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#1287937
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Screening of the Original Version of STAR WARS July at Stockton, CA
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Yet we just had a 70mm screening of an original print just last weekend. That was inconceivable not so many years ago. Something is in the air, not sure what, but it’s something. ANH is even airing on Turner Classic Movies this month. TCM has never aired any SW film before.
And even if the Academy screening was a one off fluke, the preservation projects around here have circumvented George’s stubbornness.

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70mm print of the pre-SE Star Wars film on Saturday in Academy Theater in CA!
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digitalfreaknyc said:

Ronster said:

I know I read that, but it does not really confirm anything but…

“Dykstra made it sound like the Academy projectionist is the one that actually repaired the damage which allowed it to be shown again (which might also explain why it was a last minute announce/addition to the programming).”

If this was the case then it should be scanned and archived immediately.

Good idea. Someone here will get right on that. I’m sure the Academy will lend anyone this print that none of us knew about but has existed for 2 decades.

I’m sure Ronster meant someone at the Academy ought to do so. Unless mverta knows someone on the inside? 😉

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70mm print of the pre-SE Star Wars film on Saturday in Academy Theater in CA!
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There were issues with Dolby being mono compatible back then. And nobody was sure Dolby was going to become the standard it is today. There were even competing sound systems you’ve probably never hears of such as Sound 360 or Megasound
Even before Dolby, there were issues with stereophonic films being played properly. Stanley Kubrick famously never did another stereo mix for any of his post 2001 films until Eyes Wide Shut in 1999.

The mono was the third and final mix and they spent the most time on it, as they thought it would be the default going forward if Dolby didn’t catch on. There were still a lot of mono theaters well into the 1980’s.

IIRC, Threepio’s line came from the mono and was added in the tweaked home video mixes in the mid '80’s.