A Magnificent Todd-AO Day in Sweden |
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| Written and photographed by: Thomas Hauerslev. | Date: 17.03.2013 |
 The
Royal in Malmö, Sweden, on a freezing cold Saturday morning |
More in 70mm reading: Julie, Sebastian and Zhivago Sebastian and the 70mm Film Royal and the 70mm Film Todd-AO screening: "Those Magnificent Men" Classics at the Royal. The largest screen in Sweden "Doctor Zhivago" at the Royal This was a thrill |
 Here
he is, retired opera singer and 70mm fan, Sebastian Rosacker, who rented the
Royal and invited 300 of his friends to come and enjoy "Mag Men" in Todd-AO
with him. |
Interview With
Projectionist Hans Braman, Royal, Malmø, Sweden Internet link: |
 Visitors
from Denmark, Projectionist Tommy and his lovely partner Anne drove 500 km
from Sønder Saltum in Jylland to see 70mm. Tommy once showed "War and Peace"
in 70mm at
Biografen, Nørresundby. |
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 Örjan
and Linda Lindberg from Malmö, spending an afternoon to experience "The
Splendour of Todd-AO" in a BIG cinema. |
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 Maria
and Thomas Hauerslev (the editor of this web site) came over from
Copenhagen. Note Sebastian's purpose made poster above the doors - including
a 70mm logo |
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 Among
the guests was
Hans "Hasse" Braman,
former projectionist at the Royal - now retired |
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 Sebastian
and a fan #1 - his mother. |
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 Sebastian
organizing the last tickers to be handed out. Sebastian also had souvenir
flyers printed for this event. |
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 Another
Dane, Projectionist Jan Niebuhr
chatting with Sebastian |
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 Jan
and friend Søren Hylgaard, award winning Danish film composer and friend of
the late Ron Goodwin. |
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 Yet
another dane, projectionist Torben Abraham and wife. |
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 Sebastian
had decorated the Royal with stills and posters from "Mag Men". |
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 The
Todd-AO logo was there too.... |
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 The
small foyer of the Royal with audience - note the TV screens with "Mag Men"
displays. |
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 This
is what it is all about - 70mm - BIG images. Pink, but BIG. The 70mm print
was worn here and there, but generally in OK condition considering it's
probably from the original release in 1965. |
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 Swedish
re-wind table with a reel on display. |
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 Maria
and Thomas posing on front of the Philips DP70 projector. |
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 Projectionist
Bengt Sandberg posing with a 70mm strip of "Mag Men. |
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 A
"close-pose", or perf-check for the photographer. |
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 The
five transportation boxes. The film is stored in a freezer in Stockholm. |
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 The
DP70 - in pink. |
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 The
interior of the Royal. Royal and the 70mm Film |
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 Rikke
and Orla Nielsen from Aalborg in Denmark - who also drove 500 km to see film
in Todd-AO. Orla manages the
"Biffen"
with 3 cinemas, two of which can run 70mm. The largest, and only,
double-screen 70mm installation in Denmark. |
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 The
audience - more than 300 - very cheery, and they gave Sebastian a
well-deserved round of applause after his introduction. |
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 Linda
and Örjan from Malmö. |
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 This
is what it all about - FLYING MACHINES. Note the dark corners of the screen
- this is because it is a 3D "Silver Screen". Unfortunately, the light
reflection is a bit uneven - the "hot spotting" is clearly visible. |
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 Audience
looking at the screen. |
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 More
audience |
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 ...and
more... |
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 Maria
and Thomas |
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 Directed
by the late and great
Ken Annakin. |
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 More
foreign guest had flown in to see "Mag Men". Here it is Margaret Weedon and
Mark Lyndon from London saying something to Sebastian. |
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 Sebastian
says goodbye to his guests after the film. |
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 Last
curtain at the Royal for 70mm this time.....maybe 70mm will return to Royal?SEBASTIAN!!!!!!! Run it, and we will come...... |
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