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Paul Mayer
Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under!

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From: Albuquerque, NM
Registered: Feb 2000

posted 01-22-2016 09:59 AM

Starting February 19th in Chicago at The Music Box on their new (temporary) 41' screen:

70MM Film Festival: The Ultimate Edition

2001: A Space Odyssey
Vertigo
Lawrence of Arabia
Interstellar
The Master
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
West Side Story
Brainstorm
Inherent Vice
Starman
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
Cleopatra
The Wild Bunch
Ghostbusters
70mm Shorts Program
Krull

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Terry Monohan
Master Film Handler

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From: San Francisco CA USA
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posted 01-22-2016 12:53 PM

Thanks Paul for the info. Maybe they can keep the temp screen in place or go all out and put in a 55 foot curved screen wall to wall? Move the side exits or do what they can to enlarge their small past screen size. I hope they have good surround speakers to turn up with these classic 70mm films.

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Mitchell Dvoskin
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From: West Milford, NJ, USA
Registered: Jan 2001

posted 01-22-2016 07:41 PM

From the link Paul provided, the Music Box either has 16 screens all equipped for 70mm, or they have 16 70mm projectors all running at the same time running different movies on the same screen.

quote: The Music Box

Schedule

Friday, February 19th

12:15pm: 2001: A Space Odyssey
12:25pm: Vertigo
12:56pm: Lawrence of Arabia
1:05pm: Interstellar
1:08pm: The Master
1:09pm: It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1:21pm: West Side Story
2:09pm: Brainstorm
2:29pm: Inherent Vice
3:26pm: Starman
3:52pm: Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
4:23pm: Cleopatra
4:30pm: The Wild Bunch
4:32pm: Ghostbusters
4:42pm: 70MM Shorts Program
4:53pm: Krull

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Paul Mayer
Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under!

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From: Albuquerque, NM
Registered: Feb 2000

posted 01-23-2016 08:39 AM

I noticed that too. Am waiting with bated breath to see how the real reel schedule pans out... [Smile]

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Brad Miller
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From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall)
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posted 01-23-2016 12:04 PM

Sad that seems to represent just about the entire available 70mm catalog of titles.

For anyone in the know, if there are other titles available, are they not being booked into the various 70mm festivals due to overly high rental rates? (I'm talking US specifically here.)

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Stephan Shelley
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posted 01-23-2016 12:35 PM

Shipping costs are very high for 70mm prints.

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Leo Enticknap
Film God

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From: Loma Linda, CA
Registered: Jul 2000

posted 01-23-2016 12:40 PM

There are some 35 to 70 blow jobs from the 1980s that the studios still have. I showed such a print of Silverado last night - very grainy and had been murdered by Century JJ scratching (through every last frame of all 7 reels - grrrr), but the mag A-type sounded crisp and detailed, as you'd expect.

We've played blow job prints of The Untouchables (so-so), Ghostbusters (worn out), and Malcolm X (looked great - photographically, better than you'd expect from a 35mm 1.85 source and print in pristine condition) in the recent past, too.

Still, these prints are generally not a good showcase for what the format can do. Last night's certainly wasn't.

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Mike Heenan
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Registered: Mar 2000

posted 01-25-2016 04:02 PM

The Academy has a beautiful print of Grand Prix, but the rental logistics I'm unsure of.

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Paul Vollmers
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From: Sister Lakes, MI, USA
Registered: Jul 2001

posted 02-02-2016 05:50 AM

Schedule

Friday, February 19th

7:00pm: Vertigo
11:00pm: Ghostbusters

Saturday, February 20th

11:30am: Vertigo
7:00pm: The Master
10:30pm: Inherent Vice

Sunday, February 21st

12:00pm: Ghostbusters
7:30pm: The Wild Bunch

Monday, February 22nd

7:30pm: Vertigo

Wednesday, February 24th

7:30pm: Inherent Vice

Thursday, February 25th

6:30pm: Ghostbusters
9:30pm: The Master

Friday, February 26th

1:30pm: It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
7:00pm: 2001: A Space Odyssey
11:00pm: Brainstorm

Saturday, February 27th

12:00pm: Krull
3:30pm: It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
9:00pm: 2001: A Space Odyssey

Sunday, February 28th

12:00pm: Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
4:00pm: 2001: A Space Odyssey
8:00pm: Krull

Monday, February 29th

7:30pm: 2001: A Space Odyssey

Tuesday, March 1st

7:30pm: 2001: A Space Odyssey

Wednesday, March 2nd

7:00pm: It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Thursday, March 3rd

6:30pm: Brainstorm
9:45pm: 2001: A Space Odyssey

Friday, March 4th

7:00pm: Interstellar
11:30pm: Starman

Saturday, March 5th

12:00pm: 70MM Shorts Program
3:00pm: Cleopatra
8:00pm: Lawrence of Arabia

Sunday, March 6th

11:30am: West Side Story
4:00pm: Lawrence of Arabia
9:15pm: Starman

Monday, March 7th

7:30pm: West Side Story

Tuesday, March 8th

7:00pm: Lawrence of Arabia

Wednesday, March 9th

7:00pm: Cleopatra

Thursday, March 10th

2:00pm: Lawrence of Arabia
8:00pm: Interstellar

Pricing

Full Festival Pass – $70 General Admission/$60 for Music Box Members (Only 70 passes available!)
Tickets – $13 General Admission/$10 for Music Box Members

****Full Festival Passes are SOLD OUT. Tickets to individual screenings are still available*

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