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70MM NEWS HOT OF THE PRESS
70mm Film in India
By K. Ramachandra Babu
Second 70mm report from India. "Of the 7 - 8 films released in 70mm I happen to be the Director of Photography for one of them"
"Baraka" Fully restored for Blu-ray
By MPI Media Group
For the first time in history, a 65mm feature film camera negative would be mastered at 8192 pixels of resolution, creating a digital file in excess of an astounding 30 terabytes in size.
"As Good as it Gets"- Demonstrates power of large format
By Kodak's InCamera Magazine
Bill Bennett traces the origins of the short film to a conversation that he had with ARRI's Director Franz Kraus
"We Fight To Be Free"
By Kodak's InCamera Magazine
Van Oostrum filmed battles and scenic backgrounds in 65mm format in order to capture a naturalistic feeling of depth and dimension
Large format at the Cinerama Dome
By David Strohmaier
Even if you don't get your favorite seats please come and register your vote for more large format screenings at the Dome. We need your support today!
Restoration of "Lawrence of Arabia"
By Columbia Pictures
In '86, Bob Harris, contacted Columbia with a proposal to restore the original premiere version of "Lawrence of Arabia"
Short Stories Updated
Read about 70mm in Le Havre, 80 Days, Brazil Enthusiast and more
 
Review: "Earthquake" in Sensurround
By Volker Hannemann
A review of the 2006 screening in Schauburg, Karlsruhe.
Rick Mitchell Interview
By 65/70mm Workshop
Rick Mitchell's work has appeared in American Cinematographer, Los Angeles Times and Weekly Variety as well as on in70mm.com.
Digital restoration of "How the West Was Won"
By Rick Mitchell
The screening that ended last weekend's "The Reel Thing-XX" was a digital presentation of MGM's "How The West Was Won" scanned at 2K from original negatives.
Taking In the Big Picture
By Joe Morgenstern
Having savored the movie's full grandeur way back then, I was eager for the lights to go down and the overture to begin.
 
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5 YEARS AGO - 2003
"Meet The Chief" - Jan Niebuhr
by Thomas Hauerslev
Cinerama and Todd-AO at the Syossett
by Jo Kelley
The Big And The Little Image
By Bill Cobbs
Working for Louis deRochemont
By Borden Mace
The Birth of the Todd-AO Process
by Dr. Brian O´Brien
The Original First-Week Engagements Of “Star Wars”
By Mike Coate
The Original 70mm engagements Of "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind"
By Coate and Kallay
The Original 70mm engagements Of "Alien"
By Coate and Kallay

10 YEARS AGO - 1998

3 Falke Bio, Copenhagen, Denmark - The First Todd-AO Theatre in Scandinavia
Life With THX In Hollywood Part 2
Time Traveling to the New Neon
"Mulan" in 70mm at the Hollywood Bowl
A "Titanic" Day Out
..in 70mm in Aalborg. A 70mm get together at "Biffen"
Jan Jacobsen - His Story
Pik-A-Movie
"Ryan´s Daughter" Revisited
The Biggest format in the Smallest Cinema
ABC Shaftsbury Avenue 1+2, London, England
The Miracle of Todd-AO Final review May 1, 1956
Obituary - Jan Jacobsen
Jan Jacob Kotte


14 YEARS AGO - 1994
65mm Todd-AO Concept Tests
Biffen - 70mm cinema profile
The 70mm Promotion Tour 1994 Part #1

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70MM FILMS NOW AND THEN
"Samsara" in 65mm
By Mark Magidson
Ron Fricke will photograph in 65mm using both standard frame rates and a motion control time-lapse camera designed specifically for this project.
"Where The Trains Used To Go" in IMAX
By Morten Skallerud
I love trains, Large Format, and making magic on film. "Where the Trains used to go" gave me an opportunity to combine the three for a 4½ minute 15perf 70mm
"As Good as it Gets" 70mm Demo
By Rick Mitchell
I had not seen new 65mm material for years. This looked TERRIFIC! The detail was breathtaking. Little grain was visible, from the seventh row.
"A Year Along the Abandoned Road"
By Morten Skallerud
A nature animation film - a time-lapse film in one single shot. See the Arctic year passing by at 50,000 times normal speed
Vistamorph - alternative to 65mm
By Chris O'Kane
Vistamorph can produce spectacular wide screen films and emulates Cinerama in scale
Super Dimension 70
By Bob Weisgerber
A new, improved 70mm presentation process which is 70mm film, with the usual aspect ratio and projected at 48 frames per second.
"Tour Eiffel" 70mm short
By Veit Helmer
Lulu fulfils his life’s dream: he buys a bright red sports car. From the top of the Eiffel Tower, he can only watch as his car is being stolen.

THE 70MM RUMOUR MILL
AUGUST 2008

"Samsara" is currently filming in Korea
 
 

65/70MM WORKSHOP
Report on the 65/70mm Workshop March 2008
By 65/70mm Workshop
Key themes around quality control in the cinema and the need for cinema to offer an experience far surpassing that increasingly available in the home.
Exhibitor's Toolkit: Re-awakening "dormant" 35/70mm machines
By 65/70mm Workshop
A guide to re-activate 70mm capability, using existing 35/70mm equipment currently configured for 35mm-only.
Upgrading systems to 9-Channel [5 Stage, 3 Surround, 1 Sub]
By 65/70mm Workshop
A
concept for the practical application of a new 9-channel (8.1) sound format across 70mm and other theatrical exhibition platforms.
Time To Wake The Sleeping Giant - Take 2
By 65/70mm Workshop
Keeping the theme of "Waking the Sleeping Giant" well to the fore, let us look at this from the Exhibitor’s point of view. Three main questions often spring to mind.
 
65mm - The Versatile Shooting Format
By 65/70mm Workshop
As audiences become more demanding of technical quality there has never been a better time to originate feature film material on 65mm.

OTHER THAN 70MM
"Keepers of the Frame"
By Randy Gitsch
The documentary to examine the history, science and struggles of those committed to film preservation.
The Poster Art of Howard Terpning
A Pictorial Presentation
See the gallery of classic posters
The CinemaScope Trail
By Thomas Hauerslev
Francois CARRIN and Thomas persued the birthplace of CinemaScope in Nice, France
About Sensurround
Presenting "Earthquake" in Bradford
By Darren Briggs
How Sensurround got me through college
By Greg Battas

COMING SOON
Presentation notes for "Doors", "Born on the 4th of July", "Die Hard II", "Spaceballs" and "Barry Lyndon"

 
70MM FILM FESTIVALS
4th Todd-AO Festival 2008
By Thomas Hauerslev
October 2008. Annual 70mm festival in the grand Schauburg Cinerama in Karlsruhe.
Widescreen Weekend 2009
By Thomas Hauerslev
March 2009. Our friends at Fox have promised us a NEW D-150 print of "The Bible...in the Beginning".
4th Seminar of 70mm film in Krnov 2009
By Jakub Klima
April 2009. Again the audience in the Czech Republic can experience the unique quality of the 70mm format.
2nd 70mm Festival In Copenhagen
By Thomas Hauerslev
April 2009. Come and experience the "Road Show" feeling in Copenhagen.
Sensurround film Festival, Karlsruhe
By Thomas Hauerslev
June 2010 Come and experience all Sensurround films during one loud weekend

ESSENTIAL 70MM READING FROM THE VAULT
Grant's Blow-up Blog
By Grant Lobban
A blow-up is the term used to describe a 70mm print made by enlarging, smaller formats, usually those on 35mm film.
In the Splendour of 70mm
By Grant Lobban
The definitive story of 70mm film and wide screen.
Walter Siegmund Interview
By Thomas Hauerslev
The early days of Todd-AO, Dr. Brian O´Brien and Mike Todd. Recorded July 2002 in Copenhagen, Denmark
To Split or not to Split
By Keith Swadkins
It was inevitable that Hollywood turned to producing pseudo-Cinerama movies.
The Technirama Story
By Grant Lobban
Technicolor decided to introduce its own proprietary widescreen process - Technirama.

RAMA-O-GALORE
All the RAMAs in the World
All readers are invited to send in their RAMAS. See the list as it grows longer and longer.
Dick Babish: How Cinerama got the name "Cinerama"

Greg Kimble: Cinerama's 50th Anniversary

Greg Kimble: How The West Was Won - in Cinerama
 
Dave Strohmaier: Cast & Credits and update 2002

Telluride 2002

Cinerama Adventure Review

WINDOW OF THE WORLD
How "Far and Away" became 65mm
By Mikael Salomon
"Far and Away" began as a small film which Ron and I talked about making, while shooting "Backdraft"

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