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"IN 70MM" NEWS
A conversation with John Mitchell
By Cameron  Glendinning
Let's go to Australia and meet a man who has a complete 3-strip Cinerama cinema in his garden. It all started when he heard on the grapevine that a certain storehouse was to be emptied.
Cinerama in Cardif
By Michael Williams
I came across the sound log of the Cinerama crew whilst shooting footage for "Seven Wonders Of The World" and suddenly realised that I had indeed met the Cinerama crew.
Lasse Kolstad passed away
By Kaare Terland
Four days after his ninetieth birthday Lasse Kolstad passed away. He was one of the main actors in Norway and mastered all disciplines from classics to musicals.
The hunt for RAMAs continues
The "Rama" page, now in its 5th year. More than 100 new and vintage RAMAs documented so far from: 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 - send in your RAMA now!
Widescreen Weekend 2012
By Jennifer Hall
Some of the films we will be screening in this years festival are Cinerama's "South Sea Adventure", "The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm", "Around the World in 80 Days" and lots of 60th Anniversary of Cinerama material.
 
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.
Cinerama in Tel Aviv
By Peter Phillips

I used to know one of the technical staff at Cinerama London in the early 1970s and he had been involved with the installation at Tel Aviv
70mm at the Odeon Leicester Sq
By Nigel Wolland
My first involvement with the Odeon Leicester Square came in 1978 when I was invited to help out at the Royal Film Performance, the film was Columbia Pictures', "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", the first to be presented in 70mm Dolby at the Odeon
"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.
Draken - A Brief Technical History
By Adler & Elm
In 1966, Draken was equipped for 70mm projection, with two Zeiss Favorit 70 projectors. The first 70mm presentation was the Metro Goldwyn Mayer production of "Operation Crossbow"
 
 
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5 YEARS AGO - 2007
The true history of Circlorama 1962-65
"Keepers of the Frame" - complete press kit
DEFA 70mm in Oslo

10 YEARS AGO - 2002

Treasures On The Really Big Screen
4 track magnetic stereo at the Egyptian
The Lion King: The IMAX Experience


15 YEARS AGO - 1997
John O'Callaghan 70mm Short Film Maker
Vinterpalatset A Story of Magnificence, Proud and Mourned
Historical Wide Screen Gathering

Cinema Digital Sound
First they moved. Then they talked. Then came alive with color. Now the ultimate sound experience comes to the movies. Introducing CDS, the Boxoffice sensation of the 90s. Available in 35mm and 70mm.
The MGM PANAVISION Enlarged-film System
By
Douglas Shearer
To make our system universally adaptable a 65mm negative has been chosen having standard perforations with the incorporation of a mild anamorphic squeeze in the taking lens system.