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Author Topic: Calendar Girls (Request) Kevin Fassbind Film Handler Posts: 8 From: St. Gallen, Switzerland Registered: Jul 2003 posted 08-31-2003 02:26 PM                       Requesting info for Calendar Girls (UK Production), released here in about two weeks! Thanks Kevin  |  IP: Logged Alexander Smith Expert Film Handler Posts: 128 From: Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. Registered: Jun 2003 posted 09-11-2003 07:28 PM                     Calendar Girls (UK: 12A) BVI, 6 reels 108 minutes 'scope, SRD, SDDS, DTS (Probably UK specific: no pre-attached or included trailers)  |  IP: Logged Malcolm Gerard Film Handler Posts: 7 From: Hampton, London, UK Registered: Jul 2000 posted 09-26-2003 06:55 PM                     The focus on this film (British prints anyway) is VERY soft (unlike the flat trailer) and you can expect complaints however carefully you set it.  |  IP: Logged Charles Everett Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: New Jersey Registered: May 2001 posted 01-04-2004 01:58 PM                     Touchstone (Buena Vista) for US/Canada Other information as above  |  IP: Logged Aldo Baez Master Film Handler Posts: 266 From: USA Registered: Mar 2001 posted 01-05-2004 03:06 AM                    Focus is definately very soft. Miracle attached.  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 01-06-2004 12:35 PM                        As far as having "soft focus", Cinematographer Ashley Rowe deliberately diffused the image: http://www.close-upfilm.com/calendargirls.htm quote: “We used stockings over the lenses for all the English scenes to give it a softer, gentler tone,” said cinematographer Ashley Rowe. (One wonders if this doesn’t also make this film more marketable to American tastes.) A naked lens was used for the Hollywood scenes, giving a harder, cleaner edge with more shadow and a fiercer tone.  |  IP: Logged

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