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PeterApruzzese commented about The SALUTE TO FILM PRESERVATION comes to the Lafayette Theatre in Suffern, NY - November 12 & 13 on Nov 9, 2005 at 2:25 pm

UPDATE for those who’ve asked regarding the print quality for the festival, I’ve inspected and run the following:

Abbott & Costello Meet Captain Kidd looks excellent, sharp as a tack with very good color (compared to the ever-so-slightly soft look of the SuperCineColor original). The print itself appears flawless and new.

Doctor X is a slightly older print – mid-90s – but also looks great. The odd two-color Technicolor look is maintained in this printing and it makes the movie even creepier than I remembered.

The Big Parade is brand spanking new, right out of the lab and never run, it appears. It’s the full-length version complete with color tints.

A Star is Born, again a beautiful-looking UCLA preservation of the Technicolor original. The print itself appears flawless.

I saw the 3-D Follies prints 18 months ago and they are uniformly excellent. The only other print I’m waiting for is the Hell’s Angels, but Universal assured me it would be their best copy.

Pete Apruzzese
Director of Film Programming
Big Screen Classics at the Lafayette Theatre

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PeterApruzzese commented about Theatre 80 St. Marks on Nov 9, 2005 at 11:46 am

That double-feature showing would shown the films converted to the anaglyph (red & blue glasses) format in 16mm rather than the original 35mm polarized dual-strip projection format. That’s why the rear projection worked with them (as well as anaglyph can work, which is barely acceptable).

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PeterApruzzese commented about Too much security at movie theaters? on Nov 8, 2005 at 7:19 am

S.O.P. for advance studio screenings – the writer must not go to many of them if this seemed unusual.

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PeterApruzzese commented about Lafayette Theatre on Nov 3, 2005 at 5:29 am

The SALUTE TO FILM PRESERVATION coming November 12 & 13!

An incredible two-day festival honoring the heroic efforts made by film archives around the world to preserve our motion picture heritage. Rare features and vintage short subjects will be showing, highlighting films photographed in black & white, two-color & three-strip Technicolor, SuperCineColor and 3-D!

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12
12:45 pm – ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET CAPTAIN KIDD
(1952, directed by Charles Lamont, starring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello and Charles Laughton) The East Coast Premiere of the newly created UCLA Film & Television Archive print from the original SuperCineColor elements along with rare Bud & Lou coming attraction trailers and film footage. Featuring a personal appearance and Q & A with Lou’s daughter Chris Costello, moderated by Bob Furmanek & Ron Palumbo (authors of “Abbott and Costello in Hollywood”), in cooperation with the Fort Lee Film Commission.

3:30 pm – DOCTOR X
(1932, directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Lionel Atwill & Fay Wray)
Presented in Warner Bros. vault print created from the two-color Technicolor materials.

7:15 pm – THE BIG PARADE
(1925, silent, directed by King Vidor, starring John Gilbert)
Presented in a new restored print from Warner Bros. with live accompaniment by John Baratta on the Lafayette Theatre’s Mighty Wurlitzer Theatre Pipe Organ.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13
1:30 pm – Bob Furmanek presents 3-D FOLLIES
A selection of unique and rare short subjects preserved by the 3-D Film Archive and introduced by 3-D film historian Bob Furmanek. Presented in the miracle of perfected polarized 3-D.

3:30 pm – A STAR IS BORN
(1937, directed by William A. Wellman, starring Fredric March and Janet Gaynor) Presented in a restored print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive created from the original 3-strip Technicolor negatives.

7:15 pm – Howard Hughes’ HELL’S ANGELS
(1930, directed by Howard Hughes, starring Jean Harlow)
Presented in its full-length original version – complete with color sequences – with a restored print courtesy of Universal Pictures.

More information at the website: http://www.bigscreenclassics.com/preservation.htm

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PeterApruzzese commented about Lafayette Theatre on Oct 18, 2005 at 11:22 am

Don’t forget the big HORRORTHON this weekend, October 22 & 23:

Universal horror, Hammer Horror, silent horror, modern horror, and House of Wax in double-system polarized 3-D!

See ya' there!

http://www.bigscreenclassics.com/horrorthon.htm

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PeterApruzzese commented about Film Forum on Oct 18, 2005 at 11:14 am

Vincent, Robert:

You should make it up to my shows at the Lafayette in Suffern. A Hollywood classic every Saturday and the big HorrorThon this weekend.

Pete Apruzzese
Director of Film Programming
Big Screen Classics at the Lafayette Theatre

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PeterApruzzese commented about Loew's Capitol Theatre on Sep 29, 2005 at 11:56 am

The producer/studio would not let him – via the budget – film Dr. Z in SuperPanavision, he certainly wanted to do it that way.

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PeterApruzzese commented about Heaven's Gate Memories And Theater Info on Aug 17, 2005 at 6:46 am

I was at the first show on what was (I think) the final day of the engagement at the Cinema One. The presentation was spectacular and the film was very good (contrary to the critics' opinions). The audience applauded at the end. The next day, Rex Reed’s column said that he was at that same showing and that the audience booed the film and walked out, both statements patently untrue. Pauline Kael was at that show also, sitting in the back row and drinking heavily from airplane-style booze bottles.

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PeterApruzzese commented about Sparta Theatre on Aug 10, 2005 at 9:20 am

JNZ – We have long-term leases at both locations. The landlord of the Sparta Theatre building wants to sell the property (and has been trying for some time), but that does not mean the theatre would close if that ever happens. The Newton Theatre building is not for sale as far as we know.

Mikey – Regarding the Hudson Street Cinemas, the location was never profitable – and never would be. We chose not to renew our lease and stayed there after it expired to allow time for the landlord to find another tenant and convert it to regular retail space.

Pete Apruzzese
Galaxy Theatre Corp.

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PeterApruzzese commented about Loew's Jersey Theatre on Aug 3, 2005 at 7:50 am

That’s been floated from time to time. The latest proponent of it is Mark Cuban, who owns the Landmark Theatres chain well as High Def satellite services and other things. It’s a foolish idea and most likely won’t happen with mainstream films, but for some of the lower-level art films it might happen.

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PeterApruzzese commented about IFC Center on Jul 29, 2005 at 5:59 am

jennifer fieber wrote: I had heard the new IFC theater edits it’s films for more convenient running times and tells patrons they can watch the full version on their televisions. Does anyone know if that is true?

This is not true.

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PeterApruzzese commented about Radio City Music Hall on Jul 13, 2005 at 7:51 am

Subtract payment to the film company (approx. 75%) and they’d be left with $436,590 – subtract payroll, utilities, taxes, etc. and I’d guess they’d lose money at the end of the week, especially since there is no way they’d sell out 4 shows a day with the current studio release patterns.

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PeterApruzzese commented about Lafayette Theatre on Jul 10, 2005 at 4:37 am

The Bergen Record has ads featuring the Lafayette. I’m going to put together some time over the remainder of the summer at the the Hackensack Library going through the microfilms.

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PeterApruzzese commented about Totowa Drive-In on Jul 7, 2005 at 8:37 am

My memory might be off, but I believe the entrance was on Route 46 Eastbound, across the highway from the where the Totowa Cinema was and right about where the “The Lantern” char-broil used to be.

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PeterApruzzese commented about Walter Reade Theater on Jul 6, 2005 at 8:34 am

Wow – that’s embarrasing! I wonder if the print came in too late to pre-screen or at least inspect before the show.

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PeterApruzzese commented about Rivoli Theatre on Jul 6, 2005 at 8:29 am

Huh? Most of Spielberg’s (note the correct spelling) movies have been scope. It’s just that most of his recent movies have been flat. – posted by Michael Coate on Jul 6, 2005 at 11:02am

23 films: 14 flat – 9 scope. He hasn’t used Panavision since 1991; Minority Report was Super 35 and so poorly photographed it wouldn’t matter if it was Cinerama.

War of the Worlds (2005) – FLAT
The Terminal (2004) – FLAT
Catch Me If You Can (2002) – FLAT
Minority Report (2002) – SCOPE (Super 35)
Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001) – FLAT
Saving Private Ryan – FLAT
Amistad (1997) – FLAT
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) – FLAT
Schindler’s List (1993) – FLAT
Jurassic Park (1993) – FLAT
Hook (1991) – SCOPE (Panavision)
Always (1989) – FLAT
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) – SCOPE (Panavision)
Empire of the Sun (1987) – FLAT
The Color Purple (1985) – FLAT
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom – SCOPE (Panavision)
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) – FLAT
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) – FLAT
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) – SCOPE (Panavision)
1941 (1979) – SCOPE (Panavision)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) – SCOPE (Panavision)
Jaws (1975) – SCOPE (Panavision)
The Sugarland Express (1974) – SCOPE (Panavision)

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PeterApruzzese commented about Cineplex Odeon Route 17 Triplex on Jul 3, 2005 at 4:27 am

Sadly, I was never in there when it was a single.

Small screen size is no deterrent to running 70mm, you just don’t get the same benefit of the large format image on a small screen, but you do get the 6-channel sound – which, in the pre-digital-sound days, was a big selling point.

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PeterApruzzese commented about Cineplex Odeon Route 17 Triplex on Jul 2, 2005 at 7:19 am

When it was twinned, they put a wall right down the middle – each side had orchestra and balcony seating. The auditoriums were then very narrow and the screens were on the small side if you wanted to sit in the rear. I know for certain that at least one side had 70mm capability.

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PeterApruzzese commented about Sparta Theatre on Jun 29, 2005 at 7:48 am

TC – Since the Big Screen Classics series at the Lafayette is on hiatus until September, one of my projects over the summer is to update all of the web pages for the Galaxy chain.

Pete Apruzzese
Galaxy Theatre Corp.

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PeterApruzzese commented about Sparta Theatre on Jun 28, 2005 at 5:27 pm

No, they are still part of the Galaxy Theatres chain.

Pete Apruzzese
Galaxy Theatre Corp.

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PeterApruzzese commented about Cinema 46 on Jun 27, 2005 at 8:33 am

Michael – it is a CompUSA store, but a lot of the building was changed so it’s not really recognizable as a theatre any longer.

The Totowa Cinema – ¼ mile up the road – is now an Office Max store and is similarly unrecognizable.

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PeterApruzzese commented about Cinema 46 on Jun 27, 2005 at 6:12 am

Yes, that’s where it was – I worked there as an assistant manager in 1982, the summer of Poltergeist in 70mm!

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PeterApruzzese commented about AMC Loews Paramus Route 4 Tenplex on Jun 21, 2005 at 3:55 am

It stays open until the construction is under way, same as the Tenplex. They continue to use the Triplex as a ‘move-over’ house with films from the Tenplex.

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PeterApruzzese commented about Valleyview Cinemas on Jun 13, 2005 at 9:48 am

RobertR:

The Little Cinema was actually located inside the Willowbrook Mall. I believe the Valleyview/Jerry Lewis was known as the “Ramapo Plaza Adult Cinema” during its x-rated run.

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PeterApruzzese commented about Valleyview Cinemas on Jun 13, 2005 at 9:46 am

This theatre has been part of the Galaxy Theatre Corp. since January 2001.