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JANUARY
2023
KRRR!
Home of the "7OMM
Seminar" at Kino Mir
70, Krnov, Czech
Republic, takes
place 28 - 30 April
2023
DECEMBER 2022
"Babylon"
opens in 70mm 22.
December 2022 at:
•
Cineplex Varsity, Toronto, Canada
• Alamo Drafthouse,
Brooklyn NYC, USA
• Village East, NYC,
USA
Paul Thomas
Anderson's
"Boogie Nights"
(1997) has been
blown-up to 70mm for
it's 25th
anniversary. PTA
Rocks!
"Babylon" and
"Bardo" MIGHT
appear in 70mm
during awards season
Cinematek Oslo will
re-open 17. april
2023
Filmhouse
(Edinburgh) has
closed. Join the
crowdfunder to
raise money to buy
the building.
NOVEMBER 2022
"NOPE" is now
available in the
splendour of 70mm.
Alejandro G.
Iñarritu's new
Netflix film
"Bardo, False
Chronicle of a
Handful of Truths"
with a reported
running time of 2
hours and 40 minutes
will open in 70mm
04.11.2022 at the:
•
Paris Theatre, New
York,
REPLACED BY 35MM
•
The Village East by
Angelika in NYC
(Scheduled for at
least a week)
REPLACED BY 35MM
•
Possibly at a still
unknown location in
Los Angeles
20th Century Studios
has announced the
ensemble cast of
“A Haunting in
Venice,”
director Kenneth
Branagh’s third
effort in the
Hercule Poirot films
based on Agatha
Christie novels. No
mentioning of 65mm
- yet.
OCTOBER 2022
Kino Gartenbau,
Vienna, Austria
runs a series of
70mm titles in
October, and the
restored version of
"The Wonderful World
of the Brothers
Grimm" with
David Strohmaier and
Randy Gitch. See "Now
showing in 70mm"
SEPTEMBER 2022
Christopher
Nolan's
"Oppenheimer"
(photographed on
Eastman Kodak 65mm
film with IMAX
cameras)
web site is on-line.
Film to premiere in
July 2023.
"NOPE" now in
DIGITAL
release from 22.
July 2022. "Nearly
100 percent is shot
on 65mm film. About
40 percent of the
film is shot with
IMAX cameras and
remaining of the
film is shot on
Large Format
[Panavision]
System 65 millimeter,
5-perf film"
JULY 2022
Cinerama Dome
web site up and
running - possibly
reopening in 2023
Ultra
Cinematheque 70
Festival at the Aero
Cinema, Santa
Monica, CA, USA
7/1 …
"2OO1: A Space
Odyssey"
7/2 …
"2OO1: A Space
Odyssey"
7/7 …
"The Master"
7/8 … Malcolm X
7/9 … Short Cuts
7/10 … Dunkirk
7/15 … Streets of
Fire / Geronimo: An
American Legend
7/16 … Lawrence of
Arabia
7/17 … Short Cuts
7/21 … Airport (new
print!)
7/22 … Vertigo
7/23 … Starman /
Howard the Duck
7/24 … Spartacus
7/28 … Khartoum
7/29 …
"The Hateful Eight"
7/30 … It’s a Mad,
Mad, Mad, Mad World
7/31 … The Wild
Bunch
JUNE
2022
Four open-air 70mm
screenings will take
place at the
Panoramic 7OMM Film
Presentation in June at the
Amphitheatre Banská
Bystrica, Slovak
Republic
17.06.2022 Death on
the Nile
18.06.2022 A Chorus
Line
19.06.2022 Aliens
26.06.2022 The Abyss
The Music Box 70mm
Film Festival 2022
Chicago, Il, USA
17 - 30 June 2022
2001: A SPACE
ODYSSEY
STARMAN
HELLO DOLLY!
SPARTACUS
AIRPORT
BRAINSTORM, preceded
by the short film
HERE'S CHICAGO
THE DARK CRYSTAL
GERONIMO: AN
AMERICAN LEGEND
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
WEST SIDE STORY
MAY
2022
IMAX to develop new
fleet of next
generation IMAX film
cameras
APRIL 2022
7OMM TRIVIA
"Top 10 Number of
70mm release prints"
by Mike Coate,
7OMM Data
Wizard:
1.
Indiana Jones And
The Temple Of Doom
(243)
2.
2010 (217)
3.
Indiana Jones And
The Last Crusade
(200)
4.
Brainstorm (178)
5.
Dick Tracy (175)
6.
Return of the Jedi (164)
7.
Far and Away
(163)
8.
Aliens (151)
9.
The Empire Strikes
Back (136)
10.
Star Trek IV: The
Voyage Home
(135)
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films blown up to
70mm
MARCH
2022
B screen of ABC Park
in Valencia (Spain)
will premiere a new
70mm installation. A
70mm Cinemeccanica
Victoria 8 will
project
"Licorice Pizza"
in glorious 70mm
from 23th February.
FEBRUARY
2022
Douglas Trumbull
passed away 7. february 2022
"Licorice Pizza"
gets three OSCAR
Nominations
Best Picture
Best Director: Paul
Thomas Anderson
Best Original
Screenplay: Paul
Thomas Anderson
"Licorice Pizza"
at the Delphi in
Berlin (Picture by
Gerhard Witte).
"Licorice Pizza"
is set for a limited
German 7OMM release
on 27. January,
2022, at the
Schauburg Cinerama,
Karlsruhe,
The Savoy in Hamburg, and
at the Delphi in
Berlin.
2022
Gentofte International Film Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark will play from
Friday 29. April
until Sunday 1. May
2022
More 70mm prints
made in January 2022 for
"Death on the
Nile"
JANUARY
2022
“The Wonderful World
of the Brothers
Grimm" restoration
is set to World
Premiere at the
MoMI in New York.
New presentation by
restorationists
David Strohmaier and
Tom H. March made
from severely
damaged original
three-panel Cinerama
negatives and YCM
separation masters.
Together with
historian Randy Gitsch, they present
an illustrated
lecture on the
making, reception,
and recovery of the
film, together with
Harrison Engle’s new
40-minute
behind-the-scenes
look at the
restoration.
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DECEMBER 2021
Cinematographer
Hoyte van Hoytema is
on board director of
photography for
Jordan Peele’s new
thriller
"NOPE",
says Variety. The
film, which recently
wrapped principal
photo, was shot on
KODAK film,
including 65mm film
in IMAX format.
7OMM in Paris -
Plein Les Yeux!
Saison 4 at the
Cinematheque
NOVEMBER
2021
15-28 November. 1.
Moscow International
Festival of Archival
Films is showing two
Sovscope 70m films
at the Moschino
Cosmos cinema.
"Story of Flaming
Years" and "Dersu
Uzula" Presented
in authentic
Sovscope 70
"Licorice Pizza"
is set for a limited
7OMM US release on
November 26, 2021,
followed by a
nationwide release
across the United
States on December
25, 2021.
"Licorice Pizza"
will premiere in
70mm in Los Angeles
& New York. "Licorice Pizza"
is an
upcoming American
comedy-drama film
written and directed
by Paul Thomas
Anderson. The film
stars Alana Haim,
Cooper Hoffman, Sean
Penn, Tom Waits,
Bradley Cooper, and
Benny Safdie. It
follows a teenage
actor and a young
woman who fall in
love in the 1970s in
the San Fernando
Valley. Wikipedia
AUGUST 2021
New book from
TASCHEN about
Stanley Kubrick's
"2OO1: A Space
Odyssey"
JULY 2021
New film
photographed with
the
ARRI 765 Camera
System has
completed shooting
in Ireland and is
continuing
production in the
US.
French film
"Kaamelott
- Premier Volet",
moved to 21.07.2021
- 70mm prints
abandoned?
Behind the scenes of
Stanley Kubrick's
"2OO1: A Space
Odyssey" in Super
Panavision 70
JUNE
2021
"Tenet" DP
Hoyte van Hoytema
FSF NSC ASC says
"The big screen is
best for movies"
Acclaimed German
Cinematographer
Heinz Hölscher (MCS
70 Pioneer)
passed away 7. May
2021 in Munich,
Germany. Mr
Hölscher's work
included
photographing
"Flying Clipper -
Traumreise Unter
Weissen Segeln"
in MCS 70.
Three open-air 70mm
screenings will take
place in June at the
Amphitheatre in Banska
Bystrica, Slovak Republic.
See schedule here:
Now showing in 70mm
in a theatre near
you!
APRIL 2021
Congratulations to
"Tenet",
2021 British Academy
Film Awards winner:
SPECIAL VISUAL
EFFECTS
Scott Fisher, Andrew
Jackson, Andrew
Lockley
Congratulations to
"Tenet"'s
Oscars Nominations
• Best Visual
Effects
• Best Production
Design
KRRR! 15th 70mm Film
Fest Krnov
pushed from 2020
until 2022 because
of Covid 19
70mm Festival
GIFF 70, Copenhagen,
Denmark 21. - 23. May
2021
MARCH 2021
"Death on the Nile"
to premiere 17.
September 2021
[moved to 11.
February 2022],
for which 32 70mm
release prints have
been struck. Read
the splendid
interview with
Haris Zambarloukos
BSC GSC
JANUARY
2021
"Wonder Woman
1984" will not
be released in 70mm
70mm Festival
announced for
Gentofte Kino
(Denmark) in late
January 2021 - moved
to April 2021.
•
The Hateful Eight
•
Dunkirk
•
Out of Africa
•
Joker
•
Interstellar
•
The Great Race
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NOVEMBER
2020
Release of
"Death on the Nile"
has been postponed.
“Death on the Nile”
was set to debut on
December. 18, 2020.
No new release date
announced.
SEPTEMBER
2020
"Death on the Nile"
will be released in
70mm
Fifty Years Ago:
The First IMAX Film
and Theater
Fifty years ago,
Expo 70 in Osaka,
Japan, hosted the
world's first
IMAX film and
theater in the
fair's Fuji
Pavilion. Imax
Corporation
co-founders Graeme
Ferguson, Bill Kerr,
Roman Kroitor, and
Bill Shaw,
developed the camera
and
projector
technology, made the
first film, and in
the process invented
the giant screen
industry.
AUGUST 2020
FotoKem made one
70mm/DATASAT
print of
"Inception"
for The Music Box
cinema in Chicago,
USA
in70mm.com Sydney
correspondent David
Coles reports
I regret to
advise that
John Mitchell
has died in
hospital aged 79
(not of
Covid-19). He
had been in
declining health
(with a heart
condition) for
several years.
He determined
that the last
3-strip showing
on April 12/13
2019 year would
be the last. And
so it was. I'm
sure we are all
grateful for his
40+ years of
Cineramic
enthusiasm.
David Coles,
Sydney,
Australia
JUNE
2020
French film
"Kaamelott
- Premier volet",
photographed with
ALEXA65 is released
November 25, 2020 in
70mm in France.
Release moved to
21.07.2021
Hans Kr. Bukholm's
Norwegian 70mm short
film "Isle of the
Dead"
progressing well.
See the update:
Photographed on 65mm
Film
APRIL
2020
"Death On the
Nile" -- Kenneth
Branagh's
eagerly-awaited next
70mm film is working
through
post-production.
Word is that a
well-polished (but
probably not final)
version is being
seen by a few key
executives at
in-house screening
rooms (via DCP.) It
will be a while yet
before the 70mm
prints will be done,
since there are
always some final
"tweaks" to things
like the score and
editorial concerns,
etc. But it's still
(as of now) on track
for an October 9,
2020 opening. One
staffer said it
looked really good,
which is a real
tease for those of
us who must wait
several months (at
least) to see it.
• Go to
"Death on the Nile"
to photographed in
Panavision System 65
"Wonder Woman
1984" will open
in 70mm at the
Schauburg Cinerama
CANCELLED
MARCH 2020
"Equinox" (21
min), by Margaret Honda
Shown at Berlinale
as part of Forum
Expanded at Kino
Arsenal 1, Berlin,
Germany
Made by exposing a standard roll of 70mm print stock to colored light in
a contact printer, Equinox begins with a uniform field of black, then
gradually moves through progressively lighter fields of gray until it
reaches white, then reverses toward black.
23.02.2020: 22:00 25.02.2020: 15:00
“SONG OF NORWAY”
– Blu Ray (Region A)
will be out on April
14th, 2020.
Formatted in 2,21:1
and soundtrack in
DTS HD MA 5.1. With
a new commentary
track by film
historians Lee
Gambon and John
Harrison - and a
trailer. Running
time 138 min.
JANUARY 2020
Long-time in70mm.com
contributor and 70mm
pioneer in India,
Mr. Ramachandra Babu,
passed away 21.
December 2019 says
The New Indian
Express.
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70mm Film in India
Martin Hart (14
November 1946 - 25
November 2019),
creator of the
"American WideScreen
Museum" web site has
passed away.
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DECEMBER
2019
16. Todd-AO
70mm-Festival 2020
dates announced -
dates moved to 2021.
NOVEMBER
2019
"The Aeronauts"
presented in 70mm. A
2019
British-American
biographical
adventure film
written and directed
by Tom Harper, and
starring Felicity
Jones and Eddie
Redmayne. The film
will be theatrically
released in the
United States on
December 6, 2019 by
Amazon Studios.
OCTOBER 2019
Jan Halvorsen,
"Windjammer"
Cadet #34 has
passed away in
Norway
65mm Horror Short
"Daughter of Dismay"
is getting a three
week theatrical run
at the
Schauburg,
Karlsruhe, Germany,
starting 10.
October.
SEPTEMBER 2019
“Tenet”
is filming in
Denmark
"Tenet"
will be released in
70mm
AUGUST 2019
Cadett #2 Kaare
Terland of
Louis de Rochemont's
"Windjammer"
has passed away 12.
July in Norway.
JULY 2019
"Joker"
will be released in
70mm in October by
Warner Brothers
“SONG OF NORWAY”
(Super Panavison 70)
and "The Last
Valley"
(Todd-AO) to be
released on BluRay
JUNE 2019
"...when we do
"Death on the Nile",
I hope that I’ll
shoot on 65mm film
again"
Sir Ken,
collider.com, 14.
May 2019
MAY 2019
"Porgy and Bess"
65mm and sound
elements examined
for possible
preservation and
reprinting
"Airport"
65mm and sound
elements examined
for possible
preservation and
reprinting
APRIL 2019
Cinelab Boston opens
65mm laboratory
FEBRUARY 2019
Warner Bros. has set
Christopher Nolan’s
next movie for July
17, 2020. The
untitled movie will
be released in Imax.
Helsinki (Suomi) has
a new 70mm cinema.
The REGINA located
in the National
Library, will open
March 13, 2019 with
VERTIGO, WAR AND
PEACE, SPARTACUS and
2OO1 in 70mm.
"Once Upon a Time in
Hollywood" possibly
in 7OMM
"Apollo 11" by
Director Todd
Douglas Miller will
premiere at Sundance
Film Festival, 24.
January 2019. "A
purely archival
reconstruction of
humanity’s first
trip to another
world, featuring
never-before-seen
70mm footage and
never-before-heard
audio from the
mission. World
Premiere"
JANUARY 2019
"Who Cares"
short musical film
photographed on 65mm
Film in Ultra
Panavision 70 by
Linus Sandgren
The Hollywood
Theater
(Portland, OR, USA)
has commissioned a
fresh new print in
70mm of
Stanley Kubrick's
"2OO1: A Space
Odyssey" in Super
Panavision 70
exclusive to the
theatre. It would
remain in house and
not travel, thus
only running on
their pristine and
well maintained
Philips DP70 - The
Todd-AO Projectors!
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DECEMBER
2018
"The Golden Head"
will arrive on
BluRay in Q1, 2019
"Roma"
is rumored to open
in 70mm, Dec 14, in
Toronto
NOVEMBER
2018
Word going around is
that the new black &
white Alfonso Cuaron
film,
"Roma"
is considering the
idea of
70mm prints.
The prospects of
significant
attention for awards
consideration,
including Oscar
nominations, helps
motivate the
distribution people
to contemplate 70mm print(s), for
optimum exhibition
impact.
Alfonso Cuaron’s film
"Roma"
is photographed
digitally with ARRI's digital
ALEXA 65, and not on
65mm Eastman Kodak film,
as reported by
mainstream industry
news.
Danish
Magellan 65 65mm
camera to appear at
CameraImage, Poland
OCTOBER
2018
The Second
Australian 70mm Film
Festival at the Sun
Theatre in
Melbourne. Starting
October 11 - 28.
Here’s the line up.
The Mission The Sound of Music 2001: A Space
Odyssey 2010: The year we
make contact Lawrence of Arabia Dunkirk The Wall The Hateful 8
Horror short film
"Daughter of Dismay"
to be
filmed in
Austrian alps in
65mm by Danish
director of
photography Ziryab
Ben Brahem. They
plan to strike 70mm
prints!
SEPTEMBER
2018
Kodak writes: The
Hundred Acre Wood
comes to life on
35mm and 65mm film
in Disney's "Christopher Robin".
Directed by Marc
Forster with DP
Matthias
Koenigswieser.
...and don't forget
to
"SEE IT
BIG!" 70MM Series @ Museum of the Moving Image,
New York, USA
70MM FILM FESTIVAL
Seattle Cinerama,
USA September 7-20, 2018 Curated with the
true Cinephile in
mind. A collection
of our favorite
classic and modern
films presented in a
rare 70MM format.
• Go
to 70mm Retro -
Festivals and
Screenings
AUGUST 2018
"APOLLO 11" 70mm
archive footage to
be used in
new film about
Apollo 11.
Music Box Theatre,
Chicago
tweets about a 70mm
Festival
September 14th -
27th, 2018.
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN’S
"The Dark Knight"
CELEBRATES ITS TENTH
ANNIVERSARY WITH AN
EXCLUSIVE LIMITED
ENGAGEMENT IN 70MM
IMAX FILM IN SELECT
CITIES
(July 18, 2018 –
Burbank, CA) – Ten
years ago today,
Christopher Nolan’s
groundbreaking
blockbuster “The
Dark Knight” was
released.
Commemorating the
10-year anniversary,
Warner Bros.
Pictures is bringing
the film to four
select IMAX
locations for an
exclusive, one-week
engagement,
beginning August 24,
2018. The
announcement was
made today by Jeff
Goldstein,
President, Domestic
Distribution, Warner
Bros. Pictures.
“The Dark Knight”
will be playing for
one screening a day
at the following
theatres:
AMC Universal
Citywalk IMAX,
Universal City
AMC Lincoln Square
IMAX, New York City
AMC Metreon IMAX,
San Francisco
Ontario Place
Cinesphere IMAX,
Toronto
JUNE 2018
Logmar Camera
Solutions' new
Magellan 65 will
presented at
CineGear May 31-June
3,
2018, Los Angels,
USA
August 2018. See It
Big! 70mm series,
including:
Cleopatra, West Side
Story, The Sound of
Music, Hello,
Dolly!, and more.
Museum of the Moving
Image, New York, USA
MAY 2018
"Isle of the
dead" is now
shooting in 65mm in
Norway
APRIL
2018
Carnival Cinemas
IMAX, Wadala, India,
will be outfitted
with an IMAX 70mm
projector to show "Dunkirk"
March 31, with
Christopher Nolan as
guest.
Kubrick’s 2001. 50
Years A SPACE
ODYSSEY March 21st to
September 23rd 2018
Deutsches Filmmuseum Schaumainkai 41 60596 Frankfurt am
Main Germany
50 years A SPACE
ODYSSEY invites
visitors to immerse
themselves in the
genesis of the film.
The exhibition
features original
designs, models,
costumes, props,
shooting schedules,
production materials
and photos from
Kubrick’s archive.
MARCH 2018
See where
"Ready
Player One" will
get a 5/70mm release:
70mm
Blow Up List 2018
FEBRUARY 2018
"Death on the
Nile" will be
photographed in 65mm
"Tomb Raider"
(2018) vill be
released in IMAX
(15/70 DMR blow-up)
JANUARY 2018
‘Sound of Music’
Actress Heather
Menzies-Urich Dies
at 68. “Louisa”,
died from brain
cancer 24.12.2017.
Philips museum in
Eindhoven will
organize an
exhibition about the
DP70 Todd-AO
projector in spring
2018. This
exhibition will
start in March till
October. |
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DECEMBER 2017
"South Pacific"
filmed in Todd-AO
will get a limited
60th anniversary
re-release 26+29
August 2018
"Hauptmann
Florian von der
Mühle"
filmed in DEFA 70 in
1968, will get a
BluRay release in
Germany
"The
Phantom Thread"
rumoured to open in
70mm at the Music
Box in Chicago
January 12, 2018
Warner
Bros. Pictures to
bring Christopher
Nolan's acclaimed
epic "Dunkirk" back
to the big screen
NOVEMBER 2017
7OMM
Projection is back
at the Cinesphere.
The government of
the province of
Ontario is
re-opening the first
ever permanent IMAX
facility - the
Cinesphere in
Toronto, Ontario,
Canada.
•
Go to
Cinesphere - The
worlds first
permanent Imax film
theatre
Paul Thomas
Andersson's "The
Phantom Thread"
might be released in
70mm
"Justice League"
will be released in
70MM 5/70 in the USA.
Go to
70mm Blow Up List
2017
"Star Wars",
episode 8, will open
in
70mm IMAX here:
United Kingdom:
London Science
Museum – London
United States: •
Alabama.
IMAX Dome, McWane
Center – Birmingham •
Alabama.
IMAX, U.S. Space &
Rocket Center –
Huntsville •
California.
Hackworth IMAX Dome,
The Tech Museum –
San Jose •
Connecticut.
IMAX, The Maritime
Aquarium – Norwalk •
Indiana.
IMAX, Indiana State
Museum –
Indianapolis •
Iowa.
Blank IMAX Dome,
Science Center of
Iowa – Des Moines •
Missouri.
OMNIMAX, St. Louis
Science Center – St.
Louis •
North Carolina.
The Charlotte
Observer IMAX Dome,
Discovery Place –
Charlotte •
Pennsylvania.
Tuttleman IMAX, The
Franklin Institute–
Philadelphia •
Texas.
Omnitheatre, Fort
Worth Museum of
Science & History –
Fort Worth
SEPTEMBER 2017
BFI IMAX in London
will soon present a
series of 7OMM IMAX
titles -
watch
Now showing in 70mm
in a theatre near
you! for details
Interstellar Dunkirk Inception The Dark Knight
Rises Batman: The Dark
Knight
AUGUST 2017
2OO1 bedroom
re-created
In the footsteps of
"Ryan's Daughter"
According to the
Svensk Filmindustri's
cinemas, 70mm
versions of "Murder on the
Orient Express"
and
Stanley Kubrick's
"2OO1: A Space
Odyssey"
will be shown in
Swedish cinemas. On
the same web site,
Mats Kullander is
explaining the
brief story of
70mm in Sweden.
In the UK the IMAX
70mm version of "Dunkirk" will
include 70mm IMAX
trailers of "Star
Wars: The Last Jedi"
and "Blade Runner
2049"
JULY 2017
A 70mm trailer for
"Murder on the
Orient Express"
expected to be shown
with 70mm
engagements of
"Dunkirk"
Lasse Kolstad's wife
Barbra Christensen
passed away on April
10 at the age of 89.
She was "Kari" in
the song "Kari
Waits for Me",
and can also be seen
briefly at the end
of
"Windjammer".
"Dunkirk" in
70mm. Christopher
Nolan live
appearance July 13,
BFI, London
"Dunkirk" in
70mm. Christopher
Nolan live
appearance July 19,
Film
Society of Lincoln
Center, New York
JUNE
2017
"Blade Runner
2049" might get
a 70mm release
"Flying Clipper"
will be available on
DVD/BD and UHD-4K-BD
from 28 July 2017.
The movie is now
available for
Theatres with 4K DCP's with German
and
English-6-channel-DTS-sound.
MAY 2017
collider.com
reports that "The
Death and Life of
John F. Donovan"
set in London,
England by
French-Canadian
director Xavier
Dolan, is filmed
in parts in 65mm
with
Arriflex's ARRI 765
Camera System [Panavision's System
65 (according to imdb.com)]. No
release date yet,
but likely to debut
at a film festival
this fall. The synops goes like
this: A decade
after the death of
an American TV star,
a young actor
reminisces the
written
correspondence he
once shared with the
former, as well as
the impact those
letters had on both
their lives.
"Phantom
Thread"
rumored to get a
70mm release 25.
December 2017
To honor our
commitment to film
projection, the
Music Box is very
pleased to have
commissioned a brand
new 70MM DTS print
of 2OO1: A SPACE
ODYSSEY from
Warner Brothers,
produced at Fotokem,
the last full
service 65/70mm lab
in the United
States. We’ve often
hyped rare film
screenings as the
last ever time a
print may screen,
but we’re very happy
to say we can
guarantee 2001
will have a home in
70MM in Chicago for
the foreseeable
future.
"Wonder Woman"
in 5/70 June 2nd in
the US is confirmed, 10
locations total
including:
WILLOW CREEK 12
(Plymouth, MN) City Cinemas 1, 2, 3
(NYC), RENAISSANCE GRAND
LAKE THEATRE
(Oakland) LOOK Cinemas
(Dallas, Texas) Gateway Film Center
(Columbus, Ohio) ArcLight Sherman
Oaks (CA) ArcLight Cinerama
Dome (CA) Cineplex Cinemas
Varsity (Toronto,
Canada)
APRIL 2017
IMAX Melbourne is
re-installing a
15/70mm projector
for "Dunkirk"
in 70mm
20th Century Fox is
considering
releasing a 70mm
blow up of "The
Greatest Showman"
in December
"Dunkirk" in the
splendour of 7OMM
FEBRUARY 2017
"Alien: Covenant"
to be released in
IMAX 15/70 mm (IMAX
DMR blow-up, dual
strip 3D) in May
2017
"Kong: Skull
Island"
will get a limited
release in 5/70mm, 8
March 2017 - see:
70mm Blow Up List
2017
Buy your own Todd-AO
BFC camera on
eBay
The Sun, Melbourne
will be continuing
"The Hateful Eight"
at 8 pm on the
eighth day of every
month into its
second year. But I
can also now
officially announce
"Dunkirk"
from July 20th & a
brand new print
struck from the
negative of "Lawrence of Arabia"
from June 8th.
Rob (Bert) Murphy Senior film
projectionist Sun theatre
Melbourne
JANUARY
2017
Turi Myrvold 30,
October 1999 during
the making of
"Cinerama
Adventure". Picture:
Thomas Hauerslev
in70mm.com's
associate in Olso
Espen J. Jörgensen
reports "Turi
died early in
December 2016".
Turi was married to
Louis deRochemont
III (Oslo,
Norway)
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DECEMBER 2016
Star Wars opens in
7OMM IMAX here:
Alabama IMAX, US Space &
Rocket Center IMAX Dome, McWane
Center California AMC Universal
CityWalk Stadium 19
& IMAX – Universal
City Esquire IMAX –
Sacramento Hackworth IMAX Dome,
The Tech Museum
Florida IMAX Dome, Museum of
Science & Industry
Iowa Blank IMAX Dome,
Science Center Iowa
Indiana IMAX, Indiana Stare
Museum Minnesota IMAX Theatre,
Minnesota Zoo Missouri OMNIMAX, St. Louis
Science Center
Pennsylvania Tuttleman IMAX, The
Franklin Institute
Texas Omni Theatre Fort
Worth Museum of
Science & History
Canada Kramer IMAX,
Saskatchewan Science
Centre London BFI IMAX Science Museum
NOVEMBER 2016
Sir Kenneth Branagh
is photographing his
remake of "Murder
on the Orient
Express" in
65mm.
Cinelabs London
is installing 65mm
film processing
65mm AnscoColor
Todd-AO test footage
from 1953 has been
scanned in 4k
OCTOBER 2016
Robert Richardson
shot his most recent
assignment, “Live
by Night,” using
the Alexa 65 and
Super Panavision 70
and Sphero 65
lenses.
Edmonton-bred
cinematographer Evan
Prosofsky shooting
in 65mm IMAX
"Vox
Lux" to be
photographed in
65mm, and presented
in 7OMM
Star Wars, Episode 9
is rumored to be
shot entirely on
5/65.
Grand Lake (Oakland)
will be showing "Fantastic Beasts
and Where to Find
Them" in 70mm.
Opens 11/18/2016
from Warner
Brothers.
AUGUST 2016
7OMM Festival in
Seattle, USA
announced
New soundtrack
release coming soon
‘Khartoum - Original
MGM Motion Picture
Soundtrack’
Hot of the press
– a new 7OMM Cinema:
Orla
Nielsen
in Aalborg (Denmark)
is preparing to
open
a new cinema
equipped with
digital, 16, 35, and
7OMM. Curved screen
and 40 seats. Kinoton FP38 and a
DP70. The new cinema
– yet to be named –
will operate a Jazz
music themed
repertoire, and
occasional 70mm
presentations.
Housed in Aalborg’s
“Center for Danish
Jazz History”.
Scheduled to open in
late August 2016.
More soon on
in70mm.com
JULY 2016
Warner Brothers are
releasing "Suicide Squad"
in 70mm just like
they did for "Batman Vs. Superman"
16.07.17 update:
Will not happen
after all. Warner's
ran out of time to
make the prints
MAY 2016
Burberry coats' new
advert for "Mr
Burberry" released -
shot on 65mm film,
with
ARRI 765
MARCH 2016
"Batman v
Superman: Dawn of
Justice"
confirmed for 7OMM
release at:
USA
70MM 5/70 • 10 venues including:
70mm Blow Up List
2016
INTERNATIONAL 70MM 5/70 • Odeon Leicester Sq,
London
70MM 15/70
UNITED KINGDOM BFI IMAX, British
Film Institute -
London Odeon Manchester &
IMAX - Manchester Science Museum,
London
Australia IMAX Darling
Harbour, Sydney
Alabama IMAX Dome, McWane
Center - Birmingham
California Hackworth IMAX Dome,
The Tech Museum –
San Jose
Florida AutoNation IMAX,
Museum of Discovery
& Science – Ft.
Lauderdale IMAX Dome, Museum of
Science & Industry –
Tampa
Indiana IMAX, Indiana State
Museum –
Indianapolis
Iowa Blank IMAX Dome,
Science Center Iowa
– Des Moines
Michigan Celebration! Cinema
Grand Rapids North &
IMAX – Grand Rapids
New York AMC Loews Lincoln
Square 13 & IMAX –
New York
Pennsylvania Tuttleman IMAX, The
Franklin Institute–
Philadelphia
Texas Omnitheatre, Fort
Worth Museum of
Science & History –
Fort Worth
• IMAX 15/70
engagements
FEBRUARY
2016
Abel Gance's
"Napoleon"
re-released in
cinemas and DVD
JANUARY 2016
"Batman v
Superman: Dawn of
Justice" is rumored to
be released in 7OMM
3 OSCARS
Nominations for The
Hateful Eight:
Performance by an
actress in a
supporting role • Jennifer Jason
Leigh Achievement in
cinematography • Robert Richardson
Achievement in
music written for
motion pictures
(Original score) • Ennio Morricone
"Independence Day
2" is rumored to
be released in 7OMM
"The Hateful
Eight" is
rumored to open in
7OMM in India
January 15. A
special 70mm
screening at a
Mumbai theatre
but it's unclear
which one it is.
Joel Miller of
Northwest Projection
& Sound in Portland,
Oregon reports that
another permanent
70mm installation is
on the books! The
Loft Cinemas in
Tucson, AZ just ran
two successful shows
of 2001 with a pair
Philips DP75s. The
7OMM print was
magnetic and DTS70
readers and cat.
701s have also been
added.
The Hollywood
Reporter reveals: Sources say Warner
Bros. is considering
the possibility of
having a 70mm
release for Batman
v. Superman: Dawn of
Justice, which was
shot in part in 65mm
Imax and opens in
March. There’s also
some murmurs
suggesting that
others are
considering 70mm
rereleases of
classics that were
originally made for
the format, such as
"Lawrence of
Arabia".
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DECEMBER 2015
New French multiplex
cinema Apollo Ciné
8, ROCHEFORT,
installed a Victoria
8 in the main
auditorium and "the
70mm équipment will
stay permanently!",
says Managing
director and projectionnist Bruno
Lemonnier
French 7OMM
"The
Hateful Eight"
roadshow launched
December 26
"The Hateful Eight"
70mm Theatre List
"The
Hateful Eight"
to be released in
70MM with 6 more
minutes of footage
compared to general
digital release
version. Longer and w i d e r in 70MM
only!
More
on:
The Hateful Eight
The following
locations will be
showing Star
Wars: The Force
Awakens in 2D
IMAX 70MM:
Alabama
McWane Center IMAX
Dome Theatre –
Birmingham IMAX,
U.S. Space & Rocket
Center – Huntsville
California
Hackworth IMAX Dome,
The Tech Museum –
San Jose
Florida
Museum of Discovery
& Science AutoNation
IMAX – Ft.
Lauderdale IMAX
Dome, Museum of
Science & Industry –
Tampa
Indiana
IMAX, Indiana State
Museum -
Indianapolis
Iowa Blank IMAX Dome,
Science Center of
Iowa – Des Moines
Missouri Branson’s IMAX,
Entertainment
Complex – Branson
St. Louis Science
Center OMNIMAX
Theatre – St. Louis
Pennsylvania
Tuttleman IMAX, The
Franklin Institute–
Philadelphia
Washington, DC
Lockheed Martin
IMAX, National Air &
Space Museum
NOVEMBER 2015
Expect "The
Hateful Eight"
release to be
delayed - "Star
Wars" release is
causing problems.
"War for the
Planet of the Apes"
begins filming
in 65mm.
19. December 2015
update: The planet
of the apes film is
shooting digital. +
War of the Planet of
the Apes in 65mm
"Star Wars"
will get 70MM IMAX
release. IMAX
confirmed 11 prints
for USA and
Australia, and no
70mm-IMAX-prints for
Europe.
"The Hateful
Eight" will open
in 70mm in Denmark,
France, Germany,
Norway and Sweden
SEPTEMBER 2015
First review of
"Sunset Song"
from
Variety
"The Hateful Eight"
expected to open in
2 Melbourne (OZ)
cinemas in 70mm
5-10 70mm prints of
"The Hateful
Eight" expected
for France, maybe
two
for Germany.
A company in Seoul,
Korea, is planning
to show "easy,
feel-good
classics/musicals
like "Oklahoma!"
for general
audience." in 70mm.
The Weistein Company
has started to
calculate the number
of 70mm prints
needed in Europe for
"Hateful Eight".
They will supply DTS
readers and
anamorphic
projection lenses if
a theatre don't
already have it.
Most of
Futuroscope’s
(Poitiers, France)
film based cinemas
have gone digital,
however they still
have 4 big theatres
still using 70mm:
•
2D giant flat: The
KINEMAX until next
January, 2ith "Born to be Wild".
It will close to go
digital and reopen
in April 2016 with
"Tiny Giants"
•
2D Hemispherical:
The OMNIMAX: "Mission Hubble".
"Mysteries of
the Unseen World"
by February 2016
•
3D: The IMAX SOLIDO
"Deep Sea 3D".
"Secret Ocean 3D"
by February 2016)
•
4D (3D + motion
simulator + special
effects) "Arthur and
the Minimoys"
created by Luc Besson
AUGUST 2015
The Hateful 8 has a
web site
Prince Charles
Cinema in London's
West-End is
looking into re-installing
70mm
JUNE 2015
Paul Thomas Anderson
might
use 65mm film
for his next project
Ultra Panavision 70
lenses are expected
to be used for "Star Wars
Anthology: Rogue
One" by
cinematographer
Greig Fraser.
Picturehouse (UK)
are
installing 70mm
2OO1: A SPACE
ODYSSEY GOYA OR THE HARD WAY
TO ENLIGHTENMENT THE BEAR VERTIGO DERSU UZALA THE WHITE BIRD
MARKED WITH BLACK
-, will be shown in
70mm between 10-14
June in
Lapland
MAY 2015
3-strip
Cinerama
installation at the
Biograf & TV Museum
in Säter, Sweden is
up and running with
Philips machines
writes Magnus
Almqvist on his
Facebook page. Image
by Magnus Almqvist.
70mm
festival/screenings
under way in Finland
by the
Midnight Sun,
and in Stockholm.
APRIL 2015
"Far From the
Madding Crowd"
- once released
in 70mm, has
been
re-issued in 2K
It was announced a
couple of days ago
that The Astor
Cinema in Melbourne
will continue to run
after the beginning
of April "äs is",
that is to say,
pretty much as
before. The lease is
to be taken over by
Palace Cinemas, a
local cinema chain
specialising in the
more discerning part
of the market and
sympathetic to an
imaginative
programming
schedule. (They have
made a policy of
retaining film
projectors in their
locations). They
perhaps can be
compared to the
Picturehouses chain
in Britain, which
now runs
Pictureville. I
would assume that
they see a place for
70mm screenings.
George Florence is
to be a programming
adviser. Palace
cinemas is run by an
Italian family, the
Zeccolas, who have
been in the
Melbourne cinema
business since that
late 1960s.
A new 70mm print of
"2OO1: A Space
Odyssey" is
being made by
Warner's in London
MARCH 2015
National Media Museum
has announced the return of
Widescreen Weekend
between 15-18 October 2015.
"The 2015
European Cinerama
Festival Tour"
is starting soon -
news and dates to
follow
David Strohmaier is
starting to work on
the restoration of
the 70mm shorts "Shellarama"
& "Bridge to
Space".
A local non-profit
arts group in
Ottawa, Ontario,
Canada has acquired
the 35mm/70mm
equipment from the
Museum of Canadian
History (formally
the Museum of
Civilization). This
equipment will be
put to good use when
their new cinema is
built in the coming
year.
Equipment includes
two Victoria 8's
with 70mm gates and
6-track mag heads.
Fully loaded Dolby
CP-200 that can play
back all 35mm and
70mm sound formats.
Reels and splicers
for 35 and 70mm.
Another local group
plans to donate
their DTS XD10 and
sound readers to add
digital capability
for 35mm and 70mm.
Panavision rebuilt the 65mm
cameras being used on "The Hateful Eight". Panavison
had to use old notes
to rebuild the
cameras and Ultra
Panavision lenses,
some of which were
made in the 1950's
because the original
engineers weren't
around anymore. The
film will be
presented with
anamorphic projector
lenses at a 2.75:1
aspect ratio, and
the film will have
an overture and an
intermission.
FEBRUARY 2015
"Inherent Vice"
will premiere in70mm
in Paris, France
March 4, 2015
"Sunset Song",
filmed in 65mm with
ARRI 765 for
exterior shorts, is
NOT being released
in 70mm
JANUARY 2015
Dave Strohmaier's
remastered
"Holiday In
Spain" Blu-ray
is mentioned in NEW YORK TIMES!
"Windjammer"
and "Cinerama
Holiday"
producer
Borden Mace have
passed away November
21, 2014 in
Salisbury,
Connecticut.
Jurrasic World:
“We’re shooting
35mm and 65mm film.
We’re also using an
aspect ratio that
hasn’t been seen
theatrically in a
very long time. The
movie will be
presented in 2 to 1.
It’s basically a
middle ground
between 2.35 and
1.85. It allows us
enough height to fit
humans and dinosaurs
into a single frame,
without giving up
that sense of scope.
It’s very close to
the ratio of the
digital IMAX
screens, so it will
look great in large
format. I think
other filmmakers
will want to give it
a try when they see
how it looks. It’s
very comfortable.”
Colin Trevorrow,
The film’s director
If any of in70mm.com
readers by any
chance know of the
existence of a
70mm/5p KEM/viewer/flatbed,
a big
Hollywood
director is looking
for one. He has
begun work on a new
65mm production and
would like to
acquire or rent a
unit. Any
feedback you
might be able to
offer would be very
helpful.
Arane Gulliver has closed for good
11/30/2014. All the
facilities including
the new Mederic
structure. Bankrupcy
confirmed and
published
11/20/2014. All the
film material
(positive and
negative) went to
storage at Orféo
Levallois film
archive. The
materials should be
subject to an
auction sales
conducted by Maître
Chritophe Basse very
soon.
Please support the
team
Read why bigger is
always better from
indiewire.com
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DECEMBER 2014
"Inherent Vice"
is being released in
5/70 on Dec 12th, a
month before the
regular release of
Jan 9th. Warner will
probably make the
announcement in the
next week or two
New Hollywood
western is filming
tests in Ultra Panavision
70 and thus would
have an extra-wide
image when released.
NOVEMBER 2014
In celebration of
both Seven
Wonders of the World
and Search for
Paradise and
their
Flicker Alley
release on Blu
ray this November
18th, the Cinerama
Dome will have a
special advance
screening of each
restored film on the
big curved screen. I
understand that
special advance DVD/Blu
ray combos of each
film will be on sale
in the lobby as well
as recently released
CD Cinerama
soundtracks. Then
on that Sunday
2001
A Space Odyssey
will also screen.
German production
"Ivanhoe" to be
filmed with the ARRI
765 is still in develpoment
The
movie palace in
Portland Oregon is
adding 70mm
projectors
"Interstellar" Goes
5/70 and IMAX 70MM
"Interstellar" will open in 5/70 in Europe • Berlin, ZOO Palast • Copenhagen,
Imperial Bio • London,
Odeon Leicester Sq,
London • Arcadia, Milan • Elbeuf, Grand
Mercure
Failed attempts to
make a book about
the making of
"Mad World"
OCTOBER 2014
ARRI Group launches
new
"65mm" digital
camera
"Interstellar"
is being released 5.
November in 35mm,
70mm and 70mm IMAX
My wife and I are
watching the HBO
Cable Series “Masters of Sex”.
This past Sunday’s
episode, about 20
minutes in, had one
of the characters, a
cameraman named
Lester, who films
their research work,
go on for about 30
seconds, about how
he had just seen
“Windjammer” and
was incredibly
inspired by that
type of film-making.
His monologue occurs
about 20 minutes
into Season 2
Episode 7. It also
caught the eye of
this writer.
Morgan Montague
Sepia Records will
be releasing
Cinerama's "Search For
Paradise" on a
stereo CD with all
kinds of "extras."
The sound quality is
significantly
superior to any of
the films sound
track releases to
date, and the stereo
sound makes a huge
impact in listening
pleasure when
compared to the
prior mono versions.
Robert Weisgerber
SEPTEMBER
2014
Parts of
"Lucy"
filmed in 65mm IMAX
AUGUST 2014
Widescreen Academy
member François
Carrin (France) is
reporting: Jean René
FAILLIOT
(Arane-Gulliver) is
restoring the rare
French MCS 70mm "La Tulipe Noire"
(The Black Tulip) -
No 70mm print, only
4K !!! Bonuses with
interview of
director-assistant
in charge of the
stunts Michel WYN.
New book about
"2OO1: A Space
Odyssey"
mentioned in Vanity
Fair
Taschen is the
publisher of the
book and a link
to a treasury of
production stills
JULY 2014
Dave Strohmaier
interview from
Poland about
Cinerama
JUNE 2014
BFI to
re-release a
digital remaster of
"2OO1: A Space
Odyssey", 28
November 2014 in the
UK.
New Swedish cinema
in Malmö opens in
the winter with a
70mm auditorium and
a screen shaped for
Ultra Panavision 70.
MAY 2014
"Star Wars"
is
being filmed on
anamorphic 35mm and
65mm IMAX
A 3D IMAX version of
"2OO1: A Space
Odyssey" is in
progress
Answer to February's
Ultra Panavision 70
quiz soon to be
published. Any more
who want to have a
go at it? 3 correct
replies so far.
Central
European cinema
manager finds
truckload of 70mm
prints on his door
step, including
several IMAX films.
Theatre manager
considers installing
IMAX if he can find
a used projector.
"This could be a lot
of fun", he says.
Sensation in movie
world, leaves 70mm
fans exstatic in
excitement, and
several experts in
Berlin all agrees
"This is like
finding the lost
Ark, all wrapped up
nicely by TNT".
APRIL 2014
13 - 29 June 2014,
70mm Retrospective,
Cinémathèque
Francais, Paris
lostdominion.ca
are planning a
kickstater campaign
to get another
70mm Film Festival
off the ground in
Ottawa, Canada
FEBRUARY 2014
"JURASSIC WORLD"
to be shot in 35mm
and 65mm
in70mm.com's man in
Berlin, Mr. Gerhard
Witte reports about
the coming
attraction “Ivanhoe”.
Production company
Egoli
Tossell Film AG
says: We
still intend to film
“Ivanhoe” in
65mm negative film.
It is still in
planning phase but
there will be no
further information
about this film
until spring 2014."
Another
western
not to
be made in 65mm.
A 70MM Quiz. Guess a
Large Format film,
shot in Ultra
Panavision 70
Some hints: It was a
short subject, and
it was shown with a
feature film. It was
shown only 7 times
in 1989 in Japan,
along with an older
feature film. The
short was projected
on a 25m wide screen
at 30 fps. It was
part of a festival,
and not part of a
special venue
attraction nor a
World's Fair / Expo.
It was accompanied
by a live orchestra
and chorus. Lillian
Gish did the
narration.
Reply to
QUIZ MASTER
JANUARY 2014
Biffen in
Aalborg (DK) will
celebrate its 25th
anniversary with a
day of 70mm April
26, 2014
Image Trends of
Austin, Texas will
scan Cinerama’s “In the Picture”
in 2014
Arcade Fire releases
new video shot
in 65mm
Super
Panavision
Christopher Nolan is
filming some
sequences of "Interstellar"
in 65mm IMAX
Producer/host Dick
Dinman talks to Dave Strohmaier
about Smileboxed
Cinerama in a
new radio interview
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DECEMBER 2013
ODEON Marble Arch in
London is facing
demolition.
The Todd-AO 30-frame
per second road show
feature "Oklahoma!" is
being fully restored
by
20th Century Fox.
Andrew Oran, FotoKem,
says: "We are doing
preservation on "Oklahoma!"
from the camera neg
but are not making a
new print. However,
a 4K DCP will be
made."
NOVEMBER
2013
Last scenes of
"Gravity" are
filmed in 65mm.
Randy Gitsch is
looking for
"A Tale of Old
Whiff", the
1959 Cinemiracle
release, 70mm,
one-reel cartoon
that accompanied
"Scent of Mystery"
in its original
theatrical release,
and like that
feature, was
originally released
in Smell-O-Vision -
anyone seen it?
Cinerama CD
soundtracks Being
released early 2014:
"Cinerama
Holiday",
"Seven Wonders Of
The World" and
"Search For
Paradise"
"War and Peace"
in
Sovscope 70
at EYE, Amsterdam, 9
November 2013.
SEPTEMBER
2013
Dave Strohmaier will
attend Plus Camerimage 2013 in
Bydgoszcz, Poland in
November, with John
Witmer of the
American Society of
Cinematographers,
and S.O.C. (not ASC)
member cameraman,
Doug Knapp. The trio
will present two
panels on Cinerama,
including one on the
shooting of "In
the Picture"
(2012), the first
film to be shot in
the 3-panel process
in 50 years. They
will also present
the short subject,
"The Last Days of
Cinerama", which
chronicles the
making of the short.
AUGUST
2013
"To the Moon and
Beyond" 65mm
negatives and sound
effects elements
have been found.
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JULY 2013
New 2CD issue of
"Chitty Chity Bang
Bang" due for
release
Our man in
Karlsruhe, Herbert
"KING" Born reports
"Fortress of
Peace" (1964,
MCS-70 short)
will undergo a
digital restoration
from the Large
Format elements ...
premiere of the new
DCP (hopefully in
4K) will be next
year, when the
Lausanne National
EXPO of 1964 will
celebrate it's 50th
anniversary.
JUNE 2013
Former Todd-AO
cinema The Savoy in
Hamburg, Germany
will soon reopen
after a long
closure. No reports
of any 70mm
equipment - yet.
Hunger Games:
Catching Fire on
Kodak 35mm and 65mm
Film
MAY 2013
"Cinerama Holiday" &
"Cinerama South Seas
Adventure" on Blu-ray announced on
Flicker Alley web site and their
Facebook
APRIL 2013
Technicolor UK
about to close all photomechanical film processing by
May 2013, and there is a rumour on
cinematography.com, that Deluxe are closing
their UK and Spanish labs "in the next 90 days".
German production of "Ivanhoe" is still
planned for 65mm photography. Film is in development phase
and an exact production schedule cannot be given now and
there is still no date for the start of filming.
Here in Italy everything is going not well for for 70mm.
The
Multiplex Arcadia cinema, one of the last to show 70mm film is now
fully digital (with 4k projections) and screenings in 70mm
seem distant memories. No 70mm projection for "The
Master". Francesco Gualeni, Italy
Panavision introduced
new 70mm digital cameras
FEBRUARY 2013
From 70mm.com's Berlin correspondent Gerhard Witte:
Hamburg's [Historic
"Savoy" in Hamburg, ed] Savoy has been
taken over by Hans-Joachim Flebbe. So, I hope, it's
saved. Cheers Gerhard
JANUARY 2013
Sepia Records is planning to release a previously unreleased
extended movie score 2-disc CD set of
"Windjammer"
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DECEMBER 2012
The book "Movie Roadshows" is at the printer. Hopefully we
will see the finished product soon.
Kim Holston, writer
Another pair of DP70s on
ebay for sale
70mm Film
Festival in Gartenbau Kino, Wienna, Austria is moved to
fall 2013
NOVEMBER 2012
70mm Film Festival in New York, USA from December 21, 2012
to January 1, 2013
"The Master" Review from the London Evening Standard:
Moreover, Anderson has filmed in rare, 65mm film stock, with
the film being shown in one cinema at least in 70mm
projection. At the press screening this week, this antique
technology broke down after 20 minutes and the film was
started from the beginning again in digital projection — a
useful opportunity to appreciate that while digital offers
clarity, the old film stock has richer colours and greater
emotional impact. See it this way if you can.
"The Last Days of Cinerama" is a celebration of the
revival (and an examination of the demise) of the first
major wide-screen film process, as well as a
behind-the-scenes look at the making of the first
three-panel Cinerama film in 50 years.
Have a
look at the trailer for the brand-new short documentary
"The Last Days of Cinerama" by
Mike Celestino
and Robert Garren, detailing the production of
"In the
Picture", the first new three-strip Cinerama
film in 50 years. Running time is 25 minutes. The doc
premiered at the
Cinerama's 60th Anniversary festival in Hollywood, and
is currently being submitted to other festivals.
OCTOBER 2012
London's Odeon West End gets two-week exclusive run of
"The Master" in 70mm. Released by Entertainment Film
Distributors. The exclusive 70mm run will start at London’s
Odeon West End on Nov 2, and after that two-week exclusive
run, then the film’s non-70mm projection release will start
Nov 16.
US film maker
John Harris is considering making his next
film in 65mm
Sixteen 70mm prints have been made for
"The
Master"'s 21. September release
National Film Board of Canada reports the passing of IMAX
co-inventor Roman Kroitor.
SEPTEMBER 2012
25.08.2012, 5:25 am: This just in from our Hollywood source:
"Previous report about the Village Theatre in L.A. being set
up to handle a 70mm run of P.T. Anderson's new movie,
"The Master", did not pan out, for whatever reason(s).
But now, reports are that
DP70s will be installed (one each) in the Arclight
Hollywood screen #3, and at one of the Landmark 12 screens
in West L.A., so there will be two 70mm prints running in
L.A. when the movie opens. Additional details indicate that
there will be 8 or 9 total prints, so clearly there will be
other venues showing it in 70mm. Known other locations
include the
Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, TX, and
several others,
names to be confirmed before too long."
AUGUST 2012
Update on "Seven Wonders" for the major fans;
Due to the negative scanning problems encountered the
digital restoration of "Seven Wonders of the World"
will be shown at the
Cinerama
Dome in a work in progress form. This will involve a
temporary composite image (3 Cinerama panels in one
widescreen frame) for most of the film. Some of the film
towards the end will be in the digitally restored form.
There is also the possibility that act-2 may be shown from
an original faded Cinerama pink print just as the showing of
Search For Paradise.
TimeOut of Chicago
speculates if they will get a 70mm print of "The Master"
in70mm.com's Bill Lawrence and Thomas Hauerslev mentioned in
Film Journal International by Andreas Fuchs
in70mm.com reader John Huges reports:
indiwire.com writes that Iain Softley is planning to
photograph his next film "Ivanhoe" in 65mm, and they
write: Backed by Berlin-based production shingle Egoli
Tossell Film New GmbH (ETF) along with Morena Films, Softley
has made the unusual decision to shoot in 65mm.....
Cinerama's
60th Anniversary at the Dome already sold 2000+ tickets
for the Cinerama screenings
The classic Village Theatre, in the Westwood Village/west
Los Angeles area of L.A. is reported to be in view as a site
for a 70mm run of the new film from Paul Thomas Anderson (PT
Anderson), "The Master". Although the Village hasn't
run a 70mm print for many years, a 70mm conversion kit for
their
venerable Norelco/Philips
DP70 has been tracked down, and, pending final decisions
and arrangements, it seems likely that L.A. will have its
first commercial engagement of a new movie, presented "in
the splendor of 70mm" in many years (last known previous one
was
"Hamlet", back in December 1996).
JULY 2012
"Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines, or How I
flew from London to Paris in 25 hours and 11 Minutes",
filmed in Todd-AO is
released on de-luxe region free Blu-ray from
"Twilight Time".
70mm "test" screening of a composite print of the complete
(new) movie from P. T. Anderson, "The Master". Took
place Friday afternoon (15 June 2012) at the Academy's
Linwood Dunn Theatre in Hollywood.
MAY 2012
Cigarettes & Red Wines
web site has posted a 65mm film negative clip from
"The Master", and they seem to be very excited about
that.
Select shots of "Snow White and the Huntsman" (mostly
wide and establishing shots) were shot in 65mm with the
Panavision System 65 HR, reports Mr. S. Martin
Dave Strohmaier and his crew shot the very last shot with
the Cinerama Camera Tuesday 15. May, 2012, so 2nd unit and
principal photography of
"In the
Picture" has now ended. Now the camera can go back
to sleep for another 60 years until some other film makers
discover it again!
Wolfram Hannemann, of
LaserHotline.de has interviewed Douglas Trumbull on
video to be added to LaserHotline's YouTube channel.
in70mm.com encourage readers to tune in on
Wolfram's channel
50th anniversary restoration of
"Lawrence of Arabia"
will be screened 19. May in 4K at the 2012 Cannes Festival in France.
APRIL 2012
"Lawrence of Arabia" is due for 50th anniversary
re-release in 70mm, 4k and 2k
"Samsara"
opens in England and Germany in September
John Wolthuis of International 70mm Publishers will publish
a new book about Cinerama titled:
“The
CINERAMA story”. Scheduled to premiere during Widescreen
Weekend in Bradford.
MARCH 2012
Next "Star Trek" film is partly photographed in 65mm
IMAX.
FEBRUARY 2012
New Cinerama documentary - made in Canada - on it's way.
"Lawrence of Arabia" will probably be available in 4K
soon. Maybe even new 70mm prints.
JANUAR 2012
Mr.
Patrick Moha from Lyon, France reports:
It looks like P.T. ANDERSON's "THE MASTER" is
entirely shot in 65mm. So it is reported in
IMDb. In this article from
collider.com, on the seventh picture about "THE
MASTER" one can see a System 65 Panavision camera. It is
NOT a 35mm Panaflex (the magazine is far too bulky).
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OKTOBER 2011
"1066" is listed as being filmed in 65mm on
imdb.com, reports Mr. Wolfram Hannemann.
SEPTEMBER 2011
“Russian Adventure” complete 65mm version of 3 panel
negatives found in Hollywood vault. Most of 7 channel sound
track intact. Possible remastering by Cinerama Inc.
ArcLight in Hollywood will soon be all digital. However, the
Cinerama Dome is keeping their Kinoton FP75 35/70mm
projector and its Cinerama projectors for film
presentations. And something really special is being planned
for the 60th
anniversary of Cinerama next year.
JULY 2011
The Kinemathek Hamburg has announced they will continue to
operate the Savoy after this summer's break. And they will
re-equip the
"Savoy" with 70mm projectors to suit the Todd-AO screen.
I was surfing around IMDb and looking at projects shot in
65mm, past, present and future. I came across this title,
scheduled for release next year -
"The Mad Trapper" (2012). According to the IMDbPro
listing, its technical specs are listed as 35mm and 65mm.
Keep up the great work.
Eduardo Riviera
"Ben Hur" is being re-released in 6k in September
2011 - nothing about 70mm prints
JUNE 2011
Christopher Nolan is utilizing IMAX cameras in “The Dark
Knight Rises” even more extensively than he did on
“The Dark Knight,” which had marked the first time ever
that a major feature film was partially shot with IMAX
cameras. Planned release is July 20, 2012.
MAY 2011
Web site
Cigarettes and Wine reports, that director P. T.
Anderson is testing a 65mm camera
"The Tree of Life" has an interesting new
web site, but still no solid facts about being partly
filmed in 65mm. Set to open May 27th, 2011. Running time is
2:18, and it will be shown in Cannes May 15th.
APRIL 2011
Peter Andren is building a 3-strip Cinerama cinema in his
Cinema Museum in Säter, outside Stockholm, Sweden. It will
be equipped with 35-40 seats, 3 Philips machines, and a 7
meter a single sheet screen, and with a curvature of around
110 degrees. Mr. Andren is aiming for a 2012 opening.
MARCH 2011
Turner Classic Movies is looking for the 65mm/5p negative of
the 1966-68 MCS 70 Superpanorama film “Dr. Coppelius”.
If you have any leads, write to
Dennis Millay
FEBRUARY 2011
Latest 70mm gossip about Terrence Malic's new film "The Tree of Life"
from
popmatters.com:
"...the film looks amazing; shot on every kind of stock you
could imagine, from super 16mm to 65mm for the in-camera
effects."
and maybe with classic special effects in 65mm, from
Vanity Fair's article?:
"Terry is a friend,"
Trumbull said. "He said to me, 'I don't
like CG.' I said, 'Why not do it the old way? The way we did
it in
2001?'"
"Lava Kusa - The Warrior Twins",
India's first
70mm
Animation Film released October 2010, reports
Gaea Times
JANUARY 2011
French source claims "War and Peace" filmed in 70mm
Sovscope 70
process is being prepared for re-issued. A 20 min test
already done by FotoKem. FotoKem Laboratories in Los Angeles
denies involvement in this large format project, however.
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UPDATE: 20 Dec 2010
Dear Thomas Hauerslev,
Thank you for your message. We appreciate your high opinion
of the film "WAR AND PEACE". However, I should inform
you that Mosfilm is not restoring this film in 70mm for
cinema exhibition.
Best regards,
Elena Urel, MosFilm
DECEMBER 2010
Latest gossip from
"the film stage" is the news about the recovery of the famous 17 cut minutes
of
Super Panavison 70 footage from the master piece "2001:
A Space Odyssey", which Mr. Kubrick cut just a few days after the premiere.
The 17 minutes of footage was originally planned to be a part
of Mr. Douglas Trumbull's documentary "2001: Beyond the Infinite The Making of A Masterpiece".
Since Warner Brothers appears to have abandoned it, it's
questionable if the public will ever see the cut footage.
The material was located in a salt mine in Kansas (where movie companies
have stored film material for decades, because of the stable temperature
conditions). There is no detailed information if the trims (cut footage) have
sound, being 65mm negative, or 70mm film with striped sound.
Deleted
scenes included:
• Some shots from the “Dawn of Man” sequence were
removed and a new scene was inserted where an ape pauses with the bone
it is about to use as a tool. The new scene was a low-angle shot of the
monolith, done in order to portray and clarify the connection between
the man-ape using the tool and the monolith. • Some shots of Frank
Poole jogging in the centrifuge were removed. • An entire sequence of
several shots in which Dave Bowman searches for the replacement antenna
part in storage was removed. • A scene where HAL severs radio
communication between the “Discovery” and Poole’s pod before killing him
was removed. This scene explains a line that stayed in the film in which
Bowman addresses HAL on the subject. • Some shots of Poole’s space
walk before he is killed.
in70mm.com
will follow developments.....
SEPTEMBER 2010
Nolan/Pfister are talking about filming entire "Batman 3"
in IMAX
JUNE 2010
Telecine transfer of John Lasher's Kinopanorama footage of
"Grand Ridge Road" [working title] shot with the
PSO-1960 camera at Digital Pictures in Melbourne. The
telecine HD 1080p footage will go to Greg Kimble for the
conversion to 2.55:1 [or thereabouts] for release on DVD and
Blu-ray later on this year. Mr. Kimble is also transferring
other Kinopanorama footage shot previously by John Lasher.
Some shots from "Bounty" as well as the B/W Moscow
Cinema Chronicle Nbr 2 newsreel from 1958.
"2001: A Space Odyssey" is now available in digital
format
MARCH 2010
"Unknown White Male" [retitled
"Unknown", and opening 18.02.2011, ed], directed by Jaume Collet-Serra
and shot by Flavio Martinez Labiano AEC, currently filming
in Germany, is using the Arri 765 for some scenes (as well
as 16mm Ektachrome reversal; most of the film is Super 35)
"Lawrence of Arabia" is being scanned at 8k toward
the creation of a new
preservation negative.
FEBRUARY 2010
Mark Magidson, producer of
"Samsara"
informs in70mm.com:
"We are happy to say we have wrapped principal photography
and are starting the editing process. We anticipate
completion by the end of the year. At this point we are not
certain of the ultimate release form beyond digital 4K and
35mm."
in70mm.com is mentioned on the
dodingle.com web site.
"Nanga Parbat"
released in Germany 14.01.2010, with scenes filmed in 65mm
with ARRI 765.
JANUARY 2010
"Can Can" work completed some time ago.
Unfortunately, due to the fading issues in the original
camera negative (both horizontal fading at the cuts, as well
as east-west fading from poor storage), Fox/FotoKem were not
able to make a new 70mm print from the negative.
Instead, a new 65mm IP from the negative as a preservation
element has been made, and then Fotokem performed a huge
amount of HD restoration. No new print, sadly, but it will
make a passable Blu-ray. Hopefully, as technology becomes
better, faster, and cheaper, Fox/FotoKem will be able to
improve on it in the years to come.
"Windjammer"
35mm composite print was returned to the Swedish archive
after scanning in Hollywood, and the roadshow prologue was
also returned to owner during first week of January 2010.
Work continues on making a Blu-ray and DVD.
70mm festival announced in Canada in 24-26 September 2010 - watch
this space.
and Robert Harris is still working towards funding of the
"The Alamo"
restoration.
AUGUST 2009
Christopher Nolan is considering using 5/65 and IMAX for his next feature film "Inception".
"Samsara" is still filming and editing work has begun.
Schauburg Kino in Karlsruhe and guests have donated USD 1000 for the restoration of "The Alamo".
JULY 2009
A leading Hollywood director has visions of some special
venue 70mm exhibition of his next film. No additional
details available at this time - and it may or may not
actually happen. Stay tuned for later information.
Steven Spielberg and a few guests viewed Steve's personal
70mm print of "LOA" at the Aero theatre, in a private
screening, in May. It's a mag sound print produced in 1989,
at the time of the "25th anniversary" restoration work by
Bob Harris. The print looked wonderful.
APRIL 2009
70mm Festival in Italy and "The Alamo" restoration announced by Robert A. Harris, hopefully followed by "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World".
MARCH 2009
After shooting parts of "The New World" in 70mm,
Terrence Malick has once again chosen to shoot parts of his
new film, "The Tree of Life", on 65mm negatives. Though this
is still unofficial, this film is actually two: the other
called "Voyage of Time". The best news is that unlike
in the case of "The New World", "Voyage of Time"
looks to be exhibited in 70mm and/or in IMAX.
The French artist Phillippe Parreno is doing a short movie
in 65mm for an exhibition from June, 3rd until September,
7th at Centre Pompidou in Paris which will be projected in
70mm
70mm screenings are rumored to take place in Hamburg and
München in Germany this spring. Check for
updates
FEBRUARY 2009
"Flying Clipper" was test screened in the
final week of January 2009 and has been shipped to Berlin.
JANUARY 2009
Ron Fricke's "Samsara" have gotten through the bulk of the
filming. "The material is great, We still need a little more but are well on
our way. Release is expected to be in 2010", says Mark Magidson - producer
of the film.
DECEMBER 2008
German cult travelogue "Flying Clipper", the first film photographed
in MCS 70
process, is going to be reprinted. Ready for screening in late 2009.
NOVEMBER 2008
Three scenes for the next "Transformers 2" movie are
filmed in 65mm IMAX
OCTOBER 2008
New 65mm project is currently shooting in Pakistan with ARRI
765, near Nanga Parbat mountain
"Elements, part 1:
The Air Over Bernina"
filmed with ARRI 765 this
summer. 4½ minutes film is part of film "Elements"
about air, water,
fire and earth. To
be completed in 2011
AUGUST 2008
"Samsara" is currently filming in Korea
JUNE 2008
New 70mm print of "Sky over Holland"
is in the pipeline.
MAY 2008
New 70mm print of "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"
is in the pipeline. New 70mm print of "Khartum" shown
18.05.2008.
APRIL 2008
Some scenes for "Quantum of Solace" are
filmed in 65mm.
23 May 2008 update:
Just thought i would let you know that the new Bond film didn't shot
anything in 65mm [shame] but used a Dalsa 4k Origin digital camera for one
scene. Roberto Schaefer ASC wanted to shoot using Hawk Anamorphics but was
not allowed to by the visual fx people they said post production would take
to long. Its been shot Super 35 using Arricams and Zeiss Ultra Prime lenses,
apart from a short sequence where they used 8 Dalsa Origin 4K cameras.
Meant to say before love your site good luck
John Holland
Lighting Cameraman
London
MARCH 2008
Steven Spelberg and Lucas Film are considering
playing "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the
Crystal Skull" in 70mm at the 2008 Cannes
Film Festival. And Martin Scorsese is using 65mm
cameras on his new film "Shutter Island".
DECEMBER 2007
Ron Fricke's next 70mm project, working titled
"Samsara" is expected to be released fall
2009
OCTOBER 2007
First reel of new Ultra Panavision 70 "Khartoum"
70mm print is test screened.
New 8k digital
master for "Baraka" in progress.
SEPTEMBER 2007
65mm is back - shooting of "THE
INTERNATIONAL" directed by Tom Tykwer and
DOP Frank Griebe has begun ... 10 mins of the
movie will be shot in 65mm using
ARRI 765 rest
will be super35 ...
AUGUST 2007
"The Dark Knight": THE IMAX EXPERIENCE",
from Warner Bros. Pictures, will feature four
sequences filmed with IMAX® cameras. This marks
the first time ever that a major feature film
has been even partially shot using IMAX cameras,
marking a revolutionary integration of the two
film formats."
JULY 2007
New 70mm prints of "The Bible...in the
beginning", "STAR!", "West Side
Story" and "Khartoum" are in the
pipeline.
JUNE 2007
Heard at the
"As Good as it
Gets"
program 21. June 2007 that Ron Fricke, director of "Baraka"
is currently shooting a follow up in 5 perf 65mm. Also, the deal is set for a western to be shot next year in 5 perf
65mm, but to go through a DI.
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