Terence Malick's "The New World" Being Filmed in 70mm?

Peter Kline · 07-25-2004, 06:29 PM

A report from in70mm.com:

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The international 70mm community is currently buzzing. New Line Cinema a division of Warners is producing (unconfirmed) a 65mm production for 70mm release next year. The Panavision 65mm cameras (unconfirmed)are out shooting the film titled "The New World". There has been a significant "buzz" about 70mm venues by Panavision, DTS and exhibition trade publications.

More info as soon as it becomes available.

Synopsis:

Terrence Malick's take on the Pocahontas tale. The project is set against the backdrop of 17th century America in the nascent Jamestown, Va., settlement where the culture of European explorers collided with that of Native Americans. It focuses on the relationship between explorer John Smith and young Indian princess Pocahontas.

IMDB Lists the following actors:

Christian Bale....John Rolfe
Colin Farrell....JohnSmith
Michael Greyeyes....Wobblehead
Q'Orianka Kilcher....Pochahontas
Christopher Plummer....Capt. Christopher Newport
August Schellenberg....Powhatan
among others.

No little talking animals.

More info:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0402399/

Scheduled for release next year.

Steve Felix · 07-25-2004, 07:08 PM

Wow... it sounds like this could be something special. I see from IMDb that it will be shot by Emmanuel Lubezki, whose work on Sleepy Hollow I loved.

Thi Them · 07-25-2004, 07:13 PM

There's already discussion about the movie in this thread: http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htfo...ghlight=malick

~T

Peter Kline · 07-25-2004, 08:14 PM

Sorry. Please merge if you like.

Lee Scoggins · 07-25-2004, 11:48 PM

Ugh. Colin Farrell. Shoot me already. Does the guy take a vacation?

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MatthewLouwrens · 07-26-2004, 02:34 AM

Wow? What was the last film to be made in 70mm? The only one I can think of was the full-length Hamlet.

Will be interesting to see. Definitely a big screen film.

Jack Briggs · 07-26-2004, 11:45 AM

I am so there for this film. I love his work.

Peter Kline · 07-26-2004, 01:35 PM

Where is there?

RobertR · 07-26-2004, 01:43 PM

70 mm! Much more interesting to me than the "shot in digital" news we see these days.

MarcusUdeh · 07-26-2004, 02:09 PM

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70 mm! Much more interesting to me than the "shot in digital" news we see these days.

I’m glad you said that. I hope this production encourages classic true filmmaking to be in vogue again.

Peter Kline · 07-26-2004, 03:43 PM

70mm doesn't mean a film will be "classic". During the heyday of 70mm in the 60s and 70s there were a lot of clunkers made in the large format process. It's still up to the creative people - director, script, actors, cinematography, etc.