Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Dunkirk in 70MM

my profile | my password | search | faq & rules | forum home

»	Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE » Operations » Film Handlers' Forum » Dunkirk in 70MM

Author

Topic: Dunkirk in 70MM

Geoff Jones
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 579
From: Broomfield, CO, USA
Registered: Feb 2006

posted 12-29-2016 07:26 PM

The Cine Capri at Harkins Northfield has become my go-to screen in Colorado. If a movie I want to see is playing there, that's where I'll see it, despite at least a half dozen closer locations.

The constant height screen is somewhere between 70 and 80' wide. They project exclusively in 2D and the image is 4k when available, with no stray light or marks on the screen. At showtime they close the curtain and reopen it for the trailers and feature. The auditorium is Atmos equipped and sounds pretty good though not perfect. (Bass isn't as natural as I would like... and when you've seen films at the Stag theater on Skywalker ranch, the bar is pretty high.)

Anyway, as I was watching the Dunkirk preview in front of Rogue One, I got to thinking, I sure wish I could see Dunkirk in 70MM on this screen.

I thought it might make sense to be proactive and appeal to them about it (and with more than half a year's notice!). I don't really believe it will happen, but who knows, maybe my letter will make a difference. Here's what I wrote:

quote:
Please install 70MM projectors in the Northfield Cine Capri so that you can show Dunkirk in 70MM next summer. This premium format is superior to digital and film fans seek out 70MM showings whenever possible.

In recent years, many, many websites directed moviegoers to 70MM engagements of films like Interstellar, Batman v Superman, The Hateful Eight, and Fantastic Beasts. This free advertising will bring crowds to your theater from all over Colorado.

More 70MM releases are on the way, including Branagh’s Murder on the Orient Express and Star Wars IX. A 70MM installation could even be used for classic 70MM showings during slow times of the year, much like Seattle’s Cinerama theatre.

Last year I attended a sold-out 70MM showing of The Hateful Eight at the Continental. I will go wherever I must to see Dunkirk in 70MM, but I would prefer it to be on your magnificent Cine Capri screen.

I have to admit, it was nice to write a positive letter to a theater for a change. [Wink]

This is the reply I got:

quote:
Dear Mr. Jones,

Thank you for reaching out with your suggestion to bring 70mm projectors to our theatre in Colorado; we always appreciate hearing from our guests.

We have forwarded your recommendation to the correct departments for consideration.

Have a wonderful evening, thank you for choosing Harkins Theatres!

If I hear anything else from them, I'll reply to this thread, and if anyone else in the area wants to add his or her voice, have at it:

http://www.harkinstheatres.com/contact.aspx

| IP: Logged

Bobby Henderson
"Ask me about Trajan."

Posts: 10973
From: Lawton, OK, USA
Registered: Apr 2001

posted 12-29-2016 09:15 PM

I made a similar request and inquiry regarding 70mm projection of The Hateful Eight on the Harkins Cine Capri screen in Oklahoma City. Harkins didn't want to bother with that project and it seems (very unfortunately) that AMC jumped on board, hoarding most of the 70mm engagements. So I ended up watching that Ultra Panavision filmed movie on a stupid HDTV-shaped common width screen. 70mm would have been so much better on the Cine Capri screen.

I agree about the lack of bass at the Cine Capri theater. I've visited that one in Colorado before, but have been to the one in Oklahoma City far more often. Even though the bass is lacking, the Atmos surround quality is better than other Atmos theaters I've visited. Movies like Gravity and The Edge of Tomorrow sounded awesome there.

| IP: Logged

Geoff Jones
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 579
From: Broomfield, CO, USA
Registered: Feb 2006

posted 12-30-2016 07:47 AM

Send 'em another request for OKC, Bobby! If they hear from enough people, maybe it will make a difference.

| IP: Logged

Scott Norwood
Film God

Posts: 8146
From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas)
Registered: Jun 99

posted 12-30-2016 11:21 AM

Harkins did play H8 in 70mm at one of their Arizona locations. Rumor has it that they damaged the print (by how much, I don't know).

| IP: Logged

Mark Gulbrandsen
Resident Trollmaster

Posts: 16657
From: Music City
Registered: Jun 99

posted 12-30-2016 01:32 PM

I'd drive over to Denver to see it there. But I'm not going to some shitty theater in Vegas like they did with Hateful 8.

Mark

| IP: Logged

All times are Central (GMT -6:00)

Printer-friendly view of this topic

The Film-Tech Forums are designed for various members related to the cinema industry to express their opinions, viewpoints and testimonials on various products, services and events based upon speculation, personal knowledge and factual information through use, therefore all views represented here allow no liability upon the publishers of this web site and the owners of said views assume no liability for any ill will resulting from these postings. The posts made here are for educational as well as entertainment purposes and as such anyone viewing this portion of the website must accept these views as statements of the author of that opinion and agrees to release the authors from any and all liability.