I worked as a projectionist and assistant manager at Holcomb Woods from its opening off and on for the next four or so years. As MSH commented, Reed didn’t generally handle projection duties, but he certainly could and would thread them up when he needed to. When it came to the 70MM prints, only he or the most senior projectionists were allowed to thread them. We only had a handful of them in my time at the theater – the re-released Fantasia and Amadeus come to mind. I can’t remember who was involved with the problem with Cocoon, but no huge ramifications came about because of it.
HW6 was a great place to work. The Grand Opening was a black tie and champagne affair. The AJC newspaper touted the theater as one of the most luxurious in Atlanta, and it really was for a while. During the day in the summer it was a fairly unique place to work because the Septum offices were upstairs and as a projectionist you had to dodge around people making copies and such in order to get to the movie you needed to thread.
I worked as a projectionist and assistant manager at Holcomb Woods from its opening off and on for the next four or so years. As MSH commented, Reed didn’t generally handle projection duties, but he certainly could and would thread them up when he needed to. When it came to the 70MM prints, only he or the most senior projectionists were allowed to thread them. We only had a handful of them in my time at the theater – the re-released Fantasia and Amadeus come to mind. I can’t remember who was involved with the problem with Cocoon, but no huge ramifications came about because of it.
HW6 was a great place to work. The Grand Opening was a black tie and champagne affair. The AJC newspaper touted the theater as one of the most luxurious in Atlanta, and it really was for a while. During the day in the summer it was a fairly unique place to work because the Septum offices were upstairs and as a projectionist you had to dodge around people making copies and such in order to get to the movie you needed to thread.