Todd-AO Festival, Schauburg, Karlsruhe |
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| Written, Performed and organized by: Herbert Born & Thomas Hauerslev, Schauburg Cinerama Theatre, Karlsruhe, Germany | Date:
September 2006 Updated 22-01-25 |
 Schauburg
by nightDuring a full [2006] October weekend, classic epics will be shown in the impressive 70mm format on a huge 136 sqm curved screen in the famous classic cinema. Come and celebrate with us the BIG weekend, in the BIG film format on our a BIG screen. Share the excitement with visitors from all around the world - including Germany, Denmark, England, USA and France - and hopefully many more. The Schauburg Cinerama is one of the few surviving cinemas, with 70mm projectors, a red curtain and the huge curved and wide 70mm screen. It’s the perfect framework for the presentation of 70mm with 6-track sound. Some films are in original versions and some "70mm Vintage Classics" are dubbed into German. The 2006 Weekend program will be a variety of old and new 70mm films with a GALA performance on Saturday evening celebrating the 100th years of the Schauburg cinema. A mixed program with some speeches by the local authorities, some cultural authorities from abroad, some (local) stars, some VIPS, some pieces of early talking movies, some piece of early CinemaScope, some pieces of 70mm large format rarities. We are working on a small exhibitions and the traditional breakfast and lunch functions Saturday and Sunday. For 3 days we present the king of all film formats: 70mm and 6-track stereo. Feel the illusion of reality in 70mm film and “The first person experience” from the front row Celebrate with us when we present the classic movies in the original format on the big screen, where they were born to be seen, in a traditional road show cinema. Experience the extremely sharp images and crystal clear 6 track stereo on the curved Cinerama screen. Around the world in Three Days on the curved Cinerama screen. From the past to the present and to the future - everything is included - in the majestic 70mm format at the Schauburg cinema in Karlsruhe. Herbert Born Schauburg Kino, Karlsruhe, Germany A Visitors Report Reviews. Todd-AO 70mm-Festival |
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"100 years of The Schauburg". Weekend 70mm Program & Breaks | |
 Festival
posterFriday, 6. October "Baraka" (1:36) 13.00 - 14:36 in Todd-AO with 6-track magnetic stereo "Grand Prix" (2:59) 15.30 - 18:29 + Intermission Vintage German Super Panavision 70 print with 6-track magnetic stereo "Spartacus" (3:18) 19:30 - 22:48 + Intermission In Super Technirama 70. Restored version in English 23:00 Get together when "Spartacus" ends with Hoepfner & Friends. Free beer by sponsor HOEPFNER Bräu. Saturday, 7 October 09:00 Breakfast buffet before the 10 o'clock show "Mutiny on the Bounty" (2:58) 10:00 - 12:58 + Intermission German vintage Ultra Panavision 70 print 13:30 Lunch for weekend passes sponsored by TBA "Far and Away" (2:18) 14:00 - 16:18 German vintage Panavision Super 70mm print in 6-track Dolby Stereo "South Pacific" (2:31) 17:00 - 19:31 + Intermission Restored Todd-AO 70mm DTS print "Titanic" (3:14) 20:30 - 23:44 + Intermission English vintage 70mm DTS print + 100 Jahre Schauburg GALA with Ansprache, and show  Projection
details are discussed with guestsSunday, 8 October 09:00 Breakfast buffet before the 10 o'clock show 70mm shorts and trailers 10:00 Including a Bob Gaffney tribute in honor of his 75th birthday: "Motion", "Sky over Holland" and "Fortress of Peace" 12:00 Lunch for weekend passes sponsored by TBA "Where Eagles Dare" (2:38) 12:30 - 15:08 + Intermission German vintage 70mm print "Cleopatra" (4:03) 16:00 - 20:00 + Intermission Restored Todd-AO 70mm DTS print "Terminator 2" (2:17) 21:00 - 23:17 English vintage 70mm print in 6-track magnetic Dolby Stereo | |
Todd-AO Festival Program Film Information | |
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beautifully decorated Schauburg Facade."Baraka" (1:36) 13.00 - 14:36. Filmed in: 65mm 5 perforations, 24 frames per second. Principal photography in: Todd-AO 70mm. Presented in: Todd-AO with 6-track magnetic stereo. Aspect ratio: 2,21:1. Country of origin: USA. Production year: 1992. World Premiere: Montreal World Film Festival. Montreal, Canada, 30.08.1992. Introduction / 
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photo of Dieter Gaebler from the filming of "Grand Prix".
"Grand Prix" (2:59) 15.30 - 18:29 + Intermission. Filmed in: 65mm 5 perforations, 24 frames per second. Principal photography in: Super Panavision 70. Presented in: Super Panavision 70 with 6-track magnetic stereo (German version). Aspect ratio: 2,21:1. Country of origin: USA. Production year: 1966. World Premiere: 21.12.1966, Warner Cinerama Theatre, New York, USA. Screenplay by Robert Alan Aurthur; Directed by John Frankenheimer; Produced by Edward Lewis and Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. James Garner (Pete Aron), Eva Marie Saint (Louise Frederickson), Yves Montand (Jean-Pierre Sarti ), Toshiro Mifune (Izo Yamura) and Brian Bedford (Scott Stoddard). |
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"Spartacus" (3:18) 19:30 - 22:48 + Intermission. Filmed in: Horizontal 35mm 8 perforations, 24 frames per second. Principal photography in: Technirama. Presented in: Super Technirama 70 with 6-track Dolby Stereo (Restored version). Aspect ratio: 2,21:1. Country of origin: USA. Production year: 1961. World Premiere: 06.10.1960 DeMille Theatre, New York, USA. Screen play by Dalton Trumbo, based on the novel by Howard Fast; directed by Stanley Kubrick; produced by Edward Lewis; a Bryna production released by Universal-International. Kirk Douglas (Spartacus), Laurence Olivier (Crassus), Jean Simmons (Varinia ), Charles Laughton (Gracchus), Peter Ustinov (Batiatus), John Gavin (Caesar) and Tony Curtis (Antoninus). Herr Wolfram Hanneman introducing / 23:00 Get together when "Spartacus" ends with Hoepfner & Friends. Free beer by sponsor HOEPFNER Bräu. |
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German "Mutiny" posters with a 70mm logo."Mutiny on the Bounty" (2:58) 10:00 - 12:58 + Intermission. Filmed in: 65mm 5 perforations, 24 frames per second. Principal photography in: Ultra Panavision 70. Presented in: Ultra Panavision 70 with 6-track magnetic stereo (German 70mm print). Aspect ratio: 2,76:1. Country of origin: USA. Production year: 1962. World Premiere: 08.11.1962, Loew's State, New York, USA. Screenplay by Charles Lederer, based upon the novel by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall; directed by Carol Reed and Lewis Milestone and produced by Aaron Rosenberg for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Marlon Brando (Fletcher Christian), Trevor Howard (William Bligh) and Richard Harris (John Mills). Introduction / |
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"Far and Away" (2:18) 14:00 - 16:18.
Filmed in: 65mm 5 perforations, 24 frames per second.
Principal photography in: Panavision System 65. Presented in:
Panavision Super 70 with 6-track Dolby Stereo
(German 70mm print).
Aspect ratio: 2,21:1. Country of origin: USA. Production
year:
1992.
World Premiere: 22.05.1992, Ziegfeld, New York, USA.Directed by Ron Howard; screenplay by Bob Dolman, based on a story by Bob Dolman and Ron Howard; director of photography, Mikael Salomon; edited by Michael Hill and Daniel Hanley; music by John Williams; production designers, Jack T. Collis and Allan Cameron; produced by Brian Grazer and Mr. Howard; released by Universal. Tom Cruise (Joseph), Nicole Kidman Shannon, Thomas Gibson (Stephen), Robert Prosky (Christie) and Barbara Babcock (Nora Christie) |
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Fox Germany's blessing the creative Schauburg staff created their "South
Pacific" stills from 70mm frame blow ups.Original title: "South Pacific" (2:31) 17:00 - 19:31 + Intermission. Filmed in: 65mm 5 perforations, 24 frames per second. Principal photography in: Todd-AO. Presented in: Todd-AO with 6-track DTS stereo (Restored Todd-AO 70mm DTS print). Aspect ratio: 2,21:1. Country of origin: USA. Production year: 1957. World Premiere: 19.03.1958 Criterion, New York, USA . Directed by Joshua Logan; written by Paul Osborn, based on the musical by Oscar Hammerstein 2d, Richard Rodgers, and Mr. Logan, from the book Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener; cinematographer, Leon Shamroy; edited by Robert Simpson; music by Mr. Hammerstein and Mr. Rodgers; art designers, Lyle Wheeler and John DeCuir; produced by Buddy Adler; released by Twentieth Century Fox. Rossano Brazzi (Emile de Becque), Mitzi Gaynor (Nellie Forbush), John Kerr (Lieutenant Cable), Ray Walston (Luther Billis), Juanita Hall (Bloody Mary) and France Nuyen (Liat). |
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title:
"Titanic" (3:14) 20:30 - 23:44 + Intermission.
Filmed in: 35mm 4 perforations, 24 frames per second.
Principal photography in: Panavision System 35. Presented in:
70mm
with 6-track DTS stereo
(English 70mm DTS print).
Aspect ratio: 2,21:1. Country of origin: USA. Production
year:
1997.
World Premiere: 17.12.1997 Manns Chinese, Hollywood, USA. Written and directed by James Cameron; director of photography, Russell Carpenter; edited by Conrad Buff, Mr. Cameron and Richard A. Harris; music by James Horner; production designer, Peter Lamont; costume designer, Deborah L. Scott; special visual effects, Digital Domain; produced by Mr. Cameron, Jon Landau and Rae Sanchini; released by Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox. Leonardo DiCaprio (Jack Dawson), Kate Winslet (Rose DeWitt Bukater), Gloria Stuart (Rose Dawson Calvert) and Billy Zane (Cal Hockley) |
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70mm shorts and trailers 10:00 Including a Bob Gaffney tribute in honour of his 75th birthday: "Fortress of Peace", "Motion" and "Sky over Holland". Credits for the short films Introduced by Thomas Hauerslev & guest of honor Dieter Gaebler and wife. |
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title:
"Where Eagles Dare" (2:38) 12:30 - 15:08 + Intermission.
Filmed in: 35mm 4 perforations, 24 frames per second.
Principal photography in: Panavision. Presented in:
70mm
with 6-track magnetic stereo
(German vintage 70mm print).
Aspect ratio: 2,21:1. Country of origin: England.
Production year: 1969. European Premiere: 20.01.1969,
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Falke Bio, Copenhagen, Denmark.Screenplay by Alistair MacLean, based on his story; directed by Brian G. Hutton and produced by Elliott Kastner; a Jerry Gershwin-Elliott Kastner Picture presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Richard Burton (John Smith), Clint Eastwood (Lieut. Morris Schaffer), Mary Ure (Mary Ellison) and Michael Hordern (Vice Admiral Rolland) Introduction /
by Wolfram Hanneman again in "beide sprache" - just perfect. |
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Original
title:
"Cleopatra"
(4:03) 16:00 - 20:03 + Intermission.
Filmed in: 65mm 5 perforations, 24 frames per second.
Principal photography in: Todd-AO. Presented in:
Todd-AO
with 6-track DTS stereo
(Restored
Todd-AO 70mm DTS print).
Aspect ratio: 2,21:1. Country of origin: USA. Production
year:
1962.
World Premiere: 12.06.1963
Rivoli,
New York, USA. Screenplay by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Ranald MacDougall and Sidney Buchman. Based upon histories by Plutarch. Suetonius. Appian, other ancient sources and "The Life and Times of Cleopatra," by C. M. Franzero. Directed by Mr. Mankiewicz and produced by Walter Wanger for 20th Century-Fox in Todd-AO. Elizabeth Taylor (Cleopatra), Richard Burton (Mark Antony), Rex Harrison (Julius Caesar), Hume Cronyn (Sosigenes) Martin Landau (Rutio) and Roddy McDowall (Octavian) Introduction / |
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 The
editor of in70mm.com, Mr.
Thomas Hauerslev (left), Mr. Dieter Gaebler and Mr. Herbert Born
(right) Schauburg manager. Original title: "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" (2:17) 21:00 - 23:17. Filmed in: 35mm 4 perforations, 24 frames per second. Principal photography in: Super 35. Presented in: 70mm with 6-track magnetic Dolby stereo (English vintage 70mm print ). Aspect ratio: 2,21:1. Country of origin: USA. Production year: 1992. World Premiere: 03.07.1991. Directed and produced by James Cameron; written by Mr. Cameron and William Wisher; director of photography, Adam Greenberg; film editors, Conrad Buff, Mark Goldblatt and Richard A. Harris; music by Brad Fiedel; production designer, Joseph Nemec 3d; released by Tri-Star Pictures. Arnold Schwarzenegger (The Terminator), Linda Hamilton (Sarah Connor), Edward Furlong ( John Connor ) and Robert Patrick (T-1000) Introduction |
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The Schauburg Cinerama's practical information | |
Weekend pass is EURO 80,00
(single entrance 10,00 per show). The weekend pass includes entrance to all
movies of the festival. The weekend pass also includes the following
additional bonus...
The
weekend pass includes no accommodation. We have an
arrangement with a very good
hotel just around the corner of the cinema, the price
there is per night the single room is now EURO 62,00 per
night and the double is EURO 76,00. Reservations can be made
through Herbert Born
or directly at the hotel +49 721 35260. Please remember to
ask for the special "Schauburg-Festival" rate. |
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2006 Credits. The organisers wish to thank the following individuals for their help | |
 The
Todd-AO 70mm Festival is generously supported by the Georg Fricker
Stiftung
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• Go to
How Georg Fricker became
the owner and operator of the last of Karlsruhe’s “picture palaces”. • Wie Georg Fricker übernahm Karlsruhes letzten Kinopalast |
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