Posts by plinfesty

Quote:I'm not an expert on the film but it wasn't uncommon by the early 70s to have "6-track mixes" that were just 4.0 with doubled left and right channels. THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE would have been most definitely a "faked up" type of mix...

Not to digress again to THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE, but according to Boxoffice Magazine (December 11, 1972, page 16), "The Gateway's (Pittsburgh) XMAS offering, "The Poseidon Adventure," will be presented in four-track stereophonic sound,...

Quote:I saw a reference to LOST HORIZON playing it's 70mm short run at the Egyption on Hollywood Blvd in addition to the Westwwood National. I could have sworn that, in fact, it was at the Paramount (now the El Capitaine owned by Disney...

OOPS! Another POSEIDON ADVENTURE ad in the Lost Horizon column, this time from Chicago (scroll half-way down): http://www.film-tech.com/cgi-bin/ubb/f8/t006347/p4.html

I still remember the MAD Magazine spoof of this movie and specifically theb lyrics... "The world is a circle without a circumference, and nobody knows what these lyrics mean, but Bacharach and David are making a fortune..."

Quote:I could have sworn the "Grease" print was a 70MM blow-up The State most likely was one of a handful of theatres that were showing wetgate (or, "show" prints) off the OCN. These prints usually went only to the so-called "key...

Here's the opening ad for the National in Manhattan and THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE: http://www.cinematour.com/picview.php?db=us&id=31514 The National Theatre in Westwood also had Bose 901 surrounds for several years before switching to...

One memory I have of LOST HORIZON was the TV coverage of the premiere in L.A. M.C. Merv Griffin asked Liv Ullman if this was just the biggest and best movie she had ever made. She kind of stumbled through an answer that said something...

Quote:The roadshow version has TWO verses Where was the film roadshowed? The day after the World Premier, the film ran regular continous performances in two L.A. theatres (National, Hollywood Cinema) and a week later opened in NYC at...

Quote:Your theorys about wstereo are wrong in both films. When I saw poseidon Adventure in new York whane it opened it was mono there. THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE was advertised as being "presented in the grandeur, scope and excitement of...