Fathom Events

[JMS1223]

There are a few ways to determine if a Fathom Event movie is a DCP (good picture quality) or satellite feed (poor picture quality).

A satellite feed screening (after credits and bonus features) will end with a Fathom screen/logo with elevator music. A DCP screening will end with screen going dark and no music.

If it shows up on https://www.bydeluxe.com/en/distribu...d-key-manager/ it is definitely a DCP but some DCP events are not posted. *** DCP site no longer accessible by general public. ***

If someone here works for a theater and has access to that site would you please check and see which, if any, Fathom Event(s) are listed on DCP site? Also if your theater receives a DCP to a Fathom Event screening, can you please post about it on here? That way people are aware they are seeing a DCP a few days before event is scheduled to occur. Thanks

I want people to know before attending a Fathom Event if it’s a DCP or satellite feed. I created this thread so people who attend screenings can post what they believe they saw. This way we can keep a growing database of Fathom Events and how they were presented.

Confirmed DCP showings of Fathom Presentations

Jaws - June 2015
The Shining - October 2016
Halloween (1978) - 2017
The Godfather - June 2017
E.T. - September 2017
Jurassic Park 25th Anniversary - September 2018
Sleepless in Seattle - December 2018
Die Hard (TCM) - November 2018
The Wizard of Oz (TCM) January 2019
My Fair Lady (TCM) - February 2019
Gone With The Wind - February 2019
Howl’s Moving Castle (15th Anniversary) - March 2019
Ben Hur (TCM) April 2019
Batman - all 4 films - May 2019
Saving Private Ryan - June 2019
Forrest Gump - June 2019
Hello, Dolly! (TCM) - August 2019
Lawrence of Arabia (TCM) - September 2019
Star Trek: The Motion Picture - 2K DCP - September 2019
Ghostbusters - October 2019
Alien (TCM) - 4K DCP - October 2019
Star Trek IV - The Voyage Home - August 2021


Confirmed satellite showings of Fathom Presentations:

Frankenstein - 2012
E.T. - 2012
Casablanca - 2012
A Streetcar Named Desire - 2014
Halloween - 2015
Double Indemnity - 2015
Young Frankenstein - 2016
Dr. Strangelove - 2016
The Princess Bride - 2017
Some Like It Hot - 2017
North By Northwest - 2017
Transformers The Movie - 2018
The Producers - 2018
The Big Lebowski - 2018
Superman the Movie - December 2018
White Christmas - December 2018
Dirty Dancing - February 2019
To Kill A Mockingbird (TCM) - March 2019
The Karate Kid - April 2019
True Grit (TCM) - May 2019
Steel Magnolias (TCM) - May 2019
Field of Dreams (TCM) - June 2019
Glory (TCM) - July 2019
The Muppet Movie - July 2019
Kathy Griffin: Hell of a Story - both film and Q&A - August 2019
Jay & Silent Bob reboot event - October 2019
The Shawshank Redemption (TCM) - September 2019
When Harry Met Sally... (TCM) - December 2019
Meet Me In St. Louis (TCM) - December 2019
An American in Paris (TCM) - January 2020
Love Story (TCM) - February 2020
Jerry Maguire - June 2021
The African Queen - July 2021
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory - August 2021
Stripes - September 2021
Citizen Kane - September 2021
Carrie 45th Anniversary
Dracula (1931) & Frankenstein (1931) 90th anniversary
The Evil Dead 40th Anniversary
The Silence of the Lambs 30th Anniversary
Wolfman (1941) & The Invisible Man (1933)
Carrie - September 2021
Transformers - September 2021


TV show presentations

Satellite - I Love Lucy (August 2019) and The Twilight Zone (November 2019)
DCP - Friends (September 2019), Friendsgiving (November 2019)

[IndyMLVC]

How do you know if it was satellite or DCP after you go?

[JMS1223]

Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

How do you know if it was satellite or DCP after you go?

If you see the Fathom logo after the credits then it was satellite. Another sign is if the image looks to be poorer quality than your Blu-ray copy.

[BluBonnet]

To DCP or not to DCP. There is the question.

[whiteberry]

Thank you for creating this thread.

Originally Posted by JMS1223

The Karate Kid - ?

I went to a showing this afternoon. The featurette before the movie consisted of about 9 minutes of interviews with Ralph Macchio/William Zabka/Martin Kove and about 3 minutes of clips from the YouTube TV show.

If I had to guess, it was satellite. Although it was advertised on Fathom’s website as “sourced from 2019's 4K restoration”, it didn’t have the detail you would expect if it was a 4K DCP. It ended with the Fathom logo. There was no DCP listed for it on cinema.dcinema.com

Searching Twitter for technical issues that might confirm it was satellite, I found this tweet:
https://twitter.com/malf922/status/1112463896772861955

[travisbickle]

Originally Posted by whiteberry

Thank you for creating this thread.



I went to a showing this afternoon. The featurette before the movie consisted of about 9 minutes of interviews with Ralph Macchio/William Zabka/Martin Kove and about 3 minutes of clips from the YouTube TV show.

If I had to guess, it was satellite. Although it was advertised on Fathom’s website as “sourced from 2019's 4K restoration”, it didn’t have the detail you would expect if it was a 4K DCP. It ended with the Fathom logo. There was no DCP listed for it on cinema.dcinema.com

Searching Twitter for technical issues that might confirm it was satellite, I found this tweet:
https://twitter.com/malf922/status/1112463896772861955

Thanks for saving me $14.

[JMS1223]

Originally Posted by whiteberry

If I had to guess, it was satellite.

Thanks. I will add it to my list. I had a feeling it may had been satellite.

[ITDEFX101]

I forget either Batman and Robin: Return of the Caped Crusaders or Batman and Harley Quinn.. the image quality was so horrible that it looked like it was a worn down VHS Copy being projected.

There should be no reason why these events should be presented in the lowest quality yet for the most part charge full ticket price.

[JMS1223]

Originally Posted by ITDEFX101

There should be no reason why these events should be presented in the lowest quality yet for the most part charge full ticket price.

I totally agree. To make matters worse it is actually $1 more than usual ticket price around here. I heard they do this because a DCP costs and extra $200 or so. And they might be deciding based on popularity which gets DCP (perhaps that’s why Gone With The Wind got it even though it was a stand alone).

I will add that one of the Batmans (and put at least one of them) is satellite. Speaking of Batman, I saw Fathom is re-releasing the 4 Batman movies sometime this month. Probably going to be satellite but hopefully I am wrong.

[whiteberry]

I only started taking notes in December but here are two more Fathom screenings from December that I never got around to posting about:

TCM’s Big Screen Classics: White Christmas - Probably satellite. Fathom logo at the end. It didn’t look as good as the DCP that I saw a year earlier.

Not a movie but I’ll include it anyways...
Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas/The Bells of Fraggle Rock - Probably satellite. Fathom logo at the end.

[travisbickle]

I saw Die Hard last November and Halloween (1978) 2 years ago...

Both were DCPs.

[JMS1223]

Originally Posted by travisbickle

I saw Die Hard last November and Halloween (1978) 2 years ago...

Both were DCPs.

Glad to hear the Halloween screening from 2 years ago was DCP. There was a horrible satellite version I heard someone saw years ago and it sounded dreadful. So glad they upgraded it.

[Rodney-2187]

Tickes on Fandaongo now!

Star Trek: DS9 Documentary ‘What We Left Behind’ To Screen In Theaters For One Night In May

https://trekmovie.com/2019/04/07/sta...-night-in-may/

Born from a crowdfunding campaign that exceeded expectations, What We Left Behind is now a 2 hour and 10 minute documentary complete with extensive interviews with the cast and creatives

Much of the final work over the last months for the documentary has been focused on remastering clips from the original show into high definition.

The theatrical release of What We Left Behind is being handled by Fathom Events. The one-night event has not yet been officially announced, so more details should be coming shortly and some of the details reported here may change. According to the Fathom website, those attending the screening will receive an exclusive two-sided poster (11×17, limited quantities), there’s also bonus content: the screening will include a roundtable discussion on the making of the documentary.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=288274

[JMS1223]

A question for those who work at the movie theater or know about satellite distribution that fathom events uses: If a Fathom event is being presented in satellite, will it be affected by the outside weather (snow, rain, heavy winds, storms, etc) like satellite TV is or is it already stored/downloaded onto something (but low quality)?

[BluBonnet]

Originally Posted by JMS1223

A question for those who work at the movie theater or know about satellite distribution that fathom events uses: If a Fathom event is being presented in satellite, will it be affected by the outside weather (snow, rain, heavy winds, storms, etc) like satellite TV is or is it already stored/downloaded onto something (but low quality)?

Not a theater employee, but I've never heard of a fathom event being cancelled due to bad weather, so I'm guessing it's not a problem

[BluBonnet]

Originally Posted by Rodney-2187

Tickes on Fandaongo now!

Star Trek: DS9 Documentary ‘What We Left Behind’ To Screen In Theaters For One Night In May

You can also get tickets on the AMC app, if your local theater(s) gonna show the documentary.

Live long and prosper

[JMS1223]

Originally Posted by BluBonnet

Not a theater employee, but I've never heard of a fathom event being cancelled due to bad weather, so I'm guessing it's not a problem

I asked because I saw some posts on twitter showing a Fathom event where the screen broke up for a few seconds every few minutes, and it reminded me of how bad weather affects satellite TV.

[BluBonnet]

Originally Posted by JMS1223

I asked because I saw some posts on twitter showing a Fathom event where the screen broke up for a few seconds every few minutes, and it reminded me of how bad weather affects satellite TV.

Have you tried asking Fathom directly? I can't imagine why they wouldn't want to answer your question.

Send us an email with your question to info@fathomevents.com or call us at 1-855-473-4612. A member of our staff will return your email within 48 business hours.

[Zero_Cool]

Are they always $12.50 to get in?

I find it silly to pay that for something I own and have seen multiple times.

Then again, I broke down and went to see the breakfast club a few years back for the “theater experience”.

[JMS1223]

Originally Posted by Zero_Cool

Are they always $12.50 to get in?

At least that. Some events are more (especially some of the non-movie events like the Operas). Also certain theaters may charge $14.50 (I guess because the have recliners and a dine-in option) but usually $12.50 or $13.50 around here for the movie events.