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Really hoping for somewhere decent in Denver, hopefully the Regal Colorado Boulevard IMAX still has the projectors they used for Interstellar in storage somewhere.

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(but it still looked incredible in 70mm!!)

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Yeah, except for the green glow on the screen from the exit sign that Regal was somehow unable to keep off the screen.

I stopped going to the Continental when they took out the 78' wide D-150 screen and replaced it with a much smaller screen for digital projection.

Have you seen anything in the Cine Capri auditorium at Harkins Northfield? It's definitely worth checking out.

Please reach out to the management of whichever theater you prefer and ask them to show Dunkirk in 70MM. The only way we'll get it in Denver is if enough people show an interest.
 

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Posted by William Kucharski (Member # 7246) on 05-05-2017, 08:10 AM:
 
Indeed the CineCapri is nice, but it's still smaller than the Colorado Boulevard IMAX or the Regal Continental RPX theaters, especially the latter where they can let the subwoofers run at proper volume because it's isolated and made of reinforced concrete.

It's also wonderful that since last fall Regal made both the IMAX and the RPX theaters reserved seating, so no more having to get there two hours before showtime to get a good seat.

As we both mentioned elsewhere, the Regal green glow is still much much better than the washed out lower red corners and bad registration at the AMC Dolby at Flatiron Crossing.
 

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Posted by Geoff Jones (Member # 3668) on 05-05-2017, 07:14 PM:
 
Add the Cinerama to the Dunkirk 70MM list. No surprise there. It's the best commercial theater in existence.

https://cinerama.com/News/May-2017/Cinerama-to-show-Christopher-Nolan-s-Dunkirk-in-70.aspx

@William - Cool!
 

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Posted by Thomas Hauerslev (Member # 566) on 05-21-2017, 10:57 PM:
 
This 7OMM release will be no way near "The Hateful Eight" in terms of cinemas with 70mm prints it appears.

2 in Australia
11 in Europe
10 in the US
and none in Canada, at least so far

http://www.in70mm.com/news/2017/dunkirk/index.htm
 

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Posted by Allan Young (Member # 6332) on 05-23-2017, 07:44 AM:
 
Seems there are only three 15/70 prints worldwide?

If so, I'm hoping they'll print the IMAX footage direct from the ON.
 

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Posted by William Kucharski (Member # 7246) on 05-23-2017, 08:10 AM:
 
I'm hopeful details just haven't been hashed out yet rather than limit viewing it on film to such a pathetically small set of theaters compared to Interstellar.
 

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Posted by Julian Antos (Member # 5497) on 05-23-2017, 12:02 PM:
 
The Music Box Theatre in Chicago will be screening Dunkirk in 5 perf 70mm. We are told a few of our competitors are screening as well. I believe Showplace Icon, AMC River East 21, and possibly the Century in Evanston, all using BLSI equipment.

Navy Pier Imax (we are told) will be running 15/70. I believe this will be their first 15/70 engagement since INTERSTELLAR, which looked and sounded great. They are now owned by AMC after having been owned and operated by IMAX for many years, which is probably a bad thing.
 

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Posted by Victor Liorentas (Member # 5272) on 05-23-2017, 12:18 PM:
 
I begged Warner to let us play it in 35mm. I pitched our theater with pictures and technical specs including a Isco Bluestar anamorphic.
Mentioned the report about theatres with film capability getting to play it exclusively for the first 2 days.
They responded that the 2 day thing was just a internet rumor but they will write us down as having 35mm capability. I doubt anything will come of it.
I wish Nolan,Tarantino and the other film loving filmmakers would go the extra step and seek us film capable theatres out. I've tried to reach out to them over the years. In Ontario Canada,getting any film is so difficult and expensive to ship.
 

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Posted by Jonathan Althaus (Member # 5042) on 05-23-2017, 03:38 PM:
 
I was at the OKC Capri last week, great presentation quality, and an identical setup (or so it seems) to the one in DFW (Southlake). Those screens would be perfect for 70mm
 

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Posted by Geoff Jones (Member # 3668) on 05-23-2017, 07:41 PM:
 
Contact them Jonathan!
 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 05-23-2017, 10:14 PM:
 
I might try writing Harkins again about getting a 70mm setup for "Dunkirk" in Oklahoma City. But where would they find projectionists properly skilled enough to handle the 70mm print?

I'm not expecting much from Harkins. They can't even manage to include Dolby Atmos listings on their web site for shows mixed in Dolby Atmos playing on the Cine Capri screens. But they still use those curtains and masking though!
 

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Posted by Sean Weitzel (Member # 244) on 05-24-2017, 08:30 PM:
 
I received an email reply from Doug Link the technical director at the Esquire IMAX in Sacramento, California. He confirmed they will be playing a 15/70mm print.
 

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Posted by Geoff Jones (Member # 3668) on 05-24-2017, 09:31 PM:
 
Colorado Center tells me they will be showing Dunkirk in 70MM IMax.
 

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Posted by Thomas Hauerslev (Member # 566) on 05-28-2017, 11:09 AM:
 
55+ cinemas - long list of 15/7OMM houses just added

http://www.in70mm.com/news/2017/dunkirk/index.htm
 

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Posted by William Kucharski (Member # 7246) on 05-28-2017, 11:14 AM:
 

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Colorado Center tells me they will be showing Dunkirk in 70MM IMAX.

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"Dunkirk will feature over 100 minutes of IMAX material, according to sources close to the production"

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are 70MM prints still using the DTS CD ROM discs for audio playback?

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quote: Thomas Hauerslev

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I deleted the "hacked" list, as it was incomplete and full of errors.

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I'm wondering if someone didn't just take the Hateful 8 70mm list and use it as a placeholder when coding the website.
 

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Posted by Thomas Hauerslev (Member # 566) on 06-30-2017, 12:38 PM:
 
wonder away and speculate - it's just a waste of time

Let's deal with facts
 

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Posted by Stephan Shelley (Member # 8587) on 06-30-2017, 08:18 PM:
 
Tower Theatre Sacramento CA

and unless they change there mind at the last minuet:

the Century/Cinemarks: San Francisco Center, Daley City CA, Union City CA and Oakridge San Jose CA
 

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Posted by Scott Norwood (Member # 30) on 07-01-2017, 07:18 AM:
 
Coolidge Corner in Brookline, MA. is advertising 70mm screenings as well. Like most of the venues on the list so far, they are permanently equipped for 70mm projection (although I do not believe that they own mag or DTS sound equipment).

Both the Coolidge and Somerville are advertising a 7/20 opening. I wish that they had given the 5/70 and 15/70 venues a week or more of lead time over the national release, but I suppose that one day is better than nothing.
 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 07-01-2017, 10:59 AM:
 
Scott, I'm sure all of the digital theaters will open with Thursday evening shows (the 20th) like most movies do these days as a way to "cheat" to get a bigger opening box office number.
 

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Posted by Stephan Shelley (Member # 8587) on 07-01-2017, 01:40 PM:
 
The Tower in Sacramento and the 4 Cinemark theatres in San Francisco Bay Area are H8 installations. My understanding is the theatres are purchasing the equipment at a discount and making them permanent installs.
 

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Posted by William Kucharski (Member # 7246) on 07-02-2017, 01:22 PM:
 
The management of the Regal Colorado Blvd. IMAX in Denver just confirmed to me that they will not be getting Dunkirk on film. They said they just had too many issues showing Interstellar off film.

They did confirm that the Regal Continental down the street will be getting a 70 mm print, but I know they haven't moved the projector from the house they showed Hateful 8 in, which is a tiny multiplex-sized screen and a much smaller theater in general.

Very depressing news and it has me pricing flights.
 

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Posted by Scott Norwood (Member # 30) on 07-02-2017, 02:41 PM:
 

quote: William Kucharski

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The management of the Regal Colorado Blvd. IMAX in Denver just confirmed to me that they will not be getting Dunkirk on film. They said they just had too many issues showing Interstellar off film.

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I talked to the colorado center LieMax

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I talked to the colorado center LieMax

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So, rather than fix the issues, they decided just to not show it? That seems about right for what passes for "logic" in the exhibition industry.

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Christopher Nolan’s ‘Dunkirk’ Scores Widest 70MM Release in 25 Years
Brent Lang
Senior Film and Media Editor
@BrentALang

JULY 5, 2017 | 07:56AM PT
“Dunkirk” will appear in 125 70MM theaters, Warner Bros. Pictures said Wednesday. That’s the widest release in the format in 25 years, a testament to director Christopher Nolan’s clout and belief in the superiority of these screenings.

Directors such as Nolan, Paul Thomas Anderson, Quentin Tarantino swear by 70MM, the industry term for a wide high-resolution film gauge that was once used to project epic films such as “Lawrence of Arabia” and “Ben-Hur.” They believe it creates crisper, more painterly images. However, theater chains have moved away from film projection, in favor of cheaper, digital forms of exhibition. It takes a filmmaker with enormous influence to compel them to take old equipment out of mothballs and hire staff that can work the older projectors.

In 2016, Quentin Tarantino and the Weinstein Company rolled out “The Hateful Eight” across roughly 100 70MM locations. The indie studio ginned up a lot of publicity for the move, but it was pricey, with some industry observers speculating that it cost exhibitors between $8 million and $10 million to rebuild or install the equipment.

In 2014, Nolan convinced Paramount and Warner Bros. to let him screen “Interstellar” in 50 IMAX enabled 70 MM venues. Other films such as Anderson’s “The Master” and Kenneth Branagh’s “Hamlet” have been shot on 65MM film stock as a way of emphasizing their dramatic scope.

“Dunkirk” focuses on a decisive World War II battle. It stars Tom Hardy, Branagh, Mark Rylance, Harry Styles, and newcomer Fionn Whitehead. Nolan always wanted to film to screen on 70MM and shot much of “Dunkirk” with IMAX’s extremely high-resolution 2D film cameras. The director is something of a film traditionalist. He has publicly rejected attempts by studios to offer movies on home entertainment platforms early, advocating instead of the theatrical experience. He also is no fan of digital projection.

“I have been a longtime proponent of film – particularly the IMAX film format – as a
storytelling medium,” Nolan said in a statement. “The immersive quality of the image is second to none, drawing the audience into the action in the most intense way possible.”

Tickets to the 70MM engagements of “Dunkirk” go on sale on Wednesday. Regular tickets are available on Friday. The film opens on July 21.

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Shame on AMC. Your managers should be teaching your floor staff about this event.

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Posted by Marcel Birgelen (Member # 6801) on 07-10-2017, 02:03 AM:
 
Manager 1: Hey, big release coming up. Dunkirk, some WW2 movie, same guy who made that space thing... ya know, Interstellar.
Manager 2: Ah, the one who blew our speakers the other day?
Manager 1: Yeah, big deal. We're going to show it in 70 millimeter in one of our screens.
Manager 2: That's some caliber.
Manager 1: Yeah, ya know, it's on actual film, you know those big spools of film we used to play?
Manager 2: Yeah, I remember. But why? I thought film was dead?
Manager 1: Yeah, it sorta is, but this Interstellar guy keeps pushing out movies on film and there are just a few locations left that can actually show it. Apparently, people from all over the country come to see it in those locations.
Manager 2: You're serious? Just to see it in what? 70 millimeter? And we're one of them locations?
Manager 1: You know Johnny from concessions? The old guy who was cheaper to keep than to fire a few years back?
Manager 2: The guy who knows to fix the nacho cheese warmer? What's up with him?
Manager 1: Back 6 or 7 years ago, you know when that digital thing happened? They threw out all those bulky machines, you now them projectors and replaced it with those digital things? We sold all of them for scrap, except those from screen #1. The big one, the mothership.
Manager 2: The only one I actually watch movies in?
Manager 1: Yeah, well, Johnny told us we should keep them, because they were special. But we really had no room for those bulky things in #1, because you know the 3D and stuff, so we shoved them down the corridor back into screen #42, one of them shoe-boxes. Johnny said, he was sure we gonna need them one day. And bam, you see, he was right. And since we kept him around, he can do some actual work for his money, instead of popping corn and heating nachos, he can run that shit. I've not seen him this excited in years.
Manager 2: What about MovieShack down the road?
Manager 1: They threw all of that old shit out, so we're the only ones within hundreds of miles running the movie in 70 millimeter.
Manager 2: Shouldn't we put it in big letters on the marquee and... maybe do some stuff with the local news. Get the word out?
Manager 1: Nah, you know those folks who usually visit us, they couldn't give a flying f*ck if it's 70 millimeter, a thousand millimeters or whatever. Those who do give a f*ck, they'll read it on the Internet somewhere and they will come.
Manager 2: Won't they be disappointed they'll see it in one of our smallest screens?
Manager 1: What do we care? They'll see it in 70 f*cking millimeters, we're not lying, are we?
Manager 2: I guess we're not.
 

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Posted by William Kucharski (Member # 7246) on 07-10-2017, 02:55 AM:
 
Surprisingly enough, the AMC in Westminster, CO has really gone all out with the studio cardboard POP and door/window clings all advertising "See it here in 70mm." 

Though the theater they will be showing 70mm in is smaller than the locations four main "large houses," I did confirm that it (auditorium 20) does have a capacity of 294 (which is actually more than many smaller theaters' large houses.)


 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 07-10-2017, 11:11 AM:
 
I think Warner Bros. or whoever created that 70mm logo could have done a better job with it. The result seems a little bland. I'm pretty tired of the Bank Gothic typeface. The designer made alterations to the stock lettering (such as getting rid of the ink traps on the "M" glyphs). The zero looks like the Target store icon with hurricane speed stripes added to it.

Maybe they wanted the zero to convey the Royal Air Force roundels painted on fighter planes. But none of the RAF markings used Bank Gothic (even though the typeface was created by ATF in 1930). I'm still seeing the Target bullseye.


 

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Posted by William Kucharski (Member # 7246) on 07-10-2017, 02:20 PM:
 
Oh that's hilarious.
 

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Posted by Martin McCaffery (Member # 37) on 07-10-2017, 02:24 PM:
 
Nothing like an epic war movie to make you want to go discount shopping!
 

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Posted by Jim Cassedy (Member # 4115) on 07-10-2017, 03:44 PM:
 
The following description is from the website of one of the DUNKIRK
70mm venues. (emphasis is mine):

"70mm film offers a brighter, clearer image, with 3 times the resolution
of standard projection formats, using the process of projecting light
through celluloid to deliver clear images in rich analog color with
state-of-the-art digital sound."

Gee, who would have thought that you could get "rich analog color"
by just projecting light through some celluloid.
 

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Posted by William Kucharski (Member # 7246) on 07-10-2017, 03:50 PM:
 
Next thing you know someone will wonder aloud that if you were projecting from that same celluloid, but rotated sideways, just imagine how much bigger and clearer the picture would be!
 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 07-10-2017, 04:35 PM:
 
Not clearer, just taller, more like a big 4x3 tv. Less cinematic if you ask me.

Normal "scope" 15/70 really doesn't offer anything that 5/70 already does, except waste most of the frame on black. The image size and resolution is virtually identical.
 

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Posted by William Kucharski (Member # 7246) on 07-10-2017, 06:45 PM:
 
I haven't yet heard whether Dunkirk will have a variable aspect ratio like Nolan's past films or not. Anyone?
 

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Posted by Tyler Purcell (Member # 9213) on 07-10-2017, 10:22 PM:
 
Yes, it is variable aspect ratio. They decided on it in post actually.
 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 07-10-2017, 11:09 PM:
 
Some of the ads say 75% of the movie was filmed in 15/65mm 70mm and the remainder was 5/65mm. They don't just decide in post whether a certain sequence should be full frame 15/70 IMAX and another shot cropped to 5/70 unless the entire thing was filmed on 15/65mm negative.

Looking at the bright side, even though this movie has some variable aspect ratio stuff happening, at least the entire movie is a true 70mm movie. I plan to watch it in both 5/70mm and 15/70mm. I just hope the movie is actually good!

quote: Jim Cassedy

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Gee, who would have thought that you could get "rich analog color"
by just projecting light through some celluloid.

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They gotta say what they can about "analog" to appeal to that hipster crowd.
 

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Posted by Michael Coate (Member # 757) on 07-15-2017, 04:16 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 07-18-2017, 08:22 PM:
 
Great news guys-

The AMC Leawood 20 is showing Dunkirk in 70mm on their H8ful 8 setup.

Looking on their website for tickets tells a fantastic story.

Thursday evening they have two 6:00pm shows... one 70mm and one digital. The 70mm show is sold out.... the digital show doesn't have a single ticket sold. The trend continues all through the weekend. Friday night 7pm 70mm- Sold out. 6pm digital- 2 tickets sold.

Glorious!!!!!!
 

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Posted by Tyler Purcell (Member # 9213) on 07-19-2017, 10:14 PM:
 
WOW that's great news! I have a feeling the film prints will out-sell the digital in every venue available. Here in Hollywood, I just checked the ticket sales for thursday (opening night) and they have 2 theaters running 70mm prints, all tickets for thursday and friday are sold out for film, the digital theaters have plenty of space available.
 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 07-19-2017, 10:36 PM:
 
Here's a bit of a stupid question: How many theaters that previously ran The Hateful Eight in 70mm and are set to run Dunkirk in 70mm still have their projectors set to run 70mm in Ultra Panavision?

Considering rampant misuse of RealD on Sony projectors and other framing errors I've seen, I wouldn't be surprised if at least a couple theaters mistakenly show Dunkirk in 2.76:1 rather than 2.20:1. It would be the 70mm version of people using the stretch-o-vision button on their HDTV sets to stretch 4:3 content.
 

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Posted by Alexandre Pereira (Member # 9295) on 07-19-2017, 11:57 PM:
 
Thanks to the corporatocracy that is the vassal crown state of Canada - a colonial entity that has a foreign monarch as its head of state...And the US are the bad guys?
cineplex run by the occultist stooge Ellis Jacob - we have a monopoly in the GTA gate kept by the so called Competition Board which by proxy of the federal government allowed for 89% control of exhibition by cineplex.
Net result is that the 35mm and 70mm equipment Kingsway Theatre - opened in 1939 and present for the events of the rout of Dunkirk CANNOT play Dunkirk on release because the parking lot engulfed multiplex Queensway is opening it instead.
Who said the corporate Fascist did not win wwII? So much for Dunkirk and its lessons...in the ever present future of 2017 - the future where Fox, Universal, Paramount and Sony have bailed on zones and defacto clearances in the USA. But not in Canada where corporate welfare is at its apex while Trudeau changes his neo-liberal socks with the changing winds of entitlement politics.
The ironies are limitless and absurd...tempered tonight - at least for me by the words of Eddy Grant...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WcT3kCiXvI
 

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Posted by David Kornfeld (Member # 9964) on 07-20-2017, 08:13 AM:
 

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Here's a bit of a stupid question: How many theaters that previously ran The Hateful Eight in 70mm and are set to run Dunkirk in 70mm still have their projectors set to run 70mm in Ultra Panavision?

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My understanding is that the lenses were all gathered by an independent contractor hired by the Weinsteins, so only the back-up lenses would still be installed in the machines. That would make stretching out the Dunkirk image pretty difficult, so we can all breathe a sigh of relief that that snafu is off the table.

That having been said, however, I worry greatly about the condition of the prints. A majority of the H8 prints were returned in -- let us say -- something less than pristine condition. I fear a similar fate will befall the Dunkirk prints.
 

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Posted by Tyler Purcell (Member # 9213) on 07-20-2017, 01:21 PM:
 
Bobby, I'm pretty sure a team went around to all of the Hateful Eight projectors and calibrated them for Dunkirk. I know there were some pix that BLS posted on facebook of those guys.

I wouldn't be surprised if they updated the platter brains and a few other components that mucked up so many Hateful Eight prints.
 

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Posted by Stephan Shelley (Member # 8587) on 07-20-2017, 02:47 PM:
 
Tyler that is correct. Often they are installed on different screens than where H8 showed and in most cases need different prime lenses. Also these are permanent installs.I was involved with a couple of them.
 

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Posted by William Kucharski (Member # 7246) on 07-21-2017, 02:08 AM:
 
Spectacular showing at the Regal Continental in Denver; thanks ever so much to all involved.


 

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Posted by Michael Coate (Member # 757) on 07-21-2017, 03:14 PM:
 
Much to my disappointment, I didn't see a "Dunkirk" display ad in today's edition of the Los Angeles Times. There were, however, a couple of mentions of 70mm in some of the smaller text-based directories.

Has anyone from elsewhere seen any large display ads in your local newspaper?




 

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Posted by Scott Jentsch (Member # 1681) on 07-21-2017, 06:30 PM:
 
I captured the report from the search tool that I created to get a list of theaters playing Dunkirk in 70mm as of today.

Where to See 'Dunkirk' Projected in 70mm
 

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Posted by Stephan Shelley (Member # 8587) on 07-21-2017, 08:01 PM:
 
That list is missing the Grand Lake in Oakland California.
 

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Posted by Terry Monohan (Member # 8285) on 07-22-2017, 10:19 AM:
 
The New Mission San Francisco CA has It in 70mm and looked great on their giant screen with curtains that open and close. So nice to see the words Dunkirk 70mm on their marquee. The New Mission is one of a few theatres that still has plastic marquee letters in SF. Looked crisp and clear and some of the best base stereo sound of any theatre in SF. Hope they have some 70mm film festivals in the future now that they have their Century 70mm JJ projectors in the booth.
 

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Posted by Bill Brandenstein (Member # 7758) on 07-23-2017, 11:00 PM:
 

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Has anyone from elsewhere seen any large display ads in your local newspaper?

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That list is missing the Grand Lake in Oakland California.

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It was also nice and loud too. Are these prints arriving with special instructions from the studio to play the film at 7 on the fader?

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I thought, at least from the manual for the CP650, that all films are supposed to be played at 7.0.
 

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Posted by Aron Toplitsky (Member # 6950) on 08-04-2017, 08:26 PM:
 
Hi William, I probably should have been more clear. I meant to ask if there was a request from the studio for projectionist "not" to lower the fader as some theaters do. As we all know people complain about loudness and some theaters usually dial down from 7. Management at this particular theater has told me they never play movies at 7. They worry about complaints and blowing their speakers. So I was quite surprised to hear this auditorium sound so good and loud.
 

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Posted by Julian Antos (Member # 5497) on 08-05-2017, 01:42 AM:
 
In Chicago Showplace Icon came off screen after two weeks, AMC River East 21 and the Cinemark in Evanston will come off screen Monday of their 3rd week, and we will run it at the Music Box until the 23rd.
 

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Posted by William Kucharski (Member # 7246) on 08-05-2017, 04:30 AM:
 

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As we all know people complain about loudness and some theaters usually dial down from 7. Management at this particular theater has told me they never play movies at 7. They worry about complaints and blowing their speakers. So I was quite surprised to hear this auditorium sound so good and loud.

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I meant to ask if there was a request from the studio for projectionist
"not" to lower the fader as some theaters do.

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To answer your question:
I did not get any 'special instructions' of any kind regarding any special audio level
settings with my 70mm print, nor did I see any notes in the box with the DCP version
I"m using for a 'backup' if I need it.

In theory, the DTS unit, when installed should have had it's output levels calibrated
to the input of the audio processor. I wasn't around when they did the install, so I
can't say if this was done or not, at least at my location.

When I went to check out the theater a couple of days before opening night, I noted
that their regular DCP playback level on their CP-650 was "5.5" in that auditorium,
which seats over 400. But when I ran some test films I brought with me, as well as
when I did a complete "Dunkirk" run-through before opening night, "5.5" was waaay
too loud. Trust me! I've finally settled for 4.0 to 4.5 depending on how full the house is.
I have gotten a few complaints about the sound, but that has more to do with Nolan's
mix, than with the house audio levels.

(and then there was one crazy guy who kept insisting that I was running the film
in "the wrong aspect ratio", even though I've only got ONE lens, & ONE aperture
plate, and unmovable maskings. So it's a technical impossibility to run it in anything
but the A-R I've got. . . even if I wanted to. Geez! )
 

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Posted by Stephan Shelley (Member # 8587) on 08-09-2017, 07:32 PM:
 
Century Daly City CA had there last 70mm run 8/5. Grand Lake is going another week
 

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Posted by Aron Toplitsky (Member # 6950) on 08-10-2017, 12:13 AM:
 
Thanks for the info Jim. 5.5 too loud? Wow!! And that Dunkirk test you did was the DCP not the 5/70?
 

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Posted by Jim Cassedy (Member # 4115) on 08-10-2017, 12:36 AM:
 
To answer your question Aaron-
5.5 was their standard "house" level when playing DCP content.
When I ran my 5/70 test, 5.5 was waaaaay too loud. The DTS playerthingy
has some test clips on it, in particular something called "The Bill & Buzz Show",
and I when I tried playing that, to get some audio perspective, it too was way
too loud @ 5.5.

So- I wound up playing back the 5/70 for most of the run at a lower level
setting on the CP-650 that sounded about as loud as "5.5" did for DCP's.
(If that makes sense)
 

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Posted by William Kucharski (Member # 7246) on 08-13-2017, 01:19 PM:
 
The Regal Continental in Denver extended their 70mm run for another week.
 

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Posted by Jim Cassedy (Member # 4115) on 08-18-2017, 03:22 PM:
 
Promotional Film Clip Handed Out
Opening Night, & Also Given To
Projectionists Working 70mm Shows

 

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Posted by David J Hilsgen (Member # 2614) on 08-18-2017, 04:20 PM:
 
We didn't get any goodies here at willow creek & we are still running it in 70 amc southdale came off 2 weeks ago
 

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Posted by William Kucharski (Member # 7246) on 08-18-2017, 07:05 PM:
 
The Regal Continental ended their 70mm run last night; not bad at all but if they had wanted to they could have kept going as it was still selling nicely.

Thanks so much to all involved yet again.
 

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Posted by Julian Antos (Member # 5497) on 08-22-2017, 05:06 PM:
 
Tomorrow will be our last show on 70mm. Could probably stretch it out a bit longer but there's a prior booking commitment in the big house. About 150 runs on this print - I'll miss showing it! Anyone going into a 6th week?
 

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Posted by David J Hilsgen (Member # 2614) on 08-23-2017, 04:17 AM:
 
Willow Creek is, this marks the 13th week of running 70, when you include wonder woman
 

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Posted by Stephan Shelley (Member # 8587) on 08-23-2017, 03:21 PM:
 
Today will be the last day for 70mm Dunkirk at the Grand Lake.
 

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Posted by Aron Toplitsky (Member # 6950) on 08-24-2017, 11:51 PM:
 
Went to see this for the second time on Tues 8/22 at the Regal Irvine Spectrum in Irvine CA. I noticed there were a lot more trailers than when I saw this at the Universal City 15/70 IMAX. I could also clearly tell the trailers were digital and postage stamped on the IMAX screen. And then sure enough to my absolute horror, I see the first shot of Dunkirk and realized this was the IMAX digital version. For some reason I thought and had hoped they were showing digital trailers and would then switch to the film print, which is why I stayed till it started. I immediately got up and walked out! The manager said, "yeah sorry IMAX packed everything up on Sunday."

I decided to give Regal a piece of my mind about this since there was no warning that the 15/70 print was swapped out. It especially sucked since I drove 40 damn miles!!
 

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Posted by Mahmood Arjomand (Member # 9632) on 08-26-2017, 04:57 PM:
 
Aron, AMC @ Universal CityWalk is showing Dunkirk in IMAX 70MM until Wednesday August 30th.

After that Inhumans takes it's place.
 

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Posted by Scott Norwood (Member # 30) on 08-26-2017, 08:17 PM:
 
Somerville still has the 5/70 version....
 

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Posted by Aron Toplitsky (Member # 6950) on 08-27-2017, 01:06 AM:
 
Thanks Mahmood I went to see it the next day at Universal, which is where I had seen it originally. It's amazing how after a month the print still looks damn good!
 

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Posted by David J Hilsgen (Member # 2614) on 08-30-2017, 08:53 PM:
 
Willow Creek in plymouth mn going into week #7
 

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Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 08-30-2017, 09:30 PM:
 
5/7O still playing at Sydney's Randwick Ritz Cinema.
 

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Posted by Scott Jentsch (Member # 1681) on 09-01-2017, 05:52 PM:
 
We are showing 10 theaters playing it in 70mm and 3 playing it in IMAX 70mm. (Limited to U.S. theaters only)
 

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Posted by Chris Haller (Member # 9206) on 09-01-2017, 10:12 PM:
 
The former Kodak Theater on the Ridge here in Rochester will be running a single, "Kodak employees/families/friends" screening of a 5/70 print on 9/13.

Word on the street is that they had to wait till a bunch of the prints were returned before they could get their hands on one to play at this non-commercial venue. It's the only 70mm capable screen left in Rochester, with a pair of DP70s and DTS readers that were refurbished to play an industry screening of The Hateful Eight when its 70mm prints started making their ways back from theaters. Before that it was used exclusively for running 35mm prints on an incredibly limited basis. We're talking like once a year.

I will be in attendance most likely, assuming work and other things don't get in the way, and am looking forward to getting another chance to see a movie in a classic, well maintained theater such as this one.
 

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Posted by David J Hilsgen (Member # 2614) on 09-08-2017, 07:09 PM:
 
We are going into the 8th week at willow creek in plymouth ,mn & 15 straight weeks of running 70
 

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Posted by William Kucharski (Member # 7246) on 09-08-2017, 10:17 PM:
 
Fandango shows Arclight Hollywood still is running the 5/70.
 

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Posted by Bill Brandenstein (Member # 7758) on 09-12-2017, 01:37 PM:
 
William, both local Arclights are still running it, if you count one show per day at Arclight Sherman Oaks! Looks like that ends tomorrow.
 

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Posted by David J Hilsgen (Member # 2614) on 09-15-2017, 05:55 PM:
 
We are going into our 9th week here at the willow creek in plymouth mn.i wonder how many of us are left?
 

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Posted by Tyler Purcell (Member # 9213) on 09-16-2017, 08:51 PM:
 
I can confirm, Arclight has finally pulled Dunrkirk. What a run though, that was pretty impressive considering most movies would have been long gone three weeks in.
 

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Posted by William Kucharski (Member # 7246) on 09-16-2017, 09:24 PM:
 

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I can confirm, Arclight has finally pulled Dunrkirk. What a run though, that was pretty impressive considering most movies would have been long gone three weeks in.

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Christopher Nolan’s $524M summer smash Dunkirk is heading back to theaters on December 1 with a re-release in 50 Imax and 70mm locations, It will arrive in 34 domestic markets including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Dallas, Atlanta, Toronto and others.

“With Dunkirk, Christopher Nolan broke new ground in the use of large-format cameras to create a theatrical event that demands to be seen on the largest possible canvas,” said Sue Kroll, President of Warner Bros.’ Worldwide Marketing and Distribution, who made the announcement today. “As we head into the holiday season, we are excited to offer audiences another opportunity to be swept up in this truly immersive moviegoing experience…whether for the first time or again,” said Kroll.

The World War II movie, a personal one for Nolan, follows the Miracle of Dunkirk, whereby close to 400K Allied soldiers were rescued off the northern beaches of France as German forces were closing in during the late spring of 1940. Hundreds of small boats, manned by both military and civilians, embarked on a desperate rescue effort, risking their lives in a race against time to save even a fraction of their army.

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Posted by Tyler Purcell (Member # 9213) on 11-20-2017, 03:10 PM:
 
Ohh wow! That's pretty cool! I may go see it again in 5/70!
 

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Posted by Jonathan Goeldner (Member # 4854) on 11-20-2017, 09:23 PM:
 
^^ between this rerelease and the Dolby Cinema engagement of 'Titanic'beginning on Dec. 1st ~ I'm in hog heaven.
 

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Posted by William Kucharski (Member # 7246) on 01-04-2018, 07:39 AM:
 
Kind of late, but I just happened to be in SF, so I finally got to see Dunkirk in 15/70 at the Metreon and it was truly an incredible experience.

The beach scenes featuring a true IMAX screen and every grain of sand in perfect focus is simply something that cannot be achieved any other way.
 

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