DonnachaOne

The "general opinion", as you put it, is decidedly not the informed opinion. Your "most projectionists" are a bunch of wrong people, if they exist.

Will a Blu look as nice as a clean 35mm print? Of course not.

Will it look as nice as a proper digital print? No, although the resolution isn't far off. Digital prints run in theatres are typically 2048x1080. Blu-rays are 1920x1080, but that's still a fair difference, and with Blus you have compression to deal with. A 35gb Blu-ray movie file won't look as good as a 110gb digital print.

Will it look very nice? Yes it will. And it did last night when I ran blu-rays of The Descent and Shaun of the Dead for our Halloween party, using a Panasonic Blu-ray hooked up to a 6000 lumen projector on a 50-foot screen.

Dan G

They're bringing it back! One final showing, this Saturday at 12:30p.

BALTIMORE, MD area
- AMC White March 16
- AMC Columbia 14

BOSTON, MA area
- AMC Boston Common 19
- AMC Methuen 20

CHARLOTTE, NC area
- AMC Concord Mills 24

CHICAGO, IL area
- AMC River East 21
- AMC South Barrington 30 with IMAX

COLUMBUS, OH area
- AMC Easton 30

DALLAS, TX area
- AMC The Parks @ Arlington 18
- AMC Stonebriar 24
- AMC Northpark 15

DENVER, CO area
- AMC Highlands Ranch 24
- AMC Westminster 24

HOUSTON, TX area
- AMC Gulf Pointe 30

KANSAS CITY, MO area
- AMC Studio 30 KC

LOS ANGELES, CA area
- AMC Burbank 16
- AMC Universal CityWalk 19
- AMC Puente Hills 20
- AMC Block 30
- AMC Downtown Disney 12
- AMC Covina 30
- AMC Tustin 14
- AMC Ontario Mills 30
- AMC Tyler 16
- AMC Marina Pacifica 12
- AMC Victoria Gardens 12
- AMC Norwalk 20
- AMC Rolling Hills 20

MIAMI, FL area
- AMC Sunset Place 24
- AMC Aventura 24

MILWAUKEE, WI area
- AMC Mayfair 18

MINNEAPOLIS, MN area
- AMC Southdale Center 16

NEW YORK, NY area
- AMC Kips ay 15
- AMC Village 7
- AMC Empire 25
- AMC Stony Brook 17
- AMC New Brunswick 18
- AMC Palisades 21
- AMC Rockaway 16
- AMC Danbury 16
- AMC Clifton Commons 16
- AMC Freehold Metroplex 14
- AMC Jersey Gardens 20
- AMC Chester 14

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK area
- AMC Quail Springs 24

ORLANDO, FL area
- AMC Pleasure Island 24
- AMC Universal Cityplex 20

OTTAWA, ON CANADA area
- AMC Kanata 24

PHILADELPHIA, PA area
- AMC Cherry Hill 24
- AMC Neshaminy 24
- AMC Hamilton 24

PHOENIX, AZ area
- AMC Mesa Grand 24
- AMC Ahwatukee 24
- AMC Deer Valley 30

PITTSBURGH, PA area
- AMC Waterfront 22

SAN ANTONIO, TX area
- AMC Huebner Oaks 24

SAN DIEGO, CA area
- AMC Palm Promenade 24

SAN FRANCISCO, CA area
- AMC Metreon 16
- AMC Mercado 20
- AMC Van Ness 14
- AMC Saratoga 14

SEATTLE, WA area
- AMC Pacific Place 11
- AMC Alderwood
- AMC Southcenter 16

TALLAHASSEE, FL area
- AMC Tallahassee 20

TAMPA, FL area
- AMC Woodlands Square 20
- AMC Regency 20

TORONTO, ON CANADA area
- AMC Yonge & Dundas
- AMC Winston Churchill 24
- AMC Courtney Park 16
- AMC Interchange 30

WASHINGTON, DC area
- AMC Georgetown 14
- AMC Tysons Corner 16
- AMC Hoffman 22
- AMC Potomac Mills 18

http://www.amctheatres.com/Script_to...uture__Again!/

Cardsfan111

Just learned that a drive-in theater near me will have BTTF next weekend. May have to check this out as long as the weather cooperates.

GoldenJCJ

We went to see it at the Highlands Ranch theater in Denver and they could never get it to play. After about 15 minutes of tring to get it to work they told us the "file was corrupted", gave us refunds and free passes.

It sucked that we didn't get to see it on the big screen but we got to see The Town for free, I guess that's something.

DJariya

Really old thread, but it's the most topical for this post.

This is coming back to theaters for 1 night only on October 21st

Twitter

Even though I own the 4K disc box set, I might do this if I'm not busy. I was 12 when it came out in 1985 and didn't see it in the theater. I saw it for the first time on VHS 6 months later.


I've seen a few of these theatrical re-releases. Most recently I saw the 50th anniversary re-release of Enter the Dragon several weeks ago.

Mike86

I’d go but my theater doesn’t do Fathom Events screenings. Saw a screening at a different local theater years back.

My town has a car show downtown in August and one year to tie-in with the theme they showed Back to the Future and American Graffiti for free.

Saw Back to the Future with my dad and my grandpa and later that night went to American Graffiti.

story

I'd go if it wasn't a Fathom event but just a regular "back in theaters" engagement. There are enough revivals out there already that qualify for A-List, like Jaws or E.T. last year. I just can't justify taking the family out for $60 for a movie we have at home.

GoldenJCJ

The last time Fathom Events held a Back to the Future screening, they couldn’t get the file to play and we ended up getting free tickets for another movie. I still haven’t seen this in theaters.

I’m not sure I trust anything from Fathom Events. My limited experience has left a pretty bad taste in my mouth for the quality of the overall experience.

Toby Dramit

My teenaged self saw this in the theatres when it first came out. I remember when the camera panned over all the clocks at Doc Brown's place at the beginning, some dude yelled out "What time is it...?!?" and got about a dozen different responses back, giving everyone a good laugh ...

Back when being at the movies with other people was a great experience ...

DJariya

A-List and Regal Unlimited don't cover this showing.

It would be $14 out of pocket.

Funny thing, if I just drop in my 4K disc for BTTF, it will probably look better than the picture of this showing. But, I did see the Fathom Events Enter the Dragon showing a few weeks ago and it did look good.