Readings
Movie Premiere: |
Chamber members were privileged to be the audience at the
Southland premier showing of ‘The Bank Job’ thanks to the
generosity of Paramount Pictures, Reading Cinemas and Neville Cook
hosting it as BA5 event.
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After gathering in the foyer we were ushered into Cinema 5 where
drinks, nibbles and networking ensued. Neville then gave us a
fascinating insight into the life of a movie theatre manager.
Disappointingly, choosing the movies shown does not go with the
job!!
Two lucky groups of people were shown around the projection area
which was absolutely fascinating. A lot more time could have been
spent up there just watching everything working. The old mindset of
a man rushing to change reels at the appropriate time, peering
through the window to the theatre is long gone. The system of
projection is intriguing and so cleverly designed. No more
rewinding of spools etc... An interesting fact that emerged was
that projectionists are predominantly male as the movie spool is
too heavy for a female to lift. Looking at the size of the spools,
the females in the group were definitely in agreement with that
fact!! Reluctantly we wound our way downstairs and after topping up
with popcorn and ice-creams (the biggest money maker for the
company), we settled down into the luxurious seating and were
thrown into the world of bank robbers, politics and scandal. It was
a fascinating movie, and the fact it is based on a true story made
it all the more intriguing.
Obviously, it was a longer BA5 than usual, but a very contented and
relaxed group of people left the theatre well pleased with their
evening.
Neville, sincere thanks to you, Reading Cinemas and Paramount
Pictures for providing us with such a wonderful evening. We would
love to repeat it sometime in the future!!!
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