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Author Topic: Senator to play Top Gun in 70mm!!! Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 05-18-2000 03:50 PM                     Just a quick note to one and all.... The Senator theatre in Baltimore, Maryland will be playing TOP GUN in 70mm 6-track Dolby Stereo (with split surrounds) this Thursday, Friday and Saturday (5/18 - 5/20) Enjoy, Steve ------------------ "Old projectionists never die, they just changeover!"  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 05-19-2000 04:48 AM                     Egad Steve. I think the only 70mm print in the exchanges of Top Gun is the one from the Dallas depot which is a mutt print and in poor shape. Can you confirm or deny this is the print that will be presented?  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-19-2000 08:24 AM                     There is a good 70mm print in toronto still  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-19-2000 05:44 PM                     The last time we ran it in Chicago it was a print directly from the studio. That was about 7 years back. Mark  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 05-19-2000 08:52 PM                     Brad, I can neither confirm nor deny the condition of the print. The most I have heard about it was that there was a green scratch in the opening credits but is gone by the time the fade up on the aircraft carrier. There were other reported minor abbrasions and base scratches and such but is considered viewable. I haven't been to the theatre personally for this one nor do I think I will have the time (actually I'm sure I won't have the time). Steve ------------------ "Old projectionists never die, they just changeover!"  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 05-19-2000 09:21 PM                     Sounds like the one. I thought it was unacceptable.  |  IP: Logged Dwayne Caldwell Master Film Handler Posts: 323 From: Rockwall, TX, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 05-19-2000 10:26 PM                     We played Top Gun in 70mm at Granada in Addison, Texas. I'm sure it was the Dallas depot's print, but I didn't get a chance to see it and wasn't working that weekend we screened it. In fact, I've never even SEEN the film. Should I be ashamed of myself? ------------------ The man with the magic hands.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 05-19-2000 10:33 PM                     HMMMmmmmm...ashamed? No. You should see it though. It is one of the finer examples of testosterone overload from the 80's.  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-20-2000 07:17 AM                        Have never seen this on film, either. I suffered through a pan-n-scan VHS tape of it once, though. It's not an especially good film, but I'm sure that the music and visuals would be impressive in 70mm. Still, I can't think of any film that I would _not_ want to see at the Senator. That theatre is really about as close as any commercial theatre can get to "perfection" in film presentation. I met Tom and Bill briefly at the 70mm fest a few weeks ago...they're both really great people who are committed to putting on a good show. With the general state of theatrical exhibition being what it is at this time, it's very encouraging to meet people like those at the Senator.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 05-20-2000 02:04 PM                     Will the Senator be playing Pokemon 2 and will you be attending?  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-22-2000 08:34 AM                        Brad -- no, I'm waiting until the Senator gets 70mm mag prints of "Pokemon 872: Pikachu's Revenge" and "Pokemon 900: Mewtwo strikes back"  |  IP: Logged

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