and that’s the one aspect where 4K is supposed to excel at, non-pixelation on very large screens – they should be at this point be making systems that can be implemented onto screens between 55 – 80 feet. If a digital system can ever be utilized or installed on DC’s Uptown’s 75ft screen, a 4K Sony system would be the most ideal.
for the 11am show (on Friday the 27th) there were five people (including me) and mind you there was a 9am before that. I don’t know the numbers but I’d be curious to know how the AMC pre-noon cheapest tix are selling – I’d think more would want to be the least amount of money on movies now.
I’m curious to see the numbers for the Jonas Brothers 3D Concert Experience film – I don’t think alot of folk are willing to pony up to the Disney tix price of 15 bucks.
“The DVD of the Todd-AO version of "Oklahoma” came out all blurry for some reason. I’M SURPRISED THE RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN ORGANIZATION LET THAT GET RELEASED. I’m hoping for a corrected Blu-Ray edition sometime in the future.“ – Bill Huelbig
yes it’s appalling bad. I can’t wait to see the bluray release of ‘South Pacific’ Would also love to see how the Cinemascope 55 films, ‘The King and I’ and ‘Carousel’ will look in hidef.
“One thing about current advertising that I absolutely detest is the way they will have an ad for a movie but no longer list where the movie is showing. You have to call a number or check the internet. I remember back, in the day, when they had format listings; Dolby Digital, DTS, DLP and even a 70mm marqueed box to denote those extra special presentations.”
I cant stand that either, but even info at the actual theatres have become a tad non-informative. I was at Reston yesterday and I noted that the Reston theatre marquee denoted everything as being Dolby Digital, is nothing being released in 6.1 Dolby Digital EX anymore (I saw/heard ‘Toy Story 2 there as such, wow!) DC’s only 8-channel SDDS system was only at Union Station – I assume it’s no longer there. SDDS was briefly at the Avalon for 'Das Boot’. Gallery Place I thought had at least one auditorium with Dolby Digital EX sound (?). For some of us, who want this type of information on choosing which theatre to see/hear a movie, becomes near difficult at times.
what’s unfortunate about the DC film scene, was that DC was one of only a few cities, that was featured in Variety, and got foreign/independent films listed alongside New York City and Los Angeles. DC was one of THE top film markets in the 70/80’s when it came to film releasing. As of now, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco have all superceded DC as a key market for movie distribution.
question: when it was a single screen how large was the screen? I remember being quite impressed, not only with ‘Baraka’, but with Disney’s ‘Hunchback of Notre Dame’
just a question – no intended harm. I used to keep all the Weekend Post film Sections back from the mid eighties, and clipped all the horror movie ads, sadly I clipped off the theatre info, of the one’s I saved, it’s also interesting to see the theatre guide and what played where on the back of what I clipped out.
Since I have lived in the Tenleytown area most of my life, it was the best since alot of the theatres were in walking distance, The Tenley, The Jenifer, Outer Circle, KB Studio, 4000 Wisconsin, Mazza, The Cinema, sadly, Mazza the only one’s that left now. :(
I could have sworn I saw Superman in 70mm at the Uptown but according to this post it’s 70mm engagement was at the Embassy:
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Rich37…
I’m not sure. I only have a partial list of where the “Superman” 70mm prints were booked.
Belleville, IL â€" BAC CINEMA
Bloomington, MN â€" SOUTHTOWN
Boston, MA â€" CINEMA 57
Chicago, IL â€" ESQUIRE
Costa Mesa, CA â€" SOUTH COAST PLAZA
Los Angeles, CA â€" CHINESE
Los Angeles, CA â€" NATIONAL
Los Angeles, CA â€" WARNER CENTER
New York, NY â€" ASTOR PLAZA
New York, NY â€" MURRAY HILL
New York, NY â€" ORPHEUM
Northbrook, IL â€" EDENS
Oak Brook, IL â€" OAKBROOK
San Diego, CA â€" CINEMA 21
San Francisco, CA â€" NORTHPOINT
San Jose, CA â€" TOWN & COUNTRY
Schaumburg, IL â€" WOODFIELD
Washington, DC â€" EMBASSY CIRCLE
posted by Michael Coate on Dec 15, 2008 am31 11:14am
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wow, my memory is going, I know that I saw ‘Baraka’ at the Embassy and I assume it was likewise in it’s native 70mm resolution. Would be very curious to know what else was presented in 70mm at the Embassy.
I just read that Warner Bros. will actually begin releasing all their movies in 4K for the few Sony digital projection systems that are in the market, if this is the case, and as I mentioned before, maybe AMC should redirect their effort, time and money to Sony’s 4K systems for technology that is superior to IMAX-“2K”-Digital.
For this year’s Oscar Nominated (Live Action/Animation) Showcase, they moved it from auditorium #1 to #3. For once it’s properly framed, since the DP system was off to the side and created a slight off centre image on auditorium #1 (oddly this wasn’t a problem when they presented ‘Bubble’). While the screen is not as large as #1, the image is still great. I know that movies tend to rotate alot from screen to screen at E Street, but it would be great to see an actual full length movie in digital projection (for awhile E. Street was getting some pretty shoddy looking 35mm prints. ‘There Will Be Blood’ was a disaster, in that one of the reel changes was flipped upside down AND going backwards) ‘Che’ would have been ideal to see since it was actually shot with 4K cameras.
I have to say even though the theatres are nice, the clientele aren’t. The last movie I saw there; 2005’s ‘Exorcism of Emily Rose’ was my last, to say the teenagers were extremely rude and disruptive is an understatement – a near melee almost ensued when several audience members got sick and tired of some kids that wouldn’t shut up, expletives were said and it got somewhat ugly.
and in terms of ‘Best Sound’ the Academy overlooked two of the best mixes I heard/experienced in the theatre: ‘Incredible Hulk’ and ‘Prince Caspian’ Personally I thought ‘Benjamin Button’ was pretty mediocre, not Fincher’s best by a long shot.
oh, now I know why AMC/Regal promised mass conversion to digital projection came to a screeching halt. As far as AMC is concerned they are more interested in converting screens to mini-IMAX specs than with standard DLP, let alone REAL-D (3D).
the only two studios so far that are releasing 4K ‘films’ are Warner Bros. and of course select films from Sony.
oops the Uptown screen is 70ft for scope films, not 75 (maybe for 2.55 AR films)
and that’s the one aspect where 4K is supposed to excel at, non-pixelation on very large screens – they should be at this point be making systems that can be implemented onto screens between 55 – 80 feet. If a digital system can ever be utilized or installed on DC’s Uptown’s 75ft screen, a 4K Sony system would be the most ideal.
for the 11am show (on Friday the 27th) there were five people (including me) and mind you there was a 9am before that. I don’t know the numbers but I’d be curious to know how the AMC pre-noon cheapest tix are selling – I’d think more would want to be the least amount of money on movies now.
I’m curious to see the numbers for the Jonas Brothers 3D Concert Experience film – I don’t think alot of folk are willing to pony up to the Disney tix price of 15 bucks.
this was to defray the need to purchase Texas Instruments 3D DLP units at the theatres that featured all Sony units (i.e, Muvico Rosemont)
maybe now they could restart that promised nationwide DLP conversion of more theatres in their chain.
“The DVD of the Todd-AO version of "Oklahoma” came out all blurry for some reason. I’M SURPRISED THE RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN ORGANIZATION LET THAT GET RELEASED. I’m hoping for a corrected Blu-Ray edition sometime in the future.“ – Bill Huelbig
yes it’s appalling bad. I can’t wait to see the bluray release of ‘South Pacific’ Would also love to see how the Cinemascope 55 films, ‘The King and I’ and ‘Carousel’ will look in hidef.
personally I think people should sue the video companies that don’t add Closed Captioning on DVD’s
according to Fandango, the theatre’s debuting it’s 3D system this Friday with the Jonas Brother’s Concert film.
“One thing about current advertising that I absolutely detest is the way they will have an ad for a movie but no longer list where the movie is showing. You have to call a number or check the internet. I remember back, in the day, when they had format listings; Dolby Digital, DTS, DLP and even a 70mm marqueed box to denote those extra special presentations.”
I cant stand that either, but even info at the actual theatres have become a tad non-informative. I was at Reston yesterday and I noted that the Reston theatre marquee denoted everything as being Dolby Digital, is nothing being released in 6.1 Dolby Digital EX anymore (I saw/heard ‘Toy Story 2 there as such, wow!) DC’s only 8-channel SDDS system was only at Union Station – I assume it’s no longer there. SDDS was briefly at the Avalon for 'Das Boot’. Gallery Place I thought had at least one auditorium with Dolby Digital EX sound (?). For some of us, who want this type of information on choosing which theatre to see/hear a movie, becomes near difficult at times.
what’s unfortunate about the DC film scene, was that DC was one of only a few cities, that was featured in Variety, and got foreign/independent films listed alongside New York City and Los Angeles. DC was one of THE top film markets in the 70/80’s when it came to film releasing. As of now, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco have all superceded DC as a key market for movie distribution.
as I recall I think I saw ‘Robocop’ there as well.
question: when it was a single screen how large was the screen? I remember being quite impressed, not only with ‘Baraka’, but with Disney’s ‘Hunchback of Notre Dame’
I really wish the Embassy WOULD reopen, I rarely go to Dupont any longer, since the movies have all left that neighborhood.
just a question – no intended harm. I used to keep all the Weekend Post film Sections back from the mid eighties, and clipped all the horror movie ads, sadly I clipped off the theatre info, of the one’s I saved, it’s also interesting to see the theatre guide and what played where on the back of what I clipped out.
Since I have lived in the Tenleytown area most of my life, it was the best since alot of the theatres were in walking distance, The Tenley, The Jenifer, Outer Circle, KB Studio, 4000 Wisconsin, Mazza, The Cinema, sadly, Mazza the only one’s that left now. :(
“Haven’t all those titles been shown on HDNet? I would also take newly struck 35mm prints over old HD transfers.
posted by Kram Sacul on Feb 13, 2009 pm28 4:00pm"
yes they were, but why do you think they are ‘old’ HD transfers?
but was the Jenifer Cinema engagement in 70mm?
I could have sworn I saw Superman in 70mm at the Uptown but according to this post it’s 70mm engagement was at the Embassy:
~
Rich37…
I’m not sure. I only have a partial list of where the “Superman” 70mm prints were booked.
Belleville, IL â€" BAC CINEMA
Bloomington, MN â€" SOUTHTOWN
Boston, MA â€" CINEMA 57
Chicago, IL â€" ESQUIRE
Costa Mesa, CA â€" SOUTH COAST PLAZA
Los Angeles, CA â€" CHINESE
Los Angeles, CA â€" NATIONAL
Los Angeles, CA â€" WARNER CENTER
New York, NY â€" ASTOR PLAZA
New York, NY â€" MURRAY HILL
New York, NY â€" ORPHEUM
Northbrook, IL â€" EDENS
Oak Brook, IL â€" OAKBROOK
San Diego, CA â€" CINEMA 21
San Francisco, CA â€" NORTHPOINT
San Jose, CA â€" TOWN & COUNTRY
Schaumburg, IL â€" WOODFIELD
Washington, DC â€" EMBASSY CIRCLE
posted by Michael Coate on Dec 15, 2008 am31 11:14am
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wow, my memory is going, I know that I saw ‘Baraka’ at the Embassy and I assume it was likewise in it’s native 70mm resolution. Would be very curious to know what else was presented in 70mm at the Embassy.
I just read that Warner Bros. will actually begin releasing all their movies in 4K for the few Sony digital projection systems that are in the market, if this is the case, and as I mentioned before, maybe AMC should redirect their effort, time and money to Sony’s 4K systems for technology that is superior to IMAX-“2K”-Digital.
and for the record the stadium seating auditoriums are not 7 and 8, but 1 and 4
For this year’s Oscar Nominated (Live Action/Animation) Showcase, they moved it from auditorium #1 to #3. For once it’s properly framed, since the DP system was off to the side and created a slight off centre image on auditorium #1 (oddly this wasn’t a problem when they presented ‘Bubble’). While the screen is not as large as #1, the image is still great. I know that movies tend to rotate alot from screen to screen at E Street, but it would be great to see an actual full length movie in digital projection (for awhile E. Street was getting some pretty shoddy looking 35mm prints. ‘There Will Be Blood’ was a disaster, in that one of the reel changes was flipped upside down AND going backwards) ‘Che’ would have been ideal to see since it was actually shot with 4K cameras.
I have to say even though the theatres are nice, the clientele aren’t. The last movie I saw there; 2005’s ‘Exorcism of Emily Rose’ was my last, to say the teenagers were extremely rude and disruptive is an understatement – a near melee almost ensued when several audience members got sick and tired of some kids that wouldn’t shut up, expletives were said and it got somewhat ugly.
and in terms of ‘Best Sound’ the Academy overlooked two of the best mixes I heard/experienced in the theatre: ‘Incredible Hulk’ and ‘Prince Caspian’ Personally I thought ‘Benjamin Button’ was pretty mediocre, not Fincher’s best by a long shot.
oh, now I know why AMC/Regal promised mass conversion to digital projection came to a screeching halt. As far as AMC is concerned they are more interested in converting screens to mini-IMAX specs than with standard DLP, let alone REAL-D (3D).