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Re: MGM Camera 65 & Ultra-Panavision
There were ten titles filmed in this process. So far, these four titles have been released on DVD in 2.76:1.
Ben-Hur
Mutiny of the Bounty
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Battle if the Bulge
Four were released cropped:
How The West Was Won - only selected scenes in Ultra Panavison
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
The Hallelujah Trail
Khartoum
Three will be released or re-released in 2008/2009 but we don't know yet if they will be cropped:
Raintree County
How The West Was Won
The Fall of the Roman Empire
I'm assuming How The West Was Won will be in Smilebox showing the full 3-strips and would be 2.6:1 if not in Smilebox.
Raintree County was only released in 35mm 2.35:1 but we might get 2.76:1 on dvd.
Fall of The Roman Empire was released in 35mm 2.35:1 and 70mm 2.2:1 so it might be cropped on dvd.
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Re: MGM Camera 65 & Ultra-Panavision
Roland, isn't HTWWW 3 strip Cinerama with some plates shot in Camera 65? Other than that, I take no issue with your list.
EDIT: Never mind, I went back and reread your post, but those selected scenes were originally presented in 3 strip, correct?
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Re: MGM Camera 65 & Ultra-Panavision
The projected aspect ratio of a film is something that was generally available via projection information or continuities.
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Re: MGM Camera 65 & Ultra-Panavision
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Roland, isn't HTWWW 3 strip Cinerama with some plates shot in Camera 65? Other than that, I take no issue with your list.
EDIT: Never mind, I went back and reread your post, but those selected scenes were originally presented in 3 strip, correct?
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Yes, they were cropped to 2.6:1.
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Re: MGM Camera 65 & Ultra-Panavision
This should be interesting for this discussion.
http://www.widescreenmuseum.com/special/ben-hurdvd3.htmhttp://www.widescreenmuseum.com/special/ben-hurdvd2.htm
Personally I much prefer to see the full 2.76:1 aspect ratio. Yes camera finders were used to protect for different formats, but I consider that to be something of a compromise. I'd rather see the full image area of the format the film was shot in rather than the format it was converted too.
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Re: MGM Camera 65 & Ultra-Panavision
The concept of UP70 aka Camera 65 was Cinerama out of a single hole.
It seemed to work best when projected with specially rectified prints on deeply curved screens.
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Re: MGM Camera 65 & Ultra-Panavision
To be clear, I'm aware of no optical modifications to actual Cinerama (3 panel / 35mm 6 perf) footage.
I have also never personally seen a 70mm spherical print that had been rectified. They may exist.
The only rectified prints that I have seen are anamorphic productions, ie. with a 1.25 squeeze. It is these that were produced for highly curved screens.
Possibly someone more acquainted with 2001 can answer the distortion question, as it could have come from either situation.
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Re: MGM Camera 65 & Ultra-Panavision
Everything is distorted on a highly curved screen.
Rectified prints allowed for projection without anamorphic lenses on UP70 projects.
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