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FILMS IN TODD-AO
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TODD-AO PREMIERE LIST

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TODD-AO TEST FILMING
Todd-AO 65mm Test
By Thomas Hauerslev
Wednesday 9 February 1994, review of  a very interesting reel of 65mm film which had been discovered at the Nederlands Filmmuseum in Amsterdam.

TODD-AO FEATURE FILMS

1955
"Oklahoma"
By David Coles
For ten years, since the musical play "Oklahoma!" opened in New York City, March 31, 1943, the major movie companies made overtures to Rodgers and Hammerstein for the movie right of "Oklahoma!" Nothing happened until one day when both Dick and Oscar were invited to see test shots of the Todd-AO process. Then it became obvious that the movies were ready for "Oklahoma!"

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Fred Zinnemann's "Oklahoma!" in Todd-AO

1956
The Miracle of Todd-AO Final review May 1, 1956
Todd-AO's intense feeling of realism and its possibilities for intimacy and emotional participation convinced Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein that this was the medium in which to present on the screen their American classic, "Oklahoma!"

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"Around the World in 80 Days"
By David Coles
"Do not refer to Around the World in 80 Days as a movie. It's not a movie. Movies are something you can see in your neighbourhood theatre and eat popcorn while you're watching them....Show Around the World in 80 Days almost exactly as you would present a Broadway show in your theatre." Mike Todd

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"Around the World in 80 Days" in Todd-AO

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Mike Todd's "Around the World in 80 Days"

1958
Full credits for "The March of Todd-AO"
Louis de Rochemont Associates has produced for Magna Theatres a colorful and absorbing 1500 foot film to be shown as a prologue to the roadshow engagements of "South Pacific".
"South Pacific"
By David Coles
South Pacific is a 1958 American romantic musical film based on the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific, which in turn based on James A. Michener's short-story collection Tales of the South Pacific. The film, directed by Joshua Logan, starred Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi Gaynor, John Kerr and Ray Walston in the leading roles with Juanita Hall as Bloody Mary, the part that she had played in the original stage production. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards, winning the Academy Award for Best Sound for Fred Hynes.
FotoKem Restores "South Pacific"
FotoKem used its Imagica “Bigfoot” scanner to digitally recapture the faded glory of “South Pacific,” the 1958 65mm Todd AO classic. 20th Century Fox tapped FotoKem’s Large Format Group for the photochemical preservation and video mastering on the project, taking advantage of the facility’s 65mm scanner and its high speed 4K transfer capabilities.

Todd-AO Film Data

1959

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“Porgy and Bess”

 
 
1960

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“Can-Can”

1963
"Man in the 5th Dimension"
By Thomas Hauerslev
One of the most unique and rarely seen Todd-AO films ever produced, was a 28 minute film filmed in 1963 to be shown exclusively at the Billy Graham Pavilion at the 1964-65 Worlds Fair in New York

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“Cleopatra”
Howard Terpning and Joseph L. Mankiewicz's “Cleopatra“
By Gerhard Witte
A look at the different “Cleopatra” posters and the controversy surrounding the making of the famous poster art. Howard Terpning is a painter and illustrator of our time. He is the most renowned and honored Western artist painting today.

1965

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“Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines”

1967

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“Doctor Dolittle”

1968

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“STAR!”

1970

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“Airport”

1971
“The Last Valley”
By Mike Coate
“The Last Valley” was among four confirmed first-run films released in 1971 with 70mm prints for selected engagements. The ABC/Cinerama release was directed by James Clavell and starred Michael Caine and Omar Sharif. These were continuous performance, general release bookings (i.e. not roadshow…although roadshow style program booklets were made available).
 
 
 

1989
"CineSpace 70" Credits"
By
Lee Parker & Richard Vetter
Demonstration Film in four major parts. Purpose of the demonstration film is to show the merits of filming with updated 65mm Todd-AO cameras. Following examples are included: zoom, steadicam, low light, high speed, slow motion, time lapse, CU's to infinity, aerial, under water, exterior, people, nature, daytime, nighttime, extreme wide angle to telephoto etc.

1992
Todd-AO at "Sea"
By Thomas Hauerslev
Ron Fricke was very pleased to know "Baraka" was shown in a Copenhagen swim bath. It was one of his original ideas to have it shown outside regular cinemas

Baraka credits
Baraka - A Visual Journal

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“Baraka”

2019

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Apollo 11


Go to Motion pictures photographed in Dimension 150


• Go to Mike Todd Jr.'s "Scent of Mystery" in Smell-O-Vision

TODD-AO FEATURE FILMS

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Online: 02-06-1999. Updated: 21-01-2024