1 NATO of California/Nevada Information for the California and Nevada Motion Picture Theatre Industry CALENDAR of EVENTS & HOLIDAYS March 2005 Mar. 14-17 ShoWest (See page 5 for schedule of events) Mar. 17 St. Patrick’s Day Mar. 25 Good Friday Mar. 27 Easter Apr. 1 April Fools Day Apr. 3 Daylight Saving Time begins Apr. 5 & 7 Spring/Summer Film Product Seminars in Southern and Northern California Apr. 15 Scholarship Applications due for Field Employees Apr. 23 Passover begins at sundown ❖❖❖ Spring/Summer Film Product Lineup To Be Previewed On April 5 and 7 NATO of California/Nevada will once again host their semi-annual film product seminars featuring the Spring and Summer ’05 lineup of film releases and marketing plans from all of the major film studios. The Southern California seminar will be held at The Bridge Cinema De Lux on April 5th followed by the Northern California seminar at Loews Theatres at Metreon in San Francisco on April 7th. As in the past the all day seminars will feature pre- sentations consisting of film footage from a lineup of over 90 films in addition to a breakout of the marketing and promotion plans of individual films. Studio representatives will be on hand to personally present their lineups and be available during the various daily breaks for one on one interchanges of ideas. The morning presentations will be preceded by a conti- nental breakfast followed by a noon time break for a catered box lunch. The actual presentations will start promptly at 10:00AM and the program will conclude by 3:30PM. A new element will be introduced at this gathering when the winners of the inaugural NATO of CA/NV Showmanship Awards are called up to the podium to receive their award checks. Up to ten lucky winners will each receive a $2,500 cash award for the most outstanding showmanship promotions for the past year. The winning campaigns will be on display at both the Southern and Northern California meetings. Attendance at the seminars is restricted to employees of member companies only and is free, however reservations for both meetings are a must. No walk-ins or substitutes will The Bridge Cinema De Lux Loews Theatres at Metreon See SEMINAR, continued on page 2 be admitted. All reservations must be approved by the respective corporate office or district manager. A list of attendees from the district or corporate office containing the information requested on the Registration Form is the preferred form of registration however the attached registration form, approved by corporate, is also acceptable. Due to space limitations we will be able to accommodate only two
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NATO of California/Nevada March 2005
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NATO of California/Nevada
Information for the California and Nevada Motion Picture Theatre Industry
C A L E N D A Rof EVENTS &
H O L I D A Y S
March 2005
Mar. 14-17ShoWest
(See page 5 for schedule of events)
Mar. 17St. Patrick’s Day
Mar. 25Good Friday
Mar. 27Easter
Apr. 1April Fools Day
Apr. 3Daylight Saving
Time begins
Apr. 5 & 7Spring/Summer
Film Product Seminarsin Southern and
Northern California
Apr. 15Scholarship
Applications duefor Field Employees
Apr. 23Passover begins
at sundown
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Spring/Summer Film Product LineupTo Be Previewed On April 5 and 7
NATO of California/Nevada will once again host their semi-annual film product seminars featuring the Spring and Summer ’05 lineup of film releases and marketing plans from all of the major film studios. The Southern California seminar will be held at The Bridge Cinema De Lux on April 5th followed by the Northern California seminar at Loews Theatres at Metreon in San Francisco on April 7th.
As in the past the all day seminars will feature pre-sentations consisting of film footage from a lineup of over 90 films in addition to a breakout of the marketing and promotion plans of individual films. Studio representatives will be on hand to personally present their lineups and be available during the various daily breaks for one on one interchanges of ideas.
The morning presentations will be preceded by a conti-nental breakfast followed by a noon time break for a catered box lunch. The actual presentations will start promptly at 10:00AM and the program will conclude by 3:30PM.
A new element will be introduced at this gathering when the winners of the inaugural NATO of CA/NV Showmanship Awards are called up to the podium to receive their award checks. Up to ten lucky winners will each receive a $2,500 cash award for the most outstanding showmanship promotions for the past year. The winning campaigns will be on display at both the Southern and Northern California meetings.
Attendance at the seminars is restricted to employees of member companies only and is free, however reservations for both meetings are a must. No walk-ins or substitutes will
The Bridge Cinema De Lux
Loews Theatres at Metreon
See SEMINAR, continued on page 2
be admitted. All reservations must be approved by the respective corporate office or district manager. A list of attendees from the district or corporate office containing the information requested on the Registration Form is the preferred form of registration however the attached registration form, approved by corporate, is also acceptable. Due to space limitations we will be able to accommodate only two
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OFFICERSMilton Moritz
President & CEO
Philip HarrisChairman
Raymond W. SyufyVice President
Jerome A. FormanChairman Emeritus
Treasurer
John TegtmeierSecretary
BOARD OF DIRECTORSSergio ContrerasPremiere Cinemas
David CorwinMetropolitan Theatres
Jerome A. FormanPacific Theatres
Alan GrossbergUltraStar Cinemas
Philip HarrisRegal Entertainment Group
William F. Hertz, Sr.Mann Theatres
George KrikorianKrikorian Premiere Cinemas
Greg LaemmleLaemmle Theatres
Frank RimkusGalaxy Theatres
Bruce SanbornThe Movie Experience
Raymond W. SyufyCentury Theatres
John TegtmeierTegtmeier Associates
Len WestenbergLoews Cineplex
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Charlene SieversDirector, Member Services
Previews is published by the
National Association of Theatre Owners of California/Nevada
11661 San Vicente Blvd., Suite 830Los Angeles, CA 90049-5116
representatives from each theatre location, early registration is recommended as this event sells out fast. Registration will close on March 18th or once capacity has been reached. Please fax or mail the completed forms, or email the information to us at [email protected].
Parking at the Metreon is at a premium therefore we suggest that you make arrangements to carpool or take advantage of the convenient Bay Area public transportation to get to the theatre. Metreon is just a few blocks from both Powell and Montgomery BART and Muni stations; close to over thirty transit stops; within walking distance of the Transbay Terminal and the Ferry Building; and a short ride from Caltrain. For transit information, call 817-1717 in any Bay Area area code. Or visit http://www.transitinfo.org/ for maps and schedules of Bay Area public transit. The Bridge Cinema De Lux is conveniently located just off the 405 freeway at Howard Hughes Parkway, about 2 miles north of LAX.
Please phone the NATO of CA/NV office at 310/460-2900 for additional information. Look forward to seeing you at the Spring/Summer Film Product Seminar on April 5th in Southern California and on April 7th in Northern California. ▼
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Registration FormNATO of CA/NV Spring/ Summer Film Product SeminarAttendance is open to NATO of CA/NV member companies and is by reservation only,
no walk-ins and no substitutions. Due to space limitations we can accommodate no more than two persons from each theatre location.
Deadline for reservations: Friday, March 18th
April 5, 2005National Amusement’s The Bridge Cinema De Lux
6081 Center DriveLos Angeles, CA 90045
(Located off the 405 Freeway at Howard Hughes Parkway,Approximately 2 miles north of LAX.)
April 7, 2005Loews Theatres at Metreon
101 Fourth StreetSan Francisco, CA 94103
(Located south of Market Street, convenient to BART and other Bay Area public transportation)
District Manager: Signature _________________________________________________ orCorporate Officer Print name ________________________________________________
Will attend: ________ No. Calif. ________ So. Calif.
FAX THIS COMPLETED FORM TO NATO of CA/NV: 310/460-2901For more details call 310/460-2900
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Plaintiffs Take A One-Two Punch: Proposition 64 and the Class Action Reform Act Dull The Teeth Of Favorite Litigation Weapons
By Gregory F. Hurley & Charles Menzies
Proposition 64, passed in November 2004, requires that a plaintiff must have ei-ther lost money or property in order to sue a business under California’s broad unfair com-petition (section 17200) and false-advertising (section 17500) laws. This is a major victory for California businesses trying to exist under the omnipresent threat of shotgun litigation instigated by plaintiffs acting as a “private at-torney general” in order to reap huge verdicts. In other words, the day of a disabled theatergoer suing a theatre owner for violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act, for example, on behalf of himself and the entire disabled public are over.
The problem is, the proposition never addressed if the new law applied to the hundreds of cases pending before Election Day. Since then, dozens of companies, including DaimlerChrysler, Mastercard and Mattel, have asked California judges to dismiss lawsuits filed before the law’s enactment. And for months Califor-nia’s trial courts have issued slews of conflicting orders regarding whether or not Proposition 64 barred the private enforcement of unfair competition laws brought before November 2, 2004.
Now a showdown regarding the retroactivity of Proposition 64 is looming on the Supreme Court’s horizon. On February 1, 2005 California’s First District Court of Appeal issued its ruling in Californians for Disability Rights v. Mervyn’s, LLC. There, the court ruled that Mervyn’s could not use Proposition 64 to seek the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by Californians for Disability Rights regarding alleged violations of the ADA. A week later, the Second District
Court of Appeal held in Branick v. Downey Sav. & Loan that Proposition 64 “applies to actions that were filed but not finally resolved before Nov. 3, 2004.” The next day, the Fourth Appellate District also found for retroactivity in Benson v. Kwikset Corp. The conflicting ap-pellate rulings make it highly probable that the Supreme Court will need to resolve the conflict presented by Mervyn’s, Branick and Benson.
The issue of retroactivity was somewhat academic consider-ing a plaintiff could simply convert his or her case to a class action lawsuit thereby avoiding the limitations of Proposition 64. This option took a major blow when President Bush signed the Class Action Fairness Act on February 18, 2005. This new law, which is not retroactive, requires that any class-action suit seeking $5 million or more can only be heard in state court if the primary defendant and more than one-third of the plaintiffs are from the same state. However, if less than one-third of the plaintiffs are from the same state as the primary defendant, and the plaintiffs are seeking more than $5 million, the case would go to federal court. Federal courts are expected to let few of these cases go forward. Accordingly, a plaintiff that wants to convert its case into a class action must now satisfy the fairly big hurdle the Class Action Fairness Act signifies.
For now, California businesses will need to hold their col-lective breath and wait for the Supreme Court to weigh in on Proposition 64. However, going forward, they can be content that both Proposition 64 and Class Action Fairness Act have snapped two highly effective arrows in plaintiff ’s counsel’s quiver. ▼
Gregory F. Hurley Charles Menzies
Mr. Hurley, is the Chair of Greenberg Traurig’s Orange County Litigation. He and Mr. Menzies are actively involved in working with the owners and operators of assembly areas nationwide. Mr. Hurley may be contacted at 714-708-6614 or at [email protected]
FILMS TO VIDEO: PROJECTED RELEASE SCHEDULEExtended version of Films to Video releases can be found at www.natocalnev.org
For additional listings refer to: www.homemediaretailing.com • Source: Home Media Retailing
What the #$*! (Bleep) Do We Know?! 3/15/05Being Julia 3/22/05Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason 3/22/05
Fat Albert 3/22/05The Final Cut 3/22/05Finding Neverland 3/22/05After the Sunset 3/29/05Closer 23/29/05Vera Drake 3/29/05
Elektra 4/5/05I Am David 4/5/05Spanglish 4/5/05Hotel Rwanda 4/12/05Ocean’s Twelve 4/12/05Suspect Zero 4/12/05
House of Flying Daggers 4/19/05A Love Song for Bobby Long 4/19/05Meet the Fockers 4/19/05
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On February 27, 2005 the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood welcomed Oscar for the fourth time. Designed by promi-nent architect David Rockwell with a sense of iconic style and state-of-the-art technology, the venue is optimized for audiovisual recordings and live broad-casts, also serving as year-round host to musical productions, concerts, comedy, dance, variety shows, holiday specials and more. Early on, even the occasional film premiere was booked for the some 3,500-seat auditorium, which are now back to the classics of El Capitan, Grau-man’s Chinese and Pacific’s Cinerama Dome at Arclight Hollywood.
“The Academy looked at the requirements for the space and laid out the terms,” producer and former AMPAS president Robert Rehme told me before the Kodak opened. “We really loved the idea of bringing the Oscars back to Hollywood. Hollywood symbolizes movies, even if the studios are no longer there. Hollywood means movies – that’s how the idea of a theatre was born.” Before the Golden Boy settled back into the heart of Hollywood, he’d been on the move. The Annual Academy Awards of Merit have been presented in nine different locations during their 77-year history. The first Oscar ceremony took place on May 16, 1929, at the Blossom Ballroom of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, across the street from the Kodak Theatre. 270 academy members and their guests attended the black-tie dinner.
In the 1930’s the Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard was the home of several Oscar ceremonies. In April 1930, its Cocoanut Grove – currently beautifully recreated in The Avia-tor –hosted the second Oscars. And when the third awards were presented in November that year, the banquet was held at the Ambassador’s Fiesta Room. The Oscars returned to the Fiesta Room in 1932 and ‘34 and the Cocoanut Grove in 1940 and ‘43. The Regal Biltmore in downtown Los Angeles welcomed Oscar in 1931 at the Sala O’Oro before moving to the Biltmore Bowl banquet room from 1935-’39 and ‘41-’42.
The first shift away from an industry dinner and into a more
Cinema Treasures: Academy Awards LocationsPreviews invited Ross Melnick and Andreas Fuchs, co-authors of Cinema Treasures – A New Look At Classic Movie Theatres,
to contribute a regular column featuring interesting facts about our industry’s glorious past. In view of last month’s Academy Awards® we asked them to write about the houses that Oscar visited.
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public space occurred in 1944 and ‘45 when the Academy Awards were held at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre to allow people in the armed forces on leave to at-tend the event. Until 1943 the Academy Awards had been presented in banquet form, but by extending the idea of the Hollywood Canteen it became a stage show. In 1949, however, the organiza-tion could only afford to stage the event at its own 1,000-seat Academy Award Theatre on Melrose Avenue.
In 1947 and ‘48 Oscar had taken over the Shrine Auditorium for the first time, but it would be another 40 years before the Academy Awards returned there. Located near the University of Southern California, the Shrine houses several other ceremonies during the year, including the Emmys, MTV Movie and the American Music Awards. Now the premiere L.A. show-house for musicals such as Disney’s The Lion King and The Producers, the Pantages Theater on Hollywood Boulevard cel-ebrated the Academy Awards from 1950 to 1960. American TV audiences got their
first view inside an Oscar ceremony when the Awards were broadcast from the legendary (RKO) Pantages movie palace in 1953.
In 1961, the Academy Awards moved west to the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, where they continued through 1968. Then, from 1969 to 1987, downtown L.A.’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (2,800 seats), home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Los Angeles Opera, welcomed the Academy Awards. Since 1988, the Chandler alternated with the Shrine Auditorium (5,800 seats) for the awards show. The last year the Oscars were held at the Chandler was 1999. In March of 2002, in his 73rd year, Oscar celebrated his house-warming bash at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland, back where it all began. Hooray for Hollywood! ▼
–Andreas Fuchs is an independent exhibition consultant whose articles appear regularly in Film Journal International, FilmEcho and Auditoria, among others. More facts and news about historic and contemporary movie theatres are available at www.CinemaTreasures.org.
RKO Pantages
Graumans Chinese Theatre
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NATO of CA/NV Academy Awards®
Contest WinnerCongratulations to Peter Lehmann
of Krikorian Premiere Theatres who selected 14 winners out of a possible 16 in our Academy Awards ® Contest. Mr. Lehmann won an autographed copy of Cinema Treasures A New Look at Classic Movie Theaters, which was featured in the February issue of Previews.
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NATO of CA/NV now has two separate scholarship programs for its members. The original program for field level employees will award up to fifteen scholarships. A new one for the depen-dent children of currently employed, California or Nevada based corporate office or management level theatre employees is now being offered with up to ten awards available. The $7,500.00 scholarships for both programs are available for post secondary or vocational education.
Applications with complete details of the programs and eligibility requirements are available on the NATO of CA/NV web site at www.NATOCalNev.org or by phoning the office at 310/460-2900. All applications for the Field Level Scholarship must be postmarked or delivered to the NATO of CA/NV office by April 15, 2005. The deadline for the Depen-dent Children applications is July 1, 2005.
NATO of CA/NV has awarded $377,500 to 131 member scholars since the 1996 incep-tion of its scholarship program. And each of those 131 winners started off by sending in an application….won’t you take that first step? ▼
Scholarship Program:If You Don’t Enter, You Can’t Win
MONDAY, MARCH 14th, 2005
6:30am Buses leave for Al Lapidus Golf Tournament
7:30am – 8:00pm Convention Registration
6:00pm & 9:00pm ShoWest Showcase:
“An Evening of Independent Film” Century Orleans 18 Theatres
Films to be screened:“My Summer of Love”
Focus Features
“Dust To Glory” IFC Films
“House of D”Lions Gate Films
“The Chumscrubber”Newmarket Films
“Mad Hot Ballroom”Paramount Classics
“Layer CakeSony Pictures Classics
8:00pm – 9:00pm ShoWest Showcase Reception at
Century Orleans 18 Theatres
TUESDAY, MARCH 15th
7:30am – 8:00pm Convention Registration
7:45am Opening Day Breakfast
Award Presentations: Inter-Society’s “Ken Mason Award” John Mason, Director of Worldwide
Student Film, Eastman Kodak
9:15am ShoWest Opening Day Ceremony
“Salute to the $100 Million Films of 2004”
Welcome Remarks: Jeffrey Katzenberg,
Dreamworks Animation SKG
Industry Addresses: Dan Glickman, President, MPAA John Fithian, President, NATO
Award Presentations: “ShoWester of the Year Award”
Stephen Marcus, President and CEO, The Marcus Corporation
10:45am Screening
12:15pm – 2:00pm Opening Day Luncheon featuring the
Presentation of “The Hollywood Reporter “Showmanship Awards”
Special Performance by Paul Green’s School of Rock band from Newmarket’s
new film “ROCK SCHOOL”.
2:00pm – 6:00pm ShoWest Trade Show
2:30pm Seminar
“Great Promotional Ideas for Movie Exhibitors and Studios”
Hosted by Newspapers Across America
6:00pm Screening
Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Miss Congeniality 2:Armed and Fabulous”
8:00pm Cocktail Reception
9:30pm Screening
Sony Pictures Classics’ “Kung Fu Hustle”
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15th, 2005
7:30am – 6:30pm Convention Registration
8:00am Breakfast
Award Presentations: “Will Rogers Institute Theatre
Managers Awards”
“Bert Nathan Memorial Award” Krista Schulte,
The Coca-Cola Company
10:30am – 12:00pm NATO & MPAA Seminar
“Movie Piracy - the Latest on Problems and Solutions” and “NATO & MPAA:
Working in Harmony”
Moderator:John Fithian - President, NATO
Panelists to date: Stacy Carlson, EVP Global
Affairs, MPAA
John Malcolm, SVP Worldwide Anti-Piracy Operations, MPAA
Jeff Mirich - SVP and CIO, Walt Disney Studios
Richard AtkinsonExecutive Director, Systems
Integration, Walt Disney Studios
10:00am – 5:00pm ShoWest Trade Show
12:15 – 2:00pm Exhibitor Relations Buffet Lunch
and Schmooze-A-Rama
7:30pm and 8:00pm Major Studio Screening and Product Reel
Presentation Sony Pictures Entertainment
10:00pm Sony Pictures “World Premiere Party”
THURSDAY, MARCH 17th, 2005
9:00am - 1:00pm ShoWest Trade Show
Continental Breakfast on the Tradeshow Floor
11:30am – 2:00pm Final Day Luncheon and Presentation hosted by Twentieth Century Fox and DLP Cinema™, a Texas Instruments
Technology
2:30pm Special Digital Cinema Seminar
6:30pm Final Night Banquet and
Awards Ceremony Hosted by The Coca-Cola Company
ShoWest 2005 Schedule of Events(as of March 2, 2005)
SCHOLARSHIPPROGRAMAPPLICATION
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THEATRE OWNERSOF CALIFORNIA/NEVADA
To be eligible to apply, you must be a field employee of aNational Association of Theatre Owners of CA/NV member theatre.
Applications must be postmarked or delivered to theNATO of CA/NV Office by April 15, 2005.Scholarships will be announced in June 2005.
available for post secondaryor vocational education!
$7,500 SCHOLARSHIPS
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2005 Spring/Summer Film Releases(as of 2/24/05)
Date Film StudioW 3/30/05 Beauty Shop MGMFri, 4/1/05 Look At Me SONY PIC CLSFri, 4/1/05 Sin City MIRAMAXFri, 4/8/05 Fever Pitch FOXFri, 4/8/05 Kung Fu Hustle SONY PIC CLSFri, 4/8/05 Sahara PARAMOUNTFri, 4/8/05 Winter Solstice PARAMOUNT CLSW, 4/13/05 State Property 2: Philly Streets Formerly State Property 2 LIONS GATEFri. 4/15/05 Amityville Horror, The MGMFri. 4/15/05 House Of D LIONS GATEFri. 4/15/05 Valiant BVFri. 4/22/05 A Lot Like Love BVFri. 4/22/05 Interpreter, The UNIVERSALFri. 4/22/05 King’s Ransom NEW LINEFri. 4/22/05 Madison MGMFri. 4/29/05 3-iron SONY PIC CLSFri. 4/29/05 The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy BVFri. 4/29/05 Xxx: State Of The Union SONYFri, 5/6/05 House Of Wax WBFri, 5/6/05 Jiminy Glick In La La Wood MGMFri, 5/6/05 Kingdom Of Heaven FOXFri. 5/13/05 Crash LIONS GATEFri. 5/13/05 Kicking And Screaming UNIVERSALFri. 5/13/05 Layer Cake SONY PIC CLSFri. 5/13/05 Mad Hot Ballroom PARA CLS.Fri. 5/13/05 Monster In Law NEW LINEFri. 5/13/05 Unleashed FOCUSTh, 5/19/05 Star Wars: Episode 3 - Revenge Of The Sith FOXFri. 5/27/05 The Longest Yard PARAMOUNTFri. 5/27/05 Madagascar - Animated DREAMWORKSFri. 5/27/05 Mindhunters MIRAMAXFri. 5/27/05 Saving Face SONY PIC CLSFri. 5/27/05 Deep Blue MIRAMAXFri. 6/3/05 Apres Vous PARAMOUNT CLS.Fri. 6/3/05 Cinderella Man UNIVERSALFri. 6/3/05 High Tension LIONS GATEFri. 6/3/05 Lords Of Dogtown SONYFri. 6/3/05 Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants WARNER BROSFri 6/10/05 The Adventures Of Shark Boy & Lava Girl (3-d) MIRAMAXFri 6/10/05 The Bad News Bears PARAMOUNTFri 6/10/05 Heights SONY PIC CLSFri 6/10/05 Howl’s Moving Castle BVFri 6/10/05 Mr. And Mrs. Smith FOX
Date Film StudioFri. 6/17/05 Batman Begins WARNER BROSFri. 6/17/05 Me And You And Everyone We Know IFCFri. 6/17/05 My Summer Of Love FOCUSFri, 6/24/05 Dukes Of Hazzard WARNER BROSFri, 6/24/05 Herbie: Fully Loaded BVFri, 6/24/05 Rize (Documentary LIONS GATEFri, 6/24/05 Yes SONY PIC CLSWe, 6/29/05 War Of The Worlds PARAMOUNTFri 7/1/05 Roll Bounce FOXFri 7/1/05 Undead LIONS GATEFri, 7/8/05 Bewitched SONYFri, 7/8/05 The Fantastic Four FOXFri, 7/8/05 Saraband SONY PIC CLSFri, 7/15/05 Charlie & The Chocolate Factory WARNER BROSFri, 7/15/05 Happy Endings LIONS GATEFri, 7/15/05 Hustle & Flow PARAMOUNT CLSFri, 7/15/05 Into The Blue MGM Wedding Crashers NEW LINEFri, 7/22/05 The Island DREAMWORKSFri, 7/22/05 November SONY PIC CLSFri, 7/22/05 The Perfect Man UNIVERSALFri, 7/22/05 Rebound FOXFri, 7/29/05 The Brothers Grimm MIRAMAXFri, 7/29/05 Elizabethtown PARAMOUNTFri, 7/29/05 Night Watch (Nochnoi Dozor) FOX SEARCHLIGHTFri, 7/29/05 Sky High BVFri, 7/29/05 Stealth SONYFri, 8/5/05 Doom UNIVERSALFri, 8/5/05 Grizzly Man (Documentary) LIONS GATEFri, 8/5/05 Must Love Dogs WARNER BROSFri, 8/5/05 Red-eye DREAMWORKSFri, 8/5/05 Untitled Mike Judge FOXFri, 8/12/05 Dark Water BUENA VISTAFri, 8/12/05 Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo SONYFri, 8/12/05 The Devil’s Rejects LIONS GATEFri, 8/12/05 Domino NEW LINEFri, 8/12/05 Everything Is Illuminated WARNER INDIEFri, 8/12/05 Four Brothers PARAMOUNTFri, 8/12/05 The Skeleton Key UNIVERSALFri, 8/19/05 The Cave SONY/SCREEN GEMSFri, 8/19/05 40 Year Old Virgin UNIVERSALFri, 8/19/05 Romance And Cigarettes MGMFri, 8/19/05 Zu Warriors MIRAMAXFri, 8/26/05 Cry Wolf FOCUSSummer ‘05 The Honeymooners PARAMOUNT9/1/05 Ritual MIRAMAX9/1/05 The Woods MGM
~Source: Exhibitor Relations Co.
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What Does The Law Require?The rules say that, “Any person that
maintains or otherwise possesses consumer information for a business purpose must properly dispose of such information by tak-ing reasonable measures to protect against unauthorized access to or use of the informa-tion in connection with the disposal.” If you obtain a consumer report about someone as part of your hiring process, your company must destroy it.
Information Must Be DestroyedThe law gives some examples of what’s
required:
• Burning, pulverizing or shredding of pa-pers containing consumer information so the information cannot be read or recon-structed.
Employers Must Properly Dispose of Consumer Information
• Destroying or erasing electronic media con-taining consumer information so the infor-mation cannot be read or reconstructed.
These are meant only as examples and are not the exclusive means of destruction. Each business can make its own decisions about how to properly dispose of the information. Penal-ties for noncompliance of the law can be stiff.
Shredding Services AvailableThe rules say that the use of a shredding
service is one way an employee may properly dispose of the information. However, the rules also mention it is critical for the employer to engage in due diligence to verify the compe-tency and integrity of the service that’s hired.
All employees who handle consumer in-formation should be made aware of the new law and the importance of compliance.
Source: FACTA
New rules under the federal Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA) will re-quire all employers with one or more employees to properly dispose of documents that contain consumer information used for a business purpose.
These rules were enacted to protect against the growing problem of identity theft. Accord-ing to the National Crime Prevention Council, identity theft is the fastest growing crime in the U.S. The rules are effective June 1, 2005. Clarification to
Post Log 300AThe February issue of Pre-
views included a reference to Post Log 300A which stated “Em-ployers who are subject to Log 300 Cal/OSHA requirements are required to prepare Form 300A at the end of each year.”
NATO of CA/NV contacted officials who clarified that mo-tion picture theatres are exempt, unless specifically instructed otherwise, in writing, by a state or federal agency operating un-der the authority of OSHA or the Bureau of Labor Statistics. For any additional information visit the Cal/OSHA web site at http://www.caloshareu.com/osha-log300/html/index.htm.
Year-To-Date Box-OfficeYEAR-TO-DATE 58 days starting Thursday, January 1, through Sunday, February 27, 2005 Average ticket price for 2005 is estimated
Year Avg. Ticket Ticket Price Total Gross % Changes vs. Attendance % Change Price Change Previous Year vs. Previous Year
11661 San Vicente Blvd., Suite 830, Los Angeles, CA 90049
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INSIDE PREVIEWS
2005 Spring/Summer
Product Lineup To Be Previewed On
April 5 and 7
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Plaintiffs Take A One-Two Punch:
Proposition 64 and the Class Action
Reform Act
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Cinema Treasures: Academy Awards
Locations
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Academy Awards® Contest Winner
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Scholarship Program: If You Don’t Enter,
You Can’t Win
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ShoWest 2005 Schedule of Events
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Labor Issues & Updates
Employers Must Properly Dispose of Consumer
Information
Clarification to Post Log 300A
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Video Release Schedule
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Health Tip
W h e n s h o p p i n g for onions, consider s t r o n g e r - t a s t i n g varieties. The strong taste and smell come from antioxidant compounds called polyphenols (including flavonoids), which may reduce the risk of cancer and other diseases, according to a new report in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. Unfortunately, Americans have increasingly been opting for milder onions, such as Vidalia, in recent years. Western Yellow, New York Bold, and Northern Red onions are highest in polyphenols. Shallots, though milder in flavor, also rank high.
