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Widescreen Weekend 2009
Come and see
Cinerama and 70mm in all its splendour
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Read more
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The 70mm Newsletter
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| Text by: Thomas Hauerslev |
Date:
13.05.2008 |
 We
hope many of you will Travel
to Bradford and see Cinerama and 70mm in
all its splendour.
We hope to include new 70mm prints from 20th Century Fox and MGM
in all their 70mm screen splendour. Our
friends in Hollywood are working hard to get the next 70mm print ready for public
screening. "Year Of The Dragon"
in 70mm is also a possibility, but too early to confirm.
We will again include the usual mix of lectures, screen talks, format demonstrations, Todd-AO, Super Technirama
70, 3-strip Cinerama,
Panavision 70 and blowups on screens
in all size and shapes.
Travel to Bradford to get the first
person experience at the Pictureville cinema in Bradford, England from
20 March - 23, 2009.
Bill Lawrence &
Thomas Hauerslev
Film Programmers
Bradford
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More
in 70mm reading:
Widescreen Weekend home
2009 Galleries: Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday
Cinerama at the
Pictureville Cinema
65/70mm Workshop
Internet link:
National
Media Museum
Bradford Film Festival |
Pictureville Seating
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 Pictureville Seating lay-out. Click to enlarge
Widescreen Weekend Passes will go on
sale in early January 2009.
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100th
anniversary of Michael Todd
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 2009
is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Mike Todd.
What is Todd-AO?
"TODD-AO 70mm film, plus the TODD-AO special camera, plus the
TODD-AO newly developed 6 channel high fidelity magnetic sound,
plus the TODD-AO "all purpose" 70mm projector and the great
arched TODD-AO screen equal the most revolutionary of all screen
inventions, with clarity of perspective, detail and color
reproduction never before achieved. As a result, with TODD-AO,
audience participation now has its fullest and truest
expression. Todd-AO is the dream of Michael Todd, plus the
technical skills of the American Optical Company whose research
staff headed by Dr. Brian O'Brien, jointly succeeded in
developing "a motion picture system that would photograph action
in a very wide angle....with one camera....on one strip of
film....to be projected from a single projector....on a very
wide screen....with a quality so perfect that the audience would
be part of the action, not just passive spectators.
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The Bible...in the Beginning
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 New
Dimension 150 70mm
print of "The Bible...in the Beginning"
"The Bible...in the Beginning"
(2:54) (+ intermission).
Filmed in:
65mm, 5 perforations, 24 frames per second.
Principal photography in: Dimension 150. Presented:
On the curved screen in a new 70mm print with the D-150
Super
Curvulon
lens. Sound: DTS Special Venue 6-track Todd-AO layout.
Aspect ratio: 2,21:1. Country of origin: USA. Production year:
1966
World Premiere: 28.09.1966, State Cinema, New York.
Director by John Huston. Screenplay by Vittorio Bonicelli and
Christopher Fry. Produced by Dino De Laurentiis. Original music by Toshirô
Mayuzumi. Cinematography by Giuseppe Rotunno. Edited by Ralph Kemplen
Michael Parks (Adam), Ulla Bergryd (Eve), Richard Harris (Cain), John Huston
(Noah / Voices of God, The Serpent / Offscreen Narrator), Stephen Boyd
(Nimrod), George C. Scott (Abraham), Ava Gardner (Sarah), Peter O'Toole (The
Three Angels), Gabriele Ferzetti (Lot), Franco Nero (Abel)
About Dimension 150
About the
Super
Curvulon lens
New 70mm print courtesy Schaun Belston, 20th Century Fox Library Services,
Los Angeles, USA |
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Friday
20 March 2009
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Reception
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 17:00 Reception for weekend delegates in the Kodak Gallery
Images from the 2008 reception
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Saturday
21 March 2009
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Sunday
22 March 2009
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Cineramacana
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 10:00 – 12:30 Cineramacana including the odd surprise and the Academy of the
Widescreen Weekend presentation.
We are inviting all fans of 70mm
to bring with them any unusual pieces of 70mm film that they would like to
see on the curved Cinerama screen to be shown in Cineramacana on Sunday
March 9, 2008. If you could warn us in advance that would be helpful.
One of the most popular events of the Widescreen Weekend and a
great way to wake up on a Sunday morning, Cineramacana brings
together all those little bits and pieces that lie around in
people’s cupboards or on dusty shelves in archives and seldom
see the light of a projector. Over the years there have been
some magical discoveries and nobody knows what will be shown
until the event itself. Even then there is the occasional
surprise.
And there will just be time for the traditional
Audience on stage photograph of all the WSW delegates.
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Monday
23 March 2009
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| How to get there: |
 How to travel to Bradford
By Paul Rayton
No matter where you are coming from (unless you are
already in the UK), you have to get there by air plus
some kind of ground transportation.
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Widescreen Weekend 2009
70mm Festival
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Friday, 20. March |
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Saturday, 21 March |
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Sunday, 22 March |
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Monday, 23 March |
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FULL PRICE FULL PASS -
£__
CONCESSION PRICE (Senior Citizen or student) FULL PASS - £__
This includes a reserved seat for every event/film during
the weekend, but all delegates must state which events they
want to go to. If there are any events they do not want to
attend, it means we can sell that seat to a member of the
public. If an event sells out, it means we don't have empty
seats, even though they have been covered by a pass.
Individual screenings will be £___ / £____,
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Film Festival Rates March 2009:
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The Midland
Hotel is providing a ‘package’ for attendees, which will be on a 2, 3 or
4 night basis. Rates are as follows and will not be available any cheaper
elsewhere.
Bed & Breakfast for 2 nights @ £__.__ per person per night sharing
a Standard Double/Twin bedroom.
Bed & Breakfast for 3 nights @ £__.__ per person per night sharing a
Standard Double/Twin bedroom. 3 night reservation will be upgraded, subject
to availability, and will be given a complimentary bottle of wine in their
bedroom upon arrival.
Bed & Breakfast for 4 nights @ £__.__ per person per night sharing a
Standard Double/Twin bedroom. 4 night reservation will receive the above and
Dinner complimentary on one of the evenings.
*Premium bedroom supplement of £__.__ per person per night.
*A single supplement of £__.__ applies per room per night.
Dinner will be available from £__.__ person, per night with a Special
Themed Menu running throughout the festival.
Bookings are to be made directly through the Midland Hotel and festival
guests will be advised to quote “Bradford International Film Festival” when
booking.
Details for contacting the
Midland
are + 44 1274 7357835
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Other Bradford Hotels |
Holiday
Inn Express
Prices from £__ per room per night
+44 0870 850 9083
Great Victoria Hotel Prices from £__ per room per night
+44 01274 728706
This is the Museum's corporate rate, so delegates must state
is on the National Media Museum rate.
Hilton
Hotel
Prices from £__ per room per night
+44 01274 734734 |
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Academy of the Widecreen Weekend
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The past winners are:
2008 -
Bill Lawrence
2007 - David Strohmaier
2006 -
Francois Carrin
2005 -
Paul H. Rayton
2004 - Anthony B. Sloman
2003 - Keith Swadkins
2002 - Willem Bouwmeester
2001 - Thomas Hauerslev (Chairman)
2000 - John Belton
1999 - Howard Rust
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65/70mm Workgroup
Fourth Session |
| During the weekend Mr. Brian Gurkian will host a
1 hour session in the Pictureville foyer. Everyone are
welcome |
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