Recent Quentin Tarantino movie "The Hateful Eight" has been shot on a film format that has not been used for decades. Since almost 50 years this is the first cinema theatre movie to be released in Ultra Panavision 70.
This is a ultra wide panoramic format with an aspect ratio of 2.76:1. Given the fact that respective film recording equipment as well as film projection setups were expensive this iconic format was not further used after the release of a few movies in the 1960's.
Now with the release of "The Hateful Eight" there is a roadshow across the US showing the movie in original projection format: http://screencrush.com/the-hateful-eight-70mm-roadshow-theaters-list/
To show this movie in theatres can be complicated. It involves gathering the old material for projection, making changes to screen and cinemas in order to match the ultra wide format:
http://www.npr.org/2015/12/25/461005635/old-school-projectionists-appreciate-hateful-eight-in-70-millimeter
Films shot in Ultra Panavision 70 are - according to Wikipedia:
This is a ultra wide panoramic format with an aspect ratio of 2.76:1. Given the fact that respective film recording equipment as well as film projection setups were expensive this iconic format was not further used after the release of a few movies in the 1960's.
Now with the release of "The Hateful Eight" there is a roadshow across the US showing the movie in original projection format: http://screencrush.com/the-hateful-eight-70mm-roadshow-theaters-list/
To show this movie in theatres can be complicated. It involves gathering the old material for projection, making changes to screen and cinemas in order to match the ultra wide format:
http://www.npr.org/2015/12/25/461005635/old-school-projectionists-appreciate-hateful-eight-in-70-millimeter
Films shot in Ultra Panavision 70 are - according to Wikipedia:
- How the West Was Won (1962) – selected scenes only in Ultra Panavision.
- Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) – credited as Ultra Panavision.
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) – filmed in Ultra Panavision. Also projected using the single-projector Cinerama system.
- The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) – credited as Ultra Panavision.
- The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) – filmed in Ultra Panavision. Also originally projected using the single-projector Cinerama system.
- The Hallelujah Trail (1965) – filmed in Ultra Panavision. Also originally projected using the single-projector Cinerama system.
- Battle of the Bulge (1965) – filmed in Ultra Panavision. Also originally projected using the single-projector Cinerama system.
- Khartoum (1966) – filmed in Ultra Panavision. Also originally projected using the single-projector Cinerama system.
- The Hateful Eight (2015) – Directed by Quentin Tarantino, first film shot in this process since Khartoum. Filmed in Ultra Panavision 70 and projected with the single-projector Cinerama system in selected cheaters.
Despite the digital dominance of todays visual entertainment industry there is still a number of cinematographic productions being shot on film. As mentioned above this is not Ultra Panavision 70 film, but for example on Kodak 35 mm film: http://motion.kodak.com/motion/customers/productions/default.htm
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