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Author Topic: Patton in 70mm at the AFI/Silver Memorial Day 2012 Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 04-14-2012 10:09 AM                     Coming this Memorial Day...PATTON in 70mm to the AFI/Silver theatre. There will be two showings. Sunday May 27th at 1:00pm and again on Monday May 28th at 1:00pm. I've given you all about a month of notice on this one. Note too...there is a 70mm film festival scheduled for later this year...I will post more on the details when I get them. (before you all ask or comment...no the AFI/Silver is NOT a D-150 theatre...the screen is flat...see the pictures in the warehouse section of this site for more info on the technicalities of the theatre)  |  IP: Logged Sean Weitzel Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 619 From: Vacaville, CA (1790 miles west of Rockwall) Registered: Dec 1999 posted 04-14-2012 01:08 PM                     If this is the print that was struck a few years back, it's positively stunning! It's indescribably sharp.  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-14-2012 02:21 PM                        It looks like I can be there on Monday the 28th. Who else is going?  |  IP: Logged Bill Duelly Film Handler Posts: 92 From: Roselle Park, NJ Registered: Feb 2006 posted 04-19-2012 03:03 PM                     I saw this last year in NYC. VERY nice. 1st 70mm I saw in a LOOOONG time.  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Goeldner Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1360 From: Washington, District of Columbia Registered: Jun 2008 posted 04-19-2012 04:13 PM                     and of course I will be out of town... word is that Fox is remastering the film for a 'corrected' blu-ray version.  |  IP: Logged Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 04-19-2012 04:22 PM                     Fox did a nice job remastering "The French Connection" on Blu-ray recently.  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Goeldner Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1360 From: Washington, District of Columbia Registered: Jun 2008 posted 04-19-2012 04:37 PM                     ^ shockingly so!  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-19-2012 05:40 PM                        Wait...did they fix the BR of French Connection, or is it still the super-bright version that bears no resemblance to how the prints look and sound?  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Goeldner Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1360 From: Washington, District of Columbia Registered: Jun 2008 posted 04-19-2012 11:29 PM                     yes Scott - Fox did fix the transfer, it's currently a Best Buy exclusive.  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-26-2012 11:39 AM                        I'll be attending the Monday afternoon screening. Will anyone else be there?  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 05-26-2012 12:04 PM                     I should be there on Monday too.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 05-28-2012 06:08 AM                     If only you were just a tad closer...  |  IP: Logged Jock Blakley Expert Film Handler Posts: 218 From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Registered: Oct 2011 posted 05-28-2012 08:20 AM                     Anybody know a friendly air-freight company? it'll be cheaper to get the print to John and I than John and I to the print  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 05-28-2012 06:35 PM                     The print was from July 2002. The condition was VERY GOOD-Excellent. There was some dirt, an occasional fine scratch but never very long (I think I counted 2 or 3 times total...not including negative scratches). The sound was a bit strident. It was DTS from the original 6-track mix. In fact, you can hear the hiss in it. My suspicion that when they did the dupe to DTS, they didn't apply the Academy curve. The movie was mixed in the pre-eq era and would presume a "typical" theatre response...without applying an Academy roll off, you will get the type of sound I heard. Overall though, a great performance.  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-29-2012 06:00 PM                        Had a great time at the screening. This is a terrific film (and one which I had not actually seen before). It needs to be shown more often. The AFI schedule is quite diverse, with a mix of current and recent art-house titles, classics, festivals, and the like. Even in the largest cities, it is rare to see a venue with this type of programming diversity. This is also a place that values presentation quality, which is refreshing to see.  |  IP: Logged

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