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Comment on Adlabs Expands In Mumbai by sunil

sunil — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 02:45:43 +0000

i want a plan of the thetre for case study

Comment on Plug for Swedish exploitation weekend by Ian Christe

Ian Christe — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:15:20 +0000

Rats, I was hoping this would lead to a touring festival — a barge sailing the world with Christina Lindberg and ten tons of old Swedish movies.

Has anybody ever written a good English-language guide to Swedish sensational cinema?

Comment on Will digitization lead to cine-carnage in UK? by DCineGuy

DCineGuy — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:24:04 +0000

Clearly a case for the magic of Alternative Content. A good package of affordable non-DCI equipment, a deal to get concerts and other entertainment (or even non-entertainment)…I venture to say that an Art House or out of the way venue could actually do better, not stuck to the “same ol’ thing.”

Comment on DCIP Reaches VPF Agreement With Fox by Beth Krolik

Beth Krolik — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:11:38 +0000

Here at 3ality Digital, we’re delighted about this agreement, because it will dramatically expand the universe of 3D-enabled theaters over the next few years. And that means more audiences for films made with our groundbreaking technology. Our first film, “U2 3D,” shot on the band’s Vertigo tour and released last February, was lauded as “a technical achievement” and “a work of art” by the New York Times, and pronounced “even better than the real thing” by USA Today. We look forward to being able to bring these kinds of films to a dramatically wider audience: they deserve it!

Comment on National Amusements Shutters Three Theatres by J. Sperling Reich

J. Sperling Reich — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:38:57 +0000

James, thanks for your informative updates. Should have remembered that Gulf + Western owned Paramount until 1970’s and 1980’s.

I appreciate your filling in some of the details in this post. We could only go off of what we found online which obviously, as in the case of “Love Story” wasn’t accurate. I’ve made some changes to the post based on your input.

Most importantly, thank you so much for posting a comment. Your first hand account of working at the Circle is priceless and truly adds to the post. It’s a shame the theatre was destroyed through multiplexing. It wasn’t the first theatre to have this happen and more than likely won’t be the last.

Comment on National Amusements Shutters Three Theatres by james bodge

james bodge — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:47:43 +0000

Redstone didn’t “own” Paramount Pictures till the 1980s. During the Circle Cinemas “glory decade”,from 1965-76, Redstone had enormous influence due to the large number of theatres he operated and booked. The Circle also played a lot of films from Fox and Columbia.

LOVE STORY played six months; not a year; from Christmas, 1970 to June,1971. I was Assistant Manager at the time. Later I was the manager. Other films played similar long runs during that period, such as CATCH-22, PATTON, THE WAY WE WERE, THE GREAT GATSBY, CHINATOWN.

The renovation into a twin cinema, later a triple and finally 7 screens destroyed the Circle as a classy place to see a movie. The auditoriums were small, the screens tiny, and the whole feeling become one of cramming too much into too small a space. I was glad to have moved on before it happened.

Comment on Universal and Disney Close To VPF Deal With DCIP by celluloidjunkie.com » AccessIT Signs VPF Deal With Overture Films

celluloidjunkie.com » AccessIT Signs VPF Deal With Overture Films — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:23:30 +0000

[...] it comes to virtual print fees all the talk lately has been about which studios have signed with Digital Cinema Implementation Partners, however there [...]

Comment on DCIP Reaches VPF Agreement With Fox by celluloidjunkie.com » Universal and Disney Close To VPF Deal With DCIP

celluloidjunkie.com » Universal and Disney Close To VPF Deal With DCIP — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 06:07:04 +0000

[...] DCIP had reached a VPF deal with Twentieth Century Fox, though the studio has never confirmed the news. The signing of four studios is a crucial [...]

Comment on Rumour mill: Technicolor loses a studio while Arts Alliance gains one by celluloidjunkie.com » Blog Archive » Technicolor’s Miniscule D-Cinema Sign Up Is Still Poke In The Eye For AccessIT

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:35:28 +0000

[...] and accusations must surely be raised from Thomson that they took their eyes off the ball in losing the Disney print and lab contract while testing away digital cinema and having at best mixed results with Screenvision’s [...]

Comment on French Cinema Converted To Digital Cause by celluloidjunkie.com » Blog Archive » Sony Is Officially Fourth Euro VPF Studio

celluloidjunkie.com » Blog Archive » Sony Is Officially Fourth Euro VPF Studio — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:23:06 +0000

[...] European virtual print fee (VPF) based digital cinema deployment deal, that has so far found one cinema taker in France. The write up in the Hollywood Reporter is cagey on which territories will be part of this deal: [...]