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http://deadline.com/2015/12/turner-classic-movies-screening-series-fathom-events-1201657138/


Jan. 17 and 20 – Twentieth Century Fox’s Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

Feb. 21 and 24 – Warner Bros.’ The Maltese Falcon 75th Anniversary (1941)

March 20 and 23 – Paramount Pictures’ The Ten Commandments (1956)

April 24 and 27 – Sony Pictures’ On The Waterfront (1954)

May 15 and 18 – Paramount Pictures’ Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)

June 26 and 29 – Warner Bros’ Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

July 24 and 27 – Twentieth Century Fox’s Planet Of The Apes (1968)

Aug. 28 and 31 – Twentieth Century Fox’s The King and I 60th Anniversary (1951)

Sept. 18 and 21 – Sony Pictures’ Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb (1964)

Oct. 23 and 26 – Warner Bros’ The Shining (1980)

Nov. 27 and 30 – Paramount Pictures’ Breakfast At Tiffany’s (1961)

Dec. 11 and 14 – Sony Pictures’ From Here To Eternity (1953)


I just hope they fix the color in The King and I so we see the King of Siam instead of The King of Cyan.
 

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Wow, some really great ones coming up. Especially would love to see The Ten Commandments, Planet of the Apes, and On the Waterfront, on the big screen.
 

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Well, there is about 6-7 titles I would see on the big screen. I don't think I'll revisit some I've already seen on the big screen like The Shining or Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Though, Planet of the Apes does intrigue me some.
 

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The DCPs of The Ten Commandments and On the Waterfront are quite impressive. I'm looking forward to The King and I and to From Here to Eternity. I'll probably revisit The Maltese Falcon simply because I haven't seen it on the big screen since 1973, and I love it. And could I miss Audrey Hepburn...? Kubrick...? Some really good titles here.
 

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The Ten Commandments could be a lot of fun on the big screen.


I love Audrey Hepburn, but I'm kind of surprised that they chose Breakfast at Tiffany's. Mickey Rooney's horrifying performance just destroys that film for modern audiences. I can almost guarantee that there will be protests. (It wouldn't be the first time.)


I wonder if a remake might be in order. . .
 

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Ten Commandments might be fun, but I worry they won't handle the overture, lights, intermission, etc. properly.

I love Audrey Hepburn, but I'm kind of surprised that they chose Breakfast at Tiffany's. Mickey Rooney's horrifying performance just destroys that film for modern audiences. I can almost guarantee that there will be protests. (It wouldn't be the first time.)

I ran Breakfast at Tiffany's a few years ago on 35mm for about 250 people (all ages). They seemed into the film, but as soon as Rooney appeared you could feel the air get sucked out of the room and the film just laid there after that, especially when he showed up. A friend who had never seen the film came up to the booth during the show and said, "What were they thinking?" while pointing at Rooney. Deadly.
 

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I'm officially old when three of these titles are ones I originally saw ON a big screen! (Wonka, Ferris and Shining). Planet of the Apes is a must-see, tho....
 

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Peter Apruzzese said:
Ten Commandments might be fun, but I worry they won't handle the overture, lights, intermission, etc. properly.



I ran Breakfast at Tiffany's a few years ago on 35mm for about 250 people (all ages). They seemed into the film, but as soon as Rooney appeared you could feel the air get sucked out of the room and the film just laid there after that, especially when he showed up. A friend who had never seen the film came up to the booth during the show and said, "What were they thinking?" while pointing at Rooney. Deadly.
They should replace it with Funny Face.

I will be seeing The Ten Commandments and The King and I.
 

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The DCP of THE TEN COMMANDMENTS has the overture, intermission, etc., built in; and when I saw it projected earlier this year at a Cinemark theater, it was shown properly. It was very beautiful and well worth watching on a big screen (although, imo, still quite an awful film).
 

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Previous TCM Fathom events for movies that have intermissions treated them the same as on the Blu-Ray. So no actual intermission, just an intermission slide that comes up for a few seconds at the end of part 1 and then immediately the entr'acte.
 

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Just got back from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. It looked gorgeous. No DNR, no EE, plenty of natural looking grain. It looked like a pristine 35mm print.


It was a good day for movies that looked like a film print, earlier today I saw Carol and it actually looked like it was shot in the 60's.
 

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I saw BUTCH CASSIDY on Sunday with about thirty other people in the theater. I thought the presentation was great and the film certainly benefits from being seen on a large screen. I still don't think it's the masterpiece some people make it out to be but it was great fun getting to see it. The preview of the upcoming TCM/Fathom movies had people in the crowd gasping with excitement.


The Cinemark "classic" series has TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE next week so I'm actually looking forward to this one more than anything in the TCM line-up except ON THE WATERFRONT.
 

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Michael Elliott said:
I saw BUTCH CASSIDY on Sunday with about thirty other people in the theater. I thought the presentation was great and the film certainly benefits from being seen on a large screen. I still don't think it's the masterpiece some people make it out to be but it was great fun getting to see it.

It's a bit dated now, but at the time it was a very innovative screenplay.
 

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Aaron Silverman said:
It's a bit dated now, but at the time it was a very innovative screenplay.
What exactly is dated? IMO, most of the music for this film is just not right which to me hurts the quality of this film. Other than that, it's a great film!


Last night, I watched it at my local cinema with just five other people in the audience. Seeing it on the big screen again was an entertaining experience.
 

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Robert Crawford said:
What exactly is dated? IMO, most of the music for this film is just not right which to me hurts the quality of this film. Other than that, it's a great film!

Mostly, it's the music!


I think we are just saying the same thing in two different ways. :)
 

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Aaron Silverman said:
Mostly, it's the music!


I think we are just saying the same thing in two different ways. :)
We're saying the exact same thing, but I didn't know what you referring to was what I listed as my misgiving about this film. The rest of the film is perfect, but the musical decisions were wrong in my opinion, but hey, some of us probably love the music so to each his own.
 

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Not part of the TCM series, but there is a Fathom event Sunday and Wednesday for Pretty in Pink 30th anniversary.
 

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Pretty in Pink looked great, natural looking grain and non re-imagined colors. Sound could be been at a higher level. Fortunately they showed it on a screen who's projector didn't have the 3D lens on.

Theater was over half way filled.
 

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