I so rearly run scope, it will be odd, lol.

So, you are telling me technicolor dosent distribute it? :-) Ignore that smile <g> I cant help but smile if TES dosent distribute it.

BTW, GWTW is _not_ a TES title. It will either come from ETS or (more likely) the "Warner Craft Vault." If it's the latter, then the print will likely be in excellent condition.

New Line Cinema
13 reels
Scope format with windowboxed 1.33 image
Dye transfer prints
SRD/SR/SDDS/DTS sound
ETS depot

Overture: Beginning of R1
Intermission: Last half of R6, first half of R7
End music: Last half of R13

The New Line logo appears only when the end music starts.

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"It's not the years honey, it's the amount of my life I have spent running GWTW". - Rhett Jones.

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13 reels, MGM/Warner Bros. The recent prints were dye-transfer Technicolor printed with the Academy frame squeezed within the scope image area. You run it with the scope lens and plate, but pull the masking in to Academy (assuming that you have side masking).
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Is this a first, how does it look ? Seems to me a better system than Academy frame within a 1.85 wide frame.

Why is it that dye-transfer prints always shed a lot ?

50 years in the trade and I’ve always wanted to project GWTW with changeovers! Well I darn well won’t make it now with my cinema closing soon!

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It's especially important that dye transfer prints be properly lubricated, ideally with edgewax per SMPTE Recommended Practice RP 151, which says in part:

"1 Scope
This practice recognizes that proper lubrication of
35-mm motion-picture prints is needed to promote
good projection performance. Proper lubrication will
result in improved steadiness, reduction of noise in
the projector gate, reduced perforation damage, and
increased projection life."

"3.1 edge waxing: The application of wax or
other lubricant to the area of the processed print
film that is outside the picture and sound track
area. On 35-mm film, lubrication is usually
applied to each edge, including the perforation
area and margin, using a suitable applicator
wheel. The high level of lubrication required by
35-mm prints usually requires edge waxing.
The lubricant and solvent used should have no
adverse effect on the film, and should be effective in
prolonging the projection life of the print."

"8 Properties of properly edge-waxed film
The dried wax deposit should be just visible as a haze
on both the emulsion and base side of the film. The
wax deposit should be only in the perforation and
margin area, and should not bleed into the picture or
sound track area. When wound with normal tension,
large rolls of film should not dish when handled, and
there should be no excessive build up of wax during
projection.

The effectiveness of the lubrication in prolonging projection
life should be evaluated by using the Film
Projection Life Test. Properly lubricated
prints should have at least twice the projection life of
unlubricated prints. Insufficient wax application will
give less than optimum performance."

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