[BenLurkin]

Interesting. What is a "work print" and what are "number counters"?

For years I have seen illegals selling DVDs of current releases on the street in downtown L.A. -- always figured it was stolen, or a crappy copy or blank and never bought one.

[kingu]

A workprint is any number of the prints made of the film prior to final production. Typically a workprint is used to ensure that the story and effects are flowing properly and is pretty much the last print that the director sees before it goes into mass film distribution.

http://img263.echo.cx/img263/9881/sw3am.png Click on the link (or paste it into your browser) for an example of what the workprint looks like. The number counters are for synching the video and audio tracks in this case.