 The
passing of Debbie
Reynolds and Carrie
Fisher
By Mark Lyndon
At the end of an
exceptionally hard
year, the Cinerama
and 70mm community
as well as all who
love the Cinema and
beyond; are mourning
the passing of two
of the brightest
stars who ever lit
up the big screen.
|
 Rogue
One: A Star Wars
Story - The IMAX
Experience
By
Ronan Nissenbaum
This was definitely the best presentation of "Rogue One" that I had seen so far
but then again I am biased towards film presentation. Firstly I'll begin with
the cons. The film was very dark at certain times, not like it wasn't being
projected bright enough, or that the print was under-exposed, it was that the
print was just far more contrasty than the digital presentations, and in some
scenes it was almost too contrasty. |
 The
Dunkirk 70mm Imax preview, plus the support film, Star Wars Rogue One
By Paul Sutton
The presentation of the "Dunkirk" footage reminded me of the super 8mm
edits of feature films one used to enjoy back in the day - a collage of show
scenes with just enough exposition (about 10 lines of dialogue) to get the
story across. Much of the footage was of an aerial dogfight, fabulously
filmed from within and without the cockpit, and of hordes of properly
pale-looking young Englishmen in uniform carrying stretchers, huddled in
boats, and looking very apprehensive as the sound of bombers zero in on them
and scream all around us. |
 Cinerama Impressions
From The Dome
By
David Granadino
The crowd in the Dome on both nights were enthusiastic and surrounded the
Cinerama master himself, Dave Strohmaier, during the intermission and after
the presentations! I noticed that the crowd for THE BEST OF CINERAMA had
more young people in attendance than the night before which made me hopeful
that these young people will love Cinerama as much as we "older" ones. |
|
 Premiere
of "Windjammer" at the Empire in
Paris
By Gerhard Witte
The very successful Cinemiracle movie "Windjammer" had its World Premiere at Grauman´s Chinese Theatre
in Hollywood on Tuesday, April 8, 1958.
In France, in Paris, "Windjammer" opened relatively late at the Empire-Cinérama-Théâtre Abel Gance on Monday,
February 5, 1962. |
 Sales
Manual For Louis De Rochemont's Windjammer
A film for all people of all ages, WINDJAMMER is a self-selling
commodity; as evidenced by the record breaking grosses. It is a high
level production, an entertainment, and, as such must be handled with
special care. This is why WINDJAMMER has been and will be presented just
like a Broadway show, on a hard ticket basis. |
 "Savage
Pampas" released 19. December 2016 on German BluRay and 4K UltraHD
By Thomas Hauerslev
For
the fans of "Savage Pampas" here's finally the news you have been
waiting for. On 19. December 2016, the new BluRay and 4K UltraHD disc of the
classic MCS 70 Superpanorama western is finally available in stores. The new
transfer was made directly from an original and very sharp vintage 70mm print,
which was faded to the familiar red tones. Thanks to the talent of scan
master Mr. Vincent Koch in
Karlsruhe, Germany, the full color spectrum has been brought back in its
full glory to be enjoyed by the fans. |
 I understand why
everyone says it is "a must" in 70mm
By Ronan Nissenbaum
We went back up to the projection booth where the projectionist recognised
us from the last time, and said we had been the last people up there. He was
extremely nice and told us to pop back in the next time we were over, and
we'll definitely be back over for Dunkirk and whatever other new 70mm prints
are shown. I love film prints of all formats, but there's something so
special about 70mm prints that really makes going to the cinema an event. |
 Thoughts
about 120 fps / 4K / 3D
It does lend itself to certain genres of films, but I’m not sure which ones.
It would be great for documentaries and concert films. Judging by the way
the cheerleaders looked in the film, it might be great for erotica although
it will reveal every pore and every flaw in an actor’s face. IMO, it would
be terrible for fantasy films because it would reveal every flaw in makeup,
masks, prothesises, set design, etc. I would like to see a film using the
same process, but in 2D. |
 Cinemeccanica
Victoria 18 70mm Projector for Sale in Holland
By Ton Langelaan
A complete Cinemeccanica Victoria
18 70/35 is for sale in the Brabrant region of Holland. The price is 3000
euro which includes everything as seen on the photo and including 70mm
reels, 2000 watt Xenon, 70mm gate, rectifier, all optical, digital and
magnetic sound heads plus much, much more. |
 Film
Revival Gets Boost
with New Large
Format 65mm
Processing
Facilities in the UK
By Kodak
The revival of real
film has received an
additional boost
with the news that
large format Kodak
65mm film processing
facilities have
opened in the UK.
Twentieth Century
Fox’s "Murder On The
Orient Express",
directed by Kenneth
Branagh, and shot by
cinematographer
Haris Zambarloukos
BSC, will be one of
the first
productions to use
the new
installation. |
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 What
7OMM is to Johan Wolthuis
By Thomas Hauerslev
Johann Wolthuis has been crucially instrumental in reviving world wide
interest in 70mm. Indeed, it is no exaggeration to say that there might not
have been the same level of awareness and appreciation of the 70mm format
without his tireless dedication, advocacy and enthusiasm, which goes back
for over three decades. We who love 70mm and see it as the greatest and
grandest medium for the moving image of them all, owe him a great deal. He
speaks most eloquently for us all. |
 Ladies
and Gentlemen, This is MAGI Cinema
By Thomas Hauerslev
MAGI is very high frame rate, five
times faster than usual, 4K image resolution and 3D. Films presented
in MAGI is referred to, by people whop have seen demonstrations, as being hyper-realistic, far brighter
(up to 28 foot lamberts), sharper than anything seen previously, and in particular
far
better that any current 3D techniques. The screen simply
disappears between the viewer and the action on the curved screen. |
|
 The
7OMM Engagements
By Mike Coate
The following are
lists of the 70mm
first-run
engagements of a
hand full of film
titles in North
America:
•
“Zoot
Suit”
•
“Wolfen”
•
“Where Eagles Dare”
•
“The
River”
•
“The
Muppet Movie”
•
“The
Black Hole”
•
“Hanover Street”
•
“Grease” and “Grease
2”
•
“Deliverance”
•
“The
Cowboys”
•
“Big
Trouble in Little
China”
•
“Absolute Beginners”
•
“1941”
• Go to
70mm
Engagements
• Go to
in70mm.com's list of
films blown up to
7OMM |
 “Cheyenne
Autumn”: The Roadshow Engagements
By Mike Coate
A historical listing of the roadshow engagements of “Cheyenne Autumn”
held in North America. These presentations utilized 70mm prints derived from
65mm Super Panavision photography projected onto large screens and featured
discrete six-track stereophonic sound. The film’s formal public world
premiere was held at the Warner in London on October 15th, 1964. |
 Memories
from Bradford
By Hannemann, Lyndon, Olsson &
Rostek
By
unanimous decision, or else, of the Awards Committee of the Praesidium of
the Supreme Soviet of the Academy of Seriously Large Format Kinematographic
Systems, of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, it gives me great
pleasure to award the highest accolade that the Academy can bestow, the
Vladimir Ilyich Leninerama Gold Medal for Heroic Socialist Labou |
 “Windjammer”
Stopping Soon In Two
German Ports
By Randy Gitsch
"Windjammer" is
shown on two
screenings on
successive nights as
open-air events at
the European
Hansemuseum in
Lubeck’s Old City,
on Nov. 2 & 3. These
unique presentations
will be in the
museum’s harbor
front plaza where
the film will be
projected onto three
obelisks encircling
the this one-time
prison yard, as a
part of the 58th
Nordic Film Days
Lubeck event. |
 On
Location with “It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World”
By Ron Kawal
In 2009, I was watching the first part of “It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World”
when I stated I knew where the ‘desert road’ going down the mountain was
filmed. I went to Google Street View to find out that I was wrong. What
began as a search for the road, ended up making me wonder where other scenes
were filmed. It turned into a hobby, as it took three years to find almost
all of the locations. |
•
Best Of Cinerama" &
"Cinerama’s Russian
Adventure" |
 Some
notes from Karlsruhe
By Anders M Olsson
Last time I was in Karlsruhe, two
years ago, was very heavy on German films and German dubbed prints. This
year they were back to their usual mix of German and English prints. I have
no problem to sit through a film dubbed in German, even though I don't
understand it all. If it's a good film that I haven't seen before, it only
means that I'll have to revisit it later on, on DVD or Blu-ray. |
 7OMM
at the Gartenbau Kino
By Gerhard Schwach
Gartenbau Kino in Vienna, with its
lavishly designed cinema hall and one of the largest projection screens in
town, has awaked from a long, deep 70mm slumber period (1994 – 2016), during
which no single 70 mm presentation took place in Vienna. |
 Alex
North's "Cheyenne
Autumn" score
released on 2CD from
Entrada
By Entrada
Magnificent Alex
North “roadshow”
soundtrack gets full
2-CD restoration!
Epic, elegiac John
Ford western
chronicles heroic
1500-mile trek of
hungry Cheyenne from
Oklahoma reservation
to ancestral
homeland in the
Dakotas during
1878-79. North
approaches tragic
tale with masterful
large-scale score
devoid of western
cliche and filled
instead with rich,
brooding central
theme for Cheyenne,
haunting melody for
sympathetic Quaker
Deborah (Baker),
aggressive martial
music for cavalry,
intense battle
sequences and more. |
 Todd-AO
Festival Film
Introductions, 2016
By Wolfram
Hannemann
On this weekend I
would like to invite
you to Minnie's
Haberdashery, which
the Hateful Eight
will turn into a
Little Shop of
Horrors during the
course of an
evening, while some
Gorillas in the Mist
are tracked down by
Dick Tracy during
his Hunt for Red
October.
•
Go to
Wolfram Hannemanns's
in70mm.com Library |
  7OMM
allerdings ein verdammt guter Grund
Von Thomas Hauerslev
Für die Leser dieser
Festivalbroschüre sind 7OMM allerdings ein verdammt guter Grund. Um dem
Slogan aus „The Hateful Eight“ von Quentin Tarantino gerecht zu
werden, habe ich sie für das 12. Todd-AO-Festival etwas überarbeitet.
Natürlich gibt es eine ganze Reihe guter Gründe, um die schöne Stadt
Karlsruhe zu besuchen, für uns Festivalbesucher ist jedoch nichts so
wichtig wie 7OMM |
70MM
is a Pretty Good Reason - Foreword for 2016
By Thomas Hauerslev
For the readers of
this Festival Brochure, 7OMM
is a pretty good reason. To honor the catch phrase from Quentin
Tarantino's "The Hateful Eight", I have re-written it mildly
for the 12th Todd-AO Festival. Of course, there are plenty of
good reasons for going to the beautiful city of Karlsruhe, but
for we festival guests, nothing matters like 7OMM |
 12.
Todd-AO 70mm-Festival. 30. Sep - 2. Oct, 2016
By Born & Hauerslev
We have launched the 12th instalment of the “Todd-AO 70mm
Festival“ to be held from 30. September - 2. October, 2016 at
the Schauburg Cinerama in Karlsruhe, Germany. Come and enjoy
the world of LARGE FORMAT film.
From vintage classics to the latest Roadshow 70mm films. Join us and be part of this unique event and share the excitement
together with visitors from all around the world - including Austria,
Switzerland, Holland, Germany, Denmark, England, USA, Japan, Sweden and France
- and many more.
•
Go to
Todd-AO
Festival Film Introductions, 2016
•
Go to
Picture gallery from 12th Todd-AO Festival
•
Go to
7OMM allerdings ein verdammt guter
Grund
•
Go to
70MM is a Pretty Good Reason -
Foreword for 2016 |
 In
the history of motion pictures, a film occasionally has
captured some moment of the human adventure in a manner to
transcend its initial goal of entertainment. These films not
only are long remembered but become a vital part of our
culture.
In "2OO1: A SPACE
ODYSSEY" Stanley Kubrick has created such a film. It
offers entertainment in abundance. But no greater compliment
can be paid a motion picture than to use it as a yardstick
by which to judge other pictures in later years. "2OO1: A
SPACE ODYSSEY" is this kind of picture.
Robert H. O'Brien, President, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. |
 Die
neue Schauburg ist nicht wiederzuerkennen
By Badische Neueste Nachrichten
Nicht ganz so lange wie die fast 3-jährigen Dreharbeiten hat der – trotz
goldener Tapeten – die für heutige Verhältnisse verschwindend geringe Summe von ca. 300.000 DM verschlingende Kino-Umbau zum ersten Karlsruher
Großraumkino gedauert. Die Strategie der Verantwortlichen bestand darin,
sich die Gunst des Publikums durch technisch einschneidende und
ästhetisch ansprechende Umbaumaßnahmen zu erkämpfen. |
The
new Schauburg is unrecognizable
By
Badische Neueste
Nachrichten
The renovation in 1968 did not take quite as long as the almost 3 years it
had taken to produce the film, and was completed, including the golden
wallpaper, for approx. DM 300,000. By today’s standards that is an
incredibly small sum for such a conversion of Karlsruhe’s first large-capacity
cinema. Those responsible undertook a strategy of using technically
innovative and aesthetically pleasing design techniques in order to
benefit the public. |
 "Vox
Lux" to be
photographed in
65mm, and presented
in 7OMM
By
Thomas Hauerslev
Hollywood media
announced the news
about director Brady
Corbet's next film
titled "Vox Lux".
The production will
be photographed on
65mm film, and it's
planned to be
released with 7OMM
prints. The 28 year
old
actor-turned-director
hope the film will
reach cinema screens
in 2017. Production
is planned to begin
shooting in February
2017. |
 World record of 70mm
in Amsterdam!
By Johan Wolthuis
EYE film museum Amsterdam has set a world record with the 70mm print of "The Hateful Eight" according to the Weinstein Company. In 4
months time, since January 7, they sold more than 36000 tickets until
the end of May. This is more than any other cinema in the world with a 70mm
print of the Quentin Tarantino film! |
 "2OO1"
& Jan
Harlan goes to Karlsruhe
By Thomas Hauerslev
Jan Harlan will
introduce a digital screening of "2OO1: A Space Odyssey" on September 29th,
at the Schauburg. Jan have flown over from London especially to be with us that
night.
Throughout the weekend, we are quite sure, that "2OO1" in 2K, surely
will be a topic of passionate discussions among the audience and 7OMM fans alike. Hopefully there will be no extremely odd things
going on, and "2OO1"
will look and sound better than ever. Please welcome Jan Harlan with us at the Schauburg.
•
Go to
Schnitzled-up with Jan Harlan in Karlsruhe |
• Go to
12.
Todd-AO 70mm-Festival |
 65mm
Filming for
“Dunkirk” on
Location in the
Netherlands!
By Jan-Hein Bal and
Johan C.M. Wolthuis
On Monday June 20th
a crew consisting of
200 men and nearly a
hundred local extras
arrived in the
harbour of the Dutch
village of URK, a
former island at the
IJsselmeer coast,
ready for action for
nearly four weeks!
And a fleet of
thirty boats were
available in the
little harbour of
Urk or off shore at
the spot, including
local fishing boats
decorated with
British flags and
locals dressed as
British fishermen. |
 See
it Big! The 7Omm Show
By Howard
B. Haas
The last film I attended was STAR! on Saturday August 27 at
3 PM. 20th Century Fox provided the pristine 70mm print from 2008, 2.2
aspect ratio, with digital sound. The curtain was again properly used
including during Intermission. This movie's overture music actually is with
an opening scene, and there didn't appear to be Intermission music. |
 The
Fight That Started
the Movies
By Samuel Hawley
The Fight That
Started the Movies
is the untold story
of Corbett’s and
Fitzsimmons’ journey
to that ring in
Nevada and how the
landmark film of
their battle came to
be made. It reveals
how boxing played a
key role in the
birth of the movies,
spurring the
development of
motion picture
technology and
pushing the concept
of “film” from a
twenty-second
peephole show to a
full-length
attraction, “a
complete evening’s
entertainment,”
projected on a
screen. |
 James
Horner at the
Todd-AO Scoring
Stage, CBS Radford,
Studio City
By
Jean-Baptiste Martin
If you happen to carefully read the liner notes in your Horner albums, you must
have noticed the name of this recording studio several times. The composer has
indeed recorded more than forty scores there, or almost half his discography,
from Swing Kids (1992) to Deep Impact (1998) and finally The Spiderwick
Chronicles (2007). Let's go back to this historical place where the maestro's
brilliant notes sounded in thousands. |
 “Khartoum”: The Roadshow
Engagements
By Mike Coate
The following is a reference/historical list of the Cinerama-branded 70mm
roadshow engagements of “Khartoum” held in North America. These presentations
utilized special rectified prints derived from 65mm Ultra Panavision photography
and projected onto large, deeply curved screens. The audio was six-track
stereophonic. The seating was reserved at advanced prices and with an average of
ten scheduled screenings per week. The cinemas in which these special
presentations played also sold souvenir programs. |
 “Rollerball”:
The 70mm Engagements
By Mike Coate
The following is a list of the 70-millimeter first-run engagements of
“Rollerball” in North America. These were near full-width prints (approximately
2.00:1) blown-up from 35mm spherical photography and included discrete six-track
audio. The United Artists release was directed by Norman Jewison and starred
James Caan and John Houseman. |
 “Manhunter”:
The 70mm Engagements
By Mike Coate
The following is a list of the 70mm first-run engagements of “Manhunter”
in North America. These were full-frame 2.20:1 blow-ups sourced from
Super-35 photography. The audio was Six-Track Dolby Stereo (“A” encoded,
single-surround). The De Laurentiis Entertainment Group release,
directed by Michael Mann and starring William Petersen, opened on August
15th, 1986. |
• Go to
"Ellston Bay" - in VistaVision |
|
 In
7OMM with Doug Louden
By Doug Louden
Leaving school in 1975, I started as a projectionist for Hoyts Theatres as a
spool boy winding 70mm reissues of "The Sound of Music" and "Hello, Dolly!".
My dreams came true in 1976 when I worked at the Hoyts Plaza theatre with
Tom Omaye as my head projectionist and in 1989 I got the life time ambition
to run my own cinema on the south coast of Sydney before I moved to London
in 1992 |
 Widescreen
Weekend 2016
Widescreen Weekend will take place
from 13 - 16,
October 2016 and
will feature new
Cinerama
restorations,
classic 70mm
screenings and
demonstrations of
the latest ways to
enjoy immersive
cinema. Widescreen Weekend commences on
Thursday evening and concludes after the last show on Sunday evening.
We will be announcing programme information in August 2016.
We hope to see you all as we celebrate the joys of wide gauge
film once again.
• Go to
Widescreen Weekend,
Bradford, England |
• Go to
Widescreen
Weekend 2016 |
|
 Nolan's
"Dunkirk" will
feature over 100
minutes of IMAX
material
By
Tyler Purcell
Nolan's Dunkirk will
feature over 100
minutes of IMAX
material, according
to sources close to
the production. So
far almost all of
the still and video
images coming from
set are of the IMAX
camera, with only a
few brief moments
with the 5/70
Panavision cameras.
So far the
production has been
shooting on location
in France, close to
where the actual
rescue happened. |
• Go to
“Howard the Duck”: The 70mm Engagements |
 All That Jazz in
Aalborg, Denmark
By Thomas Hauerslev
"Center for Danish Jazz History" and Orla Nielsen opens a new cinema with
16mm, 35mm and 7OMM. A few hundred meters from the blue waters of Limfjorden,
in northern Jyllland in Denmark, some hectic construction activity in some
former office space is going on in July and August 2016. It's Orla, who
enthusiastically shows me around the premises, and talk about the plans for
how he intends to transform this former office space into a new cinema to
show films with jazz music. |
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 Brian O'Brien Biography
By Walter P. Siegmund and Brian O'Brien, Jr.
Brian O'Brien was born in Denver, Colorado, in 1898 to Michael Phillip and
Lina Prime O'Brien. His education started in the Chicago Latin School from
1909–1915, and continued at the Yale Sheffield scientific school where he
earned a Ph.B. in 1918 and a Ph.D. in 1922. In 1922 he married Ethel
Cornelia Dickerman and they had one son, Brian, Jr.. |
 “Ghostbusters”: The 70mm
Engagements
By Mike Coate
The following is a list of
the 70-millimeter first-run engagements of “Ghostbusters” in North America.
These were full-frame (2.20:1) prints blown up from anamorphic 35mm. The
audio was Six-Track Dolby Stereo (“A” encoded, single-surround). The
Columbia release, directed by Ivan Reitman — and starring Bill Murray, Dan
Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Sigourney Weaver — opened on June 8th, 1984. |
 “Heaven’s Gate”: The 70mm
Engagements
By Mike Coate
The following is a list of
the 70mm first-run engagements of “Heaven’s Gate” in North America. These
were letterboxed prints (approximately 2.39:1) blown up from anamorphic 35mm
photography. The audio was Six-Track Dolby Stereo (“A” encoded,
single-surround). The United Artists release was directed by Michael Cimino
and starred Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, Isabelle Huppert, and
Jeff Bridges. The running time of the 1980 screenings was 219 minutes, while
the 1981 screenings ran 149 minutes. |
 “The Deer Hunter”: The
70mm Engagements
By Mike Coate
The following is a list of the 70mm first-run engagements of “The Deer
Hunter” in North America. These were letterboxed prints (approximately
2.39:1) blown up from anamorphic 35mm photography. The audio was Six-Track
Dolby Stereo (“A” encoded, single-surround). The EMI production/Universal
release, was directed by Michael Cimino and starred Robert DeNiro, John
Cazale, John Savage, Meryl Streep and Christopher Walken. |
 “Year of the Dragon”: The
70mm Engagements
By Mike Coate
The following is a list of
the 70mm first-run engagements of “Year of the Dragon” in North America.
These were letterboxed prints (approximately 2.39:1) blown up from
anamorphic 35mm photography. The audio was Six-Track Dolby Stereo (“A”
encoded, single-surround). The MGM release, directed by Michael Cimino, and
starring Mickey Rourke, John Lone and Ariane Koizumi, opened on August 16th,
1985. |
 Information
about the 3-strip movie "The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm"
By Gerhard Witte
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm are mainly worldwide renowned for their collection
of fairy tales – but they were also language- and cultural researchers,
diplomats, lawyers, professors, librarians and politicians. They were born
in Hanau as the eldest children of a Calvinist pastor's family with civil
service ties. |
Informationen
über den 3-Streifen-Film "Die Wunderwelt der Gebrüder Grimm"
Von Gerhard Witte
Vor allem wegen ihrer Märchensammlung sind Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm
weltweit bekannt geworden – aber sie waren auch Sprach- und Kulturforscher,
Diplomaten, Juristen, Professoren, Bibliothekare und Politiker. Sie wurden
als älteste Kinder einer calvinistischen Beamten- und Pastorenfamilie in
Hanau geboren. |
 7Omm
& Widescreen Festival @ the Somerville, USA
September 16-25, 2016
Join us for our first-ever celebration of the greatest motion picture format
of all time - 70mm film! From September 16 through the 25th, each day we
will be presenting classic titles on our big screen. In addition to key 70mm
titles, we will also be screening a handful of widescreen 35mm features that
emphasize the grandeur of the big screen.
|
 “Greystoke”:
The 70mm Engagements
By Mike Coate
The following is a list of the 70mm first-run engagements of “Greystoke:
The Legend of Tarzan” in North America. These were full-frame 2.20:1
blow-ups sourced from Super-35 photography. The audio was Six-Track
Dolby Stereo (“A” encoded, single-surround). The Warner Bros. release,
directed by High Hudson and starring Christopher Lambert and Andie
MacDowell, opened on March 30th, 1984. |
 7OMM
Festival in New
York, USA
July 29–September 4
Museum of the Moving
Image is committed
to preserving the
theatrical
presentation of 70mm
films in their
original format, and
the all-70mm version
of See it Big! has
now become an annual
tradition. Opening
with "2OO1: A Space
Odyssey", the
Stanley Kubrick
classic that partly
inspired the
architectural design
of the Museum’s
Sumner M. Redstone
Theater, the series
includes a selection
of classic and
recent examples of
such visually
spectacular genres
as the western,
musical, and the
science fiction
film. |
 “The
Concert for Bangladesh”: The 70mm Engagements
By Mike Coate
The following is a list of the 70-millimeter first-run engagements of “The
Concert for Bangladesh” in North America. These were full-frame (2.20:1) prints
blown-up from 16mm photography and included discrete six-track audio. The
Apple/20th Century-Fox release was directed by Saul Swimmer and featured musical
performances by Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Ravi Shankar, and many
others. |
 Flicker
Alley presents "The
Best Of Cinerama"
And "Cinerama’s
Russian Adventure"
By Flicker Alley,
Press
Flicker Alley, in
association with
Cinerama Inc., adds
two newly-restored,
Blu-ray/DVD
premieres to its
popular Cinerama
collection: The Best
of Cinerama and
Cinerama’s Russian
Adventure. Release
Date: November 15,
2016. Flicker Alley
and Cinerama Inc.
invite you once more
to celebrate the
thrilling spectacle
of Cinerama with two
exciting releases -
The Best of Cinerama
and Cinerama’s
Russian Adventure –
both featuring new
restorations of some
of the most
fantastic footage in
Cinerama history. |
 "Ellston
Bay" - in
VistaVision
By
Nicholas Eriksson
"Ellston Bay" is a
highly ambitious
short film project
currently set to
begin principal
photography in
September of this
year. The project is
a
psychological-thriller,
heavily inspired by
the work of renowned
horror writer H.P.
Lovecraft. The
Kickstarter campaign
is now live, and
with the full
support of the
general public,
Nicholas Eriksson
and the entire team
at Fact Not Fiction
Films hope to take
the VistaVision
format into the 21st
century. |
 Revisions
for “A Century of Widescreens at the World's Fairs”
By
McNaughton & Grace
I was involved in the production of the “Hexaplex” film
and can offer some additional information and corrections. The Hexaplex
system was devised by Mike Browning, who had considerable experience in
special format cinema systems. The film format was 35mm for both camera and
projector. The camera rig consisted of 6 interlocked Arri cameras arranged
to cover a full 360 degree panorama. |
 "A
Tale of Old Whiff",
the animated
one-reel cartoon has
been found
By Randy Gitsch
We are delighted to
report that "A Tale
of Old Whiff", the
animated, one-reel
cartoon by Johh
Hubley that
originally
accompanied the
"Scent of Mystery"
feature in its' 1960
theatrical release,
and one which was
officially "lost",
when he and Dave
Strohmaier were
desperately looking
for it to accompany
their DVD/Blu-Ray
re-mastered release
of that feature, has
been found. |
 “Logan’s
Run”: The 70mm Engagements
By Mike Coate
The following is a list of the North American 70-millimeter engagements of
“Logan’s Run”. These were full-frame (2.20:1) prints blown-up from anamorphic
35mm photography. The audio was discrete six-track. A few of the prints were
encoded with Dolby Noise Reduction, the first known usage of Dolby in connection
with the 70mm format. The Saul David production/MGM release was directed by
Michael Anderson and starred Michael York and Jenny Agutter. |
 “Gremlins”:
The 70mm Engagements
By Mike Coate
The following is a list of the 70mm first-run engagements of “Gremlins”
in North America. These were pillarboxed blow-ups (approximately 1.85:1)
sourced from spherical 35mm photography. The audio was Six-Track Dolby
Stereo (“A” encoded, single-surround). The Amblin production/Warner
Bros. release, directed by Joe Dante and starring Zack Galligan and
Phoebe Cates, opened on June 8th, 1984. |
 1930's Large Format
Equipment at the USC Archive
By Dan Sherlock
The University of Southern California has one of the most respected
schools of cinema-television in the world. Many famous directors,
cinematographers, editors, and others involved in the production of
motion pictures and television programs learned their craft at this
school.
Located below one of the buildings is the USC Moving Picture archive.
The archive includes over 18,000 student films, 35mm films, cameras and projectors.
• Go to Gallery:
"Antique" Wide-Gauge movie cameras and
projector equipment at the USC |
|
 Showcase
Presentations in Salt Lake City: A History of Large Format and Roadshow
Exhibition, 1956-Present
By Michael Coate
& Grant Smith
A chronological, easy-to-read reference list of 70-millimeter presentations
in Salt Lake City, Utah. Also the 70mm blow-ups, large-format three-panel
processes CineMiracle and Cinerama, and
roadshows. As
well, an overview has been included of the SLC area cinemas in which the
subject films played. |
 7Omm
Weekend in Varnsdorf
– more than a
fistful of classic
film jewels!
By
Gerhard Schwach
Dispite all this optical splendour „The
Big Fisherman“ is a slow going drama that demands endurance from the
audience. The movie doesn't offer all too much physical action, compared with
other biblical movies such as „Ben-Hur“ or „Quo Vadis“.
I wonder what would
have been the result
if Cecil B. de Mille
or William Wyler had
made this movie?
Nevertheless, box
office in 1960 was
great, but - without
any understandable
reasons - the film
completely
disappeared from
official screenings
and was only shown
once in German TV
many years ago. |
 Varnsdorf
Reloaded
By Ulrich Rostek
Many of the prints presented this year came from the collection of "Kinomuseum
Berlin e.V.". The founder of this association, Jean-Pierre Gutzeit, was present
at the festival, always ready to discuss and report about technical details,
giving a lot of behind-the-scenes information.
At this point I want to thank Pavel Nejtek and his team for their hospitality,
their
open-mindedness, and
their patience when
another crowd of
enthusiastic
delegates burst into
the tight space of
the projection
booth. |
 Varnsdorf,
die zweite!
Von Ulrich Rostek
Auch dieses Jahr lud das "Centrum Panorama" wieder zu einem gemütlichen Abend in
der angeschlossenen Bar "Film Point" ein, wo bei LIve Musik, gutem böhmischen
Bier und einem reichhaltigen Büffet mit einheimischen Spezialitäten bis tief in
die Nacht gefachsimpelt wurde.
An dieser Stelle ein großes Dankeschön an Pavel Nejtek und seine Mannschaft für
die Gastfreundschaft, die Aufgeschlossenheit und die Geduld, wenn wieder einmal
technikbegeisterte Zuschauer in den Projektionsraum drängten. |
  DP70,
Victoria 8 and Prevost P70 in Argentina
By Eduardo Cesar
Gómez
Actualmente hay dos cabinas de proyeccion instalada con 3
victoria8, una y la otra 2 PREVOST 35/70 las salas ya no funcionan como
cines comercial. le voy a adjuntar unas fotos de lasmismas. En nuestro pais
hubo dos salas con instalacion de CINERAMA, una ya desaparecida y la otra
funciona con tres salas digitales actualmente y se hubica en la Pca de
Cordoba. Muchos saludos y lo felicito por su hermosa pagina. |
 DP70 information from Spain - #850, #1708 and #1717
By Gerardo Cortes
New DP70s have been found here in
Barcelona, Spain. Including one of the DPs installed in Cine Kursaal
(Barcelona). After many years projectors were move to Cine Femina
(Barcelona) and both worked until 1991 once the cinema burned. #850 was
restored and has been installed in a private cinema room in La Vall de
Bianya - Barcelona. |
 What
is the correct
colour of a DP70?
By
Clive Woodward
We are puzzled by
trying to work out
the correct colour
to repaint them.
Ours are a brownish
'hammertone' / 'hammertex'
colour. I note from
photos on your
website many appear
to be grey. Even the
brown on our units
varies from part to
part. Do you know of
the 'official'
original colour for
DP70 projectors? |
 Kodak
is making
investments in
introducing 65mm
film processing in
Europe
By Kodak
Kodak will open and
operate a motion
picture
film-processing lab
in New York City
later this year,
which will service
35mm, S16, Super 8
film processing and
scanning. Kodak is
also working with
partners to sustain
film processing
capabilities around
the world. In
London, Kodak is
making investments
in introducing 65mm
film processing in a
region that has seen
a huge increase in
major productions
shot on film. |
  Une
Visite Chez Monsieur Cinerama
By
Martial DASSONVILLE
François CARRIN est plus connu à l’ALICC sous le pseudo de Mr. CINERAMA.
En effet, notre conseiller à la rédaction d’ Infos-Ciné est passionné
par les techniques d’écran large. Il a consacré toute sa vie
professionnelle aux activités de métreuréconomiste de la construction.
En marge de sa profession, il a été projectionniste dans un cinéma de la
banlieue de Valenciennes de 1963 à 1973, à Quiévrechain, petite ville de
7000 habitants à la frontière belge. |
 En
Conversation Avec François Carrin
By
Martial DASSONVILLE
François CARRIN. S’intéresser à l’écran large, au triple écran, avoir été projectionniste
et avoir fréquenté ces installations un peu hors normes, ce n’est pas
courant à l’ALICC. François nous explique donc son CINEMA PARADISIO personnel. |
 Scent
of Mystery at the
TCM Classic Film
Festival 2016
By Dave Strohmaier and Tom March
The 2016 TCM Classic Film festival is a really big Hollywood event held
over four days between April 28 and May 1 in the heart of Hollywood.
The Cinerama contribution was the Mike Todd, Jr.'s "Smell-O-Vision" Cinerama
Dome screening of “Scent of Mystery”. It screened on May 1 at 10:00AM to
a full house. It was hosted by LEONARD MALTIN - Film Critic and Historian
with a special guest appearance by BEVERLY BENTLEY who played the decoy
Sally Kennedy in the film. |
 Orla Nielsen shows
"The Hateful Eight" in Aalborg
By Thomas Hauerslev
You can't keep a man down who want to show 7OMM! That statement seems to be
true with Orla Nielsen from Aalborg in Denmark. Orla Nielsen opens a temporary
cinema to show "The Hateful Eight". The local multiplex declined Orla's
offer to set up 7OMM screenings earlier this year. Instead, Theatre
Nordkraft's manager Jakob Jørgensen came to the rescue and offered his
theatre to Orla for a limited season.
Gallery
"The Hateful Eight",
Roadshow, Aalborg |
 It's All in the
Writing. Jan Harlan in Denmark
By Thomas Hauerslev
While I was in New
York working for a data processing company I got to know Stanley very well –
he was already married to my sister since 1957. This was in 1963/64. After
that I continued with my work in Germany and Switzerland. Stanley worked
with Arthur C. Clarke in New York while I was there to prepare "2OO1" but
the family later moved to England to film “2OO1” at the MGM studios in
Borehamwood. I lived in Zurich then doing my job but visited Stanley and the
family from time to time in England. |
•
Go to
It's
All in the Writing. Jan Harlan in Denmark |
 70mm
Arrives in Barnsley
By Ben Wales
In the South
Yorkshire Town of
Barnsley was history
in the making with
the UK’s third venue
to screen the 70mm
Roadshow “The
Hateful Eight”. For
those who have never
been or heard of
Barnsley, it is once
known for the Coal
Mining and Glass
Making and Brass
Bands and now 70mm
at the former Odeon
Cinema now called
The Parkway Cinema. |
  Varnsdorf
Presents "The Big Fisherman" in Super Panavision 70
By Zdenek Stepanek
Jako velkou perlu našeho 70mm Weekendu uvedeme film "The Big Fisherman"
z roku 1959, režie Frank Borzage. Film vypráví biblický příběh rybáře Petra,
který se stal následovníkem Ježíše. Příběh o vykoupení a odpuštění nejen
Petra, ale i o mladé Arabsko-Židovské dívce Faře. |
Varnsdorf
Presents "The Big Fisherman" in Super Panavision 70
By Zdenek Stepanek
As a large pearl of our 70mm Weekend we present the film "The Big Fisherman"
from 1959, directed by Frank Borzage. The film tells the biblical story of
the angler Peter who became a follower of Jesus. The story is not only about
Peter's redemption and forgiveness, but also about a young Arab-Jewish girl
called Fara. |
 The
70mm Trailer Anomaly
By Brian Walters
Some of the excellent sounding 70mm trailer examples were for “The Fly“,
“Commando“ and “Full Metal Jacket“, all wonderfully dynamic sounding
trailers that far exceeded the sound of the feature presentations which were
to be in 35mm stereo optical sound only. The picture quality of these
trailers, even though only blow ups from 35mm, was also usually superior
because of the improved brightness, picture stability and improved
definition from longer focal length lenses employed with 70mm projection. |
 Julie,
Sebastian and Zhivago
By Thomas
Hauerslev
I usually say about 200 times, but I have no idea. Many times at home, in my
home theatre as well. It has everything. Best photo, best picture, best
actors and actresses, best music, you name it. It has it. It is the Zhivago
character I like the most. He is a man not seeking revenge. How bad the
situation, no revenge. That is big. That is what appeals to me because that
is the future actually. I don’t think we will have wars in the far future.
Zhivago is a man of the future. I have read the book, and this the theme in
the book. |
 KRRR! 2016 Festival
Report
By Hans Hanessler
Yesterday I came back from the 70 mm festival
in Krnov. In all it was about 26 hours of films to watch, but I left some
minutes off. The travelling by car to Krnov is about 900 km. So I stopped at
Pilzen on the way to Krnov and also on the way back. There you can drink the
good Pilzner beer in an very old pub from 1648. The weather in Krnov was
rain and only 7
degrees Celsius
temperature. There
is only one hotel
left in town and
they were some other
visitors of the
festival from
Sweden. |
 THE
HATEFUL EIGHT 70mm
ROADSHOW Screening
in BARNSLEY!
By
Rob Younger
Once again the
Parkway Cinema
Barnsley is leading
the way! Every
screening will have
a personal
introduction from me
and we will be
inviting interested
parties into the
projection room
after the show. There are just three towns/cities in the UK where
the full experience of "The Hateful Eight" 70mm Roadshow can be
enjoyed as the director intended; London, Edinburgh and BARNSLEY! This
will be the first time that any 70mm film has been screened to an
audience in Barnsley, let alone a Roadshow! |
 Batman
vs. Superman in 15/70 IMAX 70mm
By Andrew Kotwicki
The IMAX sequences themselves maintained Snyder's grainy aesthetic but
were significantly sharper and brighter than the rest of the movie and the
opening and closing sequences were stunning to behold. The biggest reason
fans should go out of their way to see this is for the titular fight between
Batman and Superman, which was shot and exhibited entirely in 70mm |
12.
Todd-AO 70mm-Festival. 30. September - 2. October, 2016
By Born & Hauerslev
We have launched the 12th instalment of the “Todd-AO 70mm
Festival“ to be held from 30. September - 2. October, 2016 at
the Schauburg Cinerama in Karlsruhe, Germany. Come and enjoy
the world of LARGE FORMAT film.
From vintage classics to the latest Roadshow 70mm films, all of which
proudly carry trade names of large format motion picture processes. Join us and be part of this unique event and share the excitement
together with visitors from all around the world - including Austria,
Switzerland, Holland, Germany, Denmark, England, USA, Japan, Sweden and France
- and many more.. |
 The
Magic of Large
Format Cinema
By Mark
Trompeteler
The 2015 event very
nearly did not
happen. The Museum
had announced in the
previous year that
it would not be
holding any of its
regular film
festivals in 2015.
Given the time that
this particular
event had spent over
the years building
up an international
audience, that
travelled from all
over the world to
attend it, and the
real concern that if
it broke the pattern
by not holding the
event for a year, it
would begin to start
losing that audience |
 Widescreen
Weekend 2015 / Widescreen 2016
By Mark Trompeteler
I have had a couple of enquiries from overseas friends and colleagues about
all kinds of things they are hearing about Bradford's National Media Museum
and the fate of WSW. From what I am seeing in the UK press and from the
recent discussions on behalf of BKSTS I have had with them at NMM I believe
the situation is as follows. |
 March
Madness: "Batman v. Superman" - is there a joker in the deck?
By Lee Pfeiffer
The heavily-hyped Warner Brothers super hero epic "Batman V. Superman: Dawn
of Justice" is one of the most heavily promoted films in years. It's also
one of the most expensive. Variety estimates that the film's $250 million
production budget plus ancillary marketing costs will make it necessary for
the movie to gross $800 worldwide just to break even. You read that right:
$800 million. |
 KRRR!
11th 70mm Film Fest
Krnov 2016
By The
Kino Mir 70 Team
Under patronage of the Municipal centre of information and culture
Krnov, together with Ministry of Culture, under the patronage of
town major of Krnov, the Kino Mir 70 theatre will again be the
meeting point for film enthusiasts from not only the Czech Republic
but also visitors from many counties, including Austria,
Denmark, France, Germany, Holland, Poland, United Kingdom and the
United States. |
 "Holiday
in Spain" @ the
Cinerama Dome
By Strohmaier &
Co
Sunday May 1st.. It
is partly a live
audience
participation event
where live actors
come off the screen.
We will have
appearances by 2 of
the original cast
members, The
daughter of Mike
Todd Jr., and some
give away BluRays.
Several Lobby
displays related to
Smell and the Todd
70mm process. |
 70mm
Film weekend in
Centrum Panorama Varnsdorf
By Zdenek
Stepanek
70mm Cinema Panorama
in Varnsdorf, Czech
Republic, located on
the border with
Germany, celebrates
this year its 45th
anniversary of its
opening. In 1971
there was built a
brand new modern
70mm cinema in
Varnsdorf. We take
this opportunity to
invite you to 70mm
weekend that will be
held on 12 - 14 May
2016. We will offer
once again a unique
experience with the
royal film format to
the audience. |
 Betty
York, A Mini Bio
By Betty York
When we [Johnny and I] separated I went to NY and successfully broke
into photographic modelling and TV commercials, making good use of my
SAG (film) membership which unions required. I also did freelance
greeting card designs, building on the years I spent as a designer with
the Hallmark Card Company in Kansas City. |
 Chicago's
Music Box Theater's
70mm Film Festival
By
Andrew Kotwicki
Word has it the theater programmers are already looking into what to include for
next year’s 70mm Film Festival and based on the success of this one,
I’ve a feeling it will be even larger than this year’s rollout. Stay
tuned for the next 70mm Film Festival by the Music Box Theater, arguably
one of the finest movie houses in the nation and by far among the best
curators of 70mm films in the world! |
 California
Zephyr and Cinerama Holiday
By Frank Brehm
Since its debut the
California Zephyr had included among its ridership well known actors and
actresses, foreign heads of state, as well as many others then in the public
eye. One of those early riders was Louis de Rochemont, who proclaimed it
"the finest train I have ever ridden." Because of his fond memory of that
ride on the Zephyr Mr. de Rochemont invited the three railroads operating
the transcontinental streamliner, to take part in his production of the
second Cinerama film—"Cinerama Holiday." |
 7OMM
in New Zealand
By Allan Webb
I have been for the past 6 years compiling a book on Auckland cinemas
covering all aspects of the industry as well. It's up to 40 volumes and we
have now started to print and bind volumes. There are 25 copies and will all
be donated to archives, museums, universities, libraries and historical
societies around Auckland. It has cost me 3k per copy but it’s a labour of
love. It will be the only document NZ will ever have that documents the
history of cinema. |
 “Dragonslayer”:
The 70mm and VistaSonic Engagements
By Mike Coate
The following is a list of the 70mm first-run engagements of
“Dragonslayer” in North America. These were full-frame (2.20:1) blow-ups
sourced from anamorphic 35mm photography. The audio was Six-Track Dolby
Stereo (“A” encoded, split-surround). The Disney/Paramount co-production was
released on June 26th, 1981. |
 “Firefox”: The 70mm
Engagements
By Mike Coate
The following is a list of the 70mm first-run engagements of
“Firefox” in North America. These were full-frame (2.20:1) blow-ups
sourced from anamorphic 35mm photography. The audio was Six-Track Dolby
Stereo (“A” encoded, single-surround). The Malpaso production/Warner
Bros. release, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, was released on
June 18th, 1982. |
 “Octopussy”: The 70mm
Engagements
By Mike Coate
The following is a list of the 70mm first-run engagements of
“Octopussy” in North America. These were full-frame (2.20:1)
blow-ups sourced from anamorphic 35mm photography. The audio was
Six-Track Dolby Stereo (“A” encoded, single-surround). The 13th James
Bond release from Eon/Danjaq/MGM-UA starred Roger Moore and opened on
June 10th, 1983. |
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 “The Thing”: The 70mm
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The following is a list of the 70mm first-run engagements of John
Carpenter’s “The Thing” in North America. These were full-frame
(2.20:1) blow-ups sourced from anamorphic 35mm photography. The audio
was Six-Track Dolby Stereo (“A” encoded, single-surround). The Universal
release, directed by John Carpenter and starring Kurt Russell, opened on
June 25th, 1982. |
 The
UK 7OMM “Hateful 8”
Roadshow goes to
Edinburgh
By Ben Wales
The Cinema opened on
the release date
(8th January 2016) a
DCP version, but
most were awaiting
for the “70mm
Roadshow” and on the
12th February it
opened to record
sell outs for the
first week and still
maintaining above
average sells that
it has been given
more screenings for
the last weekend. By
the time your
correspondent had
visited this Cinema
on Tuesday 23rd
February well over
3,000 had seen the
70mm Roadshow
presentation. |
 The
Passing of Oliver
Michael Todd
By
Thomas Hauerslev
I am very sorry to
report the passing
of Oliver Todd on
Tuesday 23. February
2016 following
complications of
cancer treatment.
Oliver died at the
hospital in
Copenhagen, Denmark,
with two of his
siblings present.
Oliver was a happy
man, and glad to
talk about 70mm
history. Probably a
bit surprised to
meet the 70mm fans
in Aalborg in 2014.
He was the star
among us, and
everyone wanted his
autograph and talk
to him. |
 The
H8 Down Under
By Brian Walters
The following day I
attended the 1:30 PM
session at the
beautiful art deco
“Rivoli Complex“
cinema one. Both of these cinemas showed off the great quality of the
Ultra Panavision 70 process to audiences that had mostly never seen this
film format. On display was not only the razor sharp grainless image, but
also the solid saturated colour rendition that only film presentations can
currently deliver. |
 The
70mm Ultra Panavision Roadshow in Gartenbau Kino, Vienna, Austria
By
Gerhard Schwach
The 70mm Ultra Panavision Roadshow in Gartenbau Kino in Vienna is really a
spectacle! The atmosphere was great: large posters in front of the cinema
announced the 70 mm roadshow, there was a 70mm extra charge for the ticket,
lots of interested people in the lobby already at 4:00 p.m. and an almost
sold out evening show at 8:15 p.m. |
  The
Hateful Eight 7OMM alla Cineteca di Bologna, Cinema Lumiere
Di Daniele Buttafava
Anche a Bologna la presentazione del Roadshow in Ultra Panavision 70mm
di The Hateful Eight di Quentin Tarantino. Il film viene presentato
presso la sala Officine Mastroianni del cinema Lumiere. Il film viene
proiettato dal proiezionista Stefano Bognar con un Proiettore 35/70
Prevost P93 degli anni 90. |
 The
Ziegfeld and Sound
By Paul Margulies
I was assigned by Theater Alignment Program
to report on the screening of Independence Day. As I sat in the sold-out
show, it was apparent that the film was running in mono sound, rather than
the Dolby Digital as advertised. When the screening was finished and I was
sitting writing up my notes to phone in to TAP. I pointed out the massive water stain on the screen
and the fact that the sound was not in 5.1. |
 50th
Anniversary of "The
Sound of Music" in
Dutch Cinemas
This year it is
exactly fifty years
ago that The Sound
of Music (1965) was
first released in
Dutch cinemas. This
Oscar-laden musical
remained one of the
most enduringly
popular Hollywood
films well into the
seventies and
achieved a true cult
status. Schawn
Belston of 20th
Century Fox, who is
responsible for the
recent digital
restoration, will be
present in EYE to
give an introduction
to the screening.
|
 The
Ziegfeld has closed
By Howard Haas
The Ziegfeld in New
York closed January
28, 2016 and will be
gutted to be the
Ziegfeld Ballroom.
The last "Star Wars:
The Force Awakens"
shows were sold out
with movie fans who
wished to say
goodbye to the
Ziegfeld. |
 "The
Hateful Eight" in
der Essener "Lichtburg"
Von Ulrich Rostek
Wie
die meisten aus der verschworenen Gemeinschaft der 70mm-Anhänger fieberte
ich dem Kinostart von "The Hateful Eight" entgegen, seit sich die Hinweise
verdichteten, dass zum ersten mal seit beinahe 50 Jahren wieder ein Film in
70mm Ultra Panavision produziert werden sollte. |
 THAT’S
CINEMA! The Hateful
Eight in 70MM at
ARCADIA, Milan Italy
By Francesco
Gualeni
I’ve never seen so many
people enthusiast in front of a 70MM film print! When Interstellar
was released in 70MM everybody thought about a miracle that an analog
print was back again into theater, but now with The Hateful Eight
and next year with Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk the idea of
“cinema experience” is back again. |
"The
Hateful Eight" at
the "Lichtburg" in
Germany
By Ulrich Rostek
Like everybody within the 70mm community I was absolutely keen on seeing
"The Hateful Eight" since I read the movie was going to be shot in Ultra Panavision 70. In Germany only four 70mm
prints were distributed to the movie theatres still capable of
projecting 7OMM, including the cinema next door to me. |
 The
Hateful Eight" 7OMM
Road Show Gala
premiere in Berlin
Tuesday 26. January
2016
By Gerhard Witte
"The Hateful Eight"
7OMM Road Show Gala
premiered at the Zoo
Palast in Berlin
(Germany) Tuesday
26. January 2016.
Gerhard Witte, local
in70mm.com reporter
was on the spot to
take the pictures.
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"The Hateful Eight"
7OMM Roadshow Gala
premiere in Berlin
Tuesday 26. January
2016 |
 In
Amsterdam 70mm is
reborn!
By Johan Wolthuis
An inquiry among the
visitors, mostly
Tarantino fans,
before the first
full house screening
, why they came to
the EYE for
Tarantino's movie
(they have to take
the ferry crossing
the harbour) instead
of the easier way to
see it in the inner
town of Amsterdam,
resulted in the same
answer from all: "We
want to see it the
way Tarantino has
meant it: in 70mm!"
So that is the
reason, not the
enormous publicity! |
  7OMM
Kommer Tillbaka till Stockholm!
Av Bengt Fredén
Jag måste också givetvis nämna för er att vi hade mycket stort nöje av
filmen! Att se en 'riktig' analog film i detta superformat är en
upplevelse utöver det vanliga! Speciellt imponerade, förutom de
fantastiska inledande bergsscenerierna i det snöiga Wyoming, var det
mäktiga ljudet - Ennio Morricones specialkomponerade musik, med mystiskt
morrande fagotter, ramade in detta märkliga kammardrama. |
 7OMM Returns to
Stockholm
By Bengt Fredén
Here is a short account of our visit at the projection booth at the
Rigoletto movie theater in Stockholm, and of course also from the screening
of the
three-hour UltraPanavision 70 movie "The Hateful 8" in the evening of
January 10th, 2016. |
 Seeing
the Big Picture
By American
Cinematheque
Requiring special
projector lenses
sent to theaters to
capture the film’s
visual impact,
Quentin Tarantino’s
new Western, THE
HATEFUL EIGHT, was
shot in Ultra
Panavision 70 - the
first such
production since
KHARTOUM. Other
films shot in Ultra
Panavision include
the star-studded
comedy IT’S A MAD,
MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD,
which proved as
side-splitting as it
was
screen-stretching,
and the timeless
classic BEN HUR,
whose famous chariot
race used the edges
of the image to keep
audiences on the
edge of their seats. |
 The
Hateful Eight in
London at The Odeon
Leicester Square
By Mark Lyndon &
Ben Wales
Make no mistake,
this is a landmark
in the history of
the cinema. Odeon
have risen
magnificently to the
challenge of
catering to record
breaking demand to
see a film which is
the talk of the
town. We have never
seen such massive
crowds in Leicester
Square, all
determined to secure
a seat to witness
the must see film of
the year, if not the
century so far.
|
 The
Adventures of Hateful 8 at Rigoletto!
By Mats Kullander
To cut toilet line on the balcony during intermission, I went down and let
people use “my” toilet, at the same time showing them the projectors and
film. It really was a terrific “family gathering” and all sold out in the
booth. I had to promise some of them a visit after the performances. At
01:50 AM I had shown the film to almost 2.300 fans and didn't leave the
cinema until 02:45 after the last curious person had left the booth. I must
say that this is some kind of peak in my long career. |
 Ultra
Violence in Ultra Panavision and Poetic Glory in Cinerama
Reviewed by Mark Lyndon
"The Hateful Eight" is ugly, violent, gory and brutal. it also contains some
of the most hauntingly beautiful and poetic imagery ever projected in a
cinema. If at all possible, it must be seen in Ultra Panavision 70. A huge
amount of courage, dedication and vision has gone into bringing this film to
the big screen, for a mainstream audience to have it's eyes opened to what
cinema is capable of achieving in the hands of a true master. |
 The
HATEFUL 8 @ the SUN theatre
By Bert Murphy
Getting the Projector into the bio was every bit the nightmare I had been
imagining it to be. First, rolling it down the street on casters like an
armoured shopping trolley got a few glances from passing traffic. Then into
the foyer for the next challenge. It wouldn't fit in the lift. No problem;
release the lamp house mount from the pedestal and carry it along behind.
|
 "The
Hateful Eight" Road Show at AFI Silver
By Howard
B. Haas
I
had never seen a movie two days in a row, and never seen a new movie twice
unless I'm travelling and wish to see a historic movie theater but over
Christmas weekend, I enjoyed director Quentin Tarantino's 70mm Roadshow
presentation of the 3 hour epic “The Hateful Eight” two days in a row at the AFI Silver in suburban Washington D.C. |
 "The
Hateful Eight" goes to Russia
By Alex Asp
The HATEFUL EIGHT will be released on one 70mm screen in Moscow on January
1st, 2016 - In the biggest auditorium of OCTOBER cinema. They have located
fully preserved an fully functional KINOTON FP75E. The Russian dubbed
soundtrack will be played using the only surviving DTS set of equipment. |
 Christopher
Nolan to Direct
Thriller “Dunkirk”
in 65mm
Christopher Nolan
will direct
“Dunkirk” from his
own original
screenplay. An epic
action thriller,
“Dunkirk” is set
during the legendary
evacuation.
Warner Bros.
Pictures is
distributing
“Dunkirk” worldwide
and has slated the
film for a July 21,
2017 release. The
film will be
released
theatrically on
IMAX, 70mm, 35mm and
all other screens. |
• Go to
Quentin Tarantino's
"The Hateful Eight" |
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 What
did you think about the 7OMM Road Show Version of The Hateful Eight?
Thoughts and impressions of the new film, and the roadshow presentation in your area. What did it look like, did the
theatre give you a good experience, did the theatre sell souvenir programs,
was it sold out, how far did you drive to see it in 7OMM, did the show live
up to your expectations, and why etc., etc. If this is your first 7OMM, what
do you think about it? Anything that comes into your mind about this event. |
 70MM
at the Schauburg. Todd-AO Festival Report
By Thomas Hauerslev
Every year in October a group of around 200 people meet in a cinema in
Baden-Württemberg, in the south of Germany. A large part of the audience
comes from Germany of course, but there are guests from all over Europe, the
United States and as far away as Japan. What are they doing? They are
watching classic 70MM films, many of which they often have seen many times
before. |
 Scent of Mystery
lives again!
By Tammy Burnstock
Fifty-five years after its original scented release, Scent of Mystery (AKA
Holiday in Spain) lives once again in glorious Smell-O-Vision! In two
special events: for the Widescreen Weekend Festival, Bradford UK and in
front of a full house at the Danish Film Institute in Copenhagen, the movie
was screened with a new experimental participatory scent track. |
• Go to
"The
Hateful Eight" 70mm
Theatre List
• Go to
"The Hateful Eight"
Production Notes |
 About
"Scent of Mystery"
By Jack Cardiff
How did I come to direct 'Scent of Mystery'? Well, I had quite a success
on a previous film, "Sons and Lovers", and I suppose the natural thing...
I had met Michael Todd's father who died, and he had wanted me to direct "Don Quixote". But nothing
finally came of it because he died soon after that. But I was
automatically chosen for 'Scent of Mystery'. As I say, I was very
pleased because it was something that had interested me for years- and I
still have an interest in it. But it was such a sad thing that the film
was made... as integral part of the film was of course the use of
smells, and it didn't come off because the smells were nothing, they
were a fake. |
 A
Brief History about Hans Laube
By Carmen Laube
Hans Laube was born in Zurich on February 21, 1900. He passed away in NYC
in 1976. When Hans was born Queen Victoria was still alive and ruling. His
childhood experiences included witnessing a cortege interrupted by noise
emulating from inside the coffin; the 'body' was still alive! That may have
stimulated his lifelong fear of doctors. A trip to the hospital was just the
first stop on the road to the cemetery.
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Send your impression
to:
mr_in70mm@hotmail.com |
 Information
about "The Golden Head"
By Gerhard Witte
I saw "Milly"
for the first time at Bradford's Widescreen Weekend in 2006. It was well
received. Some opinions about the movie read as follows: An unexpected
delight that was a great deal better than its reputation. "The Golden Head"
was the great surprise and a real treat. Excellent! Great to see the
legendary "The Golden Head"! |
 The Hateful
Eight - Cinemas with the 7OMM Roadshow Version
By Thomas Hauerslev
This Worldwide 7OMM Premiere list has been put together
like a jig-saw puzzle based on what people write on internet foras, people
who write to in70mm.com and theater web sites. This list includes the official Weinsten
7OMM Premiere List of US Cinemas. |
 The
DP75 Story
By Colin Bainbridge
''Following the DP70 the DP75 projector was a travesty''. This sentiment
has been widely held by many in the past and is maybe understandable
given the striking difference in appearance of the two machines, it is
however a view made perhaps without fully appreciating the design
process and engineering that makes a projector mechanism and why
economic considerations are taken into account when producing what is
essentially a specialised piece of equipment. |
 The Widest Story Ever Told
Von Christian Appelt
Am 12. Oktober 1956 präsentierte MGM Camera 65 im Rahmen
der SMPTE-Konferenz in einer Demonstrationsvorführung. Douglas
Shearer und Robert Gottschalk von Panavision stellten die
Flexibilität des Formats heraus. “Vom Standpunkt des Produzenten
aus ist die Wahlmöglichkeit des endgültigen Verleihformats
einer der Vorzüge dieses 65-mm-Verfahrens” |
•
Go to
The Widest Story Ever Told |
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 70MM Film
Print and Projection Details
By Paul Rayton
All 70mm prints for platter houses in the US will be shipped out entirely
assembled. The prints are being built
up by a selected crew working near Magic Mountain (Santa Clarita), CA. The prints will be in one single transport case, custom made for the show.
A large, flat case, similar to those sometimes used to transport Imax 70mm
prints, back in the day.
• Go to
The
Todd-AO Projector |
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• Go to
7OMM Seminar, Kino Mir 70, Krnov, Czech
Republic |
• Go to
Stanley Kubrick's
"2OO1: A Space
Odyssey" |
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Go to Philips DP75s |
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