What do Cinema's do with their old movie reel's??

[lostbee]

Hiya ok mad radom request here ive tried everywhere for this so What do Cinema's do with their old movie reel's??
I mean when the movie has been played in the cinema what do they do with the cine film? do they send it back? and can the reels be bought once the movie has been released for home use?
Im gonna get a lcd projector oneday but what i want to do is get cine projector and a big screen for my house i really like them
Is there anywhere i could buy the cine reel's? not really old ones just ones that have been in the cinema recent and over the past few year, are they for sale? i checked ebay but couldnt find anything, can anyone could point me in the right direction

[BJ_M]

they are returned ....

they belong to the studio, not the theater ...

you want to put a 35mm projector in your house ? it has been done many times but you should know that you will need two of them for changeover or a platter system and a rewind system ... also a dolby cinema system and releated gear, lamp houses + power supplies..

figure on about 40,000$ for a cheap system with used projectors, including wireing and such .... plus a screen , plus renovations and a sound system (10,000$)

also -- in many parts of the usa, you will need to hire a lic projectionist to run them -- by law and also by the union rules..

there is also a lot of firecodes relating to projection equipment .. so a building permit and special insurance is required ..

[andyp1]

Do they still use reels of film nowadays? I thought in recent years they used DVDs.

[Solarjetman]

Well, in High School I was a manager of a movie theater. Normally what happens is the movie theaters rent the films. After they are done, the reels are shipped back to the distributors. Its up to the distributors what to do with it then. Some are hard asses (like Disney) others aren't so bad.

However, often times the previews are not returned. They are supposed to be destroyed, but they are not too hard to get. The downside is some distributors will come after you. In fact our projectionist was caught by Fox for selling a trailer of "X-Files" over the internet. I am not sure exactly how that turned out, but I think he settled with a fine.

[BJ_M]

you can buy some older movies ..... there is a trade for these ...


newer ones you will have to rent -- charges could be anywhere from $500-50,000$ +


if you want dts also , add another 10,000$ to your costs ...

[Solarjetman]

Do they still use reels of film nowadays? I thought in recent years they used DVDs.

Yep, However if you have DTS sound, the audio is keep on CD.

[lostbee]

lol wow well i guess thats that idea out the window i just thought i would be a simple case of a projector and some movie reel.
thanks anyway tho
so do the movie companies just keep them all then? do they get recycled? or destroyed?

[Solarjetman]

so do the movie companies just keep them all then? do they get recycled? or destroyed?

That varies by company. For instance it takes an act of God to get something from Disney. But others will sell off their own mother for the right price.

[Josef K]

also -- in many parts of the usa, you will need to hire a lic projectionist to run them -- by law and also by the union rules..

I can just see the situation now:

I've just spent tens of thousands on all this cool gear that no-one else on my block has and all the people I invited over to watch a film are getting itchy while I'm trying to find the 'Licensed Projectionist' section in the Yellow Pages to hire for the evening...

[BJ_M]

Do they still use reels of film nowadays? I thought in recent years they used DVDs.

dvd= 720 x 480/576 4:2:0 compressed to mpeg2

HD = 1920 x 1080 4:2:2 mpeg or wavelet or mjpeg

D-Cinema = 2000x1080+ currently mostly wavelet and mjpeg

35mm film = ~2000 x 1080 up to ~6000 x 3200 4:4:4
analog uncompressed

[mh2360]

Don't forget that they cut them up and frame them for sale on QVC....

[Supreme2k]

Go with the lcd projector idea. We spent less than $5,000 for surround, projector and DVD player (discount electronics). The main cost was converting the "guest house" into the theater.Gutted it, installed tiered seating and a screen (board). Add a simple soda dispenser and real (surplus) popcorn machine, and you've got 80 happy moviegoers. 8)

[BJ_M]

some nice home theaters

http://www.revolutionhometheater.com/virtualtours/index.html