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A print of a film intended for exhibition purposes. Not an archival term.
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Print made after the "answer print" has been agreed upon. This is the copy of the film that is distributed to theatrical houses for public presentation.
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In a motion picture processing laboratory, any of numerous duplicate prints of a subject made for general theater distribution.
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The married print which is sent to theaters for showing. Normally, it is not made directly from the original camera negative, but is made from a dupe negative.
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A positive print of a finished movie; the final product for distribution.
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A release print is the reel of film that is sent to a movie theater for exhibition. Historically, they are copies of dupe negative, which in turn is a copy of a physically cut-together reel of filmstrips. As digital editing, distribution, and projection technology gains adoption, the number of times that a movie's frames are transferred between physical strips of film is decreasing.
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