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Knut Nordahl
Expert Film Handler

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From: Norway
Registered: Dec 2005

posted April 07, 2009 01:13 PM

This was on the news last night.

While looking for a person who had parked their car in a non-parking zone, the police entered a cinema showing a film and stopped the show to search for said person.
(Snip....) Now... the police does not find the guy, the cinema tries to restart the show at the point where they stopped in the film, but they cant!
The machines are digital and there's now way the can start the film mid-way, and they have to reimburse the audience...auch!

Rediculus! you can't stop and restart such a system?

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Brad Miller
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From: Dallas, TX, USA
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posted April 07, 2009 04:08 PM

Ummm no. That is a classic case of morons playing the role of managers. You can move around in a D-cinema feature all you need to. The managers were just stupid.

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Douglas Meltzer
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posted April 07, 2009 05:36 PM

I'm completely shocked the police went looking for the driver instead of just having the car towed away!

Doug

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Osi Osgood
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posted April 07, 2009 05:54 PM

That's certainly our "finest" over stepping they're bounds!

Now murder ... there's a good reason, unless it's a Police Academy movie, then you can stop the film for someone breaking wind ...

it's funnier than the film!

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Knut Nordahl
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From: Norway
Registered: Dec 2005

posted April 08, 2009 01:21 AM

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I'm completely shocked the police went looking for the driver instead of just having the car towed away!

Doug

Yes, that's generally why this was mentioned on the news. Seems they should have done just that. This beeing a film forum, I found the not beeing able to restart the film part as funny as the misplaced use of force from the police.

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