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Digital projection has drive-in movie theaters reeling

Studios are moving to stop distributing 35-millimeter film prints. Converting to digital is an expense many theaters in the fading drive-in industry can't afford.

 

Switch to digital projectors imperils some theaters

Hollywood's switch from 35-millimeter film to digital movies is imperiling some small theaters that can't afford the new projectors. "We're faced with digital doomsday," says Jason Clark, owner of Parkhill Cinema, a three-screen theater in Tarboro, N.C. He's been told he needs to install three new digital projectors that cost $50,000 to $70,000 each by the end of 2013.

 

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