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LATEST 70MM NEWS AND FEATURES
"Star Wars" Presented in Dimension 150 By Derek Young When "Star Wars" premiered in London in 1977, it was the last film to be presented in Dimension 150 at the Odeon Marble Arch
"Windjammer" and "This is Cinerama" released Blu-ray and DVD By Flicker Alley Now digitally remastered, the color, the music, the true artistry of these classics are reborn. Release date is medio September 2012, in conjunction with Cinerama's Official 60th Anniversary.
“The CINERAMA story” By Johan Wolthuis A brand new publication from International 70mm Publishers, about the unique large format process which has been brought back to life by the unbelievable work done by Dave Strohmaier and Randy Gitsch
Widescreen Weekend "Audience on Stage" By Thomas Hauerslev The stage nearly collapsed this Sunday morning from acute 70mm and Cinerama overload - no, not really, but a very enthusiastic audience did go on stage to have their picture taken. See the image and download for free
Cinerama's Ramine visits Widescreen Weekend 2012 By Thomas Hauerslev Ramine was in "South Seas Adventure", and attended the Cinerama world premiere in 1958, and again for the digital world premiere of the same film in 2012.
It Can't Be Done, but Here it is, 16mm to 70mm blow up For years I have had this small advert in my collection. If any of readers have more information about "The Concert for Bangladesh" being show in 70mm, please let the editor know.
Frieseke & Hoepfner FH99 By Hans-L Wißkirchen Less than 50 FH99 70mm machines were made. It had a lot of advantages and the design was strictly modular. The FH 99 could be assembled as left or right machine, because every part from the film path could be turned left /right and/or upside down during assembling.
Ladies and Gentlemen, This is Cinerama! By Thomas Hauerslev Cinerama's 60th anniversary is celebrated in 2012, with the digital re-release of the original 3-strip film on Blu-ray and in selected theatres. Cinerama premiered in 1952 and revolutionized the exhibition industry with wide screns and 7-channel stereophonic sound
Event at the Cinerama Dome By Tom March Debbie Reynolds signed autographs and posed for pictures after doing a couple of takes of her scene in "In the Picture".
"Napoleon" Conquers USA By Mark Lyndon The audience gasped audibly, then cheered wholeheartedly when the screen opened up to reveal the world famous ‘Napoleon triptych’. The Eagle of Destiny had landed.
"Samsara" is a Triumph of the Moving Image By Mark Lyndon We are shown potent and compelling images of birth and death: the face of Tollund Man, contrasted with an intimate portrait of an embryo in late development, followed by the funeral of a man in his prime, lovingly placed in a gun shaped coffin.
50th anniversary restoration of "Lawrence of Arabia" will be screened 19. May in 4K at the 2012 Cannes Festival in France.
2011 TODD-AO FESTIVAL
Für jeden etwas auf dem 7. Todd-AO 70mm Festival im Schauburg Filmtheater Von Brian Guckian Das diesjährige 70mm Festival lockte Gäste aus ganz Europa, einige kamen sogar aus den USA angereist. Die Teilnehmer erhielten eine ausführliche Festival-Broschüre, die den sowohl lehrreichen als auch unterhaltsamen Aspekt des Festivals auswies, das für alle ernsthaften Freunde des Filmes und des Kinos ein „Muss“ ist.
I continue to be impressed by the dedication you have to the continuing wellbeing of 70mm. I would like you to have met my colleague and friend, the late Robert Gottschalk, founder and driving force of Panavision. He was of the unshakeable opinion that picture quality, real picture QUALITY, depended on a big piece of negative, the bigger the better.
All good wishes, Sir Sydney Samuelson, December 2009
Philips' “All Purpose” projector DP70 The Cinema Department of the Philips works in Eindhoven were asked to develop a special projector which had to be suitable for running 70mm films with 6 magnetic sound tracks and which after replacement of some easily removable parts could be made suitable for 35mm too.
"Encourage film makers to produce and make new films in 65mm, present them in 70mm with 6-track discrete digital sound on big curved screens".
"The 70mm Association Newsletter" was the "voice" of The International 70mm Association.
For 7 years, when the magazine was produced regularly, it was edited and published in Copenhagen. The magazine was never a commercial venture - nor was it intended to be. It had a lot of fans and the number of subscribers climaxed in 2000. The last issue was published in the fall of 2001. Special edition issues 68, 69 & 70 have been made for the Widescreen Weekend.
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"Waking the Sleeping Giant" - Research and Findings By 65/70mm Workshop This Paper questions the dominant belief that digital acquisition and presentation of movie content will entirely supercede motion picture-based film production and exhibition.
Todd-AO Birth date By Brian O'Brien On October 15th, 1952 I received a phone call from a Michael Todd in New York City, who wished to come to see me at Rochester that evening. I had never heard of Todd, but it seems that he is a well-known Broadway producer.
CINERAMA 2012 - First day of shooting "In the Picture" By Michael J Cahill It is Saturday January 14, 2012 and today the Barn is the centerpiece for a brief scene in an all-new short film for Cinerama called “In the Picture”, produced by Anthony Saenz and directed by Dave Strohmaier.
The hunt for RAMA All readers are invited to send in their RAMAs. The "Rama" page, now in its 5th year. More than 100 new and vintage RAMAs documented so far. Send your RAMA now!
• The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm 2012 Review By Mark Lyndon • David Strohmaier/Randy Gitsch Interview By Mark Lyndon • A Visit to ARRI In München By Thomas Hauerslev • Sales Manual For Louis De Rochemont's Windjammer By The Cinemiracle Process • Photo visit to Gulliver Arane 65/70mm Laboratory By Thomas Hauerslev • Photo visit to Cinema Circulaire 360 By Thomas Hauerslev • Widescreen pre-history By Mark Trumpeteler • 70mm in Innsbruck, Austria By Jean Pierre Gutzeit • Todd-AO Locations in Salzburg By Thomas Hauerslev • Horizontal VistaVision Projector By LARRY DAVEE, Century Projector Corporation • A Conversation With Sir Sydney Samuelson By Thomas Hauerslev • Cinerama Arrives By William R Latady • Widescreen at teh World's Fairs from the years 1900 to 2000 By Alain Dorange • The REX Theatre in Paris By Alain Dorange