West Side Story 70 mm (1 Viewer)

[GlennF]

Saw this on Deadline Hollywood. Those of us who are fans of this film would give our eye teeth to have been at this screening. Gives me hope that maybe one day.......
(The Lightbox in Toronto does occasionally show the movie in 70 mm and it is not a bad print - but not what it could be.

http://deadline.com/2016/07/academy...ored-oscar-winner-west-side-story-1201789680/

 

[Neil S. Bulk]

It's worth it just to see the correct colors in the overture.

Neil

 

[Tom St Jones]

Saw this on Deadline Hollywood. Those of us who are fans of this film would give our eye teeth to have been at this screening. Gives me hope that maybe one day.......
(The Lightbox in Toronto does occasionally show the movie in 70 mm and it is not a bad print - but not what it could be.

http://deadline.com/2016/07/academy...ored-oscar-winner-west-side-story-1201789680/

Wait, the film has received a new restoration??

 

[DP 70]

I have seen the 2008 70mm/Datasat Print plus the 6 Track Audio which at Bradford sounded really great.

 

[haineshisway]

It's worth it just to see the correct colors in the overture.

Neil

Were you there? Was the overture correct? If so, I think we all need to suggest to MGM/UA they need to do the right thing for this film right now.

 

[Michel_Hafner]

New print or new restoration?

 

[Paul Rossen]

Were you there? Was the overture correct? If so, I think we all need to suggest to MGM/UA they need to do the right thing for this film right now.

Based upon MGM's track record I fear the only way we're ever going to 'see' a corrected transfer/restoration is if MGM licenses WST to the Criterion Collection.

 

[Neil S. Bulk]

Were you there? Was the overture correct? If so, I think we all need to suggest to MGM/UA they need to do the right thing for this film right now.

I wasn't at this particular screening, but I've been to a few 70mm showings since the Blu-ray came out and the overture is always correct, because it's on film.

Neil

 

[DP 70]

Someone I know told me the DCP is the incorrect version so stick to the 70mm print only.

 

[Tom St Jones]

Based upon MGM's track record I fear the only way we're ever going to 'see' a corrected transfer/restoration is if MGM licenses WST to the Criterion Collection.

That would be awesome - but then ofcourse I'd have to figure out what to do w/ my 50th anniv. set and my DVD boxset (w/ the scrapbook), as my OCD hates having multiple copies of a film. (I'd sell 'em, but don't want to lose the swag) .

 

[Paul Rossen]

That would be awesome - but then ofcourse I'd have to figure out what to do w/ my 50th anniv. set and my DVD boxset (w/ the scrapbook), as my OCD hates having multiple copies of a film. (I'd sell 'em, but don't want to lose the swag) .

As one who saw WST during its original roadshow run at The Rivoli in NY C I have yet to see any good home video presentation of this great film. I recall the DVD had sync problems . The Bluray has the mess with the overture color scheme and other visual problems. Thus, I have yet to add WST to my collectionto and will not until it's given a proper transfer.

 

[cinemiracle]

As one who saw WST during its original roadshow run at The Rivoli in NY C I have yet to see any good home video presentation of this great film. I recall the DVD had sync problems . The Bluray has the mess with the overture color scheme and other visual problems. Thus, I have yet to add WST to my collectionto and will not until it's given a proper transfer.

I agree.WSS was absolutely stunning when seen during it's original roadshow release on a giant slightly curved screen. A truly unforgettable experience .No wonder it ran for over a year in many cinemas.

 

[bujaki]

That's how I saw it in Miami Beach: on a giant, slightly curved screen; and those unforgettable whistles coming from all those different speakers. What a great experience for a 12-year old!
Note: this wasn't my first roadshow experience, but it was the first one with gang members breaking into song and dance, and a finale that had me sobbing uncontrollably.

 

[cinemiracle]

And it was shown without an intermission ,which added to the experience.I never saw anyone leave during the credits at the finale.

 

[bujaki]

Who could leave during the credits? We were all stunned by the ending and busy digging for handkerchiefs.

 

[haineshisway]

It was most definitely shown WITH an intermission during its initial engagement - I saw it many, MANY times at the Grauman's Chinese, always with an intermission. Much later, Wise said he would have preferred without, but all the initial engagements (many over a year) had the intermission. I don't know why people don't want to believe this.

 

[Matt Hough]

It was most definitely shown WITH an intermission during its initial engagement - I saw it many, MANY times at the Grauman's Chinese, always with an intermission. Much later, Wise said he would have preferred without, but all the initial engagements (many over a year) had the intermission. I don't know why people don't want to believe this.

Did it occur after the rumble (as in the play)? The only times I saw it in a theater there was no intermission, but this was a local small town run probably a good six months after it opened (and in 70mm in a 1967 reissue at Charlotte's Cinerama theater the Carollina).

 

[Paul Rossen]

It was most definitely shown WITH an intermission during its initial engagement - I saw it many, MANY times at the Grauman's Chinese, always with an intermission. Much later, Wise said he would have preferred without, but all the initial engagements (many over a year) had the intermission. I don't know why people don't want to believe this.

I believe you as it was shown with an intermission when I saw WSS at the Rivoli.

 

[haineshisway]

Later in its general release it played without intermission, same with the reissue - but its roadshow had the intermission.

 

[Charles Smith]

Did it occur after the rumble (as in the play)? The only times I saw it in a theater there was no intermission, but this was a local small town run probably a good six months after it opened (and in 70mm in a 1967 reissue at Charlotte's Cinerama theater the Carollina).

Isn't it after the Tony & Doc conversation at the drugstore, as Tony walks away? Then the movie resumes with "I Feel Pretty". It was a quiet "Act 1" ending as those things go, but it totally worked. I didn't see the film till the beginning of the general release (this was just before we started driving out of town to see roadshows), but that theater played it with the intermission, as did one or two others I saw it in.