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Joe Cornick
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From: Sussex, United Kingdom
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 - posted 06-24-2019 04:57 AM      Profile for Joe Cornick   Email Joe Cornick   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Does anyone know of any 35mm prints of the 1966 film Grand Prix by MGM. Both Park Circus and the BFI don't hold it.

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Marcel Birgelen
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 - posted 06-24-2019 05:57 AM      Profile for Marcel Birgelen   Email Marcel Birgelen   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
I've actually ran the Blu-Ray converted to DCP of this title. It features a DTS 5.1 soundtrack, which was upmixed from the original mono soundtrack which isn't all that bad at all. They don't mess too much with the dialogue, but added a bunch of panning motor sound effects and made good use of the LFE track. If you don't want the remixed soundtrack, the original mono track is also on the Blu-Ray.

The image also was pretty good, probably better than any remaining 35mm print of the feature.

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Allan Young
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quote: Marcel Birgelen
It features a DTS 5.1 soundtrack, which was upmixed from the original mono soundtrack which isn't all that bad at all.
Surely they'd have created the 5.1 mix from the 70mm six-track soundtrack (which is still one of the best I've ever heard)?

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Marcel Birgelen
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I've been told it is essentially a new mix, as it uses the left and right surrounds. They might obviously have used the 6-track magnetic mix as part of the source for parts of the new mix.

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Mitchell Dvoskin
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Yes, there are 35mm prints of Grand Prix here in the USA that escaped into the wild. Both domestic prints with faded Eastman Color and British IB Tech prints. I have never owned one, but years ago I saw one of the British IB's. It was spectacular.

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