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 Restoration of "Play Time"
By Jean-René FAILLIOT
I saw about forty 70mm boxes come in; among those are
about twenty boxes of 300m. size, quite rusty, but
identified as being the original film. I expected the
worst. |
 How Cinerama got the name "Cinerama"
By Dick Babish
Fred Waller called a meeting of all the employees and offered to award a prize of a case of champagne to the one who came up with the most appropriate name. The winner was Waldo McLaury. |
 Recreating Sensurround
By
Darren Briggs
We first brought "Earthquake" back in November 2003 at
City Screen York. We were asked by Bill Lawrence to bring
the re-creation to the Widescreen Weekend. |
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The Passing
of Mike Todd, Jr. |
Digital Symposium
by Bill Kallay |
"Fanny´s Wedding" in 70mm
DTS |
 How not to project
"2001" in 70mm
By Frank Angel
I go back to see if I could find someone, anyone who could address this
problem. I am told by the kid sitting outside the projection booth door that
THERE IS NO PROJECTIONIST. "The projectionist," he explains to me,
"comes in only on Fridays." How wonderful for us. |
Change Comes To LFCA
by Bill Kallay |
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A recent 65mm Production |
 Cinerama at the Plaza
by Eric White |
A Report from Oslo
By Sheldon Hall
The festival is programmed by Jan Eberholst Olsen, who explains its origins: ‘The idea came about when I was working in the Archive. I found they had lots of 70mm titles that were rarely if ever screened. I had approached the Cinemateket
programmer for years to screen them, but I was told they
were faded, overlong and there was no audience for them. |
 70mm at the Paramount in
Austin, Texas, USA |
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DVD release of "Around the
World in 80 Days" |
The Picturehouse in Liverpool, UK
Darren Briggs |
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 Presenting "Earthquake" in Bradford
Darren Briggs
At 8am we turned up to test the new final position of the subs on the stage front, and although the effect wasn’t quite as good as the original tested position, they still gave you a good effect |
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Restaurierung von „Tatis herrliche Zeiten“ |
 Projecting
Circlorama in London
by James Robertson |
 La restauration de Playtime a été
une aventure passionnante et très enrichissante
by Jean-René FAILLIOT |
Memories of Circlorama
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 Swissorama
by Lukas Piccolin |
The Wide Screen Revolution (1952 -
1970): Roll The End Credits?
by Rick Mitchell |
"Digital Cinema Initiatives"
by Rick Mitchell |
"Scent of Mystery"
Variety review |
 Closure of the Comoedia in Lyon, France
by Jean Noel Durand Bourat |
 An Historical Overview Of Wide
Screen Motion Pictures
by Rick Mitchell |
 1968: A Roadshow Odyssey
By
Mike Coate
“2001: A Space Odyssey” had
its world premiere on 2 April 1968 at the Uptown Theatre in Washington,
D.C. The critically acclaimed film had what is believed to have been a
record number of 70-millimeter wide gauge prints made for a film during
the roadshow era. |
 An Historical Overview Of Wide Screen Motion
Pictures
by Richard Greenhalg |
 Mike
Todd, Jr. Interview
By Roy Frumkes
“This Is Cinerama” opened to rave reviews.
All of Dad's ideas had worked - the name of the film was his, the roadshow concept was his. No one had believed his predictions about Cinerama; now everyone was listening. |
Mike Todd, Jr. Interview
by Roy Frumkes |
 Widescreen
Weekend 2004,
audience reviews, my
story and a
report |
 "2001" Openings
By
Mike Coate
Original 1968/69
reserved seat
engagements of
“2001: A Space
Odyssey”. Each was
a 70mm six-track
stereophonic sound
presentation, with
most having been
promoted as a
“Cinerama”
presentation. |
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