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Topic: What happened to Cinema Digital Sound?
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Claude S. Ayakawa
Film God
Posts: 2738
From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 02-09-2009 04:41 PM
I understand the Eastman Kodak Company and along with the Optical Radiation Corporation wanted to play a very vital role in the early days of the development of digital sound for the theatres and introduced the CDS process known fully as Cinema Digital Sound. I understand only nine film were released with CDS track and they were DAYS OF THUNDER, DICK TRACEY, EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, FINAL APPROACH, FLATLINERS, TERMINATOR 2, THE DOOR and the final film UNIVERSAL SOLDIER. How did this sound process differ from todays SRD, DTS and SSDDS process? For those of you who had experienced working with this system, was it better than todays sound or not as good? Was it very costly to set up compared to the three existing system or cheaper? I think T2 played at the Cinerama Dome in Los Angeles in 70mm and CDS. I also saw the movie in 70mm here in Hawaii at the Waikiki #3 and I do not know if the print was encoded with Dolby A six track mag sound. Now that the system has been defunct for years, what ever happend to the equipment?
-Claude
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Martin Brooks
Jedi Master Film Handler
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From: Forest Hills, NY, USA
Registered: May 2002
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posted 02-13-2009 11:51 AM
You actually only listed 8 films, and according to my records (which may or may not be accurate), there were actually 10 CDS films. The two missing from your list is "For The Boys" and "Hudson Hawk".
Also according to my notes, some were 35mm, some were 70mm, some were both.
Dick Tracy, Flatliners, Edward Scissorhands were released in CDS in 70mm only. Days of Thunder, The Doors and Terminator 2 were released in CDS in both 35 and 70mm. And the others were released in CDS in only 35mm.
As I remember it, Dick Tracy, the 1st CDS film, sounded harsh and brittle. Flatliners, Edward Scissorhands and The Doors sounded really good (in 70mm), especially The Doors. But Dick Tracy played at the Loews 84th St 6 in NYC, which wasn't great, and I believe the other three all played at the Ziegfeld in New York, so that could explain some of the difference. Also Dick Tracy was the first CDS film, so they obviously had less experience mixing for digital at that point.
I can't remember if I saw Terminator 2 in a movie theatre. I didn't see the other films.
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