I didn't care much for his politics but let us put that aside as we
remember the king of large format movies.

The Far Horizons (1955) VistaVision
The Ten Commandments (1956) VistaVision
Three Violent People (1956) VistaVision
The Buccaneer (1958) VistaVision
The Big Country (1958) Technirama
Ben-Hur (1959) MGM Camera 65 (Ultra Panavision 70)
El Cid (1961) Super Technirama 70
55 Days at Peking (1963) Super Technirama 70
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) Ultra Panavision 70 / Cinerama
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) Todd AO
Khartoum (1966) Ultra Panavision 70 / Cinerama

Special mentions for two 70mm blowups (there were others) on account of
their use of the Sensurround process:

Earthquake (1974)
Midway (1976)

I didn't care much for his politics but let us put that aside as we
remember the king of large format movies.

What I liked best about him was when I finally got to meet him in 2000
or 2001, and he was the most gracious celebrity that I'd ever met.
Charlton Heston was also a generous benefactor for many worthy
charities.

In article <MPG.22655ede24e33d849896b9@newsgroups.comcast.net>,
Martin Hart <oldtornperf@nospam.net> wrote:

What I liked best about him was when I finally got to meet him in 2000
or 2001, and he was the most gracious celebrity that I'd ever met.
Charlton Heston was also a generous benefactor for many worthy
charities.

I saw him introduce Ben Hur at the Technicolor Festival in 2000 at
the Egyptian Theatre. He seemed like a good person, and gave a
great introduction.

--
Scott Norwood: snorwood@nyx.net, snorwood@redballoon.net
Cool Home Page: http://www.redballoon.net/
Lame Quote: Penguins? In Snack Canyon?

Special mentions for two 70mm blowups (there were others) on account of
their use of the Sensurround process:

Earthquake (1974)
Midway (1976)

veyoung1...@gmail.com> wrote in message


Wasn't the target for the 70mm prints Japan, IIRC from the AC article?
Anyone have access to Japanese newspapers to see if their ads made mention
of 70mm?  I'd like to think we are are global newsgroup.

Special mentions for two 70mm blowups (there were others) on account of
their use of the Sensurround process:

Earthquake (1974)
Midway (1976)

Steve, I wanted to take this section off-line since I'm interested in
the above. I have, of course, the long "American Cinematographer"
article from 197x about Sensurround and 70mm prints, but have been
chatting with Michael Coate and we can't find any evidence of any
(USA) prints, at least of "Earthquake." D. J. Sherlock in his
"corrections" to Dr. Hayes' widescreen book a while back states pretty
much the same thing. I know that the newsprint ads for the openings in
New York and Philadelphia did not specify "in 70mm." Thanks, Vince.


Wasn't the target for the 70mm prints Japan, IIRC from the AC article?
Anyone have access to Japanese newspapers to see if their ads made mention
of 70mm? I'd like to think we are are global newsgroup.


All I can add is this: Earthquake was projected in 70mm and

Steve, I wanted to take this section off-line since I'm interested in
the above. I have, of course, the long "American Cinematographer"
article from 197x about Sensurround and 70mm prints

He will be missed.

also Hamlet (1996) Panavision Super 70
Of all the star cameos in Hamlet, his was one of the few that worked. I

In article <MPG.22655ede24e33d84989...@newsgroups.comcast.net>,
Martin Hart  <oldtornp...@nospam.net> wrote:
.

I saw him introduce Ben Hur at the Technicolor Festival in 2000 at
the Egyptian Theatre.  He seemed like a good person, and gave a
great introduction.

---In Frayling's 'Sergio Leone : something to do with death', he
mentions that Leone told him that while he was one of the ADs on the
'Ben Hur' chariot race, Wyler redid a shot for 'The Big Country' of
Heston laying on the ground after a fight.
Wyler was never happy with the shot and wanted to correct it. 'The
Big Country' was already finished and in theatres.