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I'm glad to hear this. I'll be contacting AMC corporate on Monday. Thanks!

I just watched a movie at my local AMC. In one line were 40+ people waiting to get food and drink. In the "Premier" line next to it were four or five people. This line had access to three cashiers. The "regular" line had access to one. Needless to say, most people in the regular line were incensed.

Do you get a sense that management and/or corporate realize that they're actually losing customers to other theaters - rather than gaining Premier members - by treating people that way?

Amen. Producer/Director here. There is a HUGE difference between asking a friend or colleague to help out on a project and asking people to work for credit. This is COMPLETE bullshit and it's one of the things most people first entering the industry will be confronted with. They need work - they need a portfolio - they need experience. But film is difficult to break into precisely because its an artform which requires huge resources (people, money, etc.) That being said, there are plenty of people like myself who are willing to pay you for your time ($200 a day for a PA up to $2500 a day for DP). People like this Josh guy PREY on them and then LOOK!. They take all the credit, calling him/herself a hyphenated multi-heat-wearing-film renaissance man. It's a ruse.

To all the PA's / AP's / AE's / PC's / AC's out there - you're doing yourself and your industry a huge disservice when you take work for credit. You're throwing your time away to make someone else's career and worse you're wasting time that you could be spending on your portfolio and paid experience so that someone like me or Spencer will actually hire you.