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Widescreen Weekend 1999
12 - 15 March, 1999. Pictureville, Bradford, England |
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Written by: Thomas Hauerslev |
Date: 24.04.2017 (Remastered) |
 Guests
of honor 1999, Louis de Rochemont III , and Ivan Jacobsen & wife of
"Windjammer" fame. Picture by Thomas Hauerslev
Bill Lawrence, Head of Cinema:
The Widescreen Weekend is a celebration of all that is extraordinary in large format film and has become a highlight on the film festival calendar.
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Creating the
Widescreen Weekend
Tony Cutts & Duncan McGregor, Heads of Projection: The
audiences clearly prefer the curve to the flat screen. Generally, we
have a difficult job explaining the difference between the formats and
what film goes on which screen. "Why don't you show this on the curve?" they often ask.
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Projecting the Widescreen Weekend
Bill Lawrence, Head of Cinema: I get quite a lot of feed-back from our guests in
the form of letters, e-mails and phone calls. People are very happy, they had a great time
and they think Pictureville Cinema has a nice atmosphere and is a nice place to visit.
They generally have a good time here.
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Planning the Widescreen Weekend
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More in 70mm reading:
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Gallery:
1999
• WSW Home
• Through the Years
• The Best of WSW
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Academy of the WSW
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Creating the WSW
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Planning the WSW
• Projecting
the WSW
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Home of
CINERAMA
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Projecting CINERAMA
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Program 1999
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 March 12
19:00 "Titanic" in 70mm DTS
March 13
10:00
"This is Cinerama" in Cinerama
13:00
"Windjammer" in
Cinemiracle.
Louis de Rochemont III in person
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
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 Bill
Lawrence, Head of Cinema and partner Rosemary. Picture by Thomas
Hauerslev.
Thomas Hauerslev, Editor The 70mm Newsletter: Bill Lawrence
introduced Louis de Rochemont III who received a standing ovation from
the audience. Louis directed "Windjammer" and had not seen the
film in Cinemiracle in 40 years. The curved screen experience was
overwhelming for many people and I am almost certain that Louis had a
tear in his eyes. Louis signed several autographs after the film. Many
guests had brought along original souvenir programs that turned out to
be a real collectors item with the director’s autograph.
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Mission Report
Widescreen Weekend 1999
• Gallery: Bradford, Widescreen
Weekend 1999
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Pictureville Cinema, Bradford
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 Projection
team Tony
Cutts, Jennifer, Duncan McGregor & Juan. Image by Thomas Hauerslev
Thomas Hauerslev, Editor The 70mm Newsletter: The Pictureville cinema, the jewel of British cinema in Bradford, West
Yorkshire in the heart of Great Britain, is one of three cinemas
equipped to show
Cinerama in the original 3-strip format.
The huge screen is wide and deeply curved. It’s the perfect framework
to present 70mm with 6-track sound in
Super Technirama 70, Todd-AO and Ultra Panavision 70.
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Pictureville Cinema, Bradford, England
Why
is 70mm so special?
"in 70mm" is unlike anything you have ever seen - a High Definition movie experience with extremely sharp images and crystal clear 6 track stereo.
"in 70mm" is
very realistic, almost three dimensional and can make everything you
have ever seen pale into insignificance.
But don't take our word for it - come and see for your self.
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