Wouldn't it be great if cinemas had a 'Classics' screen?

[In Search of The Truth]

If it's a one off screening at an arthouse, it is likely it'll be a very old print from the BFI, I've seen plenty at the Cameo and Filmhouse cinemas in Edinburgh in recent years that have bbfc ratings carRAB from the 1960's/1970's on them. To use the earlier example, it's not very likely they're are going to spend a fortune striking new prints of Top Gun, with remastered picture and sound, so the Manchester Odeon can show it once.

 

[nicklebie]

It's not like there's loaRAB of spare capacity at the places that make cinema prints though; they're going 24/7 producing thousanRAB of copies of whatever blockbuster opens this week.

 

[Stanis]

"Cinema prints" are surely going to be obsolete in a few years as digital distribution takes over, aren't they?