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Author Topic: Upcoming 70mm Fest in Los Angeles Michael Coate Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1904 From: Los Angeles, California Registered: Feb 2001 posted 02-23-2004 12:50 PM                     quote: How was "hello dolly"? I've missed that one the past 2 years in a row now, damn! Was it still in good shape, or has it been messed up. It looked spectacular. Print was destined for Austin, Texas following the fest. All of the prints appeared to be in great shape. That shouldn't be a surprise since they were all (except for Sleeping Beauty) brand-new or recently struck. Sleeping Beauty was Disney's archival print struck in the mid-1990s. It's been screened a few times and has begun to show some wear. Play Time was a print based on last spring's restoration and French re-release. Interesting film that's worth checking out if you get the chance. (It's on DVD from Criterion, but in mono and with, I think, a shorter running time than this latest print.) Despite a bunch of conflicting info "out there," Play Time appears to have been shot in 65mm but printed with mattes on the sides of the frame (in 70mm prints) resulting in an approximate 1.85:1 ratio. Sound was DTS, front channels only, no surround. All of the prints in this year's fest were 70mm-DTS, except for Sleeping Beauty which was 70mm-mag (Dolby A). quote: Did the theatre accomnodate for the wider UP70 ratio [for It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World]? Or were they cropping off the sides of the image? The masking was adjusted vertically to achieve the wider ratio.  |  IP: Logged Paul Linfesty Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1383 From: Bakersfield, CA, USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 02-23-2004 04:01 PM                     Does the Todd-AO screen credit for Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines read: "Produced in Todd-AO" or "Filmed in Todd-AO"?  |  IP: Logged Michael Coate Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1904 From: Los Angeles, California Registered: Feb 2001 posted 02-23-2004 04:08 PM                     quote: Does the Todd-AO screen credit for Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines read: "Produced in Todd-AO" or "Filmed in Todd-AO"? Neither. The on-screen billing reads "Photographed in Todd-AO."  |  IP: Logged Paul Linfesty Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1383 From: Bakersfield, CA, USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 03-10-2004 12:26 AM                     quote: My recollection was that the proscenium was altered for Cinemascope, & then the D-150 screen was installed in front of what remained & drapes hung over everything at the sides. "Removal" would not be clean or easy or economical or the way it's ever been done! This picture and article shows that it was indeed done this way: http://cinerama.topcities.com/Egyptian.htm  |  IP: Logged William Hooper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1879 From: Mobile, AL USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-11-2004 01:13 AM                        I concede; they pulled a lot down, as well as filling in the pit. It's hard to tell from the photo; I wonder if they broke out the firewall, enlarging the proscenium opening? What a monster job retaining all that while building in it.  |  IP: Logged

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