Date doesn't make much difference to me, except maybe that AIRPORT was originally a spring release, which only matters to a few of us. Releasing in September gives some hope that it may be more of a significant release aimed at holiday sales. Wonder if they'll give it its own special edition or cram it into a cheapie combo with the sequels. That does seem to be Uni's way these days. Well, except for Jaws. I think that Jaws and Airport and all other movies Uni got sequelitis with could be served well by giving the original a classy special edition with extras, and then lump the sequels into their own separate issue with maybe a few little extras. Wouldn't you love to hear Karen Black explain why she was sticking her tongue out when Heston jumped into her cockpit? A Todd-AO transfer? you mean from 65mm neg? Idunno if there are many facilities that can do it well if at all. While I'd like to see a transfer with all the detail in the OCN I don't hold out much hope for Uni putting in the effort and expense. They seem to have forgotten that AIRPORT (and MILLIE) are among their top grossers of all time. What's the deal with the Uni Logo? Are you referring to AIRPORT moving to at the end so they could present the opening dramatically from a blackout? It's not as if they haven't been flexible with that. Remember ET ran it in reverse to match the first scene. When I first saw AIRPORT, the opening was presented like a roadshow, with the lights dimming at the first sound of the crowd on the soundtrack, I think the curtains had enough time to open in the dark by the time the picture came on. Nice effect. Some theatres took that further by dressing the staff up like flight attendants and announcing the "flight" departure before the lights went down.ahollis said:http://www.hometheaterforum.com/t/316229/universal-to-celebrate-100-years-in-2012/60 Post #78 I was wrong in the proposed date, it is listed at coming out in September and not late spring. Sorry I should have doubled checked. I see no reason for them not to use a Todd-AO transfer. But then we will get into that Universal logo argument again on where it is supposed to be placed.
Magnificent Men? was that a big moneymaker? Fox has given their catalog features such crappy treatment (Dolly, Dolittle, etc.) that I wasn't expecting them to go Blu until they get to Blu Manufactured On Demand. Transferring from widescreen elements is not uncommon if it's 35mm anamorphic, it's the movies shot on 65mm for 70MM release that are rarely transferred from the 65mm. Had no idea AIRPORT had the opening differently on diff prints. If I recall, I saw it in 3 different theatres, 70mm, 35mm stereo, and 35mm mono. I don't remember the opening being any different but that's a bit far back for me to be sure. Haven't all the video releases put it on the end? I prefer the opening sounds in a blackout, just as I prefer to hear the cars racing around the theatre over black film in CHITTY rather than throwing the new extended double studio logos over it.ahollis said:A lot of Blu-ray titles have used 65mm for transfers. Fox is supposed to be using the Todd-AO elements for Cleopatra and have already used them for The Agony and Ecstasy along with Those Magnificent Men and their Flying Machines (they just need to be released). The South Pacific and The Sound Of Music transfers were from wide screen elements. I think Warner went back to it's wide format element for Ben-Hur so there are facilities that can do it well just by looking at South Pacific and Ben-Hur. Of course the most requested Todd-AO titles now that Cleopatra is coming are Hello Dolly and Oklahoma! There were a lot of people that complained that Universal was changing the way the film was presented in theatres by moving the logo to the end Airport for the DVD release. They remembered it at the beginning and wanted Universal to stop messing with their memories. Actually the logo is correct both ways. The theatres that used a 70mm roadshow print opened with the black screen and the background voices over it and the Universal logo appeared at the end of the feature. I and most others saw the film in it's general release and the logo was on the front of the title with the background voices starting over the logo. It was a fairly stupid argument with people getting very defensive and arrogant over it. If you can believe that.
It certainly was "roadshowed" in the UK. Indeed it opened at the Coliseum Cinerama Theatre.Was quite successful but not as big as Magnificent Men.trajan said:
