Empire Leicester Square 3

Featuring all 3 projectors in use and a change over. Contour curtain used and a bit of ghost talk

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• empire
• Leicester
• Square
• 70mm
• 36mm
• cinema
• projection
• projectionist

[westrex5000]

Great Video, nice to see all three projectors in action

[fp30e]

The print was sticking and was pulling 6 layers of film thru the module. We had to run it on change overs because of this. Cheers fp30e

[theevilant]

Ah, i see. I covered at the Empire for a few nights about a year ago. (just before it stopped being UCI). its very different now, only one dp70 left and a Barco DLP in the middle! Havn't been back since they made the empire 1 screen bigger and gave it THX certification though. I'm currently at Whitleys, did you ever make any films there?

[fp30e]

Sorry I never did.

[MANTLEBERG]

How i still miss this job, this is my idea of real cinema, some of the young lads might be confused...change-overs?, old peerles- carbon jockeys like me loved it.

[EmpireLS56KW]

Wow just like the sound of the projectors purring away and the old taps closing down, shame the Empire has simple basic ones today, because they added many times more to the THX presentation when THX trailer started.

[Ampex196]

Thanks Fred.

Changeovers have always been the norm for me. I'd did'nt run anything larger than a double reel; any film booked for less than 3-4 screenings would be run in single reels (to use up short carbons).

Always lovely to see a DP70 still in use. Quirky as it is; I also got to like the DP75. I'm not very familiar with the FP30 though I ran one (fed from a tower) on a 2 day freelance stint. Refined and quiet were my first impressions - though not quite as user friendy as a Vic 5.

[DSM1G90]

At least they are using the right rectifiers being the IREM rectifiers. Must be doing a special venue showing to use the 35mm reel projection instead of the platter.

[DSM1G90]

There is a platter there - a STRONG platter to the right under the cloth cover that is just in view to the right of the image frame. Has film on the bottom deck. They use platter when doing 35mm on that right machine, but use the three for 70mm presentation through those three Philips DP-70 (AA-2) projectors. Lamphouses are STRONG Super 80's.

[keithspillett]

Beautiful stuff, and not a platter in sight. Is the Empire still like that, or has it succumbed to automation? I worked as a holiday relief projectionist 40 years ago, and we had 2000' changeovers with carbon arcs on Kalee 18's, which were a bit like old Skodas by the side of these lovely Phillips mechs.

[IntermittentSprocket]

You know something Fred, this video is testimony to you guys at the famous Empire Leicester Square to show the true stars of the show the last and final part of cinema presentation.

[IntermittentSprocket]

Fred, Was the cake plate out of operation in booth that day, because I remember seeing the cake plates when Ilker showed the booth back around February 19th 1992 Star Trek VI 70mm Dolby SR THX.

[IntermittentSprocket]

LOL Beware hisss! Now that sounds like The Ghost of the EmpireFred. LOL

[pegbars]

What a class operation! And two (count 'em) TWO operators!

5 stars!