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Author Topic: Watch your Technicolor invoice for "Interstellar" Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-09-2014 04:21 PM                        We just got our most recent invoice from Technicolor, and it contained a billing for "Interstellar" as if it was a feature. ($40.22) I called them and got the charge removed, but I was thinking it could have happened to others too, so... heads up. I assume this may have happened because Interstellar trailer had a KDM assigned to it, so to Tech's computers it probably looked just like a regular feature.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 01-09-2014 06:12 PM                        Geez. It won't be long before posters are delivered in safes and you have to wait before the combination is given to you. Or TV advertisements for movies which require the viewer to punch in some sort of code. Not sure what they're thinking putting a KDM on a trailer.  |  IP: Logged Frank Cox Film God Posts: 2234 From: Melville Saskatchewan Canada Registered: Apr 2011 posted 01-09-2014 06:37 PM                        I thought the same when that trailer first showed up. Then I watched it and discovered that at the very end where it usually says "coming soon" or whatever, this one says "One Year from Now". Which is a good reason not to have people playing it six or ten months later on.  |  IP: Logged Justin Hamaker Film God Posts: 2253 From: Lakeport, CA USA Registered: Jan 2004 posted 01-09-2014 07:24 PM                        Mike, are you sure this isn't just the billing for The Hobbit? I'm only asking because the keys for the Interstellar trailer came in the same package as the keys for Hobbit. I haven't seen our statement yet, so I don't know if we'll see the charge.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-10-2014 01:12 AM                        Technicolor doesn't use the "secret names" on their bills, plus the Hobbit's secret name was "Middle Valley" or something like that. I think it was just a goof on their part. After I emailed them about it they agreed to remove the charge from our bill.  |  IP: Logged Justin Hamaker Film God Posts: 2253 From: Lakeport, CA USA Registered: Jan 2004 posted 01-10-2014 02:11 AM                        Ok, good to know. And thanks for the heads up; I'll be watching for a charge on our bills. By the way, have you looked into satellite delivery? Whether we receive content by satellite or hard drive, we're only paying $20.11 per title.  |  IP: Logged Dennis Benjamin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1445 From: Denton, MD Registered: Feb 2002 posted 01-16-2014 10:26 AM                        "Middle River" was the code name.  |  IP: Logged Justin Hamaker Film God Posts: 2253 From: Lakeport, CA USA Registered: Jan 2004 posted 01-17-2014 11:18 PM                        I was just reviewing invoices, and we did receive this same charge.  |  IP: Logged

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