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Author Topic: 35mm Print of 1966 Grand Prix? Joe Cornick Film Handler Posts: 6 From: Sussex, United Kingdom Registered: Dec 2018 posted 06-24-2019 04:57 AM                     Does anyone know of any 35mm prints of the 1966 film Grand Prix by MGM. Both Park Circus and the BFI don't hold it.  |  IP: Logged Marcel Birgelen Film God Posts: 3357 From: Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands Registered: Feb 2012 posted 06-24-2019 05:57 AM                     I've actually ran the Blu-Ray converted to DCP of this title. It features a DTS 5.1 soundtrack, which was upmixed from the original mono soundtrack which isn't all that bad at all. They don't mess too much with the dialogue, but added a bunch of panning motor sound effects and made good use of the LFE track. If you don't want the remixed soundtrack, the original mono track is also on the Blu-Ray. The image also was pretty good, probably better than any remaining 35mm print of the feature.  |  IP: Logged Allan Young Expert Film Handler Posts: 125 From: EGHAM, Surrey UK Registered: Jun 2011 posted 06-25-2019 05:21 AM                     quote: Marcel Birgelen It features a DTS 5.1 soundtrack, which was upmixed from the original mono soundtrack which isn't all that bad at all. Surely they'd have created the 5.1 mix from the 70mm six-track soundtrack (which is still one of the best I've ever heard)?  |  IP: Logged Marcel Birgelen Film God Posts: 3357 From: Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands Registered: Feb 2012 posted 06-25-2019 07:04 AM                     I've been told it is essentially a new mix, as it uses the left and right surrounds. They might obviously have used the 6-track magnetic mix as part of the source for parts of the new mix.  |  IP: Logged Mitchell Dvoskin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1869 From: West Milford, NJ, USA Registered: Jan 2001 posted 06-25-2019 12:29 PM                     Yes, there are 35mm prints of Grand Prix here in the USA that escaped into the wild. Both domestic prints with faded Eastman Color and British IB Tech prints. I have never owned one, but years ago I saw one of the British IB's. It was spectacular.  |  IP: Logged

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