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Topic: Digital Phantom Menace
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Ian Price
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posted 05-30-1999 03:44 AM
I found this notice on MSNBC so I thought I would pass it along. Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace Viewers curious to see “Phantom Menace” projected digitally will have to
wait until June 18, when two theaters each in Los Angeles and New York
will set aside one screen a piece for filmless presentation using equipment
from Texas Instruments and CineComm.
The digital screenings will offer the general public a glimpse of what many
believe to be the future of moviegoing. Contrary to published reports,
however, the film will not be transmitted via satellite to the theaters. It will
instead reside on a high-capacity storage device.
While Fox executives would not discuss the exact quantity of prints it had
distributed, the number is estimated at about 5,500. The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report. If you read the last pargraph it states that there may be as many as 5,500
prints of Phantom Menace out. This doesn't sound like a limited release to
me. Here in the Denver area there are 41 prints showing in 16 movie
theatres. That is the largest release since Jurassic Park #2. Two of the
theatres are very questionable. One is AMC Seven Hills 10. This plex is 15
years old and doesn't have much going for it. They do have SDDS. The
other is Bergan Park Cinema 4. This theatre is in Evergreen (a mountain
suberb of Denver). They have no digital equipment that I know of. The
Bergan Park theatre has very small auditoriums. Within five miles of both of
these theatres are good theatres I would concider seeing a movie at. Obviously what George Lucas intended and what happened are two
different things. Purhaps we should make George Lucas watch his movie in
The Bergen Park Cinema.
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Ian Price
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1714
From: Denver, CO
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 06-05-1999 06:22 PM
I found this post by Scott Norwood on another site. I just thought it would be interesting to post here.Ian Star Wars - digital projection - locations Posted by Scott Norwood on Thursday, 3 June 1999, at 7:28 p.m. At the risk of being flamed by the "I hate S*** W***" people, I'm posting this list of the locations which will begin screening SW using electronic projection equipment (from either TI or CineComm) on June 18. Pacific Winnetka Theatre, Los Angeles CA (CineComm) AMC Burbank 14 Theatre, Burbank CA (Texas Instruments) Loews' Route 4, Paramus NJ (CineComm) Loews' Meadows 6, Secaucus NJ (Texas Instruments)
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