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We saw it at the local Arts Cinema maybe a month ago.
(I considered it kind of...lobbying because the other two want a dog!)
(I considered it kind of...lobbying because the other two want a dog!)
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Tonight it was "A Night To Remember" of all the films made of the Titanic, this one is the top of my list. The black and white restoration is outstanding to say the least, plus and it is a big plus extra scenes added that were left out of the Super 8 that I also have. Although I did not watch the Barbara Stanwyck ""Titanic" tonight, I would have to rate it as the second best, and also its a blu-ray worth getting. I will add a couple of past screen shots of that one below.
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I agree that both are a good watch. I have the colorized version of "A Night To Remember", but prefer the black and white which seems more suited to the tragic events. Here is a bit of trivia from IMDB on "A Night To Remember":Originally posted by Graham Ritchie View Post
The creaking noises during the sinking were created by the set as it was winched up to create the tilting deck effect. The microphones picked up the noises. Roy Ward Baker thought they added a huge amount of realism, as they sounded like the groaning noises a sinking ship would make, so he kept them in.Comment
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There are so far to the best of my memory at least five fiction films based on this event including one made in Germany in the 1930s. Also a few documentaries. I have 4 of them on different formats including a stereo sound, ‘Scope 600ft Super 8 abridged version of Raise the Titanic.Comment
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Tonight it was a return to the past when we first watched Born Free one summer either 1965 or 1966 at the old La Scala cinema. I was about 13 years old at the time and its one film I have never forgotten. Its great to relive some of those long ago memories.
I did have the Scope Super 8 version but never thought much of the picture quality, the flat version was not bad Columbia did give you a almost full 400ft reel with this title, however the blu-ray picture quality from E.R.K is very good, as well as the blu-ray it does also include the DVD as well.Comment
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Saturday night at the movies with this blu-ray hard to believe its been 20 years since I ran the actual 35mm print. Good movie as with the original from 1965. I have watched both many times
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I often have to figure out which forum these multi-format shows go in, but tonight's feature was a projected DVD, so here we are:
Nature in Winter: Sights and Sounds (16mm) An educational film about how various kinds of North American Wildlife survive Wintertime, all the way from the Bison plowing down through the snow to find vegetation to graze upon, to many birds who do what many people here also do: fly to Florida! I hadn't seen this one for a while and forgot what a nice print it is.
Tracks Around the Island (S8) A DCR release showing the unique narrow gauge trains and trams on the Isle of Man.
The Dying of the Light (Projected DVD) CineSea regular Peter Flynn made this film about the end of 35mm projection and how projectionists felt about it as well as their thoughts about the future. I feel very lucky to have this disk: I happened to be messing around on the 'net one day trying to find out about this movie when I stumbled upon it on eBay. It was "buy it now" without any regrets!
Peter's new film Film is Dead, Long Live Film! should be out on Blu-Ray very soon: since this one shows a number of CineSea friends and our old venue, the Ocean Holiday, I certainly plan on getting that disk without having to stumble upon it again a couple of years from now.Comment
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Tonight it was the blu-ray of "The Horse Soldiers" projected using the Panasonic VP. Its one of my favorite films from the past and the blu-ray picture quality is very good as with the sound. As I was watching it tonight my son Steven called in and I said guess the movie?, quickly he replied The Horse Soldiers
he had watched it just a few weeks ago. I also said guess the movie I watched last night?....hint.... "a mythical bird raised from the ashes" and without any hesitation "Flight Of The Phoenix"
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Right, for all you "English" football fans out there?, I do hope at some point over the years you have managed to watch this film, "Jimmy Grimble" winner of 5 International awards. We ran it at the cinema many many moons ago and I have always liked it. Quite a cast as well, with Robert Carlyle, Ray Winstone, Gina McKee, and introducing Lewis McKenzie as Jimmy.
Highly recommend this film from Pathe screen shots are from tonight using the Panasonic.
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After catching some parts of this on TV over the last few years I finally bought (for £1.50 at CeX) the Blu Ray of Kingsman, the Secret Service. AS they said, putting the fun back into spy movies.Comment
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Barry, there are so many things that can get in the way when it comes to releases. Sometimes it comes down to a piece of music in an episode that now someone wants to paid for, for the use of, and since Paramount doesn't want to pay royalties for it, the series goes unreleased. For years, that is what happened to "WKRP", as, a lot of the rock n roll that made many of the jokes that much funnier, that the artists were grateful to have played in the episode at the time, (as it was publicity for the music, hence, selling better), now want tons of royalties for. The results are, the shows were released on DVD, but with the original music removed and bland "elevator" music replacing it which most of the time takes away some of the humor or completely removes the punch of the jokes.Comment
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Last night Ice Station Zebra (well up to the intermission I started late and it is long) Good picture and plot but I was disapointed that it was 2.20:1 knowing and having seen the trailer in single camera Cinerama at the Casino at the time of release. It even has Cinerama in the titles though also mentions Super Panvision, not Ultra Panavision. I wonder if they cropped it or masked the screen in Cinerama cinemas?Comment
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Excellent movie Brian picture and sound quality on the blu-ray is really good. I did the same one night, stopped at the Intermission and came back to it the following night.
On my rounds today I came across an Australian film I had never heard of called "Satellite Boy" to be honest I wasn't to sure about this one. However as the story progressed and the stunning Australian landscape captured in the Scope ratio it grew on me. I don't no if anyone remembers a film called Walkabout 1971 made years ago, well apart from Jenny Agutter another well known actor called David Gulpilil who starred in that one, also stars in this one as well, good movie
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The history of Ice Station Zebra is a bit convoluted. IMDB technical specs:Originally posted by Brian Fretwell View Post
Source: https://www.in70mm.com/presents/1957...tion/index.htmThough "2OO1: A Space Odyssey" (MGM; 1968) had been conceived as a 65mm shot single lens Cinerama roadshow, director Stanley Kubrick rejected the use of Ultra Panavision and the heavy lenses were problematic for mounting on race cars for "Grand Prix" (MGM; 1966). The success of these films in their "Cinerama" engagements doomed the use of Ultra Panavision, though some shots for "Ice Station Zebra" (MGM; 1968) were reportedly done with the lenses. Supposedly the last "proper" presentation of an Ultra Panavision film in the 20th Century was a screening of "The Greatest Story Ever Told" at the modified for Dimension 150 Egyptian Theater during the 1974 Filmex. (Because this screening was held on a weekday, I was unable to attend and can't confirm if a 70mm print was actually shown.) Faded surviving prints of earlier films have been shown in Bradford, England and other sites around Europe, but only privately in the United States, whose video addled audiences apparently will no longer sit through less than perfect prints.
Source: https://www.in70mm.com/presents/1959...ents/index.htmThe following is a reference / historical listing of the roadshow presentations of “Ice Station Zebra” in the United States and Canada. These were the first and best cinemas in which to experience this motion picture.
The presentations cited in the main section of this work were “hard ticket” roadshow engagements (i.e. special, long-running, showcase presentations in major cities prior to the film being exhibited as a general release). Much like a stage production, these featured advanced admission pricing, reserved seating, an overture/intermission/entr’acte/exit music, and an average of only ten scheduled screenings per week. Souvenir program booklet were sold, as well, and, in some locales, the film’s soundtrack album. The print type utilized during the film’s roadshow release was 70-millimeter (branded as “Cinerama” except where noted otherwise) with discrete magnetic six-channel stereophonic sound.
The MGM release was directed by John Sturges (“The Hallelujah Trail,” “Marooned”) and starred Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Patrick McGoohan and Jim Brown. The film’s world premiere was held October 23rd, 1968 at the Cinerama Dome in Los Angeles.
Out of the hundreds of first-run films released in North America during 1968, “Ice Station Zebra” was among only fourteen given deluxe roadshow treatment and among only eleven released with 70mm prints (seven, including “Ice Station Zebra,” from large format or large aperture origination plus four blow-ups).
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