South Pacific on the big screen 2018 (1 Viewer)

[Dee Zee]

Saw the TCM presents digital presentation yesterday on a fairly large screen and with good sound. Really appreciate this film so much more after seeing it that way. Even with the color.

 

[trajan007]

Love this film. Were there any extras with the showing?


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[MatthewA]

A Ben Mankiewicz spiel that cut off the end of the exit music.

 

[mark brown]

Enjoyed this presentation on the back of two 70mm screenings within the last ten years!

 

[Brian Kidd]

Unfortunately, the theaters around me who do these special showings tend to use a fairly crappy projector for them. Bums me out because I'd love to see decent screenings of older films.

 

[KPmusmag]

Unfortunately, the theaters around me who do these special showings tend to use a fairly crappy projector for them. Bums me out because I'd love to see decent screenings of older films.

Same where I live. Always the smallest auditorium and the sound is never loud enough, and often no surround.

 

[Dee Zee]

Not sure there if this DCP had any surround but def stereo with directional dialogue and a good low end. At Tysons Corners VA

 

[KPmusmag]

Saw the TCM presents digital presentation yesterday on a fairly large screen and with good sound. Really appreciate this film so much more after seeing it that way. Even with the color.

Glad you had a good experience. Did they include a real Intermission, or just let it play through?

 

[Dee Zee]

Glad you had a good experience. Did they include a real Intermission, or just let it play through?

Play through, this was not road show version, 2 hours 45 minutes.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

That's unfortunately my biggest deterrent from attending these screenings. The last time I went to one, when I purchased the ticket in advance, it was scheduled to be in one of the largest auditoriums in the theater complex, but when I arrived for the show, it had already been moved into the smallest room.

A major "2001" re-release just wrapped up, where that film played in IMAX for a week. Over on the threads for that one, there's a surprising amount of disinterest in seeing the film that way because it's only 99.9% perfect instead of 100% perfect (I'm maybe exaggerating the discontent but only slightly), and I just don't get the naysayers. I keep saying there that the overwhelming majority of re-releases this day end up being like this South Pacific run - limited number of shows, small auditoriums, often not the best screens or sound systems - and that this chance to see "2001" on the biggest and best screens in the country is not to be missed.

I hope that the "2001" release was financially successful for all involved, because I'd love to see IMAX and other premium screens getting the occasional classic movie showing like South Pacific. South Pacific on a small multiplex screen with poor sound doesn't appeal to me; South Pacific on the biggest screen in the theater with an incredible audio and visual presentation would.

 

[Dee Zee]

I may be. Mistaken on time on this one but the theater listed 2housrs 45 minutes.

 

[Dee Zee]

There were coming attractions for a classic film every month, one was Sound of Music next month and in December White Christmas.

 

[bujaki]

Saw South Pacific yesterday. Good-sized screen; image filled it, no bars at top and bottom. Sound was clear and directional. i could hear all different orchestral instruments placed within the sound spectrum. Beautiful image, including the color filters!

 

[haineshisway]

That's unfortunately my biggest deterrent from attending these screenings. The last time I went to one, when I purchased the ticket in advance, it was scheduled to be in one of the largest auditoriums in the theater complex, but when I arrived for the show, it had already been moved into the smallest room.

A major "2001" re-release just wrapped up, where that film played in IMAX for a week. Over on the threads for that one, there's a surprising amount of disinterest in seeing the film that way because it's only 99.9% perfect instead of 100% perfect (I'm maybe exaggerating the discontent but only slightly), and I just don't get the naysayers. I keep saying there that the overwhelming majority of re-releases this day end up being like this South Pacific run - limited number of shows, small auditoriums, often not the best screens or sound systems - and that this chance to see "2001" on the biggest and best screens in the country is not to be missed.

I hope that the "2001" release was financially successful for all involved, because I'd love to see IMAX and other premium screens getting the occasional classic movie showing like South Pacific. South Pacific on a small multiplex screen with poor sound doesn't appeal to me; South Pacific on the biggest screen in the theater with an incredible audio and visual presentation would.

You're not exaggerating the discontent and it seems to come pretty much from just a couple of people - who sound alarm bells, then when they're told it's projection, agree, while continuing to sound alarm bells. Whether the screenings are perfect or whether the Blu-ray/4K disc is perfect is in the eye of the beholder - the fact that people scrutinize like that while watching a film is fairly astonishing to me, but that's probably just me.

 

[haineshisway]

BTW, when the transfer of South Pacific was first done for Blu-ray (and I'd assume that's what's being screened here, Fox screened it at the old Warner Cinerama Theatre - on a reasonably large screen (although nowhere near as large as a Cinerama screen obviously - it looked pretty good as I recall and that was a decade ago, I believe.

 

[Wayne_j]

They really played through the intermission. Not even a brief "intermission" slide and the entr'acte music. It just went on to the next scene. Also no overture.

 

[bujaki]

It was not the Roadshow version. So, no overture, no intermission, etc.

 

[Dee Zee]

The other movies coming to the big screen this fall were Rebel Without a Cause and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.

 

[Wayne_j]

The overture and entr'acte were included on the non-roadshow version of the blu-ray.

 

[ahollis]

Well since this was a Fathoms release it was sent to the theatres over satellite, so a Blu-Ray was not used, they used Fox’s DCP to send the information.