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FILMS IN TODD-AO |
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TODD-AO
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TODD-AO TEST
FILMING |
 Todd-AO
65mm Test
By Thomas Hauerslev
Wednesday 9 February 1994, review of a very interesting reel of 65mm film
which had been discovered at the Nederlands Filmmuseum in Amsterdam. |
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TODD-AO FEATURE FILMS |
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1955 |
 "Oklahoma"
By
David Coles
For ten years,
since the musical
play "Oklahoma!"
opened in New York
City, March 31,
1943, the major
movie companies made
overtures to Rodgers
and Hammerstein for
the movie right of
"Oklahoma!" Nothing
happened until one
day when both Dick
and Oscar were
invited to see test
shots of the Todd-AO
process. Then it
became obvious that
the movies were
ready for
"Oklahoma!" |
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Fred Zinnemann's
"Oklahoma!" in
Todd-AO |
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1956 |
 The
Miracle of Todd-AO Final review May 1, 1956
Todd-AO's intense feeling of realism and its
possibilities for intimacy and emotional
participation convinced Richard Rodgers and
Oscar Hammerstein that this was the medium in
which to present on the screen their American
classic, "Oklahoma!"
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Full credits for "The Miracle of
Todd-AO" |
 "Around the World in 80 Days"
By
David Coles
"Do
not refer to Around
the World in 80 Days
as a movie. It's not
a movie. Movies are
something you can
see in your
neighbourhood theatre
and eat popcorn
while you're
watching
them....Show Around
the World in 80 Days
almost exactly as
you would present a
Broadway show in
your theatre."
Mike Todd |
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"Around the World in 80 Days"
in Todd-AO |
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Mike Todd's "Around
the World in 80
Days" |
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“Around the World in
Eighty Days”: The North American Roadshow and 70mm Engagements
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1958 |
 Full
credits for "The March of Todd-AO"
Louis de Rochemont Associates has produced for
Magna Theatres a colorful and absorbing 1500
foot film to be shown as a prologue to the
roadshow engagements of "South Pacific". |
 "South
Pacific"
By
David Coles
South Pacific is
a 1958 American
romantic musical
film based on the
Rodgers and
Hammerstein musical
South Pacific, which
in turn based on
James A. Michener's
short-story
collection Tales of
the South Pacific.
The film, directed
by Joshua Logan,
starred Rossano
Brazzi, Mitzi
Gaynor, John Kerr
and Ray Walston in
the leading roles
with Juanita Hall as
Bloody Mary, the
part that she had
played in the
original stage
production. The film
was nominated for
three Academy
Awards, winning the
Academy Award for
Best Sound for Fred
Hynes. |
 FotoKem
Restores "South Pacific"
FotoKem used its Imagica “Bigfoot”
scanner to digitally recapture the faded glory of “South Pacific,”
the 1958 65mm Todd AO classic. 20th Century Fox tapped FotoKem’s Large
Format Group for the photochemical preservation and video mastering on
the project, taking advantage of the facility’s 65mm scanner and its
high speed 4K transfer capabilities. |
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“South Pacific”: The
North American
Roadshow and 70mm
Engagements |
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1970 |
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“Airport” |
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1971 |
 “The
Last Valley”
By Mike Coate
“The Last Valley”
was among four
confirmed first-run
films released in
1971 with 70mm
prints for selected
engagements. The
ABC/Cinerama release
was directed by
James Clavell and
starred Michael
Caine and Omar
Sharif. These were
continuous
performance, general
release bookings
(i.e. not roadshow…although
roadshow style
program booklets
were made
available). |
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1989 |
 "CineSpace 70"
/ ClearVision 2000 Credits"
By
Lee Parker & Richard Vetter
Demonstration Film in four major parts. Purpose of the
demonstration film is to show the merits of filming with updated 65mm
Todd-AO cameras. Following examples are included: zoom, steadicam, low
light, high speed, slow motion, time lapse, CU's to infinity, aerial, under
water, exterior, people, nature, daytime, nighttime, extreme wide angle to
telephoto etc. |
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1992 |
 Todd-AO
at "Sea"
By Thomas Hauerslev
Ron Fricke was very pleased to know "Baraka"
was shown
in a Copenhagen swim bath.
It was one of his original ideas to have it
shown outside regular cinemas
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Baraka
credits
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Baraka - A Visual
Journal |
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“Baraka” |
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2019 |
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Apollo 11 |
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Motion
pictures photographed in Dimension 150 |
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Mike Todd Jr.'s
"Scent of Mystery"
in Smell-O-Vision |
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TODD-AO FEATURE
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