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Steve

(PS, I'd personally, prefer Mag but that is what I grew up with....kinda like Altec)

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Martin Frandsen
Film crazy!, Big 70mm fan!

Again, You haven't been listening carefully before bringing rumors into space: The Kubrick Family will not accept prints in circulation without subtitles for the actual location, -and that's why, Denmark, Norway and Sweden can't have a print to sheare, neither will they accept old prints.

Getting ready for 70mm ? - Well, -if those darn gremlins inside the rack hadn't been humming, as soon as projector 1 is on, it would take about 3 minutes per projector to get going. Anyone using more time, should convert for DP70 /AAII asap. Contact Your local dealer
P.S.: Martin: Last time, You visited me, and wanted me to run 70m, I hadn't seen my bed for about 30 hours, -only been sleepwalking round the DP's. I was not in the mood for "I could have danced all night" or anything else. -Check that before leaving home next time...
P.P.S.: Anybody got a gremlins-trap to spare...?

Per

2001 reissue in 70mm - a matter of human rights !

Well, I said it would drift out of sync after awhile, but then I remembered; Awhile ago, there was a guy who had a box that would sync audio to audio. I think his idea was to have a system like DTS, but instead of a sync track on the film, it would use the regular optical sound track to generate a pulse to control a CD player. Existing prints could be used with a CD player.

Does any remember this system?

Also, the four hour figure to change from 35mm to 70mm is based on the JJ's I used to use. I'm including de-maging the projector and hand tools; aligining and A chaining the mag head; checking the B chain (should be correct, but I'm not going to go through everything else and not check that); removing the optical lens assembly (would scratch the film); refocusing the lamp; tilting and kicking the pedestal to align the test film image to the screen (it's always a little off); unhooking the masking cable from the masking motor to set the masking to 2.21 (very few theaters will pay for a masking motor with 3 stops); changing to longer 1/2" spindles (easy on a V8!); fiddling with the trap holder (that dove-tail shaped part) to position the trap for good focus; removing the 35mm plastic pad rollers (yeah, you shouldn't turn it the wrong way, but..)

I have seen you dance in the booth with that reel of ''Dolly'' it was not a pretty sight i must say! i'll rather see Miss Eliza dance at the Ball!
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IT's the NEW small talk, you do it so awfully well! -- My Fair Lady

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Martin Frandsen
Film crazy!, Big 70mm fan!

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since it does not appear to be advertized
here is an important piece of info
for those in london, uk

2001-A Space Odyssey

is at the curzon mayfair
for one month
1300h, 1615h and 1945h
phone 020-7465-8865

i went on sunday
and it was a pretty clean and nice 70mm print
with an aligned projector too !

the front row is unobstructed
and the poster outside said it is
STILL THE ULTIMATE TRIP
and it is ;-)

mitch mitchell
vfx supervisor, london, uk.

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The picture and sound should be well aligned as Richard Huhndorf of Warners and Dion Hanson spent a considerable amount of time setting up the equipment for the Curzon's first 70mm screening for some time.

This is the same print we ran on March 10th and is coming back to Pictureville on May 18th for 10 days after it as finished it's run at the Curzon and been to a theatre in Cambridge.

PS "2001" is issued on DVD June 12, with the cleaned-up soundtrack and film material mastered from the 65mm negative.

PPS. The De-Luxe DVD set comes with a 70mm frame from the film. So, the only way to see "2001" in Denmark is on DVD while holding the 70mm frame. Ironic, huh!

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All my best
Thomas
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35mm trailers for '2001' have been attached to all the UK prints of 'Best in Show' with an 'Exclusive 70mm presentation at the Curzon, Mayfair' tag at the end.

IMHO, if they're not going to rerelease the film in 35mm at all, then Warners should not be distributing 35mm trailers. They certainly should not be sending the trailers to cinemas which cannot show 70mm.

I've been told by our head office that they will try to book us the 35mm version when it comes out, so they obviously believe that there will be a 35mm release. If there isn't, then I've been wasting our customers' time for the last three weeks (apart from the tiny minority who are willing to travel a considerable distance to see it).

BTW, the cinema in Cambridge to which Dick refers is none other than my company's own Cambridge Arts Picture House - for screening dates and times, see
www.picturehouse-cinemas.co.uk/cb/whats.html

I know we are in different ridings of Yorkshire but Bradford isn't that far from York

Good God you can even catch the mighty Iron Horse between our two cities as long as Railtrack / Northern Spirit (aka Spawn of The Devil) don't interfere

Perhaps your management might allow us to send some flyers across for display at City Screen.

All I was trying to say was that mass-trailing a film which cannot be shown at the venue where the trailer is being shown could be off-putting to our customers. If the tag at the end had said 'showing ONLY in 70mm at the following cinemas...' then that might be one solution. As it is the trailer gives the impression that we'll be showing the film.

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