[Tig] Lawrence of Arabia

[laurence.claydon at bydeluxe.com]

Bob,

On the one hand you have one of the most celebrated 70mm pictures ever 
made, and on the other a feature film that uses some of the most unique 
(and never to be repeated) NASA stock footage ever shot.

I have seen both Lawrence of Arabia and The Right Stuff (a 1.85:1 blow-up) 
theatrically in 70mm, and despite my technical interest in the HD version 
I am unsure that it is not slightly sacreligious!

Does anyone know if the 'Lawrence' HD is a scan of the restored 65mm neg, 
and where it was done?

Laurence Claydon
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Bob Friesenhahn <bfriesen at simple.dallas.tx.us> 
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At the risk of advertising and blatant promotion (unrelated to 
myself), I would like to forward on this little bit of advertising 
regarding HD.Net and a presentation which may be of interest to many 
people here.  It will surely be a "must see" for me since I have never 
seen Lawrence of Arabia in HD or on film.  I recall first seeing it 
off of VHS tape on a 25" TV in letterbox format.  I later saw it off 
of DVD on a large screen TV and was quite impressed but wishing I 
could see more details.  This is an opportunity to see the film in HD, 
where it will *still* be lacking as compared with the original but we 
should see more grains of sand.

            HDNet Movies Presents the High Definition Premiere of
                            "Lawrence of Arabia"

     Legendary epic to air for the first time in HD - Sunday, February 10
         Dallas, (February 6, 2007) - HDNet Movies, the movie lover's
       destination, announces the high definition premiere of the movie
      classic, "Lawrence of Arabia," on Sunday, February 10 at 6:15 p.m.
        ET.  HDNet Movies will be airing the restored Director's Cut.

         This 1962 classic film is the winner of seven Academy Awards
       including Best Picture and Best Director for David Lean.  Peter
        O'Toole was also nominated for Best Actor and Omar Sharif was
                     nominated for Best Supporting Actor.

Another film of great (visual) merit which is coming up on HD.Net is 
"The Right Stuff" which I recall deciding not to see in the theater 
when it came out, but was quite impressive when I finally saw it.

Bob
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Bob Friesenhahn
bfriesen at simple.dallas.tx.us, http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/
GraphicsMagick Maintainer,    http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/


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