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- From: ac717@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jeffry L. Johnson)
- Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
- Subject: Re: Most Extreme Aspect Ratio?
- Date: 1 Jan 1993 23:09:08 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- In a previous article, cal@gsbux1.uchicago.edu (Cal Lott) says:
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- >up: Which U.S. theatrical release holds the record for the most
- >extreme aspect ratio?
- >
- > Three popular guesses:
- >
- > -1) 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
- > -2) SPARTACUS
- > -3) THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY
- >
- > 2001 was the most popular, but nobody could rember the
- >exact aspect ratio. We know that SPARTACUS is up there at 2.6:1,
- >and so is THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY.
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- None of these. _2001_ and _Spartacus_ should be 2.2:1. _The Good..._
- is standard anamorphic 2.40:1.
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- Films shot in Ultra Panavision have a projected aspect ratio of 2.76:1 (from
- Carr & Hayes).
- The Big Fisherman
- Mutiny On the Bounty
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
- The Fall of the Roman Empire
- Battle of the Bulge
- The Greatest Story Ever Told
- The Hallelujah Trail
- Kartoum
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- Cinerama was shown at an aspect ratio of 2.72-2.77
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- If you count special venue presentations then Circlevision would be the most
- extreme.
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- Jeffry L. Johnson CWRU Film Society Alumnus
- Technologist, HLA Lab, Institute of Pathology, CWRU/Univ. Hosp. of Cleveland
- Projectionist, Centrum Theatre; IATSE Local 160 Officer: Examining Board
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