70mm at the Egyptian in Hollywood

SEEING THE BIG PICTURE: 70 MM

May 5 - May 10 at The Egyptian Theatre, Hollywood, CA

70mm, like many other motion picture formats such as Cinemascope and
Cinerama in the 1950s, was a way of prying folks away from those
insidious small screen "idiot boxes" (i.e., televisions) that were
starting to deplete the industry's box office thunder. From Super
Technirama 70 to Ultra Panavision to Dimension 150 and more, the 70mm
large-screen format promised - and delivered - a Barnum-esque world
of spectacular sights and 6-track sounds. If the movies were always
larger-than-life, then 70mm movies were MUCH much larger! From 1955 to
1970 - the Golden Age of 70mm Filmmaking - there were nearly 60
Hollywood features shot in large format, with many more released in
special engagements as 35mm-to-70mm blow-ups (which still offered
superior sound and image quality to their 35mm counterparts). This time
around we're pleased to offer an ultra-rare 70mm screening of AROUND
THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS (at 30 fps), SOUTH PACIFIC (beautifully
restored), Franklin Schaffner's Oscar-winning PATTON and Douglas
Trumbull's cerebral sci-fi epic BRAINSTORM (which was also Natalie
Eood's final film before her tragic death). Please join us and take a
look at the big pictures in 70mm.

Series compiled by Jeff Joseph and Chris D.

Special Thanks: Marilee Womack/WARNER BROTHERS; Schawn Belston &
Caitlin Robertson/20th CENTURY FOX; Cary Haber/CRITERION PICTURES; Ray
Regis/NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS; Douglas Crapo & Phil
Fornabio/SAMUEL GOLDWYN COMPANY; Sabucat Productions.

Friday, May 5 - 7:30 PM

Rare Todd-AO 30 fps 70mm Print!

AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS, 1956, Warner Bros., 183 min. This is
an original Todd-AO, 30 frames-per-second print; one of the only ones
that survives! Very slightly faded color, but in excellent condition
otherwise, and a once in a lifetime chance to see the version of the
film that won five 1957 Academy Awards (one for Best Picture)! This
version is not available on DVD (the DVD is the 24 fps version).
Director Michael Anderson adapts Jules Verne's world-famous classic
following turn-of-the-20th-Century gentleman adventurer, Phileas Fogg
(David Niven) and his manservant, Passpartout (Cantinflas) as they
circle the globe in a hot air balloon. Complete with an astounding cast
(some in blink-and-you-miss-'em cameos) that includes Noel Coward,
Charles Boyer, John Gielgud, Shirley MacLaine, Frank Sinatra, Ronald
Colman, Buster Keaton, Marlene Dietrich, Robert Newton, Peter Lorre,
George Raft, Gilbert Roland and more!

Saturday, May 6 - 6:00 PM

Double Feature:

Brand New Restored 70mm Print!

SOUTH PACIFIC, 1958, The Samuel Goldwyn Company, 151 min. Dir. Joshua
Logan. Come see this ultra-rare screening of the restored 70mm musical
that has it all, including one of Rodgers and Hammerstein's most
popular show tunes, "Some Enchanted Evening". Mitzi Gaynor and Rossano
Brazzi are star-crossed lovers on the Solomon Islands - she's from
Little Rock, Arkansas and he's an expatriate Frenchman - threatened
by the growing conflict with the Japanese during WWII. Co-starring a
great cast, including John Kerr, Juanita Hall, Ray Walston and France
Nuyen.

Original 70mm Roadshow Version!

SOUTH PACIFIC, 1958, The Samuel Goldwyn Company, 171 min. (For all
those of you who'd like to stick around and see what was cut out of
the film before it went into general release - Note: Print is faded)
(See above description).

Sunday, May 7 - 6:30 PM

Brand New 70mm Print!

PATTON, 1970, 20th Century Fox, 169 min. Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner.
"No dumb *** ever won a war by dying for his country," growls
George C. Scott in the jawdropping opening monologue to PATTON, a war
epic that manages to capture the tragic human sacrifice, the bullying
megalomania and the patriotic glory of battle, all encapsulated in the
incredibly complex and contradictory character of General George S.
Patton. Winner of seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Actor,
Director and Screenplay (by Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North.)

Wednesday, May 10 - 7:30 PM

Ultra-Rare 70mm Screening!

BRAINSTORM, 1983, Warner Bros., 106 min. In virtual reality mode,
scientists Louise Fletcher and Christopher Walken invent a way of
recording internalized life experiences for later playback, something
that transforms the tragic complications that follow into a
transcendent, life-changing adventure for Walken and spouse, Natalie
Wood (luminously beautiful in her final film appearance). Director
Douglas Trumbull (award-winning effects expert for 2001: A SPACE
ODYSSEY, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, et. al.) had to wage an
uphill battle to complete the film after Wood's untimely death, but
he still manages to pull out the stops in a series of jawdropping
sequences that must be seen on the big screen to be fully appreciated.
With Cliff Robertson.

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