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Bevan Wright
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Karlsruhe, Germany - "50 YEARS OF TODD-AO" Festival
posted by Preston on September 23, 2005 at 8:12am

KARLSRUHE, GERMANY — During October 7th - 9th a festival called “50 YEARS OF TODD - AO” will be held at the SCHAUBURG Cinerama cinema in Karlsruhe, Germany.
New 70mm prints of HELLO DOLLY, THOSE MAGNIFICENT MEN IN THEIR FLYING MACHINES, PATTON, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY, THE SOUND OF MUSIC, 2001 - A SPACE ODYSSEY and vintage 70mm prints of RYANS DAUGHTER, MY FAIR LADY and AIRPORT will be shown during the festival.

The SCHAUBURG Cinerama goes back to 1906 and still has the curved screen and the ambiente from the 1960’s, when it was reconstructed to a single lens Cinerama theatre.

All films are shown in the Original English versions, except the vintage prints, which were German dubbed language versions.

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Floyd Justin Newton
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Bevan--

That's GREAT news!! Why can't we have something like that here
in the states?

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John Pytlak
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Thomas Hauerslev's website has more information:

http://www.in70mm.com/

http://www.in70mm.com/news/2005/schauburg/karlsruhe.htm

quote:
A 50th anniversary is celebrated in gigantic proportions in October. 50 years ago Todd-AO introduced the 70mm format with its large and sharp images, almost three dimensional, and sound with five channels behind the screen and surround effects in the cinema.

During a full weekend, ten gigantic epics are shown in the impressive Todd-AO 70mm format on a huge 136 sqm curved screen in the famous classic cinema. The Schauburg Cinerama is one of the few surviving cinemas, with 70mm projectors, a red curtain and the huge curved screen. It’s the perfect framework for the presentation of these brand new 70mm prints with DTS digital sound. There will also be small exhibitions, functions and line of 70mm short subjects and a lecture.

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Andy Summers
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Bevan’ floyd’ and John’

The In-70mm site is indispensable for information, and research, so 50 years WOW, I have a few of these classics on DVD, and I’m just a little bit jealous, because I’ve for one have never seen “2001: A Space Odyssey” in (Cinerama) but sure can imagine what that must feels like.

Anyway If there’s a good read on it on the In-70mm, for which I saved the pages or links that you posted, and I‘ll have read though it later on, I’ve read another article about (Todd-Ao) which was very, very interesting, practically the part where they talk about the dubbing stage where classics like “The Sound of Music”, “E.T.” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” where mixed at anyway I hope the festival all goes well…

Maybe I’ll do a Todd-Ao week with the DVD’s like “The Sound of Music” “South Pacific” “My Fair Lady” “2001: A Space Odyssey” with the THX and JBL and make it spectacular, only they have the real edge and size to truly draw you into the picture…

Happy 50 years “Todd-Ao.” [beer]

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Thomas Hauerslev
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Official web site www.70mm.info

who is coming to Karlsruhe for a continental Film-Tech drink beyond myself?

[ 09-29-2005, 03:41 PM: Message edited by: Thomas Hauerslev ]

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Thomas Hauerslev
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Latest buzz: 50 - 70 guests from Switzerland, Portugal, Holland, England, Sweden, Austria, France, Russia, and Danmark are showing up for the festival!!

A truly international event.

Anyone from God´s own country coming to Germany [beer]

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Dick Vaughan
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Thomas you already list the UK [Big Grin]

Do you mean Yorkshire [Wink]

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Thomas Hauerslev
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Yorkshire, of course [beer]

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Thomas Hauerslev
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The 2006 program

"100 years of The Schauburg" 70mm Festival

Friday, 6. October

"Baraka" (1:36)
in Todd-AO with 6-track magnetic stereo

"Grand Prix" (2:59)
Vintage German Super Panavision 70 print with 6-track magnetic stereo

"Spartacus" (3:18)
In Super Technirama 70. Restored version in English

Saturday, 7 October

"Mutiny on the Bounty" (2:58)
German vintage Ultra Panavision 70 print

"Far and Away" (2:18)
German vintage Panavision Super 70mm print in 6-track Dolby Stereo

"South Pacific" (2:31)
Restored Todd-AO 70mm DTS print

"Titanic" (3:14)
English vintage 70mm DTS print


Sunday, 8 October

"Where Eagles Dare" (2:38)
German vintage 70mm print

"Cleopatra" (4:03)
Restored Todd-AO 70mm DTS print

"Terminator 2" (2:17)
English vintage 70mm print in 6-track magnetic Dolby Stereo

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Monte L Fullmer
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Yet...wasn't TODD-AO .. 70mm/30fps stuff? Yes, we should still honor Michael TODD for what he did to the American Cinema ..

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John Koutsoumis
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Does anybody know who is distributing the new 70mm/DTS prints?

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Mark Lensenmayer
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Monte,

Only OKLAHOMA, AROUND THE WORLD and one of the shorts were done in 30 fps.

With 30fps, they had to shoot separate versions of 35 and 70. It was much easier to make a 35mm version from the 65mm / 24fps negative.

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Thomas Hauerslev
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"Symbiosis" is 65mm/30 fps Super Panavision 70 and many more special venue titles.

The "Cinespace 70" Todd-AO demo is in 65mm/30 fps

The abandoned "ClearVision 2000" 65mm format was 30 fps

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Thomas Hauerslev
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One of the highlights of the 2006 weekend is a tribute to cinematographer Robert Gaffney - to celebrate his 75th birthday. We will show three short films of his (all in 70mm): "Motion", "Sky over Holland" and "Fortress of Peace".

Have they ever been shown in the US?

here: Full program

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Thomas Hauerslev
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Hi everyone, 2007 program now posted here: http://www.in70mm.com/festival. 70mm extravaganza on the curved Schauburg Cinerama screen. This is the best opportunity to see 70mm and 6-track magnetic stereo as it was meant to be seen.

Best from Thomas
www.in70mm.com

5 October

"Taras Bulba" (122 min). 12:00 – 14:02. Original English version 70mm blow up print with 6-channel magnetic sound.

"Imperial Venus" (140 min). 14:30 – 16:50. Vintage German in Super Technirama 70 with 6-track magnetic stereo.

"Pathfinder" (86 min). 17:15 – 18:41. Vintage Norwegian 70mm blow up print with 6-channel magnetic sound and English subtitles.

“Khartoum” (134 min). 19:30 – 21:44 + intermission (22:00). Vintage German rectified Ultra Panavision 70 print with 6-track magnetic stereo

6 October

"The King and I" (133 min) 10:00 – 12:13 + intermission (12:28). Vintage English Grandeur 70 print with 6-track magnetic stereo

“Ben Hur” (212 min) 12:45 – 16:17 + intermission (16:32). Vintage German Camera 65 print with 6-track magnetic stereo

"Uncle Toms Cabin" (125 min) 17:00 – 19:05. Vintage German MCS-70 Superpanorama print with 6-track magnetic stereo

"Ice Station Zebra" (148 min) 20:00 – 22:28 + intermission (22:43). Vintage German Super Panavision 70 print with 6-track magnetic stereo

"Pink Floyd The Wall" (95 min) 23:00 – 00:35. Original English version 70mm blow up print with 6-channel magnetic sound.

7 October

10:00 – 10:30 "The Wonderful World of Film Formats" hand made lecture by Thomas Hauerslev

10:30 – 11:00 Demonstration: Digital State of the Art – incl. „As Good as it Gets“ in digital and 70mm

11:30 - 12:00 Restoration of “Play Time” Lecture by Monsieur Jean-Rene FAILLOT

“Play Time" (126 min). 12:30 – 14:36.

“El Cid” (182 min) 15:30 – 18:32 + intermission (18:45). Vintage German in Super Technirama 70 with 6-track magnetic stereo.

"The Wild Bunch" (134 min) 19:30 – 21:44. Vintage German original 70mm blow up print with 6-channel magnetic sound.

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