Indiana Jones 4 no to digital format at Theaters

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Originally Posted by Hypnopooper

Unless much has changed since I was a projectionist for AMC, Absolutely nothing gets changed when a new film is run for the first time. The Lenses are already focused minus fine tuning via a nob on the lens, once they are set you dont mess with them, or else you chance screwing up and decomissioning an entire theater due to bad picture.

I dont ever recall changing a bulb for the sake of a new film. The Xenon bulb in the projectors are extremely expensive. In order to make profit, you run them for their lifetime and get the maximum hours before they begin to look noticably dimmer.

Lenses and projectors are cleaned nightly. Your best viewing is the first run in the morning since most likely the projector will not have been cleaned before the midnight showing.

I can't remember the last time I went to the cinema and within 5 minutes of the picture starting didn't have to go and ask for a projectionist to check the focus.

As for what gets changed and what doesn't, Max isn't implying this happens for every film...but where Spielberg and Lucas are involved it's entirely likely this could be in a contract.

When Star Wars II came out there was some stipulation I believe that only houses with at least one digital projection screen could run it for the first x number of days, before it went into wide circulation.

I could be wrong, but I remember some contract in place with any picture house that wanted to show it.