70MM NEWS HOT OF THE PRESS
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 Exhibitor's
Toolkit: Re-awakening "dormant" 35/70mm machines
By 65/70mm Workshop
A guide to re-activate 70mm capability, using existing
35/70mm equipment currently configured for 35mm-only. |
 "Cinerama
Adventure" finally on DVD
"CA" is released as part of the de-luxe DVD version of MGM's
Cinerama landmark film "How The West Was Won" |
 In
the Splendour of 70mm in Copenhagen
By Brian Guckian
An almost overwhelming weekend of visual and aural
experience - here is the first review
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 "Samsara"
in 65mm
By Mark Magidson
Ron Fricke will photograph in 65mm using both standard
frame rates and a motion control time-lapse camera designed
specifically for this project. |
 70mm
in Copenhagen
See images from the Festival, people, projection,
staff and much more as the days went by. |
 Krnov_70mm Report
By Thomas Hauerslev
They are doing a marvellous job at the Kino Mir 70
keeping the best movie experience alive by waving the 70mm
flag. |
 Charlton
Heston
By Rick Mitchell
If there was one actor who symbolized the 70mm roadshow era of the
Fifties and Sixties, it was Charlton Heston. |
 "Doctor
Zhivago" at the Royal - the Gallery
By Thomas Hauerslev
See some highlights from Saturday's screening of "Doctor
Zhivago" in Malmø, Sweden |
 All
the RAMAs in the World
All readers are invited to send in their RAMAS. See the list
as it grows longer and longer. |
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WHAT PEOPLE HAVE SAID ABOUT IN70MM.COM
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Dear Thomas,
... thank god for your love and enthusiasm for your subject - Stanley [Kubrick] would have liked you!
Very best,
Leon Vitali, England (11.02.2003)
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Dear Thomas,
You are making a remarkable contribution to 70mm history. Your vast research and reporting on the subject are
extraordinary.
Congratulations and please accept my encouragement to continue your
exceptional endeavor.
Best wishes, Dick Vetter, USA (28.09.2002)
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DIMENSION 150
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 Dimension 150
By Grant Lobban
Cineramas chief rival, a scaled-up version of a
driving simulator known simply as D-150
About D-150:
Ressources |
Who's
Who | Specifications
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Cinemas |
Super Curvulon
D-150 Films: The Bible |
Harmony:
Nature and Man | Patton
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Driving Simulator Introduction
By S. F. Hulbert and C. K. Wojcik
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ULTRA PANAVISION 70
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Ultra
Panavision 70 - An Introduction
By Rick Mitchell
Applying anamorphic elements to the basic Todd-AO format
to achieve a wider image
Ultra Panavision 70 70mm projection lens |
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5 YEARS AGO - 2003 |
"Meet The Chief"
- Jan Niebuhr
by Thomas Hauerslev
"Where the Trains Used to Go"
by Morten Skallerud
Cinerama and Todd-AO at the Syossett
by Jo Kelley
The Big And The Little Image
By Bill Cobbs
Working for Louis deRochemont
By Borden Mace
The Birth of the Todd-AO Process
by Dr. Brian O´Brien
The Original First-Week Engagements Of “Star Wars”
By Mike Coate
The Original 70mm engagements Of
"Close Encounters Of The Third Kind"
By Coate and Kallay
The Original 70mm engagements
Of "Alien"
By Coate and Kallay |
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10 YEARS AGO - 1998 |
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3 Falke Bio, Copenhagen, Denmark
- The First Todd-AO Theatre in Scandinavia
Life With THX In Hollywood Part 2
Time Traveling to the New Neon
"Mulan" in 70mm at the
Hollywood Bowl
A "Titanic" Day Out
..in 70mm in Aalborg. A 70mm
get together at "Biffen"
Jan Jacobsen - His Story
Pik-A-Movie
"Ryan´s Daughter" Revisited
The Biggest format in the Smallest
Cinema
ABC Shaftsbury Avenue 1+2,
London, England
The Miracle of Todd-AO Final
review May 1, 1956
Obituary - Jan
Jacobsen
Jan Jacob Kotte |
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14 YEARS AGO - 1994 |
65mm
Todd-AO Concept Tests
Biffen -
70mm cinema profile
The
70mm Promotion Tour 1994 Part #1 |
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IN70MM.COM STAFF
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Thomas Hauerslev (Copenhagen, Denmark), chief editor
and generally in charge of everything
Bill Lawrence (Halifax, United Kingdom), Widescreen
Weekend organizer and in charge of communication
Paul Rayton (Hollywood, USA), chief proof reader and
industry liason |
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RESTORATION
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 Film
Restoration on the eve of the Millennium
By Robert Harris
Restoring CinemaScope 55
Comment about 70mm Restoration |
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 IN70MM.COM
IN GERMAN
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Jean
Pierre Gutzeit:
Zur drohenden
Schließung des Berliner ROYAL-PALAST |
Clemens Scherer:
Rückblick auf das Karlsruher Wochenende 2005 |
Grant Lobban:
Grant's Blow-up Blog |
Grant Lobban:
Eine historische Betrachtung
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 IN70MM.COM
IN FRENCH
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Jean-René
FAILLIOT:
La
restauration de "Play Time" |
Sylvian Coudène:
Le CAPRI
Juan Les Pins
Loïc LEDEZ: Meet the Chief |
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COMING SOON
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- Presentation notes for "Doors", "Born on the 4th of July", "Die
Hard II", "Spaceballs" and "Barry Lyndon"
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THE 70MM RUMOR MILL
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MAY 2008
New 70mm print of "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"
is in the pipeline. New 70mm print of "Khartum" shown
18.05.2008.
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APRIL 2008
Some scenes for "Quantum of Solace" are
filmed in 65mm.
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MARCH 2008
Martin Scorsese is using 65mm
cameras on his new film "Shutter Island".
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65/70MM WORKSHOP
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 Upgrading systems to 9-Channel [5 Stage, 3
Surround, 1 Sub]
By 65/70mm Workshop
A concept for the practical application of a new
9-channel (8.1) sound format across 70mm and other
theatrical exhibition platforms. |
 Time To Wake The Sleeping Giant - Take 2
By 65/70mm Workshop
Keeping the theme of "Waking the Sleeping Giant" well to the
fore, let us look at this from the Exhibitor’s point of view.
Three main questions often spring to mind.
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 65/70mm Economics
By 65/70mm Workshop
The additional $700,000 to shoot 65mm thus represented an
increase of just 2.4% over the cost of shooting on 35mm |
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SHORT FILM PROJECTS
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 "As
Good as it Gets" 70mm Demo
By Rick Mitchell
I had not seen new 65mm material for years. This looked
TERRIFIC! The detail was breathtaking. Little grain was visible,
from the seventh row. |
 "As Good as it
Gets" Credits
By Thomas Hauerslev
The credits for the large format short demo film put
together for www.in70mm.com |
 "The
Witness"
"Rheged:
The Lost Kingdom"
"100%"
"Tour Eiffel"
"Svalbard - Arctic Seasons" |
John
O'Callaghan - 70mm Short Film Maker
O'Callaghan has made two short films in 65mm. |
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RAMA-O-GALORE
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 Dick Babish:
How Cinerama got the name "Cinerama"
Greg Kimble: Cinerama's 50th
Anniversary
Greg Kimble: How The West Was Won -
in Cinerama
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 The
true history of Circlorama
By Stanley Long
I was asked if I might be interested in making a film
for Circlorama |
 Kinopanorama
history and
about the
production of "Chastity Truth and Kinopanorama"
Kinopanorama press release.
John Steven
Lasher's Kinopanorama, the
camera
and the film
"Bounty" |
 Dave Strohmaier:
Cast
& Credits and update 2002
Telluride
2002
Cinerama
Adventure Review |
 Swissorama
By Lukas Piccolin
The world’s first large format seamless 360° film within a special
theatre. |
All
the RAMAs in the World
All readers are invited to send in their RAMAS. See the list
as it grows longer and longer. |
The Danes
and the Windjammer
by Borden Mace
"Winning is not everything – it’s how you play the
game."
Will "Windjammer"
Return to Oslo |
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The
International Cinerama Society |
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OTHER THAN 70MM
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 "Keepers
of the Frame"
By Randy Gitsch
The documentary to examine the history, science and struggles of those committed to film
preservation. |
 The
Poster Art of Howard Terpning
A Pictorial Presentation
See the gallery of classic posters |
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SENSURROUND
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 About
Sensurround
Presenting "Earthquake" in
Bradford
By Darren Briggs
How
Sensurround got me through college
By Greg Battas |
 Sensurround for Earthquake Commemoration
By Larry the O, Meyer
Sound
Resurrecting Sensurround for Earthquake Commemoration |
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ON THE PATH OF HISTORY
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The 70mm
Promotion Tour
By Thomas Hauerslev
On the trail of "Windjammer"
in Oslo
By Thomas Hauerslev
Cinerama
Afterglow
By David Joachim
Time Traveling to the New Neon
By David Page
Historical
Wide Screen Gathering
By Thomas Hauerslev
This is Oyster
Bay
By Thomas Hauerslev |
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70MM DTS
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 What is DTS 70mm?
DTS Special Venue
By Peter Fearn & Paul Rayton
"Idependence
Day"
"Pearl
Harbour",
“Dinosaur",
"Mulan"
Millenium Dome
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70MM FILM FESTIVALS
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 4th
Todd-AO Festival 2008
By Thomas Hauerslev
No time to waste - here's the 2008 festival page at the
Schauburg in Karlsruhe. |
 Widescreen
Weekend 2009
By Thomas Hauerslev
Our friends at 20th Century Fox have
promised us a NEW Dimension 150 print of "The
Bible...in the Beginning". Come and see it,
at the 14th Widescreen Weekend in Bradford,
England. |
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70MM FILMS AND DEMOS IN PROGRESS
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 "Samsara"
in 70mm
By Ron Fricke
"Samsara" will
be a unique two hour experience and should be
presented as a film event. |
 Vistamorph
- alternative to 65mm
By Chris O'Kane
Vistamorph can produce spectacular wide screen films and
emulates Cinerama in scale |
 Super Dimension 70
By Bob Weisgerber
A new, improved 70mm presentation process which is 70mm film, with the
usual aspect ratio and projected at 48 frames per second. |
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ESSENTIAL 70MM READING FROM THE VAULT
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 Grant's
Blow-up Blog
By Grant Lobban
A blow-up is the term used to describe a 70mm print made
by enlarging, smaller formats, usually
those on 35mm film. |
 In the Splendour
of 70mm
By Grant Lobban
The definitive story of 70mm film and wide
screen. |
 Restauration of "Play Time"
By Jean-René FAILLIOT
Restoration and reprinting the movie in its original 70mm version |
 "The
Tale of Old Whiff" Review
By F Gwynplaine MacIntyre |
 Walter
Siegmund Interview
By Thomas Hauerslev
The early days of Todd-AO, Dr. Brian O´Brien and
Mike Todd. Recorded July 2002 in Copenhagen, Denmark |
 To
Split or not to Split
By Keith Swadkins
It was inevitable that Hollywood turned to producing pseudo-Cinerama
movies. |
 The
Technirama Story
By Grant Lobban
Technicolor decided to introduce its own proprietary
widescreen process - Technirama. |
 Movies
are never what they seem
By Keith Swadkins
Have you ever wondered where your favorite
movie was actually shot? |
The Work of Jan
Jacobsen
By Gerhard Fromm |
The Lingering Reek of
“Smell-O-Vision”
By Patrick J. Kiger and Martin J. Smith |
Cinerama Down
Under
By David Coles |
70mm Come
Back!!!
By Rick Mitchell |
Looking for
DEFA 70
By Ingolf Vonau |
The Wide Screen Revolution (1952
- 1970): Roll The End Credits?
by Rick Mitchell |
The Bat Wispers
by Rick Mitchell |
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WINDOW OF THE WORLD
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 How
"Far and Away" became 65mm
By Mikael Salomon
"Far and Away" began as a small film which Ron and I
talked about making, while shooting "Backdraft" |
 The
CinemaScope Trail
By Thomas Hauerslev
Francois CARRIN and Thomas persued the birthplace of
CinemaScope in Nice, France |
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TODD-AO
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 The Birth of the Todd-AO Process
by Dr. Brian O´Brien
Todd-AO:
How it all Began
By Brian O'Brien, Jr.
Distortion - Correcting Printing Process
By Grant Lobban
Todd-AO: The Show of
Shows
By John Belton
The Amazing
Optical Adventure of Todd-AO
By
Jeff Hecht
Hollywood Comes to
American Optical Company
Roy C. Gunter Jr., The Southbridge News
Todd-AO
Mark III printer principle.
Cinestage
"The Miracle of Todd-AO" Final review of 1956
1953 Todd-AO Concept Test
Todd-AO at “Sea”
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