Re: [MOPO] Titanic director: digital cinema will save biz
The more things change, the more they stay the same. What is this, the third or fourth time since the 1950's that 3Dhas been touted as the magic bullet that is going to save thetheaters? When will they learn that it is *really good movies*which generateword-of-mouth, must-seeexcitement that is genuine and not artificially stimulated by hundreds of millions of PR dollars that will bring the audiences back to the theaters? Good films are the ticket, not gimmicks. I mean, look at what they talking about putting out as the opening salvo in this brave new 3D world --a bunch of frickin' re-releases! Right. That will do the trick. The theater owners can breath a sigh of relief now... I've always loved the idea of 3D, but they've never managed to get rid of those stupid glasses and until they do, ferget aboud it. Oh yeah, making the theater seats more comfortable andarranging itso that the auditoriums don't smell and the sound from the film next door doesn't blast through into your viewing environment would also help. And cheaper prices for drinks and popcorn. And... did I mention it would also help to offer good movies that are actually worth dealing with traffic, paying the price of a DVD for two first tickets and sitting through a half-hour of commercials before the film even starts? On the other hand, I do agree that this idea of simultaneous release to theater and DVD is imbecilic. That will just turn *everything* into a made for TV movie. We're almost there now, as far as quality of content goes,but at least they are still trying to pretend that first run movies are something different than standard TV fare. With simultaneous release, there will no longer even be the fading illusion of cachet attached to theater going. -- JR - Original Message - From: Kirby McDaniel To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 3:04 Subject: Re: [MOPO] "Titanic" director: digital cinema will save biz Bravo. Kirby McDaniel www.movieart.net On Apr 24, 2006, at 11:07 PM, David Lieberman wrote: "Titanic" director: digital cinema will save biz By Sheigh Crabtree Mon Apr 24, 6:49 AM ET LAS VEGAS (Hollywood Reporter) - "Titanic" director James Cameron, warning that Hollywood is "in a fight for survival," wants the movie industry to offer films in digital 3-D to counteract declining sales and rampant piracy. "Maybe we just need to fight back harder, come out blazing, not wither away and die," Cameron said during his keynote address Sunday at the National Association of Broadcasters' Digital Cinema Summit. "D-cinema can do it, for a number of reasons, but because d-cinema is an enabling technology for 3-D. Digital 3-D is a revolutionary form of showmanship that is within our grasp. It can get people off their butts and away from their portable devices and get people back in the theaters where they belong." Cameron also took the occasion of the world's largest annual film and broadcast technology trade show at the Las Vegas Convention Center to fire a few shots across the bow of the controversial practice of simultaneous movie and video releasing being promoted by entrepreneur Mark Cuban and "Bubble" director Steven Soderbergh, among others. "We're so scared of piracy right now that we're ready to pimp out our mothers," Cameron said. "This whole day-and-date DVD release nonsense? Here's an answer: (Digital cinema is) one of the strongest reasons I've been pushing 3-D for the past few years because it offers a powerful experience which you can only have in the movie theater." The director of the highest-grossing film of all time in nominal terms at $1.8 billion worldwide said he is considering a rerelease of 1997's "Titanic" in digital 3-D just as Peter Jackson is planning at some point for "King Kong" and, possibly, his "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. George Lucas also plans to rerelease his original "Star Wars" in 3-D timed to the space opera's 30th anniversary next year. With filmmakers and exhibitors united behind the idea of enhanced cinema experiences, Cameron predicted that studios would become even more focused on both releasing new titles and rereleasing classics in 3-D digital cinema. "We will reach a point in a few years when every major studio will ask how many of its four or five annual tentpoles should be in 3-D," Cameron said. "It will become almost a rule that all major 3-D animated releases will be made available in 3-D. "Every year there will be a copy of timeless favorites brought back through (3-D) dimensionalization," he said. "The new wave of 3-D films will be the must-see films, the major releases from major filmmakers." Cameron said that despite industrywide squabbling and fear-based decision-making associated with new technology, and even despite the fact that the major studios haven't cooperated in the past, the
[MOPO] Reserves/////////
Hey MOPO, Wanted to thank a couple of you for reminding me, I hate Reserve auctions too.thus, after that long winded note I have just sent; realized I could take the reserve off. Did so, thus, you may now see the written language of the almighty $ in black and white.Good luck if interestedVaughn http://cgi6.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewListedItemsuserid=vmann Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
[MOPO] FA:OSs:Nightmare on Elm Street 12!Friday the 13th IV,V,VI,VIII!Psycho 23!MORE!
Ending tonight on eBay! Freddy Krueger! Jason Voorhees! Norman Bates! One-Sheets for Wes Craven's A Nightmare On Elm Street parts 1 and 2! Deadly Friend (plus a Deadly Friend Promo Night-Shirt!)! Last House On The Left Vestron Video Poster! Scream 3! Friday the 13th parts IV,V,VI, and VII! (plus the RARE Vinyl Soundtrack album for parts 1,2, and 3 w/ 3-D Cover!) Psycho II and III (Plus two different promo T-Shirts for pt.2) More OS's: The Hitcher (plus its soundtrack and a bumper-sticker!), Hunter's Blood, Dr. Giggles, and Brian DePalma's Dressed To Kill. Manysimilar itemsto be listed next week! Thank God there are No Reserves! Check 'em out with the link below! http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZfrankenwickQQhtZ-1 Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
[MOPO] auctions with reserve
share much of same sentiment as has been expressed...on positive side for the seller,if selling expensive item that doesn't meet reserve at least the seller gets some idea of $ level of interest item is generating Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
Re: [MOPO] o/t- OSCAR® has left the building! the story can be told.
well Folks.. in what seems like ions of time... The Oscar® i attempted to sell on ebay has been sent back to the Academy of arts and sciences. in beverly hills , Ca.. I thought you may find the story interesting to fill you in, after the attorney from AMPAS asked me to not sell the awrd as it may be fake or since it had no recipient plate we had no provenance, I said Ok ill end sale and proped to mopo memebers the question what is the right thing to do? well after the ebay sale numerous people offered me cash to sell it to them.. One a Michigan senator told me how I could legally sidestep the law and sell another item and hand him the Award... And guess what... I would have loved the extra money as i could tasete it. But then I asked My son what he thought and he said well you always wanted to save your trademark rights so thats all the academy is doing... made sense... yet i wanted that big payoff! So then i became panic stricken,,, what if I tried to give it back and they said they didnt get itso I hired a attorney.. and i said I will heed your advise and do whatever is deemed fair The academy had offered me 2000.00 for the award that Rudy had appraised on Antiques roadshow for 14,000.00 or morethe same month... So... now i had atty costs.. what made this ordeal last so Long was the Fact my attorneys Daughter was about to have a baby... and so because of the wierd circunstances My atty was not availible for several weeks.. so yesterday I met withthe attorney and received a check from academy legal fees of 3000.00 from Academy afterlegal fees of 500.00 hats 2500.00 .. The academy used thier own fed ex acct and they even supplied a Forn fitted foam carrier... at 1sst i thought well if it doenst fit its surely a imposter well guess what??? IT FIT LIKE A GLOVE!!! all i could think was that Johnny Cochran statement except in my case it did fit If it Fits you must aquit... So it was like a priceless relic was returned home where it belongs.. No cigar. But was interesteing to say that I once had one of these items.. Now... the question whether it was real or not may never be told as Im sure they like to keep that info secret..whats also funny is that everyone had the opportunity to buy him from me yet didnt Gos to show that you never know where you will find Movie memprabilia.. So finallylast week my attys Daughter had the baby.. and so yesterday we met and packed up Oscar at his officed and he shipped it back... My attorney on this matter was Martin Holmes. Sr... he is actress Katie Holmes Dad..( Katies from Toledo) ... So as you know its been a wild month for him and the family... so I tried not to bother him dureing that period... As we shook hands i said Martin I knew you would understand better than anyone how crazy showbiz is... thanks! he agreed. and so... Thats what happened. with the Oscar® believe it or not.. Now i have many more items that are also loaded with historic Hollywood .. many paper items and also a few early cinima pieces like a Mole richarson 2 K fresnel studio light from MGM circa 30s -40s on a stand 1000.00 plus shipping its heavy, rusty But cool and original.. could have been used on any ofthe MGM films from 30s -40s was bought when Sony puchased the backlot of MGM in 80s? Ill have more items on ebay soon seller id- Dream factory best, Tom Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
Re: [MOPO] o/t- OSCAR® has left the building! the story can be to ld.
In a message dated 4/25/2006 9:32:27 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So then i became panic stricken,,, what if I tried to give it back and they said they didnt get it so I hired a attorney.. and i said I will Tom, What How fuse blown do you have to be to not considershipping Fed Ex overnight or eventwo dayinsured, signature required upondelivery. Furtherin the utterly remote chance it would have been lost, you had a contract specifying amount to be paid upon arrival which would have satisfied FED EX insurance..you hired an attorney? You engaged this site for suggestions and input and then when you were pointed the right direction youpiss it away on attorney nonsense? I am angry and it wasn't even my deal. Further, I got over 3 times what you netted selling an Oscar replica prop on EBAY two months ago. Well hope you had fun. freeman fisher8601 west knoll drive #7west hollywood, ca90069 Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
Re: [MOPO] Titanic director: digital cinema will save biz
Since when did star wars become a space opera? Princess Leia's beautiful aria in the first act -- you remember when she sings the beautiful lyric: General Kenobi: Years ago, you served my father in the Clone Wars; now he begs you to help him in his struggle against the Empire. I regret that I am unable to present my father's request to you in person... -- just brings tears to my eyes. (anyone have enough time to re-record the soundtrack as Recitative with harpisichord accompaniment -- extra credit for choruses during the battle sequences (keep on target, keep on target)). Evan. -- Original message -- From: David Lieberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Titanic director: digital cinema will save biz By Sheigh Crabtree Mon Apr 24, 6:49 AM ET LAS VEGAS (Hollywood Reporter) - Titanic director James Cameron, warning that Hollywood is in a fight for survival, wants the movie industry to offer films in digital 3-D to counteract declining sales and rampant piracy. Maybe we just need to fight back harder, come out blazing, not wither away and die, Cameron said during his keynote address Sunday at the National Association of Broadcasters' Digital Cinema Summit. D-cinema can do it, for a number of reasons, but because d-cinema is an enabling technology for 3-D. Digital 3-D is a revolutionary form of showmanship that is within our grasp. It can get people off their butts and away from their portable devices and get people back in the theaters where they belong. Cameron also took the occasion of the world's largest annual film and broadcast technology trade show at the Las Vegas Convention Center to fire a few shots across the bow of the controversial practice of simultaneous movie and video releasing being promoted by entrepreneur Mark Cuban and Bubble director Steven Soderbergh, among others. We're so scared of piracy right now that we're ready to pimp out our mothers, Cameron said. This whole day-and-date DVD release nonsense? Here's an answer: (Digital cinema is) one of the strongest reasons I've been pushing 3-D for the past few years because it offers a powerful experience which you can only have in the movie theater. The director of the highest-grossing film of all time in nominal terms at $1.8 billion worldwide said he is considering a rerelease of 1997's Titanic in digital 3-D just as Peter Jackson is planning at some point for King Kong and, possibly, his The Lord of the Rings trilogy. George Lucas also plans to rerelease his original Star Wars in 3-D timed to the space opera's 30th anniversary next year. With filmmakers and exhibitors united behind the idea of enhanced cinema experiences, Cameron predicted that studios would become even more focused on both releasing new titles and rereleasing classics in 3-D digital cinema. We will reach a point in a few years when every major studio will ask how many of its four or five annual tentpoles should be in 3-D, Cameron said. It will become almost a rule that all major 3-D animated releases will be made available in 3-D. Every year there will be a copy of timeless favorites brought back through (3-D) dimensionalization, he said. The new wave of 3-D films will be the must-see films, the major releases from major filmmakers. Cameron said that despite industrywide squabbling and fear-based decision-making associated with new technology, and even despite the fact that the major studios haven't cooperated in the past, the digital cinema rollout actually is happening. We're halfway through the looking glass, he said. We're past the point where the fear of change is outweighed by the fear of not changing. While most people associate 3-D with either animation or projection, Cameron said that there are a variety of stereographic processes that can be introduced while shooting, during postproduction, or after a movie has been archived. Among the films testing the various 3-D waters are Narnia producer Walden Media and New Line Cinema's Journey to the Center of the Earth, which is being shot live-action with stereographic cameras; Robert Zemeckis' Beowulf, which is employing 3-D-animated performance capture; and Walt Disney Feature Animation's computer-animated Meet the Robinsons, which will be projected in 3-D. The filmmaker said his interest in digital 3-D goes back to his love of movies and his love of making them for the big screen. I'm not going to make movies for people to watch on their cell phones. To me, I'd rather go back to doing some more deep-ocean expeditions, Cameron said, referring to the handful of maritime documentaries he has made since Titanic. I don't want that grand, visionary, transporting movie experience made for the big screen to become a thing of the past. Reuters/Hollywood Reporter David
[MOPO] FA: 106 great glass slides | silents, horror, Garbo, Wayne, D.W. Griffith, Our Gang, etc.
Hello MOPO: This week on ebay: a very respectable collections of vintage glass slides; the vast majority of which being from the early 1930's or older. As usual, all lots start at $2.99 without reserve. These slides close Monday May 1st. Happy hunting! -abeebay seller id: (abe)direct link: http://stores.ebay.com/abes-vintage-hollywood-store_Glass-Slides_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQfsubZ16QQftidZ2QQtZkm 7613445650 365 Nights In Hollywood '34 James Dunn Faye glass slide6274708778 8 Girls In a Boat '34 Dorothy Wilson, glass slide7613445662 Age For Love '31 Billie Dove, Charles Starrett slide 6274708793 Alexander Hamilton '31 George Arliss glass slide7613445673 Arrowsmith '31 Ronald Colman, Helen Hayes glass slide6274708800 Bachelor Girl '29 William Collier glass slide7613445688 Battle of Paris '29 Gertrude Lawrence glass slide 6274708812 Borderland '37 Wiiliam Boyd, Jimmy Ellison glass slide7613445699 Captain Applejack '31 Mary Brian glass slide6274708823 Cheap Kisses '24 Jean Hersholt Vera Reynolds gls slide7613445646 Circus Clown '34 Joe E. Brown glass slide 6274708773 Compromised '31 Ben Lyon, Rose Hobart glass slide7613445659 Connecticut Yankee 31 Will Rogers Myrna Loy glass slide6274708789 Corsair '31 Chester Morris, Alison Loyd glass slide7613445670 Dance of Life '29 Hal Skelly, Nancy Carroll glass slide 6274708801 Draegerman Courage '37 Jean Muir glass slide7613445689 Dragon Murder Case '34 Warren Willliam, glass slide6274708817 Easiest Way '31 Constance Bennett glass slide7613445701 East Lynne '31 Ann Harding, Clive Brook glass slide 6274708837 East Of Borneo '31 Rose Hobart glass slide7613445722 Edison Man '40 Spencer Tracy, Rita Johnson glass slide6274708845 Empty Holsters '37 Dick Foran glass slide7613445738 Ever Since Eve 34 George O'Brien Mary Brian glass slide 6274708861 Fair Warning '31 George O'Brien, glass slide7613445754 Fighting Marshal '31 Tim McCoy glass slide6274708768 Fit For a King '37 Joe E. Brown, Helen Mack glass slide7613445648 Five Star Final '31 Edward G. Robinson glass slide 6274708779 Flight '29 Jack Holt, Lila Lee Ralph Graves glass slide7613445665 Flirtation Walk '34 Dick Powell Ruby Keeler glass slide6274708795 Flying Fleet '29 Ramon Navarro Ralph Graves glass slide 7613445682 Force of Arms '51 William Holden glass slide6274708805 Four Frightened People 34 Claudette Colbert glass slide7613445696 Francis '50 Donald O'Connor, Zasu Pitts glass slide6274708819 Friends Of Mr. Sweeney '34 Charles Ruggles glass slide 7613445703 Fugitive Lady '34 Neil Hamilton glass slide6274708833 Gentleman's Fate '31 John Gilbert glass slide7613445718 Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford '31 William Haines slide6274708850 Girl In the Glass Cage '29 Loretta Young glass slide 7613445735 Great Meadow '31 John Mack Brown glass slide6274708858 Great O'Malley '37 Humphrey Bogart glass slide7613445644 Guilty Generation '31 Leo Carrillo glass slide6274708775 Guilty Hands '31 Lionel Barrymore Kay Francis slide 7613445661 Happiness Ahead '34 Dick Powell glass slide6274708796 Hidden Gold '40 William Boyd glass slide7613445684 Hills of Old Wyoming '37 William Boyd glass slide6274708810 Honor Among Lovers '31 Claudette Colbert glass slide 7613445700 Hot for Paris '29 Victor McLaglen glass slide6274708830 I Like Your Nerve '31 Douglas Fairbanks Jr. glass slide7613445721 Idle Rich '29 Conrad Nagel, Bessie Love glass slide6274708844 I'll Fix It '34 Jack Holt, Mona Barrie glass slide 7613445727 In Ol Sante Fe '34 Ken Maynard, H.B. Warner glass slide6274708851 It Happens Every Spring '49 Ray Milland glass slide7613445734 I've Got Your Number '34 Joan Blondell glass slide6274708862 Land Of Wanted Men '31 Bill Cody glass slide 7613445749 Lasca of the Rio Grande '31 Leo Carrillo glass slide6274708770 Local Boy Makes Good '31 Joe E. Brown glass slide7613445660 Maker of Men '31 Jack Holt, Richard Cromwell slide6274708787 Man Who Came Back '31 Janet Gaynor glass slide 7613445669 Merely Mary Ann '31 Janet Gaynor glass slide6274708798 Million Dollar Baby '34 Ray Walker glass slide7613445687 Mr. Belvedere Goes To College '49 Shirley Temple slide6274708811 Mr. Lemon of Orange '31 El Brendel glass slide 7613445698 Near the Trail's End '31 Bob Steele glass slide6274708822 New Moon '31 Lawerence Tibbett glass slide7613445705 Once A Sinner '31 Dorothy Mackaill glass slide6274708831 One Heavenly Night '31 Evelyn Laye glass slide 7613445711 Over the Hill '31 James Dunn, Sally Eilers glass slide6274708836 Pagan Lady '31 Evelyn Brent glass slide7613445720 Phantom of Paris '31 John Gilbertglass slide6274708842 Phantom of the West '31 Tom Tyler glass slide 7613445716 Rebound '31 Ina Claire, Myrna Loy glass slide6274708849 Reckless Living '31 R Cortez, Mae Clarke glass slide7613445737 Red Canyon '49 Ann Blyth, George Brent glass slide6274709065 Renfrew of Royal Mounted 37 James Newill glass slide 7613446003 Right of Way '31 Conrad Nagel Loretta Young glass slide6274709096 Road to Singapore '31 William Powell glass slide7613446015 Roll Wagons Roll '40 Tex
Re: [MOPO] o/t- OSCAR® has left the building! th e story can be told.
Tom, You paid an attorney $2000 bucks just to ship your own Oscar back to the Academy? Man, that's easily the worst shipping-charge story I've ever heard! I still don't see how giving it back to Academy to stick away in a box somewhere instead of selling it to a fan who would have treasured it as you have is anything like doing the right thing, but what's done is done. But listen, since you have the email address of the Academy's attorney, will you please forward the following information to him regarding fraudulent auction of the same Oscar over and over again that keeps happening on eBay? The Academy should know about this (as it is something that really is damaging the prestige of the Oscar) and pressure eBay to stop it: Besides the fact that this seller has auctioned the *same* Oscar three separate times in the past two months, there's plenty of additional weird stuff going on: 1) The first time the Oscar went for $3,500 with only two bidders. My guess is both bids either shills or non-serious bidders. The winner of this first auction, mame79, has left no feedback on the transaction, although it's been almost 2 months. The seller has left no feedback on mame79 either. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=7591982096 2) The second time it had 4 bidders, some with real feedback so maybe not all shills, popping the final selling price to over $6,500. But, again, the winner of this auction, imfuming18he, has left no feedback on the transaction, although it's been 6 weeks. And again, the seller has left no feed back on imfuming18he either. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=7594764769 3) Then we have this latest time around, where only two people bid again, both of them with only (1) feedback, and the price is now driven up to over $7,000. This auction ended Apr 15... but just two days later, on Apr 17, the supposed winner is already leaving negative feedback saying he never received the item? (and it was a pretty mild comment, considering he had just been ripped off for over $7,000). http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=7609514585 Finally, the seller, allieOo, has only (23) feedbacks and ALL of them were where from where he bought stuff from others. This appears to be the first time he has acted as a seller. -- JR Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
Re: [MOPO] Titanic director: digital cinema will save biz
I think Empire Strikes Back was the opera of them all. Evan Zweifel wrote: Since when did star wars become a space opera? Princess Leia's beautiful aria in the first act -- you remember when she sings the beautiful lyric: General Kenobi: Years ago, you served my father in the Clone Wars; now he begs you to help him in his struggle against the Empire. I regret that I am unable to present my father's request to you in person... -- just brings tears to my eyes. (anyone have enough time to re-record the soundtrack as Recitative with harpisichord accompaniment -- extra credit for choruses during the battle sequences (keep on target, keep on target)). Evan. -- Original message -- From: David Lieberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Titanic director: digital cinema will save biz By Sheigh Crabtree Mon Apr 24, 6:49 AM ET LAS VEGAS (Hollywood Reporter) - Titanic director James Cameron, warning that Hollywood is in a fight for survival, wants the movie industry to offer films in digital 3-D to counteract declining sales and rampant piracy. Maybe we just need to fight back harder, come out blazing, not wither away and die, Cameron said during his keynote address Sunday at the National Association of Broadcasters' Digital Cinema Summit. D-cinema can do it, for a number of reasons, but because d-cinema is an enabling technology for 3-D. Digital 3-D is a revolutionary form of showmanship that is within our grasp. It can get people off their butts and away from their portable devices and get people back in the theaters where they belong. Cameron also took the occasion of the world's largest annual film and broadcast technology trade show at the Las Vegas Convention Center to fire a few shots across the bow of the controversial practice of simultaneous movie and video releasing being promoted by entrepreneur Mark Cuban and Bubble director Steven Soderbergh, among others. We're so scared of piracy right now that we're ready to pimp out our mothers, Cameron said. This whole day-and-date DVD release nonsense? Here's an answer: (Digital cinema is) one of the strongest reasons I've been pushing 3-D for the past few years because it offers a powerful experience which you can only have in the movie theater. The director of the highest-grossing film of all time in nominal terms at $1.8 billion worldwide said he is considering a rerelease of 1997's Titanic in digital 3-D just as Peter Jackson is planning at some point for King Kong and, possibly, his The Lord of the Rings trilogy. George Lucas also plans to rerelease his original Star Wars in 3-D timed to the space opera's 30th anniversary next year. With filmmakers and exhibitors united behind the idea of enhanced cinema experiences, Cameron predicted that studios would become even more focused on both releasing new titles and rereleasing classics in 3-D digital cinema. We will reach a point in a few years when every major studio will ask how many of its four or five annual tentpoles should be in 3-D, Cameron said. It will become almost a rule that all major 3-D animated releases will be made available in 3-D. Every year there will be a copy of timeless favorites brought back through (3-D) dimensionalization, he said. The new wave of 3-D films will be the must-see films, the major releases from major filmmakers. Cameron said that despite industrywide squabbling and fear-based decision-making associated with new technology, and even despite the fact that the major studios haven't cooperated in the past, the digital cinema rollout actually is happening. We're halfway through the looking glass, he said. We're past the point where the fear of change is outweighed by the fear of not changing. While most people associate 3-D with either animation or projection, Cameron said that there are a variety of stereographic processes that can be introduced while shooting, during postproduction, or after a movie has been archived. Among the films testing the various 3-D waters are Narnia producer Walden Media and New Line Cinema's Journey to the Center of the Earth, which is being shot live-action with stereographic cameras; Robert Zemeckis' Beowulf, which is employing 3-D-animated performance capture; and Walt Disney Feature Animation's computer-animated Meet the Robinsons, which will be projected in 3-D. The filmmaker said his interest in digital 3-D goes back to his love of movies and his love of making them for the big screen. I'm not going to make movies for people to watch on their cell phones. To me, I'd rather go back to doing some more deep-ocean expeditions, Cameron said, referring to the handful of maritime documentaries he has made since Titanic. I don't want that grand, visionary, transporting movie experience made for the big screen to become a thing of the past. Reuters/Hollywood Reporter David A. Lieberman
[MOPO] Digital 3-D isn't the only problem with the movie business
I second JR's comments...a good plot, solid acting, a reprieve from ten's of remakesand maybe the movie business will come back. While I do agree that digital 3-D might make a difference for the movie-going public, something else a whole lot better will have to be done about the movie going EXPERIENCE. At skyhigh prices, I want to do more than step on filth in the dark to sit in a seat that is so worn out that the concept of 2-3 hours sitting in it is unbearable. The average movie theatre has all the visual and emotional appeal of a warehouse. Until the deliverables to the consumer change, I would rather sit in the comfort, safety and enjoyment of my home and watch movies on DVD. Sure...the visual impact is much less attractive, but the environment is a lot more amenable to what is supposed to be an entertainment experience. Eric Melanson email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
[MOPO] THE TEXAS THEATER
Efforts have been underway for some time to restore The Texas Theater on Jefferson Boulevard in Dallas, under the auspices of the Oak Cliff Foundation. The Texas Theater is an old movie theater in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas and it has been around for a long time. It's being brought back to its former heyday. 1.5 million dollars are still needed to complete the restoration. If any of you care about old theaters and their restoration, here is a famous one. While the Texas is known as the theater where President Kennedy's suspected assassin was arrested, it history is varied. Donations are being accepted. Here is the URL http://www.oakclifffoundation.org/texasTheatre.asp or http://tinyurl.com/grhd9 Kirby Kirby McDaniel MovieArt Original Film Posters P.O. Box 4419 Austin TX 78765-4419 512 479 6680 www.movieart.net Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
[MOPO] COSTNER NAMED IN HOTEL SEX ACT CLAIM CASE Victoria Mitchell, Chief Reporter,
COSTNER NAMED IN HOTEL SEX ACT CLAIM CASE Victoria Mitchell, Chief Reporter, Scottish Press Association Hollywood star Kevin Costner was today revealed as the celebrity accused of performing a sex act while being given a massage at a famous golf hotel. The A-list actor was accused of the incident at the spa at The Old Course Hotel in St Andrews, Fife, in October 2004. A legal ruling had banned identifying Costner, who had been in St Andrews with his wife, where they attended the Dunhill Links pro-celebrity golf event. The 34-year-old spa worker at the centre of the allegations initially claimed unfair dismissal and sexual discrimination against the hotel after she lost her job. She claimed that she was unfairly dismissed after she made the complaint to management about the 51-year-old star, whose best-known films include Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and The Bodyguard. However just before a tribunal hearing this morning, the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, settled with hotel lawyers. And this afternoon tribunal chairman Nicol Hosie ruled that both the hotel and Costner could be identified and that there was not a strong enough case for their names to be withheld. The woman made no comment as she left the tribunal, which was in Dundee. April 25, 2006 Back to Document List Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
[MOPO] Fast and Furious Pt. 3 - Closes in 1 hour
Two cool posters closing in 1 Hour!! FAST AND THE FURIOUS 3: TOKYO DRIFT - 2 sided street racing poster - AWESOME IMAGE - unused poster: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=60334item=7611613488 FIRST DESCENT - Snowboarding documentary movie starring Olympic Gold Medal Winners SHAUN "THE FLYING TOMATO" WHITE and HANNAH TEETER - 2-sided - unused - http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=60334item=7611613503 Thanks!! Sam (Check out my 100% Positive Feedback!) Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
[MOPO] FA: WhereEaglesDare(BestStyleUSOS),LordOfFlies1963USOS,RAREIgmarBergmanMUCH MORE
Hi, I have 40 auctions closing THURSDAY NIGHT, including many FIRST TIME LISTED HARD TO FIND Vintage US One Sheets, plus MUCH MORE---If you have an extra minute, please take a look---lint to auctions partial list is below: Thanks very much, Rick WHERE EAGLES DARE (Eastwood,1968) Orig "Cable Car" Style US One Sheet--BEST, MOST DYNAMIC STYLE LOOK! THE SHAME (Ingmar Bergman,1969) Orig US One Sheet VERY HARD TO FIND! LORD OF THE FLIES (William Golding,1963) Orig US One Sheet BROTHER SUN, SISTER MOON (Zeffirelli,1973) Orig US One Sheet NEAR MINT! BILLY JACK (Tom Laughlin, Cult Classic, 1971) Orig US One Sheet PONY SOLDIER (Tyrone Power Western, 1952) Orig US One Sheet VALACHI PAPERS (Bronson, Mafia, 1972) Orig US One Sheet BEST, RARE STYLE! STRANGE INTERLUDE (Ida Lupino, FILM NOIR,1956) Orig US One Sheet This only scratches the surface of my auctions closing THURSDAY NIGHT---PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AND YOU'LL SEE!!! http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZrixposterz Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
[MOPO] FA: Original posters 1940's thru 70's
For auction on Ebay, ending Thursday night. No reserve. Seller ID: rememberwhenshopAll posters are from the personal collection of Larry Herndon.Jiggs and Maggie in Court (1948) orig os Chamber of Horrors (no date, probably 40's) orig os Hangover Square (1944) orig lobby card. Laird Cregar Stars and Stripes Forever (1952) orig title card Hondo (1953) orig lobby card. John Wayne The Female Animal (1958) orig os In Like Flint (1967) orig os The Truth (1961) orig lobby card. Brigette Bardot Evil of Frankenstein (1964) orig lobby card Legend of the Wolf Woman (1977) orig os. Exploitation.Thanks for looking.Sharon Herndon Dallas, TX [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
