“The Brutalist" About the 70mm Prints

Picture: Brad Miller

All International prints were shipped out on 6 reels as seen in the photo. In the United States, some prints were shipped out as 6-reel “changeover” prints and other prints were shipped out as 4-reel “platter” prints. The 4-reel configuration for platters was to minimize unnecessary film wear and handling during platter loading and unloading. It also meant the projectionist only had to make one splice per Act when loading the feature to the two separate platter decks.

Each International print was assembled from 28 lab rolls and prints for the United States were assembled from 30 lab rolls due to the differing logos on the beginning and end of the feature. There are no trailers attached to this print.

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DTS AUDIO OPTIONS - Inserted into the side flanges of reel 1 are a primary and a backup complete set of DTS audio media in transport caddies. Please use the appropriate media for your model of DTS player. Enclosed with each DT5 set is:

• USB flash drive - Applicable ONLY to XD20 and XD10 player models.

• DVD-ROM single disc - The entire feature's audio is on this one disc and may be used with ANY model of DTS player provided it has a "DVD" type of drive installed.

• CD set of 3 discs — Please note if you are running a "DTS-6" model 2-drive player, or if you are running a "DTS-60" or "DTS-6AD" model player and only 2 drives are functional, your show will run fine by utilizing ONLY the "A" and "B" discs. (The "C" disc is included in the event an XD20 or XD10 model player refuses to load from CD without loading the "C" drive first.)

Various DTS discs were created for the 70mm release of The Brutalist:
• Original Version English audio
• Danish Subtitles Full Stream
• Italian Dubbed audio
• Italian Subtitles Full Stream
• Italian Subtitles Narrative
• Spanish Dubbed audio
• Spanish Subtitles Narrative

IMAGE SPECS - The Brutalist is a 1.66 aspect ratio film. It is "full height" per SMPTE RP91 with black pillarbox bars on the left and right of the image to create the 1.66 ratio within the 2.2 ratio of 70mm film. Please note that the changeover cues are inside the image area (not in the black pillarbox). If your venue has moveable masking, please mask to this 1.66 projected image. Also if possible, please file a 1.66 aspect ratio aperture plate(s) to eliminate any apparent keystoning of the image.

RUNNING TIME – The Brutalist feature is presented in two acts with an intermission:

Act I = 100 minutes (reels 1, 2, 3)
Act II = 115 minutes (reels 4, 5, 6) including the 15 minute INTERMISSION at the beginning of reel 4
TOTAL RUN TIME = 215 minutes

IMPORTANT INFO REGARDING THE INTERMISSION — The Brutalist contains a mandatory 15 minute "on screen" rolling intermission. Note that there is a 15 minute countdown timer that begins at the start of reel 4 and has a static image which is critical to the plot of the movie. Do NOT close your curtains over this image if your auditorium is equipped with them. Similarly, do not switch the sound processor over to a different audio input. The intermission DOES have audio on it which starts approximately one minute into the on screen countdown. The only thing that should be changed during the intermission is raising and lowering the auditorium lighting.

REEL-TO-REEL / CHANGEOVER THEATERS – The Brutalist must be run continuously without physically stopping for intermission. Please note that reel 3 ends with a title card “INTERMISSION”, followed by a fade up of the image displayed during the intermission’s on screen countdown clock on reel 4. THERE ARE NO CHANGEOVER CUES ON REEL 3 INTENTIONALLY – DO NOT ADD ANY MARKS. To perform the changeover to reel 4, once you see the word “INTERMISSION” appear on screen, start the projector motor for reel 4. Then watch the framing window/aperture of the projector running reel 4. Once the image has fully faded up from black at the start of reel 4, punch the changeover. This changeover has an overlap of 20 seconds because the static image at the end of reel 3 holds on screen for a full 30 seconds before starting to fade out and the same static image is at the beginning of reel 4 after the 10 second fade in. Because of this, if you start the incoming projector motor when you first see the word “INTERMISSION” appear on screen, you can punch the actual changeover anywhere from 20-40 seconds later. This is why there are no changeover cues scribed at the end of reel 4, as the timing on this changeover in no way critical at all and it eliminates the presentation distraction.

PLATTER / REEL TOWER THEATERS — The Brutalist should be split between two platter decks or two tower reels. Act I (reels 1-3) should be on one and Act II (reels 4-6) should be on the other. (Please note the beginning of reels 1 and 4 have extended threading leader for use with platters.) The very end of Act I ends with a title card "INTERMISSION", followed by a fade-up of the image displayed during the intermission's on screen countdown clock. For this reason it is important that as soon as Act I finishes, IMMEDIATELY re-thread Act II and resume the show. Do not delay!
 

Running time & 70mm Premiere

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