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Rare, Classic Films to Screen at Seattle Cinerama Theatre
September 30 - October 16, 2011

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Written by: Greg Wood, Seattle Cinerama TheatreDate: 26.08.2011
SEATTLE, Aug. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Film buffs will be treated to 15 classic widescreen movies during the Cinerama Film Festival, including extremely rare 70mm prints from studio vaults and the archives of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

The festival opens Sept. 30 at Seattle Cinerama Theatre and runs through Oct. 16. Opening weekend will feature two of only seven movies ever produced for Cinerama's three-projector technology, This is Cinerama and How The West Was Won.

The other movies featured will be widescreen classics in 70mm, including West Side Story, Lawrence of Arabia and Cleopatra. The 70mm prints Cinerama goers will enjoy are on loan from Hollywood studios' vaults and rarely seen by general audiences, said theater operator Greg Wood. Prints will be loaned by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 20th Century Fox, Warner Brothers, Disney & MGM.

The festival is sponsored by Seattle Cinerama Theatre and SIFF.

Cinerama Theatre is owned by Paul G. Allen, the Seattle philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft. He saved the vintage 1963 movie theater from demolition in 1998. Last year he gave the theater a multi-million dollar upgrade, with digital sounds, 3-D capabilities, a new screen, movie memorabilia from his personal collection and the best selection of locally-made concessions at any theater in Seattle.

Along with the capability to show the latest blockbusters in 3-D, Allen frequently donates use of Cinerama to non-profit film festivals, including the Seattle International Film Festival, Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY) and the Seattle Jewish Film Festival.
 
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Seattle's Cinerama Theatre

"Cinerama has been one of Seattle's great treasures, and Paul Allen has made it one of the best movie palaces in the world," said Carl Spence, SIFF's Artistic Director. "As much as digital cinema is transforming the movie going experience, it still has not achieved the rich look and dimension of celluloid, particularly compared to what you'll see with the widescreen and luminous 70mm film featured at the Cinerama Festival."

Allen said the Cinerama Festival is possible because of the generosity and cooperation of The Academy and the film studios.

"We're grateful to the Academy and studios for sharing these treasures with us, and allowing Cinerama's audiences to see them the way they were intended – on the wide screen," said Allen, who saved Cinerama in 1988.

The films will be projected by state-of-the-art equipment and seen on the theater's original Cinerama screen – the largest in the world. "Last fall we embraced the future with a large technical upgrade. We're now excited to embrace the past with a special series dedicated to 70mm film," Wood said.

WHAT CINERAMA IS: Cinerama came to popularity in the early 1960s, shot with three 35mm motion picture cameras mounted as one unit, sharing one motor. Three separate projectors running simultaneously merged the film into one movie, shown on a giant, deeply curved screen.

Tickets will be available for purchase for $12 beginning Friday, Aug. 26 at www.cinerama.com.
 
 

3-Strip Cinerama films

 
This Is Cinerama
How The West Was Won

 
 

70mm films

 
The Sound Of Music
Lawrence of Arabia
Cleopatra
2001: A Space Odyssey
My Fair Lady
West Side Story
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Playtime
Baraka
South Pacific
Tron
Lord Jim


For more information about the film festival, including screening times, visit: www.cinerama.com

Media contact; Greg Wood
 
 
  
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