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Author Topic: AMPAS SCHEDULES 70MM FESTIVAL F. Hudson Miller Film Handler Posts: 48 From: Los Angeles, CA, USA Registered: Jun 2009 posted 06-08-2012 01:03 PM                  THE LAST 70MM FILM FESTIVAL Six 70mm classics, each from a different genre: IT’S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD, SLEEPING BEAUTY, GRAND PRIX, THE SOUND OF MUSIC, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY and a new print of SPARTACUS, along with rarely screened 70mm short subjects. July 9 – August 13, Monday nights at 7: 30 p.m. *Pre-Show Short Subjects at 7 p.m. Samuel Goldwyn Theater 8949 Wilshire Boulevard Beverly Hills, CA 90211 http://www.oscars.org/events-exhibitions/events/2012/07/70mm.html  |  IP: Logged Paul Gordon Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 580 From: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Registered: Aug 2005 posted 06-08-2012 04:36 PM                        New print of Spartacus? or just the Universal re-release print that was stored in Canada that the Academy got. Its in great shape BTW Any idea of the titles of the shorts? they are not mentioned on the website.  |  IP: Logged Daniel Schulz Master Film Handler Posts: 387 From: Los Angeles, CA USA Registered: Sep 2003 posted 06-09-2012 03:03 PM                        It will be a new Spartacus print, with a Datasat digital soundtrack.  |  IP: Logged Jeffry L. Johnson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 809 From: Cleveland, Ohio, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 06-09-2012 04:04 PM                        http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2012/20120601.html Academy Celebrates 70mm All Summer Long Beverly Hills, CA (June 1, 2012) – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will kick off its summer screening series, "The Last 70mm Film Festival," on Monday, July 9, with a big-screen presentation of "It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" (1963). The six-film series, which will run through August 13, will showcase 70mm classics from different genres, and will include a new print of “Spartacus” and rarely screened 70mm short subjects. All screenings will be held on Monday evenings at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Pre- show festivities will begin at 7 p.m. As theaters increasingly move towards digital projection, there has never been a better time to celebrate these vibrant, clear 70mm prints. The complete schedule for "The Last 70mm Film Festival" is as follows: July 9 "It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" (1963) "The Miracle of Todd-AO" (1956), a short film detailing the technological advancement of the Todd-AO wide-angle lens and the widescreen format as used in "Around the World in 80 Days" and "Oklahoma!" July 16 "Sleeping Beauty" (1959) "Williamsburg: The Story of a Patriot" (1957), the longest continually running motion picture in American film history, which still runs daily in VistaVision at the twin Patriot Theatres in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. July 23 "Grand Prix" (1966) "The March of Todd-AO" (1959), follow-up to "The Miracle of Todd-AO," featuring the technology as used in "South Pacific." July 30 "The Sound of Music" (1965) August 6 "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968) "To Be Alive!" (1965), the Academy Award®-winning documentary short subject that shows the progression from childhood to adulthood in different cultures around the world. August 13 "Spartacus" (1960) From a new 70mm print. An updated list of pre-show details will be available at Oscars.org. Series passes for "The Last 70mm Film Festival" are on sale now. Passes are $20 for the general public and $15 for Academy members and students with valid ID. Tickets to individual evenings, if still available, will go on sale Friday, June 29. Tickets are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with valid ID. They may be purchased online at www.oscars.org, by mail, in person at the Academy during regular business hours or, depending on availability, on the night of the screening when the doors open at 6:30 p.m. The Samuel Goldwyn Theater is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. For more information, call (310) 247-3600 or visit www.oscars.org.  |  IP: Logged Jock Blakley Expert Film Handler Posts: 218 From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Registered: Oct 2011 posted 06-13-2012 08:29 PM                     Can I ask the reason behind the word "LAST" in the name?  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Goeldner Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1360 From: Washington, District of Columbia Registered: Jun 2008 posted 06-13-2012 11:02 PM                     I just want that new print of 'Spartacus' retransferred to bluray - (Criterion special edition ??) the 70mm Film Fest at the AFI Silver was just announced and 'Spartacus' was listed as one of the films - hoorah!  |  IP: Logged Gary Thiele Film Handler Posts: 1 From: Arcadia, California, USA Registered: Jul 2012 posted 08-03-2012 03:01 PM                  The "LAST" in the title is sort of an ironic joke in that there isn't much being done in this format today. I have been attending all the shows & the prints are fantastic. I think this series will continue next year as all shows have been out for the duration.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 08-03-2012 08:27 PM                     Wonder, then if the title should contain the word, "Latest", if the series is to continue..  |  IP: Logged Jim Henk Master Film Handler Posts: 364 From: San Diego, CA Registered: Feb 2006 posted 08-03-2012 10:52 PM                     I was at the Sleeping Beauty showing, and part of the pre-show talk seemed to imply that soon this won't be possible much longer. Seeming (not much reading between the lines necessary) more to say that the studios would soon stop letting 70mm prints out, and only let out digital copies. I think that's what they meant by the word "Last". Maybe hyperbole, maybe not.  |  IP: Logged David Graham Rose Expert Film Handler Posts: 187 From: Cambridge, UK Registered: Sep 2002 posted 08-04-2012 02:07 AM                     Greetings All I ran "Hyperbole" back in 1963 at The Dominion Theatre Tottenham Court Road. We had two 70mm prints of it, the first became unusable as the Chief at the time forgot to degauss the intermittant before the rehearsal. I don't believe that there are any plans to withdraw this print from circulation yet, according to my contacts at Brent Walker Film Distributors. David  |  IP: Logged Mark Ogden Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 943 From: Little Falls, N.J. Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-04-2012 04:23 AM                     quote: Gary Thiele The "LAST" in the title is sort of an ironic joke in that there isn't much being done in this format today Actually, the ironic thing about this being referred to as the "Last" is that there still is a (very limited) 70mm first run release on the horizon: the shot-on-65mm Paul Thomas Anderson film The Master will have at least one and possibly more 70mm engagements when it opens in September. A 70mm print has already been struck and was previewed just last night at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica. Supposedly this print will run at the Regency Village when the picture opens. Anderson has expressed the desire that a 70mm print be run where possible, but the question is, where is it still possible?  |  IP: Logged

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