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Rank always seemed to have good prints of the Bronston films. Their 70mm print of TFOTRE was the sharpest 70mm I have ever seen and I have seen a lot over the years.Given this and that it is a first release from Weinstein on their new label, I am keeping my hopes up for El Cid from a good...

The London roadshow version is surely the only "complete version" we have. That had the "girl hunting scene" but not the death of the Finlay Currie character which has only been seen in a production still.I always thought the lack of christianity was one of this films best attributes showing...

As originally developed, Cinemascope was 2.66:1 AR (twice the standard 1.33:1) and some of the early screenings of THE ROBE were shown at that AR with an interlocked soundtrack.However Fox always intended to stripe the release prints with 4 magnetic tracks which they did thereby shaving the AR...

EMPIRE opened in London to rave reviews. The prints were spherical not anamorphic 70mm.A week later it opened in New YORK to very poor reviews and box office.Its reception would have had no effect on the type of print that would have been ordered and checked well before any opening. My hunch...

IF the producer wanted EMPIRE to be shown in full Ultra Pan he could easily have insisted. He did not. The film was shown world wide in 2.20:1. I think it is correct to presume that that was how it was intended to be seen.

This has made my Christmas especially as Weinstein are exclusive HD DVD users and there is a chance to see these films in HD.As anyone who has seen MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY in HD DVD will testify, it's the way to go.! Now on to ROMAN EMPIRE. All 70mm presentations in UK and the rest of the world...