"Doctor Zhivago" in 70mm: The Gallery | This article first appeared in ..in 70mm The 70mm Newsletter |
| Pictures by: Thomas Hauerslev | 06.04.2008 |
The Royal cinema | Further in 70mm reading:
70mm screenings
Classics at the Royal
"My Fair Lady" at the Royal
"Doctor Zhivago" at the Royal
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Mr. Sebastian Rosacker, all dressed up in Zhivago outfit.
Sebastian's home made "Doctor Zhivago" poster to the left | |
Sebastian looking forward to a great morning | |
Sebastian made sure nothing was left to chance. He even dressed the Royal up with a red carpet and home made banners.
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The entrance in all it's roadshow splendour
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Time to let the audience in. Pls. note the white gloves. | |
Sebastian personally distributed 472 free tickets. | |
The silk curtain. Note there is a broken thread to the right. | |
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Guest projectionist Mr. Roland Håkansson from Helsingborg. | |
The 70mm transportation boxes. | |
Audience are lining up to get in. | |
Chief Engineer, Mats Kullander from SF Bio management in Stockholm came by. Mats showed "Doctor Zhivago" more than 300 times during it's premiere run in Stockholm.
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Visitors from Denmark | |
The auditoria is filling up | |
Sebastian about to introduce the show.
Just before his entrance, he showed the "Doctor Zhivago" trailer from a DVD. | |
"Welcome", we have guests from Poland, Germany, England, USA and Denmark.
Thanks to DHL, Gevalia, SF Bio, | |
The 70mm print was very faded, and composed from several different prints. The colors ranged from very red and faded, to yellow, pink, and in some cases close to natural.
A thick and white scratch "graced" the image for more than 30 minutes.
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True to the 70mm splendour and roadshow era, "Doctor Zhivago" has an intermission.
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Mr. Mark Lyndon (London) brought a Russian hat for Sebastian as a birthday gift. | |
The previos chief projectionist, now retired, Mr. Hans Bramman, Chief Engineer Alan Lyman (Nordisk Film Biografer, Denmark) and Chief Projectionist Jan Niebuhr (Nordisk Film Biografer, Denmark)
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Roland and Sebastian during the intermission
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During projection
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"Why am I looking so red?"
Note the curvature of the screen.
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Maria, August and Thomas Hauerslev (in70mm.com editor)
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Anne-Lise, Michael (both Denmark) and Agnieszka from Poland | |
Jan Niebuhr & Thomas Hauerslev (Denmark)
Dressed up for the occasion with a "Doctor Zhivago" badge | |
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