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Edited by: Thomas Hauerslev Date: 14.01.2009

Widescreen Weekend 2009

 
19 March Thursday:
20.00 – 22.30 "The King and I", restored CinemaScope 55 35mm print on the flat screen with Dolby Digital sound

20 March Friday:
10:00 – 11:55 “This is Cinerama” on the curve in 3-strip with 7-track magnetic stereo
12.30 – 14.30 "Taming of the Shrew" On the flat screen in Panavision 70mm with 6-track magnetic stereo
15.00 – 17.00 "Faubourg 36" on the flat screen in a new 70mm print with 6-track DTS soundtrack
17.00 – 18.30 Delegates reception
18.45 – 19.45 Screen talk interview with cast & crew of "Where Eagles Dare" etc
20.00 – 22.55 "Where Eagles Dare" On the ____ screen in Panavision 70mm with 6-track magnetic stereo

21 March Saturday:
10.00 – 11.00 Cinerama Ventures presented by Dave Strohmaier & Randy Gitsch
11.15 – 14.30 "How the West Was Won" in digital + Remastering intro by Dave Strohmaier
15.00 – 18.15 "The Bible...in the beginning" on the curved screen in and 70mm DTS
18.45 – 19.45 At the Cutting Edge of Digital: digital cinema presented by Darren Briggs sponsored by Arts Alliance
20.00 – 22.45 "West Side Story" on the curved screen in a new Super Panavision 70 print on the curve with a new 5.1 digital DTS soundtrack

22 March Sunday
:

09:00 - 10:00 "This is New Zeeland"
10:00 – 12:30 Cineramacana including the odd surprise. Academy of the Widescreen Weekend and Audience on stage
13.00 – 13.30 Richard Burton: Lion of the Welsh presented by Tony Earnshaw
13.30 – 16.15 "Becket" On the flat screen in Panavision 70mm with 6-track magnetic stereo
16.45 – 18.55 "Carousel",  restored CinemaScope 55 35mm print on the flat screen with Dolby Digital sound
19.30 – 22.00 "Khartoum" new Ultra Panavision 70 print on the curved screen with 6-track DTS soundtrack

23 March Monday:
10.00 – 12.15 "Year of the Dragon" On the flat screen in Panavision 70mm with 6-track Dolby stereo
12.45 – 14.45 "The Electric Horseman" On the flat screen in Panavision 70mm with 6-track Dolby stereo
 
Further in 70mm reading:

Widescreen Weekend Home

Pictureville Cinema

Creating the Wide Screen Weekend

Projecting the Wide Screen Weekend

Planning the Wide Screen Weekend

Internet link:

Bradford Film Festival

Widescreen Weekend 2008

 
7 March
10:00 – 11:55 “This is Cinerama” on the curve in 3-strip with 7-track magnetic stereo
13.30 "The Great Escape"
18.30 Cinematic Sound Formats: with Dion Hanson
19:30 "2001: A Space Odyssey" in 70mm Cinerama on the curve with the D-150 lens.

8 March
10:00 “Windjammer” on the curve in 3-strip Cinemiracle with 7-track magnetic stereo
13:30 The Bigger Picture - Tony Sloman
14:45 "The Sand Pebbles"
18:00 The Making of "How the West Was Won"
19:30 "STAR!" On the curved screen in a new   70mm DTS print

9 March
10:00 – 12:30 Cineramacana including the odd surprise. Academy of the Widescreen Weekend and Audience on stage
1.00 Screentalk: Kenneth Branagh + "Hamlet" 70mm
6.00 "Honeymoon"
8.30 "Blade Runner"

10 March
10.30 "Edward Scissorhands" 70mm + "Brainstorm" 70mm
 
 
 
2007

15 March
19:30 "Casino Royale" with David Arnold (he is the film's composer)  on the flat screen in Panavision Super 35 with 6-track digital stereo

16 March

10:00 – 11:55 “This is Cinerama” (1:55) + intermission. On the curve in 3-strip with 7-track magnetic stereo
12:45 – 16:48 “Cleopatra” (4:03) + intermission. On the curved screen in a new   70mm DTS print
17:00 Reception for weekend delegates
18:00 Digital presentation
20:00 – 22:07 “Indiana Jones Last Crusade” (2:07) On the flat screen in Panavision 70mm with 6-track Dolby stereo

17 March
10:00 – 11:43 “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?” (1:43). On the flat screen in Panavision 70mm with 6-track Dolby stereo
12:30 “Larger than Life” (1:00) Making of “Cinerama Adventure”
13:30 – 14:17 “Cinerama Adventure” (1:37) A new 35mm 1,85:1 Dolby Digital print
15:15 Lecture: Richard Gray from the Cinema Theatres Association (about 45 min).
16:15 - 18:52 “How the West Was Won” (2:42) + intermission. On the curve in 3-strip with 7-track magnetic stereo
19:30 – 22:44 “Titanic” (3:14) on the flat screen in a Panavision 70mm DTS 70mm print

18 March
10:00 – 12:30 Cineramacana including the odd surprise. Academy of the Widescreen Weekend and Audience on stage
13:00 Lecture Grant Lobban on “blow ups"
14:00 – 15:53 “Shalako” (1:53) On the flat screen in Franscope 70mm with 6-track magnetic stereo
16:00 Screen Talk: Q/A Euan Lloyd – producer “Shalako”
17:30 - 19:32 "Black Tights" (2:09)
20:00 – 22:18 “Those Magnificent men in Their Flyin Machines, or how I flew From London to Paris in 25 hours and 11 Minutes“ (2:18) + Intermission. On the curved screen in a new   70mm DTS print

19 March
10:30 – 12:50 “Mayerling” (2.20). On the flat screen in Panavision 70mm with 6-track magnetic stereo
 
 
2006

March 9
10:30 “Krakatoa: East of Java” on the curve in 70mm Todd-AO/Super Cinerama with 6-track magnetic stereo
14:00 (changed 5. March from 16:30) “Krakatoa: East of Java” on the curve in 70mm Todd-AO/Super Cinerama with 6-track magnetic stereo
20:00 (changed 5. March from 20:15) "Batman Begins: The IMAX Experience" in 70mm IMAX with 6 track digital stereo

March 10
10:00 “Custer of the West” on the curve in 70mm Super Technirama 70 with 6-track magnetic stereo
13:30 “How the West Was Won” on the curve in 3-strip Cinerama with 7-track magnetic stereo
16:45 Widescreen Welcome - Reception - drinks for the weekend delegates – Kodak gallery
18:15 Tony Cutts 50th Anniversary as projectionist Moderator: Bill Lawrence
19:30 “The Fall of the Roman Empire” on the curve in 70mm Ultra Panavision 70 with 6-track magnetic stereo

March 11
10:00 "The Golden Head" on the curve in 70mm Super Technirama 70 with 6-track magnetic stereo + ”Fortress of Peace” in 70mm MCS-70 Superpanorama with 6-track magnetic stereo
12:00 “Windjammer” on the curve in 3-strip Cinemiracle with 7-track magnetic stereo
15:00 “Zulu” on the flat screen in 35mm Technirama
17:30 “Zulu” cast and crew Moderator: Sheldon Hall
19:30 "South Pacific" on the curve in 70mm Todd-AO with 6-track digital DTS sound

March 12
10:00 Cineramacana including "Stuyvesant", ”Motion” + the odd surprise. Academy of the Widescreen Weekend and Audience on stage
13:00 “The Bible...in the beginning” on the curve in 70mm Dimension 150 with 6-track magnetic stereo
16:15 Richard Vetter in conversation with Thomas Hauerslev about Todd-AO & Dimension 150
17:00 “This is Cinerama” on the curve in 3-strip Cinerama with 7-track magnetic stereo
17:00 70mm Workshop, please gather in the Pictureville foyer
20:00 “Far and Away” on the flat screen in 70mm Panavision Super 70 with 6-track magnetic stereo

March 13
10:30 “Doctor Zhivago” on the flat screen. Photographed in 35mm Panavision and presented in 70mm with 6-track magnetic stereo

 


 
2005

March 10
10:30 "Out of Africa" 70mm 6-track Dolby Stereo on the flat screen
14:00 "STAR!" 70mm 6-track stereo on the curve
19:45 "Out of Africa" 70mm 6-track Dolby Stereo on the flat screen

March 11
10:00 "Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines" 70mm 6-track stereo on the curve
13:00 "Dr. Doolittle" (70mm DTS) on the curve
16.00 Michael Borrows on Gene Kelly
17:00 Reception for weekend delegates
18:00 "Baraka" 70mm on the flat screen
20:00 "Hello, Dolly!" 70mm DTS on the curve

March 12
10:00 "Scent of Mystery" 70mm 6-track stereo on the curve introduced by Jack Cardif
13:00 Lecture "Introduction to Todd-AO" (Thomas Hauerslev)
14:30 "How the West Was Won" in Cinerama on the curve
18:30 Walter Siegmund Q/A about Todd-AO
19:30 "Oklahoma!" + "The Miracle of Todd-AO" 70mm 6-track stereo on the curve

March 13
10:00  Cineramacana with Audience on Stage picture, Academy of the Widescreen Weekend and Projected Pictures Trust by Dion Hanson
13:00 "Amadeus" Directors Cut in 35mm anamorphic on the flat screen
16:45 "The Agony and the Ecstasy" 70mm DTS on the curve
19:30 "The Sound of Music" 70mm DTS on the curve

March 14

10:30 "South Pacific" + "The March of Todd-AO" 70mm 6-track stereo on the curve




 
2004

March 18
19:00 Richard Todd 
19:45 "The Longest Day"

March 19
10:15 "This is Cinerama"
13:30 "Lion In Winter" (70mm) on the curve
16:00 Tom Vincent = VV
17:00 Reception for weekend delegates
17:50 "Vertigo" (VV)  (70mm)
20:15 "Lord Jim" (70mm) on the curve

March 20
10:30 "Cinerama's Russian Adventure" (70mm) on the curve
13:30 "War And Peace" (VV) 
16:30 Herbert Lom + Jack Cardiff 
18:30 John Belton: The Curved screen 
19:15 "It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" (70mm) on the curve

March 21
10:00  Cineramacana with Audience on Stage picture and Academy of the Widescreen Weekend
13:00 "Hamlet" (70mm)
17:00 Alex Thompson 
18:00 Dion Hanson, Perspecta Sound 
18:30 "Forbidden Planet" (CinemaScope)
20:30 "Earthquake" 70mm and
on the curve

March 22

10:30 "55 Days at Peking" in French (70mm) on the curve


 
2003

March 21

13:45 "Spartacus" in Super Technirama 70
17:30 Reception for weekend delegates
18:15 "Forty Guns" black and white CinemaScope
20:00 "2001: A Space Odyssey" in 70mm Cinerama on the curve with the D-150 lens.

March 22
10:15 CinemaScope trailers
12:00 Technical Seminar on Scope lenses – Joe Dunton
14:00 "Search for Paradise" in Cinerama
16:30 "The Ninth Configuration" 35mm anamorphic
19:15 Lecture by Gerry Fisher - shooting film 
20:15 "The Robe" in CinemaScope

March 23
10:15 Cineramacana with Audience on Stage picture and Academy of the Widescreen Weekend
12:45 "Silk Stockings" in CinemaScope
15:00 "Cinerama Holiday" in Cinerama
17:30 Lecture by John Belton
19:00 Masterclass: Michael Deeley
19:45 "The Deer Hunter" in 70mm introduced by Michael Deeley 

March 24
10:30 "The King and I" CinemaScope 55 in Grandeur  70

 
2002

March 15

13:30 "This is Cinerama" in Cinerama
17:00 Widescreen Welcome - drinks for the weekend delegates
20:00 "2001: A Space Odyssey" In 70mm Super Cinerama

March 16
10:00 "Cinerama Holiday" in Cinerama
13:15 Cinerama Technical Seminar
14:15 "How the West Was Won" in Cinerama
17:15 "The Big Trail" in 35mm Grandeur
19:30 "Patton" in Dimension-150 and 70mm DTS

Sunday, March 17
10:00 "Seven Wonders of The Word" in Cinerama
14:00 "Cinerama Adventure"
17:00 Cinerama: The Next 50 Years
19:30 "Where Eagles Dare" in 70mm

Monday, March 18

10:30 "Funny Girl" in 35mm digital sound

 
2001

March 9

14:00 "Windjammer"
19:00 "Heavens Gate" in 70mm 

March 10
10:00 "Cinerama Holiday" in Cinerama
14:00 "How the West Was Won" in Cinerama
19:00 The making of 2001 lecture by Robert Poole
20:00 "2001: A Space Odyssey" in 70mm Super Cinerama

March 11
10:00 Cineramacana including "Internationale", "Grand Prix" promotion trailer and "A trip to Mars" all in 70mm
14:00 "Signals: Adventure to Space" in DEFA 70 on the curve
16:30 "Camelot" in 70mm 
20:15 "2010" in 70mm 

March 12
10:30 "Playtime" in 70mm 

 
2000

March 10

14:00 "Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines" in Todd-AO on the curve. Ken Annakin in person
19:00 "Joan of Arc" in 35mm Dolby Digital

March 11
10:30 "Windjammer"
13:30 "How the West Was Won" in Cinerama
17:45 Lumiere Lecture by John Belton
19:45 "Battle of the Bulge" in 70mm Super Cinerama. Ken Annakin in person

March 12
10:00 Cineramacana including a 35mm Cinerama "break down film", 2 2,55:1 CinemaScope 4-track magnetic shorts, "A Good Ship Citizen" and "A Trip to Mars" both in 70mm DTS on the curve, "A Place to Stand" and "Only Girls of the Sky" - a Russian 70mm short film.
13:15 "Old Shatterhand" in 70mm 
15.30 Fantastic Formats by Dion Hanson
17:45 "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" in 70mm Super Cinerama
20:30 "Baraka" in Todd-AO on the curve

March 13
10:30 "The Longest Day" in 70mm. Ken Annakin in person

 
1999

March 12
19:00 "Titanic" in 70mm DTS

March 13
10:00 "This is Cinerama" in Cinerama
13:00 "Windjammer" in Cinemiracle
15:45 "How the West Was Won" in Cinerama
19:15 "Ben Hur" in Camera 65 on the curve

March 14
10:00 Cineramacana
13:00 "Orpheus in the underworld" in DEFA 70 on the curve
15:00 Widescreen Cinema - Abroad Culture by Sheldon Hall
16:30 "Grand Prix" in 70mm Super Cinerama
20:00 "Porgy and Bess" in 70mm 

March 15
10:30 "Song of Norway" in 70mm Super Cinerama

 
1998

March 13
19:30 "Ryan's Daughter" in 70mm

March 14
10:30 "Windjammer" in Cinemiracle. Louis de Rochemont III in person
13:30 "This is Cinerama" in Cinerama
16.30 "Can Can" in Todd-AO on the curve
19:30 "Oklahoma!" in Todd-AO on the curve

March 15
10:00 Cineramacana including 70mm prints of "A Year Along the Abandoned Road", "Svalbard - Arctic Seasons", "Norway", "Symbiosis", "Renault Duphine" in Cinerama and the 35mm short "Cinerama Partout".
13:00 "The King and I" in 70mm (first half on Curve, second half on flat screen)
16:00 CinemaScope and beyond by Tony Sloman
18:00 "The Last Valley" in 70mm
20:30 "The Big Blue" in 70mm

March 16
10:30 "Custer of the West" in 70mm

 
1997

March 14

14:30 "Spartacus" in Super Technirama 70
19:00 "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" in 70mm Super Cinerama

March 15
10:00 "This is Cinerama" in Cinerama
13.30 "My Fair Lady" in 70mm Super Cinerama
17:00 It's bigger and yes, it sounds better by Dion Hanson
20:00 "Vertigo" in 70mm DTS

March 16
10:00 "Windjammer" in Cinemiracle
13:00 "How the West Was Won" in Cinerama
16:30 "The Big Blue" in 70mm
19:00 "Lawrence of Arabia" (Print never arrived. "Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines" shown instead.

March 17
19:00 "Lawrence of Arabia" in 70mm

 
1996

March 8

17:30 "Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines" in Todd-AO on the curve

March 9
13.30 "This is Cinerama" in Cinerama
17:00 "Hello, Dolly!" in Todd-AO on the curve
19:30 "How the West Was Won" in Cinerama

March 10
13:30 "How the West Was Won" in Cinerama
16:30 "Around the World in 80 Days" in Todd-AO on the curve
20:00 "Hello, Dolly!" in Todd-AO on the curve

March 11
14:00 "Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines" in Todd-AO on the curve

 
1995

March 16th
14.30 "2001: A Space Odyssey" (70mm)
18.00 "Poem Of An Inland Sea" (70mm print did not turn up)
20.15 "2001: A Space Odyssey" (70mm)

March 17th
14.30 "The Last Valley" (70mm)
17.15 "Story of Flaming Years" (70mm print did not turn up?)

March 18th
13.30 "This Is Cinerama"
18.00 "Poem Of An Inland Sea" (70mm print did not turn up)
20.00 "Tour Eiffel" + "2001: A Space Odyssey" (both 70mm)

March 19th
13.15 "Tour Eiffel" + "2001: A Space Odyssey" (both 70mm)
17.00 "Chronicle of Flaming Years" (70mm print did not turn up?)
19.00 Fantastic Formats

March 20th
18.00 "The Big Trail" (70mm)
20.15 "Little Buddha" (70mm)

March 21st
20.15 "2001: A Space Odyssey" (70mm)

March 22nd

14.00 "Little Buddha" (70mm)

March 24th
18.00 "Baraka" (70mm)

March 25th
18.00 "Baraka" (70mm)


 
1993

October 11th
20.15 "The Big Blue" (70mm)

October 12th
18.00 "The Big Blue" (70mm)

October 15th
20.15 "2001: A Space Odyssey" (70mm)

October 16th
16.15 "2001: A Space Odyssey" (70mm)
19.00 "Lawrence of Arabia", Restored version (70mm)

October 17th
19.00 Fantastic Formats, a second chance to see the original BKSTS illustrated lecture

October 19th
19.30 "West Side Story" (70mm)

October 20th
19.00 "Lawrence of Arabia", Restored version (70mm)

October 23rd
13.30 "This Is Cinerama"
(shown every Tuesday and Saturday)
19.30 "The Sheltering Sky" (70mm)

October 24th
17.30 "2001: A Space Odyssey" (70mm)

Patton: Lust for Glory was also due to be shown on the 22nd and 24th, but the 70mm print did not turn up. I think they got a mono 35 mm print.
 
 
 
 
 
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