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Topic: Senator Theatre is playing Fiddler on the Roof in IB and 4-track
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Stephen Furley
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From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England
Registered: May 2002
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posted 12-10-2007 11:14 AM
I saw it when it first came out; I think it was at the Odeon, Streatham, when that place was still one auditorium, and carbon arcs. I'm pretty sure I saw it in 35mm, and not a blow-up, and the sound was good. I do remember that I heard it in stereo. Does the print have 12kHz. tone, because I heard it on many 4-track films, but I don't remember hearing it on that, but it's a long time ago now. I can't actually remember how much use the film made of the surround channel; many films made very little use of it. These days I doubt that I could even hear 12kHz.
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Mark J. Marshall
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From: New Castle, DE, USA
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 12-10-2007 01:01 PM
When we were there, (12 noon on Friday) they closed the curtains manually for the intermission. I did wonder why the curtain wasn't motorized. Now I know. I'm sure some would have made the case to just leave the curtain open while the machine was broken, so I give them kudos for trying to put on a good show by doing it manually.
The volume for our show was perfect. It sounded great from the back of the theater, which is where we started because we came in a few minutes late and couldn't see, and it sounded great from the 10th row, which is where we ended up after our eyes adjusted. The sound was definitely stereo for us. We noticed dialog panning on a few of the scenes, and the music while sounding dated, was still pleasant to listen to, and did surround us. I also noticed a very very faint ticking noise coming from the right channel during the first half of the second half. It was extremely faint and I'm not complaining, but it was there.
Like Steve said, the scratches were hit and miss. Most folks wouldn't notice most of the scratches. There was one wavy dark base scratch down the center of the screen that lasted about a minute, and I did notice a couple of emulsion scratches, but they were quick and hardly distracting. I thought I saw Film Guard, but I wasn't sure.
There were a few splices here and there, mostly near the heads and tails of the reels, but only one, maybe two that removed a line or more of dialog. An interesting note: when you see the splices, you're instinctively ready to hear a break in the sound, but it never comes. Another clue that we were listening to the mag track.
It sucks that your show suffered a little, Mike. All things considered, ours was great. Especially when you consider that this print is probably one of the best ones in existence.
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