of this story.. My print of Hide and Seek showed up yesterday with all reels included. I though the movie was decent, the ending was pretty good though.  |  IP: Logged

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