Production took place in September and October 1969 and its first public screening was a year later, at the Rochester Film Festival on October 17, 1970. The film opened in New York on January 17, 1971.
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Chuck McCann, the projectionist,[5][6] is seen operating projection booth equipment followed by The Projectionist opening credits. The Midtown Theater, located in Midtown Manhattan, is managed by Renaldi who continually insults and berates his employees. Spending hours in the projection booth, Chuck imagines himself as the superhero Captain Flash.[7] When Harry, one of the ushers, enters the booth to complain about Renaldi, Chuck describes to him the beautiful woman he saw earlier, calling her "The Girl". Renaldi comes into the booth and rebukes Harry for disobeying his orders not to visit the projection area and criticizes Chuck for leaving a cigarette butt on the floor.
His mood spoiled, Chuck starts to rewind a film reel and listens to a radio broadcast, hearing, "the way I see things, I'm not very optimistic at all, I just don't think there's much hope for the future", followed by an on-screen trailer, "COMING SOON, The Terrible World of Tomorrow — SEE man become the dehumanized slave of science — SEE Years of Racial Hatred Erupt in an Orgy of Blood-Lust / As One Half of The World Assaults the Other — SEE the Horror of Total Holocaust — SEE Man Destroyed by his Own Technology / and the World Explodes in a Blaze of Hellish Fury — SEE The End of Mankind in… / The Terrible World of Tomorrow", as the radio broadcast continues, "no.. how can we disagree with Doctor Masters… gentlemen… gentlemen… gentlemen… what we're missing is the point about..."
Bored with the lack of excitement and romance in his life, Chuck continues to fantasize about his adventures as Captain Flash and imagines Renaldi as a villain known as The Bat who has six henchmen and wants to possess the X-ray device invented by the aged European scientist who is in reality the old man who speaks with an accent and runs the theater's candy concession stand. The Bat kidnaps the scientist's beautiful daughter, takes Captain Flash prisoner and raves about ruling the world. The daughter, however, turns out to be skilled in karate and, with Captain Flash, defeats The Bat and dances with Captain Flash into a Busby Berkeley musical.
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For the 2019 film see The Projectionist 2019 film The Projectionist is a 1970 American comedy film written and directed by Harry Hurwitz 1 that was the first feature film with Rodney Dangerfield as an actor 2 The film employed the use of superimposition of older motion pictures the first time such techniques were used The film clips incorporated were scenes from Gone with the Wind Citizen Kane Fort Apache The Birth of a Nation Casablanca Gunga Din Sergeant York The Maltese Falcon and Barbarella 3 4 The ProjectionistTheatrical release posterDirected byHarry HurwitzWritten byHarry HurwitzProduced byHarry HurwitzStarringChuck McCannIna BalinRodney DangerfieldJara KohoutCinematographyVictor PetrashevicEdited byHarry HurwitzMusic byIgo KantorIrma E LevinProductioncompanyMaglan FilmsDistributed byMaron FilmsRelease datesOctober 17 1970 1970 10 17 Rochester Film Festival January 17 1971 1971 01 17 New York City March 24 1971 1971 03 24 San Francisco Running time88 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish Contents 1 Release 2 Plot 3 Cast 4 References 5 External linksRelease editProduction took place in September and October 1969 and its first public screening was a year later at the Rochester Film Festival on October 17 1970 The film opened in New York on January 17 1971 Plot editChuck McCann the projectionist 5 6 is seen operating projection booth equipment followed by The Projectionist opening credits The Midtown Theater located in Midtown Manhattan is managed by Renaldi who continually insults and berates his employees Spending hours in the projection booth Chuck imagines himself as the superhero Captain Flash 7 When Harry one of the ushers enters the booth to complain about Renaldi Chuck describes to him the beautiful woman he saw earlier calling her The Girl Renaldi comes into the booth and rebukes Harry for disobeying his orders not to visit the projection area and criticizes Chuck for leaving a cigarette butt on the floor His mood spoiled Chuck starts to rewind a film reel and listens to a radio broadcast hearing the way I see things I m not very optimistic at all I just don t think there s much hope for the future followed by an on screen trailer COMING SOON The Terrible World of Tomorrow SEE man become the dehumanized slave of science SEE Years of Racial Hatred Erupt in an Orgy of Blood Lust As One Half of The World Assaults the Other SEE the Horror of Total Holocaust SEE Man Destroyed by his Own Technology and the World Explodes in a Blaze of Hellish Fury SEE The End of Mankind in The Terrible World of Tomorrow as the radio broadcast continues no how can we disagree with Doctor Masters gentlemen gentlemen gentlemen what we re missing is the point about At the end of his working day Chuck looks at movie star photographs on the booth s wall and cabinets and impersonates the voice and mannerisms of Humphrey Bogart with quotes of film dialogue from The Treasure of the Sierra Madre The Caine Mutiny and The Maltese Falcon for which he also does Sydney Greenstreet He then imitates Wallace Beery in Min and Bill John Wayne in The Green Berets James Stewart in The Spirit of St Louis and Clark Gable in Gone with the Wind for which he also does Butterfly McQueen Finally McCann who hosted from 1960 to 1962 the New York City daily children s TV show Laurel and Hardy and Chuck glances at a photo of Laurel and Hardy and recreates their voices Say goodnight Stanley Goodnight Stanley then switching to Bogart ends with So long Fred C Dobbs Bored with the lack of excitement and romance in his life Chuck continues to fantasize about his adventures as Captain Flash and imagines Renaldi as a villain known as The Bat who has six henchmen and wants to possess the X ray device invented by the aged European scientist who is in reality the old man who speaks with an accent and runs the theater s candy concession stand The Bat kidnaps the scientist s beautiful daughter takes Captain Flash prisoner and raves about ruling the world The daughter however turns out to be skilled in karate and with Captain Flash defeats The Bat and dances with Captain Flash into a Busby Berkeley musical Cast editActor Role starring Chuck McCann Chuck McCann the projectionist Captain Flash special guest star Ina Balin The Girl the scientist s daughter introducing Rodney Dangerfield Renaldi The Bat featuring Jara Kohout Candy Man The Scientist Michael Gentry Usher The Bat s henchman Lucky Kargo Usher The Bat s henchman Sam Stewart Usher The Bat s henchman David Holliday Fat Man The Bat s henchman Alex Stevens Usher The Bat s henchman Robert Lee Usher The Bat s henchman Daniel Maffia Stephen Phillips Minister Morocco Belly dancer Clara Rosenthal Crazy lady Jacquelyn Glenn Nude on bearskin Robert Staats as the Pitchman Robert King as the Premiere M C Uncredited dd Harry Hurwitz Harry the usher who visits Chuck in the projectionist s booth Joao Fernandes Man on streetReferences edit BFI Pavlides Dan The Projectionist gt Overview AllMovie Retrieved August 16 2010 Strauss Robert 2011 The Projectionist Movies amp TV Dept The New York Times Baseline amp All Movie Guide Archived from the original on April 15 2011 Retrieved August 16 2010 Jonathan Rosenbaum MoMA Time Out DVD TalkExternal links editThe Projectionist at IMDb nbsp The Projectionist at the American Film Institute Catalog The Projectionist at AllMovie The Projectionist at the TCM Movie Database The Projectionist at Rotten Tomatoes Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Projectionist amp oldid 1180296341, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
