| 70MM NEWS - READ BEFORE IT GOES VINEGAR |
 Cinerama
Showcase
By Jim Barg
The idea was to be able to show film in every possible format. We had
35mm, we had 70mm, why not Cinerama? |
 "Digital & 65mm"
book NOW PUBLISHED!
By Johan Wolthuis
International 70mm
Publishers have released their new book during the first week of March 2010. |  KRRR! 5th 70mm Film Fest Krnov
By Jakub Klima
The Kino Mir 70 theatre will again be the meeting point for 70mm film enthusiasts from many European counties. |  Fønix,
Kristianstad, Norway (was Which cinema?)
By Thomas Hauerslev
in70mm.com recently received 6 images of a large unknown 70mm cinema. Maybe the readers of in70mm.com can identify the cinema? |  Original 6-track Mix Recovered and Restored for West Side Story
By Chace Audio By Deluxe
the film helped to establish 6-track stereo sound for the 70mm format, yet the original ground breaking 6-track soundtrack has not been heard in the past 30 years. |  "Captain EO" returning to Disneyland in 70mm
Associated Press
Disney's Heather Rivera says Disneyland will show a 70mm print of the 17-minute movie in the Tomorrowland theater. |  The Lost Dominion 70mm Film Festival
By Paul Gordon
The Lost Dominion Screening Collective is proud to present the first annual 70mm Film Festival at the Canadian Museum of Civilization. |  Fabulous Technicolor! - A History of Low Fade Color Print Stocks
By Les Paul Robley
Technicolor was a major color film process in Hollywood from 1922-1952. Not only did it afford a richer, almost 3-dimensional look to film, but it possessed one very cool quality: It was virtually fade proof! |  A History of Widescreen and Wide-Film Projection Processes
By Les Paul Robley
To supplement 70mm screenings in Los Angeles in April 2008, I thought it might be appropriate to chronicle a brief history of widescreen and wide-film highlights from the birth of cinema to the present day. |   VistaVision Introductions
Von Wolfram Hannemann
Einmal mehr laden wir Sie ein zu einer Reise in die Vergangenheit, als das gute alte Hollywood noch Hollywood war und sich mit wahrem Ideenreichtum gegen die drohende Konkurrenz des Fernsehens zur Wehr setzte. |  VistaVision Review
Von Werner Neuner
Am 6.+7.Juni 2009 fand das 2.Widescreen-Festival in Karlsruhe in der Schauburg statt. Dieses Mal war das Motto „VistaVision, Technicolor und Perspecta Sound“. |  Berg der Kinoträume: Paramounts VistaVision
Von Christian Appelt
Die amerikanische Filmindustrie suchte eine Lösung für ein kaum lösbares Problem: Wie war der Rückgang des Kinobesuchs zu stoppen? |  Roadshow ways to Milan and Melzo: The 70mm Festival Italy 2009
By Jean-Pierre Gutzeit
I was Invited to Milan by Mrs. Luisa Comencini, Fondazione Cineteca Italiana, for the festival „70mm - Bigger than Life” to supplement that project with several 70mm prints and suggestions. |  Limited Time Offer, 70mm T-shirt
By Wolfram Hannemann
I have constantly been asked by widescreen enthusiasts whether my 70mm t-shirt would be available for sale. I have decided to give it a try, and will offer a limited special edition of the „70mm“ t-shirt. |  65/70mm Rules
By Rick Mitchell
Last night at a special program at UCLA's Bridges Theater devoted to unusual film picture and sound formats, two examples of 65mm origination and 70mm presentation were shown. | | | | | | | | |
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| | | NOW SHOWING IN 70MM |  "Earthquake" at the Schauburg
By Wolfram Hannemann
It must have been almost 30 years ago that I first saw "Earthquake" during its initial release here in Germany. "Earthquake" made a huge impression on me. |  6. Todd-AO 70mm-Festival 2010, Karlsruhe, Germany
By Thomas Hauerslev
Schauburg Kino, Karlsruhe October 2009. 70mm films presented in all their screen splendour. |  Widescreen Weekend
By Bill Lawrence
Widescreen weekend runs from 26 - 29 March, 2010. Full program will be available from National Media Museum's web site. | | More Planned 70mm Shows |
| | CINERAMA PAGE |  This is Cinerama...at the London Casino
By W. G. Altria
The London Casino Theatre was selected, after an exhaustive survey, as the best available in London for the showing of Cinerama. Nevertheless, considerable difficulties had to be overcome to make it entirely suitable for the purpose. |  Fred Waller's 1950 Diary
By Thomas Hauerslev
Fred Waller's 1950 desk calendar. A fascinating account about who is visiting Cinerama and Vitarama. | 17.05.2005 Savoy The only Cinerama venue in Finland
08.07.2004 Cinerama at the Plaza
01.12.1997 Vinterpalatset A Story of Magnificence
More Cinerama Saga |
| | THE 70MM NEWSLETTER |  Restoration of "My Fair Lady"
By 20th Century Fox
"My Fair Lady" has undergone a miraculous transformation from tatters to splendour by Robert A. Harris and James C. Katz |  This is Oyster Bay
By Thomas Hauerslev
Behind her house, was Fred Waller's old barn a.k.a. "Waller Stvdio". In this barn all Waller's ideas took form. Water-skis, The Gunnery Trainer, Photometric Fit Picture and Cinerama. | 01.06.1999 The Work of Jan Jacobsen
01.09.1997 Movies are never what they seem
01.12.1998 Jan Jacob Kotte portrait
More The 70mm Newsletter |
| | TODD-AO PAGE |  Robert Hopkins, Inventor of Todd-AO Lens dies
By Sharon Dickman
Robert Hopkins died July 4, he was 94. His lens designs included the Todd-AO lens used to produce high definition, wide aspect-ratio films shot on large format film |  Walter P. Siegmund, a small bio
I was born in Bremen, Germany in 1925. We left for New York and arrived on September 13, 1930 and left immediately for Rochester, New York. | 06.03.2005 Todd-AO 65mm Test
01.12.1995 How Todd-AO Began
15.03.2005 Working for Mike Todd
More Todd-AO Saga |
| | 70MM FILMS IN PROGRESS |  "Samsara" in 65mm
By Mark Magidson and Ron Fricke
Ron Fricke will photograph in 65mm using both standard frame rates and a motion control time-lapse camera designed specifically for this project. |
| | 70MM RESTORATION |  Restoration of "The Alamo"
By Robert A. Harris
MGM and a number of vendors have been very supportive in the effort to save this epic film, and are making contributions. |  Restoration of "PlayTime"
By Jean-René FAILLIOT
I saw about forty 70mm boxes come in; among those are about twenty boxes of 300m. size, quite rusty, but identified as being the original film. I expected the worst. | | xx.xx.2009 Restoration of "Lawrence of Arabia" | | xx.xx.2009 Restoration of "My Fair Lady" | | xx.xx.2009 Restoration of "Spartacus" |
| | WHAT PEOPLE HAVE SAID ABOUT IN70MM.COM | 29.12.2009
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| 65/70MM WORKSHOP |
 Masking Configuration for 70mm Screens
By 65/70mm Workshop
The importance of screen masking generally should not be underestimated or neglected, as it performs an important technical function in enhancing the contrast of projected images. |  Marketing The Premiere Experience
By 65/70mm Workshop
The Workshop has devised a contemporary logo to support The Premiere Experience branding concept. |  70mm: "3-D without glasses", or "The Showmanship Format"
By Tamir Sharif
My slogan for 70mm would be (and this is for 65/70 productions shown in 70mm or SDS-70), "3-D without glasses", or "the showmanship format". | 09.05.2008 Exhibitor's Toolkit
10.12.2006 Shipping Techniques and Costs
06.03.2006 Re-introduction of 70mm
More 65/70mm Workshop |
| | RAMA |  "Windjammer" Press Release
By Strohmaier & Hauerslev
Since summer 2009, David Strohmaier, and John Sittig have spent considerable time to find the best elements of "Windjammer" for DVD and Blu-ray release. More: Telecine, Danish Locations, Sweden saves the day & Contact |  All the RAMAs in the World
All readers are invited to send in their RAMAS. See the list as it grows longer and longer. | | 25.03.2008 "Rama" - In all it's screen 2008 splendour! |
| | THE 70MM RUMOUR MILL | MARCH 2010
"Unknown White Male", directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and shot by Flavio Martinez Labiano AEC, currently filming in Germany, is using the Arri 765 for some scenes (as well as 16mm Ektachrome reversal; most of the film is Super 35)
"Lawrence of Arabia" is being scanned at 8k toward the creation of a
new preservation
negative.
More from the 70mm Rumour Mill |
| | EDITOR'S FAVORITES |  Reclaim the Cinemas! Schauburg's Todd-AO Festivals in Retrospect
By Thomas Hauerslev
During the 1950s and 60s, less than 100 films were made in 65mm. Still, those titles have acquired such an aura of mystique, like the royalty of cinema, that fans are flying in from around the world to see them. |  Ultra Panavision 70, Early lenses
By Tak Miyagishima
These earlier lenses were all engraved as having a power of 1.33X but were never used having that power. We started designing these lenses with the power of 1.33X and had to alter the power but didn’t change the engraving. |  The History of 70mm Short Subjects
By Randy Gitsch
An abbreviated history of ALL widescreen short subjects from July 1896's “Henry Regatta” in 70mm to "The Devil's Mine Ride" in Showscan. |  In the Splendour of 70mm
By Grant Lobban
The definitive story of 70mm film and wide screen. |  The M.C.S.-70 Process and European Cinema of the 1960s
By Christian Appelt
It was a happy chance, that brought together, the MCS company and an inventor and film technician of special genius, the Norwegian Jan Jacobsen |
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