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Author Topic: "Pirates 3" Intermission Prints at Odeon Ben Wales Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 602 From: Southampton. England Registered: Jul 99 posted 05-27-2007 05:13 PM                     I have heard that there are some Intermission Prints of "Pirates3" being played at some Odeon/UCI sites in the UK. Can anyone give a reason why? Is it a Sale's thing, certainly not a Technical reason.  |  IP: Logged Caleb Johnstone-Cowan Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 593 From: London, UK Registered: Mar 2006 posted 05-27-2007 06:43 PM                     If you go to the Odeon website, go to 'select film' and choose Pirates w/intermission you can see which sites are playing the film in two parts. quote: Ben Wales Is it a Sale's thing, certainly not a Technical reason. Does not having enough prints to satisfy expected demand therefore bicycling some of them come under sales or technical? I'd go for the former. My initial thought when seeing this was maybe the screens had towers that couldn't take the 3hr+ programme but thats unlikely, right?  |  IP: Logged Justin Gorka Expert Film Handler Posts: 174 From: High Wycombe, England Registered: Apr 2006 posted 05-27-2007 06:55 PM                     Bizarre thing intermissions. We never get asked to do one except for the odd Billowed we show. Have never received a reason as to why 3hr+ Bolly's get an intermission set 3hr+ English language films don't. Anyone out there care to guess?  |  IP: Logged Caleb Johnstone-Cowan Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 593 From: London, UK Registered: Mar 2006 posted 05-27-2007 07:06 PM                     Cultural, have been told most films in India run with intermissions even Hollywood ones. The amount British Asians spend on food at the cinema I'd run an intermission with every Bollywood.  |  IP: Logged Justin Gorka Expert Film Handler Posts: 174 From: High Wycombe, England Registered: Apr 2006 posted 05-27-2007 07:12 PM                     Not in our site, the sneak their own in. Sorri for the Bollywood spelling mistake, used the dreaded spellchecker then it was too late!!!  |  IP: Logged Caleb Johnstone-Cowan Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 593 From: London, UK Registered: Mar 2006 posted 05-27-2007 07:16 PM                     Bollywoods are about the only films people don't sneak food in to at our site. Pret a Manger do better business from our customers than we do for first showings!  |  IP: Logged Dick Vaughan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1032 From: Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK Registered: Jul 2000 posted 05-28-2007 03:41 AM                        quote: Caleb Johnstone-Cowan Cultural, have been told most films in India run with intermissions even Hollywood ones. I've also been told that virtually all films run in Iceland have an intermission no matter how long they are.  |  IP: Logged Patrick de Groot Expert Film Handler Posts: 161 From: Sprang-Capelle, Netherlands Registered: Apr 2001 posted 05-28-2007 04:39 AM                     A film like Pirates 3 can use an intermission because of the runtime. No problem with that. Also concession sales go up. In The Netherlands intermissions are a common thing. Some cinema groups do not plan intermissions, while others do it all the time. I like a 10 minute break anyway, no matter what film.  |  IP: Logged Dan Harris Film Handler Posts: 86 From: Bristol, UK Registered: Jun 2003 posted 05-28-2007 05:36 AM                     Yeh, all sites with multiple prints have intermissions on the 2nd and 3rd print, and selected sites with a single print also have them. It's a 15 minutes interval - firstly it was supposed to be at the end of reel 5, then around 5pm on the opening Friday we get told to re-edit the intermission slightly back from the end of reel 5 to fit in with a scene change. It's purely a Sales thing, apparently (so were told) it's quite common in Germany for films 2h+ to have intermissions. Our retail sales have benefitted, but I personally don't think it's a good idea. And it was fully agreed with BVI - they even popped intermission titles in the film cans for us.  |  IP: Logged Timothy Eiler Expert Film Handler Posts: 126 From: Litchfield , Minnesota, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 05-28-2007 08:48 AM                        quote: Dan Harris And it was fully agreed with BVI - they even popped intermission titles in the film cans for us. After what reel was the intermission ?  |  IP: Logged Caleb Johnstone-Cowan Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 593 From: London, UK Registered: Mar 2006 posted 05-29-2007 12:04 AM                     Says in the above post the intermission is during reel 5. Was this a ticket sales decision, or kiosk sales, or both?  |  IP: Logged Michael Brown Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1522 From: Bradford, England Registered: May 2001 posted 06-04-2007 04:14 PM                     Its not only an Odeon thing. I visited a nearby Vue site recently (to see another film) and they had signs posted up stating that some of their Pirates showings had 15 minute intermissions.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-04-2007 06:24 PM                        I think all movie directors should get a large cup of their beverage of choice and try to sit through their movie without a bathroom break. Then call the editor back in. I'll bet we'd see a flood of 93 minute movies.  |  IP: Logged Ray Faultless Film Handler Posts: 96 From: Amington, Tamworth, England Registered: Jun 2001 posted 06-04-2007 06:54 PM                     I saw Pirates today at a 11:15am show. I choose this time because it did have an intermission. There were 35 people there and I counted as best I could how many came back carrying snacks popcorn or drinks. The count was at least 21 so that was pretty good sales.15 mins is a bit long 10 would easy be long enough.  |  IP: Logged Caleb Johnstone-Cowan Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 593 From: London, UK Registered: Mar 2006 posted 06-04-2007 07:13 PM                     Maybe some sites have difficulties when bicycling the print so 15 minutes gives some leeway.  |  IP: Logged

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