http://cinelog.org/cinelog/2008/08/17/coming-soon/ Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:01:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://cinelog.org/cinelog/2008/08/17/coming-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-7 UA Buena Parker Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:32:17 +0000 http://cinelog.org/cinelog/?p=6#comment-7 Having once been a theatre manager in San Diego, Orange, and LA Counties, I too remember trading passes between chains and the friendly spirit you speak of. Periodically, one chain or another would put the kibosh on passes with competitors (particularly if the practice was being abused, or if say employees from chain A left their beer cans in the managers office of a theatre in chain B after a late night test screening , or when there was a court battle over booking clearances, etc.), but I usually encouraged it. In 1990 or 1991, the GM of AMC MainPlace (a real showcase in its day) gave my assistant managers and I a complete tour of that theatre's projection booth, a common practice then. By the way, I hung out at UA Buena Park all the time back in the day. Having once been a theatre manager in San Diego, Orange, and LA Counties, I too remember trading passes between chains and the friendly spirit you speak of. Periodically, one chain or another would put the kibosh on passes with competitors (particularly if the practice was being abused, or if say employees from chain A left their beer cans in the managers office of a theatre in chain B after a late night test screening , or when there was a court battle over booking clearances, etc.), but I usually encouraged it. In 1990 or 1991, the GM of AMC MainPlace (a real showcase in its day) gave my assistant managers and I a complete tour of that theatre’s projection booth, a common practice then. By the way, I hung out at UA Buena Park all the time back in the day.

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