Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: The Lion King (SR or SRD)

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Posted by Michael Brown (Member # 890) on 03-15-2002, 12:45 PM:

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 03-15-2002, 03:02 PM:

70mm

There was one print made, reportedly it was silent and the audio was interlocked from a 35mm SRD print.

5 reels
1.85 matted flat
(no idea on shipping)
Buena Vista
Technicolor lab
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35mm

There were Dolby A prints, Dolby SR prints and a select few SRD prints.

5 reels
1.85 flat
TES depot
Buena Vista
Technicolor lab

(no DTS or SDDS tracks on these prints)
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16mm

3 reels
optical mono
(not sure on the rest)
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Super 8mm

3 reels
Magnetic stereo
Derann lab

That help?

Posted by Mark Lensenmayer (Member # 134) on 03-15-2002, 07:20 PM:

Brad,

From the bowels of the RAMT archive, I bring forth this post from Theo Gluck who worked on LION KING at Radio City.

We made three 70mm prints for TLK @ RCMH. All were printed 2 points
lighter (NOT four). That printing density was approved by the creative team. These prints were made by Technicolor from a 65mm internegative (pulled from the timed/production 35mm interopositive). They were all striped and sounded in Dolby SR with split surrounds. The striping was done by Kodak/FPC (as Magnacraft had closed by then). The prints were sounded at Todd-AO, Hollywood. The prints were also sounded ONE FRAME ADVANCED to compensate for the fact that there is a nearly 200 foot throw from the projector gate to the plane of the screen. Remember, the screen is set back on the stage; it is NOT at the very front of the house.

Two platters were installed in the booth. Projector # 4 ran the plattered 70mm print, while projector # 5 ran a plattered 35mm SRD print. The gang at RMS did all of the selsyn motor installation work, with great cooperation from the RCMH electricians.

A system test reel for sync was done using Reel 1AB of ALADDIN (blowing up to 70mm from a 35mm dupe) and a new SRD reel. An extra TLK Reel 1AB was also made for testing as well, so we wouldn't have to constantly screw around with the platters. I believe only the first part of that reel was ever sounded; the latter half of it sits in my office.

For the premiere night, AND THAT NIGHT ONLY, projectors 2 and 3 ran a
back-up 70mm print reel-to-reel, with an operator at EACH machine. They started and stopped based upon the cues on the plattered print. The lamps were (not) lit, the dousers were closed and they stood by their machines that entire Tuesday night....just in case. The third print was ultimately resounded in normal sync (I checked it back on Stage A @ Todd-AO one night( ...MAN that was great!) and I believe it ultimately went off to Europe.

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 03-15-2002, 09:17 PM:

Wow, I stand corrected on the 70mm data then.

Are any of these 70mm prints available for repertory booking?

Posted by Dick Vaughan (Member # 540) on 03-16-2002, 01:18 PM:

Michael

the 35mm print we just ran in the festival here in Bradford was Dolby A ..and this is a newly struck print!

Posted by Michael Brown (Member # 890) on 03-16-2002, 03:32 PM:

Yeah, I noteed it was analog by the sound of the speech.

On another related note, was it my imagination or was Sidewalks of New York playing in analog also?

Posted by Dick Vaughan (Member # 540) on 03-17-2002, 05:00 PM:

That one was SR .