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Widescreen Weekend 1996
8 - 11 March, 1996. Pictureville, Bradford, England |
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Written by: Thomas Hauerslev |
Date: 22.04.2017 (Remastered) |
 The
Class of 1996: Ben Wales, Barrie Pick, David Page, Bill Lawrence,
Francois Carrin and Thomas Hauerslev. Picture by Thomas Hauerslev
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Bill Lawrence, Head of Cinema:
The Widescreen Weekend is a celebration of all that is extraordinary in large format film and has become a highlight on the film festival calendar.
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Creating the
Widescreen Weekend
Tony Cutts & Duncan McGregor, Heads of Projection: The
audiences clearly prefer the curve to the flat screen. Generally, we
have a difficult job explaining the difference between the formats and
what film goes on which screen. "Why don't you show this on the curve?" they often ask.
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Projecting the Widescreen Weekend
Bill Lawrence, Head of Cinema: I get quite a lot of feed-back from our guests in
the form of letters, e-mails and phone calls. People are very happy, they had a great time
and they think Pictureville Cinema has a nice atmosphere and is a nice place to visit.
They generally have a good time here.
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Planning the Widescreen Weekend
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• Pictures:
1996
• WSW Home
• Through the Years
• The Best of WSW
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Academy of the WSW
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Creating the WSW
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Planning the WSW
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Projecting the WSW
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Home
of CINERAMA
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Projecting CINERAMA
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Program 1996
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 Bill
Lawrence introducing "This is Cinerama". Picture by Thomas Hauerslev
March 8
17:30 "Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines" in
Todd-AO on the
curve
March 9
13.30 "This is Cinerama" in Cinerama
17:00 "Hello, Dolly!" in
Todd-AO on the curve
19:30 "How the West Was Won"
in Cinerama
March 10
13:30 "How the West Was Won" in
Cinerama
16:30 "Around the World in 80 Days" in
Todd-AO on the curve
20:00 "Hello, Dolly!" in
Todd-AO on the curve
March 11
14:00 "Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines" in
Todd-AO on the
curve
Thomas Hauerslev, Editor The 70mm Newsletter:
Mr Bill Lawrence, senior film programmer at NMPFT, introduced the
performance and told the story of how the staff had worked hard to make
this work. There was a big applaud for Tony and Duncan from the
audience, and Bill Lawrence continued: "Without the
International
Cinerama Rumour Factory this show would never had taken place". The
audience, now VERY eager to see the film, was greeted welcome once more,
and the show began. The first thing I noticed was the tape hiss. This is
really a thing of the past, but to me, tape hiss spells MAGNETIC SOUND.
And then, 7 tracks of stereophonic music bursted out of the speakers.
"I
Am Bound For The Promised Land" and many more by Mr Alfred
Newman in the overture, can make a grown man cry. This was real
STEREO.
Modern 6-track mixes are 6-track mono compared to this. This was
a completely different sensation. A very nice sense of being
present.
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Pictureville
Cinema, Widescreen Weekend 1996
• Gallery: Bradford, Widescreeen
Weekend 1996
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Pictureville Cinema, Bradford
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 Tony
Cutts & Duncan McGregor, Heads of Projection seen through the louvered
CINERAMA screen. Image by Thomas Hauerslev
Thomas Hauerslev, Editor The 70mm Newsletter: The Pictureville cinema, the jewel of British cinema in Bradford, West
Yorkshire in the heart of Great Britain, is one of three cinemas
equipped to show
Cinerama in the original 3-strip format.
The huge screen is wide and deeply curved. It’s the perfect framework
to present 70mm with 6-track sound in
Super Technirama 70, Todd-AO and Ultra Panavision 70.
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Pictureville Cinema, Bradford, England
Why
is 70mm so special?
"in 70mm" is unlike anything you have ever seen - a High Definition movie experience with extremely sharp images and crystal clear 6 track stereo.
"in 70mm" is
very realistic, almost three dimensional and can make everything you
have ever seen pale into insignificance.
But don't take our word for it - come and see for your self.
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