comment #1

JaySmire says ...

In the early 80's, the old (now gone) Exeter St. theater in Boston did an engagement of Ben Hur in 70MM. It was insane!

In the early 90's I saw a pristine 70MM print of 2001 at the museum of the moving image in Queens- Double Insane!

comment #2

mutinyco says ...

Oh. For a quick second I thought that was Bluto Blutarsky...

comment #3

rgmax99 says ...

I caught a 70MM print of Ben-Hur in the early 90s (I believe) at the now-closed AMC Glen Lakes 8 in Dallas. It was a week-long run.

I'm not sure if it was 2.76, but it was at least 2.35.

comment #4

atticusrex says ...

If memory serves there should be a bunch of films still in a 70's print format. Didn't MGM re-release a bunch of these in the '80's?

I for one would love to see Lawrence again in that format. I even love a few from the 70's in that format i.e. Kelly's Heroes and The Wind and the Lion.

I, back in the day exhibited a 70mm showing of Indy and the Temple of Doom. I even think Alien exisits in this format as well.

comment #5

lazespud says ...

God bless Paul Allen for pouring his money into the Seattle Cinerama Theater. I saw a restored Lawrence there, and when they showed a 70mm print of 2001, they even pulled out the old rounded screen for the true 1968 road show experience. I also saw a pristine, restored copy of This is Cinerama using the three projectors.

My father and I saw the redone Apocalypse Now redux there, and I don't think I've ever seen a movie better presented in any theater. The screen was PERFECTLY framed (not even a millimeter of bleed onto the edge, the sound was perfect and the image was just stunning (though to be honest, I prefer the non-redux version of the film).

comment #6

The Hey says ...

The most recent film shot in 70MM is Ron Howard's Far and Away with Tom Cruise. I believe that this was the last filmed entirely in 70MM.

After that the only people shooting in 70MM was mostly FX houses to get a better resolution in their shots.

I know there are 2001 and Sound of Music prints as those splay from time to time.

comment #7

A.H. says ...

There is a very recently-struck 70mm print of Cleopatra that was shown at the Castro in San Francisco two years ago. It looked brand-spankin-new.

rgmax99, I also saw that 70mm print of Ben-Hur shown at the Glen Lakes way back when. It was definitely non-anamorphic, cropped to 2.20:1. It was ridiculously grainy, too. Not a very good print. As far as I know, there are no anamorphic 70mm prints of Ben-Hur that really do it justice.

comment #8

A.H. says ...

The Hey -- there was also Hamlet in 1996. Also, let's not forget about the 15/70 material shot for The Dark Knight. Not the whole movie, but it was a considerable chunk. It looks amazing in a real IMAX GT theater.

And of course there's Ron Frickle's Samsara, shot entirely in 5/70 due next year.

comment #9

bagelfilm says ...

Accoridng to the press release there will be only 70mm prints of films shot on 65 or 70mm. and they will be shown in a former East German 70mm theatre.

Die Berlinale-Retrospektive konzentriert sich auf die „echten“ 70-mm-Filme, die auf 65 mm oder 70 mm breiten Negativfilm aufgenommen wurden und auf 70 mm breitem Positivfilm ins Kino gekommen sind.

„Die Retrospektive ist auch eine Hommage an die großen Filmpaläste, von denen heutzutage nur noch wenige existieren. Deshalb freuen wir uns besonders über das Kino International als Spielort, das 1963 als drittes 70mm-Kino in der DDR eröffnet wurde. Und ebenso über die vielen neuen Kopien, die dank der Restaurierungen einiger großer Studios wieder im originalen Format vorliegen", kommentiert Rainer Rother, Leiter der Retrospektive.

Die Retrospektive zeigt 22 Filmprogramme mit Produktionen aus den USA, der Sowjetunion und Europa. Es werden Klassiker wie Joseph L. Mankiewicz’ Cleopatra (1961–63) in Todd-AO, David Leans Lawrence of Arabia (1961/62) in Panavision Super 70 und William Wylers Ben Hur (1959) in Camera 65 zu sehen sein, aber auch Neuentdeckungen wie die sowjetische Produktion Dnewnyje swesdy (Tagessterne), die 1966 nach Motiven des gleichnamigen autobiografischen Buchs von Olga Bergholz unter der Regie von Igor Talankin entstand. Neben dem ersten Sovscope-70-Film, Julia Solnzewas Powest plamennych let (Flammende Jahre, 1960/61), sind zwei weitere Filme aus der UdSSR im Programm: Sergej Bondartschuks Tolstoi-Verfilmung Woina i mir (Krieg und Frieden, 1962–67) und Samson Samsonows Optimistitscheskaja tragedija (Optimistische Tragödie, 1963). Die Retrospektive präsentiert den wohl bemerkenswertesten Film der insgesamt sieben Spiel- und drei Dokumentarfilme umfassenden DEFA-70-Produktion: Goya (1969–71) von Konrad Wolf, ein Sittengemälde nach dem Roman von Lion Feuchtwanger. Auch Franklin J. Schaffners Patton (1968–70) in Dimension 150, ein biografischer Film über den vermutlich bekanntesten US-General des Zweiten Weltkriegs, und Stanley Kubricks bahnbrechender 2001: A Space Odyssey (1965-68, Super Panavision 70) werden aufgeführt. Opulente Musicals wie Robert Wises und Jerome Robbins’ West Side Story (1960/61, Super Panavision 70) sowie Robert Wises Klassiker The Sound Of Music (1964/65, Todd-AO) und Gene Kellys Hello, Dolly! (1968/69, Todd-AO) runden das Programm ab.

„Das wird ein Augenschmaus. Die 70-mm-Filme sind nicht nur von Farbenpracht und optischer Brillanz geprägt, sondern auch von einem unvergleichlichen Tonerlebnis, das dem Zuschauer das Gefühl vermittelt, live dabei zu sein. Die Film-Musicals der 60er Jahre haben diesen Effekt eindrucksvoll genutzt. Ich freue mich, dass wir dem Berlinale-Publikum ein großartiges Kinoerlebnis vermitteln können“, sagt Berlinale-Direktor Dieter Kosslick.

comment #10

bagelfilm says ...

sorry. here is the English press release:

By focussing on 70-mm films, the Retrospective of the 59th Berlin International Film Festival will devote itself to the powerful visuals of wide-gauge film.

Twice as wide as standard 35-mm film, it is the adequate format for monumental works: screen epics, adventure and science fiction films, Westerns, musicals, as well as magnificent panoramas of nature and intimately beautiful close-ups. The high resolution, sharp picture and colour quality of these large-format images join forces with the tremendous excellence of the sound. During Hollywood’s financial crisis in the mid 1950s, 70-mm film was especially important as a technical innovation with which television could not compete. For wide-gauge film, with its visual and audio brilliance, is only able to come into its own in the cinema. The Berlinale Retrospective will concentrate on “real” 70-mm films that were originally shot on 65-mm or 70-mm negative film and then printed on 70-mm film for the screen.

“The Retrospective is also an homage to large film palaces, though only a few have survived. Which is why we are particularly delighted to have the Kino International as a venue. It opened in 1963 and was the third 70-mm cinema in the GDR. We are also pleased with the new prints that are now - thanks to their restoration by several large studios - available in their original format,” remarks Rainer Rother, head of the Retrospective.

The Retrospective will present a total of 22 programmes from the USA, the Soviet Union and Europe. This includes classics like Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s Cleopatra (1961–63) in Todd-AO, David Lean’s Lawrence of Arabia (1961/62) in Panavision Super 70 and William Wyler´s Ben Hur (1959) in Camera 65; but also new discoveries like the Soviet production Dnevnye zvozdy (The Stars of the Day), directed by Igor Talankin in 1966 and based on motifs from Olga Bergholz’s autobiographical book of the same name. In addition to the first Sovscope-70 film, Julija Solnceva’s Povest’ plamennykh let (The Story of the Flaming Years, 1960/61), there will be two other films from the USSR in the programme: Sergei Bondarchuk’s screen adaptation of Tolstoy’s Voina i mir (War and Peace, 1962–67) and Samson Samsonov’s Optimisticheskaya tragediya (The Optimistic Tragedy, 1963). The Retrospective is screening the probably most remarkable of the seven feature and three documentary DEFA 70 films ever produced: Goya (1969–71) by Konrad Wolf, a portrait of manners based on Lion Feuchtwanger’s novel. Franklin J. Schaffner’s Patton (1968–70) in Dimension 150, a biographical film about perhaps the most celebrated U.S. general of the Second World War, and Stanley Kubrick’s seminal work 2001: A Space Odyssey (1965-68) in Super Panavision 70 will also be screened. Opulent musicals, like Robert Wise’s und Jerome Robbins’ West Side Story (1960/61) in Super Panavision 70, as well as Robert Wise’s classic The Sound Of Music (1964/65) in Todd-AO, and Gene Kelly’s Hello, Dolly! (1968/69), also in Todd-AO, will complete the programme.

“It will be a feast for the eyes. 70-mm films are not just known for their rich colours and splendid visuals, but also for the incomparable sound experience that gives viewers a sense of being there live. Film musicals from the 1960s also used these effects impressively. I’m delighted we’ll be able to provide Berlinale audiences with such a spectacular cinema event,” says Berlinale director Dieter Kosslick.

The Retrospective will be presented at the Kino International and the Cinestar 8 at Potsdamer Platz. For these festival screenings, the Kino International will be specially fitted out with a combination of tried-and-tested projection technology and new digital equipment. Hence, this theatre, so steeped in tradition, will offer the optimum in visual and audio experience. On the large curved screen, new, elaborately restored 70-mm prints will radiate alongside precious unique prints from archives. The Retrospective film programme (a complete list will be released in late December) will be accompanied by a series of events, with lectures by experts and talks with people from film. The book for the Retrospective - with an essay (“The History of Wide-Gauge Film”) and a glossary by Gert Koshofer – will be published in a bilingual edition (German/English) by Bertz + Fischer, a Berlin publishing house. It gives a complete survey of the 70-mm productions made in the USA, Europe and the Soviet Union and presents contemporary reviews and extensive filmographic information on the films screening in the Retrospective. Once again, the Deutsche Kinemathek – Museum für Film und Fernsehen is responsible for both the Retrospective and the publication.

comment #11

Cadavra says ...

The new 70 of CLEOPATRA screened not long ago at the Motion Picture Academy and is mind-boggingly gorgeous. Alas, the movie itself remains a crushing bore. On the other hand, HELLO, DOLLY! holds up quite well and now seems better than it did in '69.

comment #12

Preston Sturges says ...

The BERLINALE will screen 70mm prints in their "70mm retrospective", no 35mm or digital prints. Some 70mm prints carry conventional magnetic tracks, some (like the new FOX prints of CLEOPATRA, SOUND OF MUSIC and HELLO DOLLY) 6-track special-venue dts-sound with full 5 front- speaker layout.

Do not know, which BEN HUR print they are going to show, but the last public showing of a BEN HUR 1:2,76 print was during the "70mm festival" in the Schauburg, Karlsruhe, Germany in October 2007. The print was bably faded, but very sharp and less grainy than the later BEN HUR 70mm flat prints. The 1959 BEN HUR print still had an excellent 6-track sound.

comment #13

Thomas Hauerslev says ...

If the good editor had done his homework a little better he would have discovered that 70mm is alive and well and there are indeed 70mm prints availabe to play. Partly brand new prints from the studios but also from various film archives.

Since 1996, The Widescreen Weekend in Bradford (England) and since 2005 the Schauburg Cinerama cinema in Karlsruhe (Germany) has kept the 70mm flag waving and attracted visitors from all over the world. 70mm Festivals is a growing event and Berlin is the latest chapter in that series.

Check out my web site www.in70mm.com, which has chronicled the world of 70mm films - starting back in 1988 as a magazine, but now exclusively as a web magazine.

Best wishes, Thomas, www.in70mm.com

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