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Darren Briggs
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posted 09-06-2002 01:26 PM
For anyone in the U.K. Just a shamelss plug for the cinema I work in...13th October City Screen York. Screen 1 (A THX screen) 70mm 'Lawrence of Arabia' More details as and when or from me... renbriggs@o2.co.uk Cheers Darren.
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Manny Knowles
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posted 09-07-2002 08:54 AM
It sure would be nice if they'd make new 70mm prints of something else, though.This may be considered sacrilege, but I'm no longer moved by hearing that Lawrence of Arabia or 2001: A Space Odyssey are being reissued. Also, based on the extremely exclusive release pattern, one could easily be led to assume that there are far fewer houses equipped for 70mm than is actually the case. For instance, when I lived in Los Angeles, only the Cinerama Dome showed 70mm revivals -- and usually it was just a once-a-year thing (around October when there is typically nothing interesting in mainstream release). It's like every couple of years the fans of the 70mm format start yelling "for the love of God, give us something...anything!!!" and the studios take a deep breath and go: "okay let's haul 'em out...AGAIN." I'd much rather see 70mm revivals of Alien or maybe the Indiana Jones movies or even Grease 2 for crying out loud. Better yet...how about some 70mm blowups of some curent releases? I would sooner patronize a 70mm print of The Country Bears than some [predictable] token revival. I remember the summer of 1988 when there was always at least one new movie with 70mm prints. Whatever happened to that trend? Did digital audio come along and overshadow 70mm? Question: could one theatre request (and actually get) a 70mm blowup?
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John Pytlak
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posted 09-09-2002 01:29 PM
More information about the prints and playdates, posted on the cml by cinematographer Bill Bennett: ______________________________________________________________________ Subject: See "Lawrence" in 70mm From: Bill Bennett <wfb4@earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 07 Sep 2002 05:06:16 +0100 X-Message-Number: 4I received the following message from Robert Harris, who supervised the striking of the new prints, from the 65mm dupe which he created during the restoration back in 1988. Regarding where "Lawrence" will be shown, he says, "From what I've been told, it opens in Seattle and Chi on the 20th, NY and LA on the 25th, B'more on the 27th plus more." I hope some of these prints migrate over the oceans for others to see also. Bill Bennett DoP Los Angeles, CA USA On Friday, September 6, 2002, at 09:23 AM, David Vottero wrote: > Also, too, playing at the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Boston from Nov 1 > - Nov > 9th. It's a new 70mm print. ------------------ John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7525A Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA Tel: +1 585 477 5325 Cell: +1 585 781 4036 Fax: +1 585 722 7243 e-mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com Web site: http://www.kodak.com/go/motion
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John Pytlak
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posted 09-09-2002 10:24 PM
AFAIK, primarily that it is the 40th Anniversary. Whether a new DVD will be mastered, I don't know. Robert Harris' comments make it sound like it's the 1988 restoration, but new prints.------------------ John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7525A Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA Tel: +1 585 477 5325 Cell: +1 585 781 4036 Fax: +1 585 722 7243 e-mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com Web site: http://www.kodak.com/go/motion
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