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I stand corrected.

I have been waiting anxiously for this for quite a few years now! Since I screened the 35mm Cinestage version in my theatre in 1958, I have been a huge fan of 80 Days. It has never had a 70mm screening in Australia, so, a restored 30fps 70 version on (hopefully) 4K disc edition, would be my...

Miracle of Todd-AO, was of course 30 fps, while South Pacific was 24 fps.

Frankenstein meets the Wolfman, with Lon Chaney Jr. I remember drawing my feet up on the seat, so something wouldn't grab my ankles from under the seat.

I hope the right people are listening to all the enthusiasm that's around at the moment. There are obviously many many fans 80 Days, who yearn for a restoration of this milestone epic, the 2nd and last film shot in TODD AO 30 fps. It deserves a 4K upgrade.

I still have very fond memories of this film. I haven't seen it since 1954, when I screened it in my second year of a lifetime as a projectionist. A very fun movie ! Can't wait to get this one.

Needed as soon as possible! Around the World in 80 Days (56), and High Society. Both large format pictures!!! In 4K please.

Just give me Michael Todd's "Around the World in 80 Days" Pleeeese!

I'm desperately hoping we see this on disc soon, preferably 4K. I've been waiting for this more than any other film. I screened the 35mm Cinestage version at my movie theatre in the 1950's, and it was always a favourite of mine. I turn 84 shortly, so i'm thinking it needs to be soon!

The Carlton Newsreel Theatre in Brisbane , Australia, had rear projection, until the arrival of TV closed the theatre down. The projection room was set low down, with the projector tilted up at quite an angle, so that the light coming from the projector lens couldn't be seen by the audience...

What you would have seen in Melbourne was a 35mm CinemaScope print. RKO was distributing "Oklahoma"in Australia, and as no theatres were equipped for 70mm at that stage, no prints were brought over here. At that time, I was operating my theatre in Brisbane, and 70mm was still 2 years away in...

You should see Mike Leigh's film "Topsy Turvy", from Criterion.

No, The Howard Hughes film was "Hell's Angels".

He uses a Tens Machine attached to his gonads.

For theaters that were around before the Widescreen Revolution, they almost certainly had Lenses that were used for academy ratio presentation. They were usually kept, along with Aperture Plates stored somewhere for use when screening old revivals. Why wouldn't they?

It appears the theater in question didn't have the will nor the inclination to run a film in Academy Ratio!

I worked in my own theatre from 1953 till 1992, and did my own projection. After the arrival of Widescreen, I kept my old 1.375 Lenses and Aperture Plates always on hand for any old revivals that I occasionally screened. The stop for the screen masking was also retained. It was no big deal...

Our projectors were equipped with vertical adjustment via a wheel on threaded rod beneath the lamphouse, but nothing as fancy as a horizontal axis gizmo.

I know this is off topic, but reading this thread reminded me of how , in 1956, our theatre had just installed 4 track mag. stereo for our CinemaScope. Because of the 2.55 mag. prints having more picture information on the left side where the optical track normally would be, it changed the...

Nobody has mentioned James Stewart's "Broken Arrow".

I don't think "Oklalhoma" had a screening in Oz in 70. It was distributed by RKO in Australia, and was released before any theatres were equipped. The first 70mm release here was "South Pacific" in 1958. I was running my own cinema in Brisbane, and was a huge fan of 70mm, which I finally...

Yes, the CineStage print was 24fps. The image was outstanding. Far better than the average CinemaScope prints of the time.

I ran the family movie theatre in Brisbane, Australia, from 1953 to 1990. we were installed with Cinemascope/4 track magnetic surround in 1954, and 70mm in 1968, then Xenon Lamps and platters in 1972. We also had variable squeeze Varimorph Anamorphic Lenses, which enabled us to use the...

When I installed my Home Theatre, I included black velvet movable left and right side masking, and movable bottom masking on the 15 foot screen so I could achieve proper aspect ratios on all titles from 1.19:1 to 2.76:1. I wouldn't have it any other way. ( My actual screen dimensions are 15 X...

It holds great memories for me when I screened it at my Theatre in 1958.

I've been waiting not too patiently for 20 years for Michael Todd's "Around the World in 80 Days " on Blu, or preferably now 4K. Hoping it arrives before I "kick the bucket ". I am 82.

BEWDY COBBER !

Projectionist 59 Years

Should we give up our hopes for Around the World in Eighty Days"? It's been so long since we've heard any news.