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Claude S. Ayakawa
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posted 09-02-2002 03:00 AM

Movies about the American civil war has been a favorite of mine and "GLORY" and "GETTYSBURG" are considered two of the best in my opinion.
I learned that the prequel to "GETTYSBURG" was just finishing post production work and was going to be released this month (September). Can anyone confirm this? By the Way, what is the title of the movie and who is releasing it?

-Claude

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Mike Schindler
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posted 09-02-2002 03:14 AM

The name of the film is GODS AND GENERALS. According to the IMDB, the release date is now 12/27. Warner Bros. is releasing it. It's also worth noting that Ronald F. Maxwell, the writer and director of GETTYSBURG, has returned to do the same on this one. I also seem to remember hearing somewhere that his next project is the GETTYSBURG sequel, THE LAST FULL MEASURE, which will supposedly be released next year.

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Scott Norwood
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posted 09-02-2002 04:18 PM

Will there be 70mm prints of this? There were for Gettysburg....

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Claude S. Ayakawa
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posted 09-02-2002 05:45 PM

Hi Scott,

Sorry to say but it will only be a 35mm release. Since the film will be released by Warner Brothers it will have all three digital soundtracks. If my memory is correct, "GETTYSBURG" was released by New Line Cinema in 35mm with a DTS track only and the 70mm print was in DTS as well as six track magnetic. The reason I know the 70mm print had a six track mag soundtrack was due to the picture playing at the Cinerama here in Honolulu in the large format and this theatre was set up for SDDS digital and analogue Dolby Stereo only. The sound was awesome even if it was analogue six track stereo.

-Claude

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Gordon McLeod
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posted 09-02-2002 05:54 PM

A properly recorded 70mm mag with SR will outperform any current digital system

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Bobby Henderson
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posted 09-02-2002 07:56 PM

"Gettysburg" didn't have any 70mm DTS prints. The 70mm prints shown were in Dolby Mag (Format 43 I think). In fact, when the film was released in 1993, the 70mm DTS system had not yet been developed.

"My Fair Lady" was the first film to have a theatrical 5/70 DTS test reel made. The restored "Vertigo" was the first 70mm DTS theatrical release. Lots of DTS 70mm special venue shows have been made.

Dolby SR magnetic is indeed superior to 16-bit digital systems like Dolby Digital, DTS and even standard CD quality 16-bit LCPM. Dolby SR mag has +/-22db of headroom versus the +/-20db of 16-bit digital.

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Dick Vaughan
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posted 09-03-2002 03:18 AM

Independence Day had a 70mm DTS print made which I think predated the Vertigo release . We screened it here in Bradford in March 1997 along with Vertigo DTS 70 and the restored My Fair Lady in 70mm mag.

WE needed two 70mm DTS readers as the code printed on the ID4 print was slightly offset from the now standard position as used on Vertigo.

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