Title | Released | Cinema | Notes | | | | | Carousel | 16.02.1956 | Roxy, NYC | CinemaScope 55, Shown only in 35mm | “The King and I” | 28.06.1956 | Roxy, NYC | CinemaScope 55, Shown only in 35mm. Re-released (Grandeur 70) 23.03.1961 at the Rivoli, NY, USA | De Luxe Tour (S) | - | - | CinemaScope 55. Partially produced and shot in 1957, then abandoned | The Tale of Old Whiff (S) | 06.01.1960 | Cinestage, Chicago, USA | | Mike Todd Jr.'s "Scent of Mystery" in Smell-O-Vision | 06.01.1960 | Cinestage, Chicago, USA | Todd-70
Cameras and lenses probably rented from Claude Chevereau Film Camera Rentals in France. See also "Krakatoa". | Lenningrad (short prior to "Annés Defu") | 1961 | | | La Sentinelle Endormie | 1965 | | France. Dir. Jean Dreville. | La Terre Se Repose (S) | 1967 | | Running time: 8 min. Mitchell 65mm | “Playtime”: The North American 70mm Engagements
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Play Time | 17.12.1967 | Empire, Paris, France | Mitchell 65mm
Cameras and lenses probably rented from Claude Chevereau Film Camera Rentals in France. See also "Krakatoa". | War and Peace | 08.06.1967 | Coliseum, London, England | Blown up from VistaVision to 70mm/2,21:1 | “Krakatoa, East of Java” | 11.01.1969 | Tokyo, Japan | Presented in Cinerama
Cameras and lenses rented from Claude Chevereau Film Camera Rentals in France. | The Ten Commandments | 18.07.1972 | Casino, London, England | Blown up from VistaVision to 2,21:1 | The Circus (S) | 1973 | , USA | Photographed with a modified Todd-AO camera by Jack Priestly in the 1:2,21 ratio (vertically) | Voyage to the Outer Planets | 1973 | , USA | Filmed with a modified Todd-AO camera modified to 8-perf and then blown up to IMAX Dome | “Napoleon” | 16.07.1982 | Cinerama Dome, Los Angeles, CA, USA | Shot in 35mm, shown in Triptych. Last reel in 70mm for some engagements
“Napoleon" in San Francisco
Abel Gance’s "Napoleon" Presented in “Polyvision”
"Napoleon" in Triptych was an Absolute Triumph
Kevin Brownlow Interview
Carl Davis Interview
Projecting “Napoleon” – une pičce de resistance
Cinerama As Perceived By Abel Gance | "Here's Chicago! The City of Dreams" (S) | 17.05.1983 | Chicago’s Water Tower Pumping Station, Chicago, USA | Shot with 65mm cameras
| “The Ten Commandments” | 13.10.1989 | Cooper Twin, St. Louis Park, MN, USA | Blown up from VistaVision to 70mm | Svalbard – Arctic Seasons (S) | 1996 | | HKB-65/70 | “Vertigo” | 04.10.1996 | Ziegfeld, NY, USA | Blown up from VistaVision to 70mm/1,85:1 Restoration of "Vertigo"
"Vertigo" Cast and credits
"Vertigo" update in 70mm DTS | We Fight To Be Free (S) | 2006 | Ford Orientation Center and Donald W. Reynolds Museum and Education Center at Mt. Vernon, USA | Running time 22 minutes
Cinematographer: Kees Van Oostrum Director: Kees Van Oostrum Country: USA
The story of George Washington, his most important military achievements and special personal moments in his life. The film portrays him as a heroic, kind and brave man who is said to be a father of USA.
It was created using 65mm, 35mm and digital effects plates. The showing will be of a 35mm print, as well as a DVD version that includes a feature covering the making of the film. | "Violet" | 2014 | | Filmed with an 8-perf Fries Todd-AO 65mm 8-perf camera
| "Daughter of Dismay" (S) | 06.10.2019 | Schauburg Cinerama, Karlsruhe, Germany
70mm Festival World Premiere + Three Week Theatrical Run starting 10.10.2019. Every day before the evening show of "Joker" | Filmed with an 8-perf 65mm Mitchell camera "Fries 865"
"Daughter of Dismay" with Director James Quinn
| “Lay Me By The Shore” (S)
| xx.02.2022 | Berlin Film Festival | Filmed with an 8-perf 65mm Mitchell camera "Fries 865"
“Lay Me By The Shore”, Director David Findley talks about filming in 65mm | | | | | | | | |
| Further in 70mm reading:
Large Format 7OMM Engagements
Presented on the big screen in 7OMM
(S) = Short film
Assistant contributors on some large format lists includes Michael Coate, David Coles, Jeffrey L. Johnson, Scott Marshall, Tak Miagishima, Rick Mitchell, Dan Scherlock, Richard Vetter and Ingolf Vonau.
Based on material found in many sources, including trade papers, Variety, Wide Screen Movies (Robert E. Carr & R. Michael Hayes) and Four Aspects of The Film (James L Limbacher) |