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Author Topic: Upcoming 70mm Fest in Los Angeles Michael Coate Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1904 From: Los Angeles, California Registered: Feb 2001 posted 12-09-2003 02:25 PM                     From the American Cinematheque's latest press release: THE 4th GREAT BIG 70 MM FESTIVAL!! January 22 - 25, 2004 From Super Technirama 70 to Ultra Panavision to Dimension 150 and more, the 70 mm. large-screen format promised - and delivered - a Barnum-esque world of spectacular sights and 6-track sounds. If the movies were always larger-than-life, then 70 mm. movies were MUCH much larger - films ..... From 1955 to 1970 - the Golden Age of 70 mm. Filmmaking - there were nearly 60 Hollywood features shot in large format, with many more released in special engagements as 35 mm.-to-70 mm. blow-ups (which still offered superior sound and image quality to their 35 mm. counterparts.) This semi-annual series is a very rare opportunity to experience 70 mm. as it was meant to be seen: on a big, beautiful screen, with booming, 6-track multi-channel sound. Following the success of our past Festivals, we're delighted to present gorgeous new restorations of two seminal 70 mm. films: Jacques Tati's' masterpiece PLAYTIME (not to be missed!), the restored Todd AO print of Ken Annakin's THOSE MAGNIFICENT MEN IN THEIR FLYING MACHINES; as well as new prints of the sumptuous musical HELLO DOLLY! and Stanley Kramer's IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD. And don't miss the rare screening of Walt Disney's landmark film SLEEPING BEAUTY ! Thursday, January 22 - 7:30 PM 70 MM New Restored 70mm Print!! PLAYTIME, 1967, Criterion, 155 min. Dir. Jacques Tati. Friday, January 23 - 7:30 PM 70 MM New Restored 70mm Print!! PLAYTIME, 1967, Criterion, 155 min. Dir. Jacques Tati. Saturday, January 24 - 5:00 PM 70 MM New Todd-AO 70mm Print! HELLO DOLLY!, 1969, 20th Century Fox, 146 min. Directed by Gene Kelly Saturday, January 24 - 8:15 PM 70 MM New Restored 70mm Print!! PLAYTIME, 1967, Criterion, 155 min. Dir. Jacques Tati. Sunday, January 25 - 1:00 PM 70 MM Children's Matinee: SLEEPING BEAUTY, 1959, Walt Disney Co., 75 min. Sunday, January 25 - 4:00 PM 70 MM Brand new restored Todd-AO 70mm Print!! THOSE MAGNIFICENT MEN IN THEIR FLYING MACHINES, 1965, 20th Century Fox, 133 min. Discussion following with director Ken Annakin Sunday, January 25 - 7:30 PM 70 MM New 70mm Print! IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD, 1963, MGM/UA, 154 min.  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 12-09-2003 02:55 PM                        Drool. I'm in Los Angeles January 12-14 for the annual ITEA Projection Seminar Series, but can't extend the trip to see these great films projected as "Film Done Right" by Paul Rayton and crew.  |  IP: Logged Dick Vaughan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1032 From: Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK Registered: Jul 2000 posted 12-09-2003 03:54 PM                        Michael Just make sure all the forward shipping labels are changed to: Pictureville Cinema NMPFT Bradford England  |  IP: Logged Jeffry L. Johnson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 809 From: Cleveland, Ohio, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 12-09-2003 04:38 PM                        Bummer. I'll be about 3/4 of the way there, but I'll be busy in Park City.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-09-2003 04:47 PM                     No amend that shipping label Dick to read VIA Ontario Place Cinesphere 955 Lakeshore Blvd West Toronto Ontario Canada for extended run  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 12-09-2003 05:49 PM                        "Extended Run" Watch out! Ontario Place is like a black hole for prints.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-09-2003 06:01 PM                     don't worry they need to be climatized before shipping overseas  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 12-09-2003 06:30 PM                    No George? (Think D-150) Hrrrmph.  |  IP: Logged Dan Lyons Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 698 From: Seal Beach, CA Registered: Sep 2002 posted 12-10-2003 01:35 AM                     I'll be there to see "Hello Dolly", as I missed it last year. I heard many good things about that print. Too bad they didn't chop out the song that the lady sings in the hat shop; that dubbed over vocal would make a cat hiss!! What were they thinking! It's so obvious and fake!! Danny  |  IP: Logged William Hooper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1879 From: Mobile, AL USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-10-2003 02:09 AM                        What's the Egyptian like now? I read that it was greatly remodeled for the American Cinematheque. What are the auditorium specs: Screen size, size of auditorim from screen to back wall, etc. Greg Mueller (I think) mentioned sitting in the balcony at Jeff Joseph's 3D extravaganza, I suppose the booth is still in its original position? I read that some of the floor was partitioned from the auditorium to create restaurant space or something. This is not so strange, since the Egyptian was originally a silent-era house & possibly had no partition between the back of the house & entry points like foyers, etc. Those type of houses have at some point *had* to have partitions installed for sound isolation. Who's that guy who is impersonating Dan Lyons & cashing his checks & all? He's doesn't even look like Dan; who is he trying to fool? Is Dan like tied up in a closet, or dumped out in the wilderness somewhere? California is scary.  |  IP: Logged Paul Linfesty Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1383 From: Bakersfield, CA, USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 12-10-2003 09:56 AM                     William, here's a link to a series of articles on the Egyptian Theatre remodeling. http://www.volume5.com/egyptian/intro.html  |  IP: Logged William Hooper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1879 From: Mobile, AL USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-11-2003 12:57 AM                        So the only "restoration" was in the forecourt. quote: however, its most distinctive feature, the elaborate proscenium, was removed almost three decades ago. I thought I remembered that it was just widened by removal of some of the inner portion of decorative features like columns. It's interesting how these things are spun hard to conceal things that lead to unwelcome questions: quote: The perforated, low-relief sunburst which reaches into the blue ground of the ceiling will become the chief historic decorative feature of the auditorium. Well, it's the organ grille, the Egyptian's organ was over the prosc, the grille was decorative as they all were unless the organ was located under the stage. I think I read somewhere that some folks are trying to get an organ back in there, but for silent shows they've used an electronic organ (a "toaster", as electronic organs are called in the scornful vernacular). They excavated under the balcony for the new construction; what did they do to the balcony? It's conspicuously unmentioned. Is it all demo'd & new office space constructed for the people who made their money off it? They sure worked hard pointing out bits that were "restored" (some exterior), "preserved" (now hidden & mechanical spaces), & "rehabilitated" (completely remodeled). The only "historic" inner part visible is the organ grille & some sections of the walls when the panels are retracted, otherwise, it's a college drama dept. black box theater? It's sure not the Castro or Oakland Paramount.  |  IP: Logged Paul Linfesty Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1383 From: Bakersfield, CA, USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 12-11-2003 01:16 AM                     William, I never saw a balcony at this theatre until the current redo. If there was a balcony originally, it was closed up and plastered over decades ago. The procenium was also completely removed (not even one pillar visible)since at least the 50's. I saw a number of films on the theatre's D-150 screen. The deep curving curtains and screen occupied the whole front of the semi pie-shaped auditorium. At this time, the projection booth was downstairs, literally a black box at the rear of the theatre. In its newest incarnation, the lobby was expanded considerably into the old theatre, with an additional small theatre situated in part of the lobby (the Steven Spielberg theatre). The main theatre features a balcony and the new projection room is located in the balcony. Entrance to the balcony is from staircases entered after entering the entrance doors of the auditorium (but before you hit the seating area). The seating is now a stadium configuration. And yes, it is a black-box theatre. But an extremely good one. I plan to see THOSE MAGNIFICENT MEN IN THEIR FLYING MACHINES in January there.  |  IP: Logged Dan Lyons Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 698 From: Seal Beach, CA Registered: Sep 2002 posted 12-11-2003 06:33 PM                     I tried taking some pics inside of Graumans Egyptian last time i was there, no luck. My digital cam doesn't like the low light levels inside. You'd think the people at the American Cinemateque would have tons of pics up on their site to entice people to go check it out, but no. Someone with a good cam go there ASAP! Danny  |  IP: Logged Paul Linfesty Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1383 From: Bakersfield, CA, USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 12-11-2003 09:44 PM                     The American Cinematheque will also be showing a 70mm print of VERTIGO the week before this fest as part of their tribute to Kim Novak.  |  IP: Logged

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