July/August 2007 NANATOTO of California/NevadaCalifornia/Nevada Information for the California and Nevada Motion Picture Theatre Industry CALENDAR NATO of CA/NV Hosted Record of EVENTS & Attendance Membership Meeting HOLIDAYS The National The featured guest speaker of the Association of The- day was Jeffrey Katzenberg, Chief Labor Day ater Owners of Cali- Executive Offi cer of DreamWorks September 3 fornia/Nevada held Animation, SKG. Mr. Katzenberg ▼ its annual member- discussed a new technology he consid- Rosh Hashanah ship meeting on ers “the single biggest opportunity” September 12-13 June 27th at The for growth and expansion in the mov- ▼ Landmark in West National NATO ie business in decades. He believes Los Angeles with a 3-D will “create an extra dimension Meeting September 18-19 record attendance of that allows movie watchers to enter ▼ 300 members. The into the fi lm,” something they cannot YomYom Kippur event, hosted by achieve in their home theatre systems. September 22 Landmark Theatre’s Mr. Katzenberg has been encouraging ▼ Chief Operating Of- the creative community to participate Autumn Begins Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO, fi cer, Ted Mundorff in this technology. He is working September 23 DreamWorks Animation SKG treated members to with box-offi ce record breaking di- ▼ a behind the scenes rectors like James Cameron, Steven Columbus Day tour of this newly opened facility. Thanks go to General Spielberg, Robert Zemekis, and Peter October 8 Manager Rita Gattegno who guided associates through the Jackson. After his presentation, he ▼ theatre that of- Sexual Harassment opened up the fers such mod- floor to a ques- Prevention TrainingTraining So. CaliforniaCalifornia - October 9 ern features as tion and answer No. California - October 11 “living room” period. ▼ style auditori- President and ShowEast ums, state of CEO of NATO October 15-18 the art 4K pro- of California/ ▼ jection, and a Nevada, Milt Halloween wine lounge Moritz, followed October 31 giving guests Mr. Katzenberg’s ▼ a place to re- presentation with Daylight Saving Time lax before the Ends an overview of show, and to the past year’s ac- November 4 Daniel Gorski, ▼ tivities. Over the Director of Film Product Seminar last 12 months So. California - November 8 Event Market- the Association No. California - November 13 ing, for his as- ▼ sistance in the See Membership planning of the VeteransVeterans Day Jeffrey Katzenberg, NATO of CA/NV Chairman Raymond W. Syufy Meeting, continuedontinued November 11 meeting. of West Wind Drive-Ins and NATO of CA/NV President Milt Moritz on page 2 NATO of California/Nevada July/August 2007 Membership Meeting, continuedontinued fromfrom pagepage 1 Previews has presented to its members were introduced by Board Chair- is published by the two fi lm product seminars and a man Ray Syufy. National Association of sexual harassment training semi- Kevin Yoder, Chief Operat- Theatre Owners of nar, each one in both Northern California/Nevada ing Officer of Nielsen NRG, and Southern California, and its presented a recent study focus- 11661 San Vicente Blvd., Suite 830 members have been given the Los Angeles, CA 90049 ing on the increasing challenge Phone: 310/460-2900 opportunity to participate in the the movie industry faces to try Fax: 310/460-2901 scholarship program that awards and gain a piece of the enter- E-mail: Offi [email protected] up to $200,000 a year in scholar- Kevin Yoder, tainment dollar. This power www.NATOCalNev.org COO Nielsen NRG ships to students. Jay Swerdlow, point presentation illustrated OFFICERS Chairman of the Scholarship the growing competition for Milton Moritz Committee, presented the 28 the public’s time and money. President & CEO winners of this year’s scholar- Raymond W. Syufy At the conclusion of the ships to the attendees (see pages Chairman meeting, all attendees were able 3 & 4). Mr. Moritz also an- William F. Hertz, Sr. to view a special presentation ViceVice President nounced the Association has a of the Sony SXRD 4K Digi- David Corwin total of 83 members and associ- Treasurer tal Projector led by Andrew ate members representing 4,113 Bruce Sanborn Stucker from Sony Electronics. Secretary screens in California and Nevada. Andrew Stucker, Director, (See below for more informa- Additionally, members of the Digital Cinema Group, tion.) ▼ BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2007/2008 Board of Directors Sony Electronics Bruce Coleman Brenden Theatres David Corwin Metropolitan Theatres Nora Dashwood Pacifi c Theatres Curtis M. Ewing SonySony 4K PresentationPresentation Regal Entertainment Group As partpart of the SonySony 4K DigitalDigital Cinema presentationpresentation at the Alan Grossberg UltraStar Cinemas NATONATO ofof CA/NVCA/NV membershipmembership meeting,meeting, AndrewAndrew Stucker,Stucker, Director,Director, William F. Hertz, Sr. DigitalDigital Cinema Group,Group, explained that the R200 series is designeddesigned Mann Theatres and built to the DCI Recommended Specifi cations. At 8.8 mil- George Krikorian Krikorian Premiere Cinemas lion pixelspixels – the SXRD 4K system supportssupports two critical needsneeds forfor Scott Lotter the theater owner:owner: a “spotless”“spotless” image on the screenscreen and a distinctdistinct Paradise Cinemas visual experience from home theatre Ted Mundorff Landmark Theatres TheThe R200R200 seriesseries SXRDSXRD 4K4K projectionprojection systemsystem waswas designeddesigned forfor Frank Rimkus brightness ranges – 10K lumen (for scrscreenseens 40 feet and smasmaller)ller) Galaxy Theatres and 18K lumen (40 feet and larger). All functions for security,security, Bruce Sanborn softwaresoftware andand hardwarehardware interoperability,interoperability, encodingencoding andand decodingdecoding areare The Movie Experience inherent in the system. Hal Sawyer Cinemark USA The system includes the LMT100 Media Block (JPEG2000 Raymond W. Syufy WestWest WindWind Drive-Ins compression), server, raid and UPS. Security requirements are satis- fi ed via the Cavity Security System (CSS) – a FIIPS certifi ed and DCI endorsed system. Kim Zolna CinemaStar Luxury Theaters The demonstration included clips from two 4K rendered movies: “Baraka” and “Mystic India” and ❦ a 2K trailer was also shown to demonstrate compliance with the DCI specifi cation that all projectors Jerome A. Forman Chairman Emeritus be capable of 4K and 2K DCP exhibition. ❦ Sony will start the installation of the R200 series this summer with Muvico Theatres and, con- Charlene Sievers Director, Member Services tinuing into the Fall with Landmark Theatres. Additional technical and marketing information can be found at www.sony.com/sxrd. ▼ 2 NATO of California/Nevada July/August 2007 The NATO of CA/NV Board of Directors President Milt Moritz; Kim Zolna, CinemaStar Luxury Theaters; Vice-President William F. Hertz Sr., Mann Theatres, Alan Grossberg, Ultrastar Cinemas; Nora Dashwood, Pacifi c Theatres; Frank Rimkus, Galaxy Theatres; Secretary Bruce Sanborn, The Movie Experience; Scott Lotter, Paradise Cinemas; Chairman Raymond W. Syufy, West Wind Drive-Ins; Bruce Coleman, Brenden Theatres; Chairman Emeritus Jerry Forman, Pacifi c Theatres; Hal Sawyer, Cinemark USA; Ted Mundorff, Landmark Theatres; Treasurer David Corwin, Metropolitan Theatres and Curtis M. Ewing, Regal Entertainment Group. Missing from photo is George Krikorian, Krikorian Premiere Theatres. Hal Sawyer Joins Board of Directors Hal Sawyer of Cinemark USA was elected by for Pacifi c Theatres for 19 years then joined Cen- the membership to the NATO of California/Nevada tury Theatres where he was promoted to Group VP 2007/2008 Board of Directors in last months’ general of Operations. He remained with Century until it election. was sold to Cinemark USA. Mr. Sawyer, a native Californian, began his ca- He served on the Board of Directors for reer in the theatre business with Blumenfeld Enter- the Variety Club of Northern California for 10 prises/Pacifi c Theatres following a four year stint in years and was Chief Barker of that chapter for the Navy. He remained there through college and by the time two years. he received a bachelors’ degree in Business Administration Mr. Sawyer lives in Northern California with his wife of the movie business was in his blood. He continued working 31 years and their three daughters. NATO of CA/NV Tops $1 Million in Scholarship Awards With the presentation of scholarships to this years’ 28 students theatres from 12 member companies; 18 of the winners are fi eld the National Association of Theatre Owners of California/Nevada level employees and two are dependents, a manager’s son and the has awarded over one million dollars to deserving scholars since husband of another manager. The one thing these 20 winners (see the inception of its scholarship program in 1996. page 4) have in common is the scholarship award of $7,500.00 Twenty winners were selected in the fi eld and dependent that each of them will receive. scholarship program. These scholars represented 17 different See Scholarship, continuedontinued onon pagepage 4 3 NATO of California/Nevada July/August 2007 Scholarship, continuedontinued fromfrom pagepage 3 Scholar Employer Circuit & Theatre Name Will Attend in Fall Liz Bartz Regal’s Edwards San Marcos 18 Theatre San Francisco State Univ. Jennifer Chappell AMC Saratoga 14 University of Arizona Amy Dell Regal’s Corona Crossings 18 UC Riverside Kelly Erickson Regal’s Mira Mesa 18 UC San Diego Kevin Flores Fallon Theatre University of Oregon Lauren Gutierrez Regal’s UA Broadway Faire 10 Theatre CSU Fresno Alexa Rae Heter Cal Gran Theatres’ Movies Lompoc UC