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Author Topic: The New World Robert Harris Film Handler Posts: 95 From: Bedford Hills, NY, USA Registered: May 2003 posted 01-16-2006 10:04 AM                     Having worked out a 35 vs. 65 budget for what was to have been David Lean's final film, the numbers are not all that far off. It worked out to (as I recall) under $500,000. Especially, with a bit of cooperation from Panavision and Kodak, which we had. There is no difference in audio. IMHO, the only real obstacle to a current 70/5 release is the quality of projection and continuous print damage from those venues who refuse to place qualified projection engineers in the booth.  |  IP: Logged Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 01-16-2006 10:48 AM                     quote: Paul Linfesty Isn't this a bit deceptive? One, if the 135 minute version is really an improvement, then why show a longer version to groups in order to be considered for awards? Yes, it is a bit deceptive. This is the way New Line told us to run the show. The longer version opened in three theatres in the US on December 25th. and has played numerous guild screenings. The director decided on the changes late in the game and reworked the film for the January 20th. release date. So it's up to how New Line and the Academy (AMPAS)want to handle what version they will consider. I handle many guild and press screenings here in NYC. I just play what they send me.  |  IP: Logged Ian Price Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1714 From: Denver, CO Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-26-2006 01:03 AM                     Mumble, mumble, mumble... I wonder WTF they were talking about? A good cast wasted by one simple wrong direction.  |  IP: Logged Anslem Rayburn Master Film Handler Posts: 476 From: Yuma, AZ, USA Registered: May 2002 posted 01-26-2006 04:51 AM                     I haven't seen this, and I don't plan to. Nothing interesting to me. I am a bit angered by getting the run time from the 'net, only to find out after the first day that it was shorter than we scheduled for. I could've gotten out of work earlier. I would never sacrifice decent showtimes for the sake of going home early, but a 15 minute difference in a movie of this length would mean an earlier 'late' show, which would be important in my town. This time of year, we have a LOT of seniors that won't go to late, late shows. They are also the primary audience here for this film. I wish the bookers would have told us about this before we ran the film. Our newspaper ad could not be changed after screening it on Thursday and finding out the film was much shorter than what we thought. Had we known on Monday when we did the listings, things would have been different... No shows for this one before noon (since nobody came to it anyway), and an earlier evening show (so more people might think about coming to it in our sleepy little town) would have made a substantial swing in our attendance. But maybe I'm expecting to much to get accurate run times from a booker...  |  IP: Logged Jon Morgan Film Handler Posts: 60 From: Raleigh, NC Registered: Mar 2005 posted 01-30-2006 04:18 PM                     People get run times from their bookers? Whoa. I read mine from tea leaves. As for The New World, I really liked it. Not as good as The Thin Red Line, but still very good. I don't expect most people would like it, though.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 01-30-2006 06:10 PM                     quote: Robert Harris IMHO, the only real obstacle to a current 70/5 release is the quality of projection and continuous print damage from those venues who refuse to place qualified projection engineers in the booth. Not just any theater should be booked with 70mm prints. The prints need to go where they are most sorely needed, really large venues with giant oversized screens -some even equal in size to some IMAX screens. 4/35 just doesn't really cut it being shown on a 70' wide by 30' tall screen. Quite a few screens like this exist in "destination" megaplex sites across the country. There are several just an hour or two of driving distance from me (in Dallas and Oklahoma City), and I'm way out here in Oklahoma, not near either coast. I agree projectionists, in general, need more training and qualifications to show "film done right." On the bright side, formats like 70mm DTS can greatly reduce the cost of 5/70 prints. It's still worth getting angry about a 70mm print getting damaged, but those kinds of prints wouldn't be as bad a loss as a mag-striped 70mm Dolby SR print worth up to $20,000 (or even more). I'm still waiting for an opportunity to see The New World at a decent theater. It isn't playing locally. I liked The Thin Red Line alright, but was mainly impressed with the cinematography. Some really incredible camera crane tricks were on display, such as one running up an angled hillside.  |  IP: Logged

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