Ziegfeld Theatre
141 W. 54th Street,
New York,
NY
10019
141 W. 54th Street,
New York,
NY
10019
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That would probably be an expensive proposition, BobT. I believe special sub-woofers and amplifiers would have to be installed to recreate the Sensurround experience. And with only 4 titles to choose from (and who knows if decent prints exist for any of them), I don’t see it happening. Megasound from Warner Brothers fared a bit better artistically, with “Outland” and “Altered States” – I wonder if the two systems are compatible?
70mm is nice for a clearer picture, but the image here will be the same size, whether 35mm or 70mm.
And there’s this special one-night engagement of a Pearl Jam concert video on September 25th, again via Digital Projection.
As for “Porgy and Bess,” no word on whether 35mm or 70mm, but the phrase “rolled through a projector” is used in Clearview’s webpage description. I’m guessing if this were a 70mm engagement, it would be played up pretty big in the write-up.
This is great news. Now is this the old 2K projection or a will they employ the newer 4K one? Either way, it looks I’ll be trekking up to NYC sometime during its run.
Seems that “Blade Runner” will be a Digital Presentation, per Clearview’s webpage on the engagement. Also looks like it’ll be a two-week engagement from October 5th through October 18th. Advance tickets (general admission) are available now.
Just got an online ticket for Wednesday night. Thanks, Peter!
Whether in 70mm or 35mm, it should still be a great show.
re: P&B. Has anyone ascertained if this is, indeed, a 70mm print?, not that I’ve got my fingers crossed.
Porgy and Bess" WILL BE SHOWING ON THE Ziegfeld’s BIG SCREEN Next Wed and Thursday (Sept 26th and 27th) Times for Wed 8:00pm Thursday 11:00am,2,5 and 8 pm.
No schedule for Friday the 28yh yet.
IFA: Just Say No.
Saps, you’re hilarious! I have a good idea what might be on top of the list of phrases “IFA” might be an acronym for! It seems IFA might have written his rant in his native tongue and then used an online translation servce for that idiom-challenged post.
I called The Zig today and spoke to a REAL PERSON! They said the theatre is CLOSED until next week or the week after.
When they re-open they will be showing Blade Runner!
On the issue of newspaper ads, demographic studies are showing that the core movie audience (15-25 year olds) no longer read newspapers. Many recent exploitation and ethnic films have not bothered to place ad in the NYT at all. The consistent appearance of directory ads for the specialty theatres goes along with their over 30 demo.
Teenagers often use their cell phones or computers to get showtimes.
As for IFA, I suspect that Yoda he might be.
LOL!
IFA comes here and shills for his beloved War and Peace (soon to be screening at one of the smallest screens in New York,) and then comes back to mock us in his barely-translated gibberish. At the risk of starting a flame war, I can think of several Anglo-Saxon things that the letters IFA must stand for.
Simon, The Ziegfeld has no waterfall curtain. Only two travelers. The main curtain matches the side pieces, and the title curtain is white, unfortunately the latest title curtain is much too sheer. The original title curtain, was only sheer enought to project a picture through, and still appeared solid under normal contitions. This new one reveals exactly what is behind it, which makes its use for an overture less effective.
Sorry, sorry, sorry… my Sept 8th comments were uncalled for. I feel the facade should warrant a similar appearance as to the lobby and auditorium and not the plain looks it has now.
Inside is quite lovely and thanks to Howard B Hass for the excellent photos… I do hope they use the waterfall curtain! -Simon
I find it very irritating that many studios' newspapers ads in the local papers don’t list the individual theaters anymore — they simply say “check local listings,” like they do in the national editions. Why should I do the distributors' work and look in the movie clock (which isn’t in all papers) or look on line?
I want to look at the ad, look at the bottom for the theater listings, and for Manhattan listings I want to see the times. Is that really too much to ask?
Actually, if the theaters aren’t listed in an ad, then I am less likely to the see that movie. To save a little time or money, they are shooting themselves in the foot.
a large % now get the times on line they dont print them mid week….
Maybe he was ashamed that he lip-synced a role that should have gone to a singing actor.
Robert Osborne mentioned that in the Hollywood Reporter:
“The movie ran 30 weeks at the Warner, then played dates around the U.S., but thereafter, except for a few TV airings in the 1970s, it virtually disappeared. Goldwyn’s rights expired after 15 years; despite attempts to renew them, the Gershwin estate turned a deaf ear, and "Porgy” has been sitting in a vault ever since. (It also was said that Poitier and others preferred that it disappear.)"
I read a while ago that Sidney Poitier did not like this film at all. Can someone confirm this?
JSA
Bosley Crowther didn’t think so, as indicated in his review posted above on 8/14/07 and excerpted here:
“The great values in this lyric drama of the Negro residents of Catfish Row, an old slum quarter in Charleston, S. C., are colorfulness, vitality and the eloquence in the music that expresses its characters' joys and sorrows. These are the essential values that are handsomely and throbbingly put forth in this film, which opened last night at the Warner Theatre for a road-show run.”
I last saw it the same time you did, Ed. I mostly remember Sammy Davis Jr.’s scenes. But it was on a black and white TV, which is why I was so looking forward to seeing it right, at the Ziegfeld.
That should be a question mark at the end of my last post, obviously. I haven’t seen “Porgy and Bess” since it was on network TV back in the ‘70’s. I was very young at the time and much of the film probably went over my head, but I remember being quite entertained by it. My memories of the film’s content, however, are quite dim.