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Author Topic: Dunkirk 15/70 Release William Kucharski Expert Film Handler Posts: 244 From: Louisville, Colorado, United States of America Registered: Oct 2012 posted 07-05-2017 10:34 PM                     I mentioned on the other Dunkirk thread that the Colorado Center IMAX confirmed they will not be showing it in 15/70 because they had "too many problems" showing Interstellar off film.  |  IP: Logged Tyler Purcell Expert Film Handler Posts: 180 From: Van Nuys, CA Registered: Dec 2015 posted 07-06-2017 11:08 PM                        Too many problems? Meaning they didn't want to pay a projectionist? Is pushing a few buttons just easier then threading film? Man if I were warner brothers, I wouldn't let them show it at all.  |  IP: Logged Bill Brandenstein Master Film Handler Posts: 413 From: Santa Clarita, CA Registered: Jul 2013 posted 07-08-2017 08:27 PM                     We had tickets there for Interstellar like the day it broke. And while the manager was courteous and offered us a refund if we didn't like the 2K Liemax show, in the end we didn't ask for one because the sound and the story experience were still so powerful. You'd probably have to bring this to Nolan's attention to get this fixed. They don't need film to fill seats at that theater, apparently. And money is more important than anything, right?  |  IP: Logged William Kucharski Expert Film Handler Posts: 244 From: Louisville, Colorado, United States of America Registered: Oct 2012 posted 07-10-2017 03:01 AM                     At least there are two theaters in the area (AMC Westminster 24 in Westminster, CO and the Regal Continental in Denver) that will be showing it in 70mm. Part of me suspects they actually ripped out and trashed the projectors when Interstellar finished its run and so couldn't run it in 15/70 even if forced to. Sadly, if you go to Fandango and click on "Dunkirk in 70mm" though it does denote 70mm showings, it intermixes them with regular digital showings. I think one thing that probably tipped it for the Colorado Center's management is that unlike with Interstellar, this time film presentations aren't getting an early presentation window so there's no financial benefit for them to provide patrons with a superior product; just move 'em in and move 'em out (given how blurry all non-3D 2K LieMax is there, I wouldn't be surprised; the text on trailers is noticeably fuzzy but 3D main presentations are sharp.) This is one of several door clings at the AMC Westminster 24, and they have a large cardboard standup as well that also touts the 70mm presentation:  |  IP: Logged Scott Jentsch Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1061 From: New Berlin, WI, USA Registered: Apr 2003 posted 07-11-2017 11:49 AM                        Here are the links for showtimes that we have for Dunkirk on film so far: Dunkirk in 70mm (87 U.S. locations) Dunkirk: The IMAX Experience in 70mm Film (23 U.S. locations) Dunkirk in 35mm (16 U.S. locations) As always, this data is only as good as what is supplied by the theaters, but if they get it wrong, they're going to have plenty of unhappy customers showing up at their door. (Usually, the data we get is accurate, but mistakes and last-minute updates happen that we can't control) I need to find out what the screen size, etc. will be at our local theater, and I'm going to do the same for the Chicago-area locations too. It doesn't make sense to watch a 70mm presentation on a 26-foot wide screen, with substandard sound.  |  IP: Logged Bill Brandenstein Master Film Handler Posts: 413 From: Santa Clarita, CA Registered: Jul 2013 posted 07-11-2017 01:47 PM                     Scott, it's nice that you posted those links and have current figures for the numbers of screens so booked. But how about if we just want to see a list of where the theaters are? No 35mm bookings within 50 miles is all the website will allow me to find out.  |  IP: Logged William Kucharski Expert Film Handler Posts: 244 From: Louisville, Colorado, United States of America Registered: Oct 2012 posted 07-13-2017 03:34 PM                     quote: Bill Brandenstein Scott, it's nice that you posted those links and have current figures for the numbers of screens so booked. But how about if we just want to see a list of where the theaters are? No 35mm bookings within 50 miles is all the website will allow me to find out. Strange; for some locations it lists the closest locations that will be playing it in that format. For example, for Denver, the closest 15/70 theaters are Des Moines, IA and Fort Worth, TX.  |  IP: Logged Scott Jentsch Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1061 From: New Berlin, WI, USA Registered: Apr 2003 posted 07-15-2017 07:56 PM                        The showtimes pages are set up to show theaters within a certain range (5-50 miles), and if none are found within that range, it will look for the closest 10 theaters, no matter how far away. I thought about adding a way to just list all theaters playing a particular movie, but if that were to be done for wide releases, it would kill the server as it tries to deliver thousands of results. If there is interest here for a complete list, I can probably whip a special page of results for just Dunkirk's various iterations. It might be a useful thing to have around when the next such special release happens... Until then, here's an updated count: Dunkirk in 70mm (90 U.S. locations) Dunkirk: The IMAX Experience in 70mm Film (25 U.S. locations) Dunkirk in 35mm (17 U.S. locations)  |  IP: Logged Bill Brandenstein Master Film Handler Posts: 413 From: Santa Clarita, CA Registered: Jul 2013 posted 07-15-2017 09:14 PM                     Thanks for the reply and clarification, Scott. The "nearest 10" is a helpful feature, and for the moment is satisfying to see that the nearest 35mm booking is more than 700 miles from Hollywood. (#irony) At least there's a healthy sampling of 70mm and film Imax around here, so we really can't complain. Perhaps when it's all over a "master list" of film locations can be archived, since this is a film release of historic proportions.  |  IP: Logged Scott Jentsch Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1061 From: New Berlin, WI, USA Registered: Apr 2003 posted 07-19-2017 01:54 PM                        OK, I came up with a solution that I like for all 70mm shows, including Dunkirk. I modified the search tool that I have for looking for Atmos presentations and set it after any movie with "70mm" in the title, or any presentation with "70mm" in the showtimes notes: http://www.bigscreen.com/advsearch/70mm.php Give that a try and see if it delivers some useful information. That shows all movies that qualify, and it shows all the theaters that qualify as well. Selecting the movie or theater will take you to more details, and eventually landing you on the showtimes page for the theater playing the 70mm presentation. I have to work out some caching mechanisms to keep the server from getting overloaded, so the link above is the only place you'll find the tool until that's all done. UPDATE: the final step to getting to the theater showtimes page isn't working. I'll keep the tool operational while I fix it because it still shows the list of theaters playing the movie. This doesn't cover the 35mm shows, however, but I'm not sure that there's going to be a lot of need for that.  |  IP: Logged Scott Jentsch Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1061 From: New Berlin, WI, USA Registered: Apr 2003 posted 07-19-2017 03:27 PM                        Update 2: The 70mm search tool is fixed.  |  IP: Logged System Notices Forum Watchdog / Soup Nazi Posts: 215 Registered: Apr 2004 posted 07-31-2018 07:06 PM                 It has been 377 days since the last post.  |  IP: Logged Andrew Peter Chobaniuk Film Handler Posts: 28 From: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Registered: Jul 2006 posted 07-31-2018 07:06 PM                     Dunkirk is currently playing at Science World's OMNIMAX Theatre in Vancouver on Tuesday nights at 19:30 during the summer months.  |  IP: Logged Chris Haller Film Handler Posts: 68 From: Rochester, NY, USA Registered: Dec 2015 posted 07-31-2018 07:29 PM                     Have you been up there to see it on one of these Tuesday nights? I'd be fascinated to hear what the turnout is on the movie a year later.  |  IP: Logged

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