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Author Topic: Signs in 70mm! Mark Ogden Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 943 From: Little Falls, N.J. Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-02-2002 10:53 AM                     Anyone else have a 70mm print of Signs, apart from the Loews Lincoln Center in NYC?  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 08-02-2002 11:28 AM                     What? Moving to FHF since if this is not a misprint, this would be a VERY good thing.  |  IP: Logged Mark Ogden Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 943 From: Little Falls, N.J. Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-02-2002 11:42 AM                     No, it's true (at least that's what it says in the papers this morning). The Lincoln Center has a 70mm print for it's IMAX screen. Showtimes are 6, 9, and 12 mid. There are 3 35mm prints downstairs.  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 08-02-2002 11:45 AM                        Somebody go check it out and report back to us!  |  IP: Logged William T. Parr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 823 From: Cedar Park, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 08-02-2002 01:40 PM                     I looked on Loew Cineplex home page and it has Signs in a regular Auditorium and one in an IMAX theatre for 3 shows. Go to purchase Tickets on Fandango it says nothing about Signs in IMAX. I have a feeling it is a mis print, but I will be exstatically happy if it is true.  |  IP: Logged Mark Lensenmayer Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1605 From: Upper Arlington, OH Registered: Sep 1999 posted 08-02-2002 05:30 PM                     I'm guessing it's a 35mm print shown on the IMAX screen. They have shown many 35mm films in the IMAX auditorium at Lincoln Square. Our local Imax is also showing SIGNS in 35mm.  |  IP: Logged John Hawkinson Film God Posts: 2273 From: Cambridge, MA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 08-02-2002 06:07 PM                     What's the point of speculating? Surely the thing to do is call and ask if you care, or say nothing if you don't? --jhawk  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 08-02-2002 06:10 PM                        This is just speculation, but maybe it's one of those special "enhanced" drive-in prints. Maybe the 70mm logo just means the theater is 70mm capable, not that they're actually running it in 70mm (like some theaters do with sound logos). Maybe they thought they were getting a 70mm print when the ad was made, but the print was defective and they had to switch to 35mm at the last minute. Maybe the 70mm print was hijacked in transit and is now in someone's private collection.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 08-02-2002 06:17 PM                        Yes, somebody needs to CALL the theater and talk to someone who may, just possibly (although unlikely) know what they are talking about, preferably a projectionist of some sort. Please scan the ad or take a digital photo of it and we'll post it.  |  IP: Logged Mark Ogden Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 943 From: Little Falls, N.J. Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-02-2002 06:19 PM                     Well, all the NYC papers this morning had a 70mm bracket over the Loews IMAX showtimes. I called the Manager's office, and she told me that it was a 70mm print. If you would like to call for yourselves: 212-336-5020.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-02-2002 06:53 PM                     Does it have it listed as Mag or DTS 70?  |  IP: Logged Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 08-02-2002 07:26 PM                    Where is Charles Everett when you need him  |  IP: Logged Ken Lackner Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1907 From: Atlanta, GA, USA Registered: Sep 2001 posted 08-03-2002 12:55 PM                     David said "Maybe the 70mm logo just means the theater is 70mm capable, not that they're actually running it in 70mm (like some theaters do with sound logos)." Hmmm....gee....I know a theater that does that with sound logos.  |  IP: Logged Mark Lensenmayer Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1605 From: Upper Arlington, OH Registered: Sep 1999 posted 08-03-2002 08:33 PM                     Eric Carter's site http://www.filmreleases.com lists a 70mm print at the Loew's Imax. (He also lists over 50 DLP sites.) It's looking like this actually might be real. Wonder if this is in response to the darkness of this film? Did the director have to pay for this himself?  |  IP: Logged Tal Marks Film Handler Posts: 57 From: New York, NY Registered: Oct 1999 posted 08-03-2002 11:39 PM                        Just to clarify. I saw the ad in the paper too. I work at Lincoln Square and can confirm that there is NO 70mm print in the building. In addition to our normally scheduled 4 screens, we are showing a special print of SIGNS for large format screens in our IMAX auditorium, too. It'll start to get really confusing when the papers advertise Apollo 13 in september, I assure you! -tal  |  IP: Logged

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