bluetoast

All at the AFI Silver:

West Side Story
The Master
Lawrence of Arabia

hanshotfirst1138

I assume that some of these are blowups since some of these films weren't shot in 70mm? God, I have to move to someplace you guys all are . What size is IMAX technically? Is it even bigger than 70mm? I've only seen two screenings at the real IMAX where I live, though I've seen a few in that digital LIEMAX at my local multiplex. Still looks good, and cool sound system, but a poor substitute for the real thing. I've never forgiven myself for missing The Dark Knight Rises is proper IMAX or even LIEMAX.

E Unit

I've seen all of these at the Paramount Theater here in Austin over the years, mostly part of their yearly summer film series.

- Last of the Mohicans
- Amadeus
- My Fair Lady
- West Side Story
- Alien
- Lawrence of Arabia
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Tron
- The Sound of Music
- Vertigo
- Hamlet
- Far and Away

Ash Ketchum

Yeah, IMAX is much bigger than a standard 70mm screen. As I remember it, IMAX originally was 70mm film projected in a small venue on a much bigger screen than a standard movie theater screen. It would be as if the 70mm projector was moved down to the front row of the balcony in a standard-sized theater and then projected, with an anamorphic lens (or some other special type of lens). You'd need two or three times as big a screen or so to contain the image. If I'm misremembering, hopefully some knowledgeable tech genius here will respond to correct me.

The first IMAX film I remember seeing was an hour-long documentary about Niagara Falls shown in the auditorium of the Museum of Natural History in New York and as far as I could tell it was 70mm projected on a much bigger screen in a too-small venue. IMAX improved exponentially when they built specially made theaters for it like the one at Lincoln Square in Manhattan, where I saw my first 3-D IMAX film, a short feature called WINGS OF COURAGE.

Supermallet

Josh Z

Native 65mm movies I've seen in 70mm prints:

Lawrence of Arabia
2001
Baraka
Hamlet (1996)

Blow-ups from 35mm:

Vertigo
Gettysburg
Apocalypse Now Redux (pretty sure it was 70mm)
Short Cuts
Geronimo: An American Legend

There may have been more blow-ups. That's all I can think of at the moment. I don't believe there are any theaters in my region still equipped to project 70mm. (I'm not counting IMAX in this, which is a different thing entirely.)

E Unit

For those in Austin tonight....2001 at the Drafthouse Ritz in 70mm.

http://drafthouse.com/movies/2001-a-...odyssey/austin

And coming soon to the Ritz is Star Trek IV, and Aliens.

Giles

looks like the Ritz is also getting 70mm prints of
- Playtime
- Cleopatra
- Lifeforce
- Apocalypse Now

E Unit

And Baraka! I need to make plans to catch Lifeforce, Apocalypse Now, and Baraka.

Giles

the 6-track sound on the 70mm prints of 'Lifeforce' is insane and really goes balls to the walls at the films finale

bluetoast

By the way Giles, Ghostbusters in 70 mm is coming to the AFI soon.

wm lopez

I saw "The Exorcist" in 70mm but it was like on it's 3rd re-release in I think 1979. It was more scary and the sound was great.

Giles

hmm, well let's see saw Ryan's Daughter last Friday - the print looked great and sounded fantastic (6-track mag sound) albeit with small Swedish subtitles.

Sunday - saw Around the World in Eighty Days - well, that print looked simply horrendous - it ranged from pink to near all round red - this is how 70mm prints fades - it ain't pretty. On the plus side the mag sound really shined - not sure why it wasn't nominated for an Oscar since the directional five channel front sound and surrounds really were astonishing.

inri222

For a second there I thought wmlopez was back and then I saw the posting date.

Giles

wel wow, I feel unloved

Neeb

I'm going to miss a few, but here goes...

Empire Strikes Back (Cinerama)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (Cinema Grossmont)
ET (Mann Loma)
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (Cinerama and UA Glasshouse 6)
Return of the Jedi (Pacific's Pacific 6)
WarGames (Cinerama)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Mann Loma)
Star Trek III (Cinerama)
Cocoon (UA Glasshouse 6)
Return to Oz (Cinema 21)
The Black Cauldron (Mann Valley Circle)
Star Trek IV (Mann Loma)
Innerspace (Mann Valley Circle)
The Last Emperor (Cinema 21)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Cinema 21)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Sweetwater 6)
The Little Mermaid (Cinema 21)
Dick Tracy (Cinema 21)
Arachnophobia (Mann Valley Circle)
Fantasia (Cinema 21)
Rocketeer (Cinema 21)
Beauty and the Beast (Cinema 21)
True Lies (Nickelodeon 10- I swear they had a 70mm print in its second run)
The Wild Bunch (Cinerama Dome- 3 times!)
2001 (Cinerama Dome / American Cinematheque- Egyptian)
Vertigo (Avco Westwood)
Titanic (Mann Village)
Big Trouble in Little China (Mann Plaza)
Aliens (Mann Plaza / American Cinematheque- Aero)
The Road Warrior (Mann Plaza)
Alien (Mann Plaza)
Ghostbusters (Seattle Cinerama)
It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World (Seattle Cinerama)

hanshotfirst1138

I guess it's so hard to find celluoid prints of much of anything that even ones secured from foreign prints are what it takes to get them . I must admit, DCPs don't scratch or fade. Just get erased .

I love you man . And not just because you're a mod and I'm afraid of pissing you off .

My Other Self

I have no idea where the nearest 70mm theater even is from here.

Roybq

I saw Raiders of the Lost Ark in 70mm during it's original run and then 20 years later in glorious pink 70mm. Also have seen Laurence of Arabia, Alien, West Side Story, Sound of Music, Star Trek II and III, Ghostbusters, Aliens and probably a few others I've forgotten.