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Topic: Tomb Raider aka Mary's Story - Working Print

Paul Konen
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posted 05-31-2001 01:28 PM

*** Work in Progress Print ***

Reels: 5
Format: Flat
Sound: SRD
Dist: Paramount
Depot: ETS

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Paul Konen
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posted 06-01-2001 03:28 AM

This print is actually scope but was printed in FLAT format.

This was evident as the studio logos were not centered on the screen but offset to the left.

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John Pytlak
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posted 06-01-2001 08:55 AM

Were you screening a "Super-35" workprint? Or perhaps a pre-screening print (with optical sound) contact printed from a "Super 35" negative? What sound format(s)?

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Paul Konen
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posted 06-01-2001 11:37 AM

I don't know if I could tell you that.

They just said that it was printed in flat format, yet production release is scope.

Only soundtracks were ANALOG / SRD.

Paul.

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John Pytlak
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posted 06-01-2001 01:39 PM

I think you were showing a contact print made from the original "Super-35" negative, which would account for the non-anamorphic image and the offset of the image to the left. The next step would be to use an optical printer to make the "squeezed" anamorphic dupe negatives used for release printing. They likely are holding off on that step until they are sure of the final editing based on the pre-screenings.

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Brad Miller
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posted 06-02-2001 03:34 PM

Paul,

Since you have top masking (at least I "think" you do), did you cut a special plate and set the masking for scope to present this? Were there printed black bars?

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Paul Konen
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posted 06-04-2001 01:24 AM

No special plates were made or anything.

It was presented in Flat Format. Flat lense, Flat masking.

That's it.

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John Wilson
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posted 06-04-2001 08:29 PM

That's pretty flat...

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Mike Jones
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posted 06-05-2001 06:28 PM

Is there an official running time for Tomb Raider?

Thanks

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Christopher Duvall
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posted 06-06-2001 06:17 PM

We have our bookings already and the time given us was 96 minutes without trailers. Pretty short if you ask me...

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Evans A Criswell
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posted 06-14-2001 09:19 AM

So, what is the final word on the format (flat/scope) of the final theatrical release prints of this movie?

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Brad Miller
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posted 06-14-2001 01:17 PM

The finished prints are scope.
SRD/DTS/SDDS (amazing Paramount printed in SDDS)
ETS depot
6 reels (last one is only the credits)

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