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Logical

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20. Each print sent to a theatre is about $1500-$2000 dollars. If you release it to 3000 theatres .....
Sun Jun 10, 2012, 11:45 AM
Jun 2012

that is 4.5 million dollars.

Digital is the future!

thank you for an interesting article. I wasn't aware of any of this. corkhead Jun 2012 #1
Interesting Confusious Jun 2012 #2
The Wikipedia link to the Showscan process explains it MicaelS Jun 2012 #4
Ah, thanks for that Confusious Jun 2012 #5
So that means a Showscan 65mm film at 60fps.. MicaelS Jun 2012 #6
My weights could be off Confusious Jun 2012 #8
I thought Showscan was shot in 70mm? derby378 Jun 2012 #16
I wonder if you could digitally create 60 fps rate movies of older films. Bolo Boffin Jun 2012 #7
The price of technology? SoutherDem Jun 2012 #3
Film is WAY more expensive than digital. TheManInTheMac Jun 2012 #13
My only worries are the theaters which aren't digital and SoutherDem Jun 2012 #15
Tarantino is bad for Hollywood? LOL, I would take 100 of him for every no plot action blockbuster. Logical Jun 2012 #19
Lighten up, Francis. TheManInTheMac Jun 2012 #25
LOL, I love that scene from stripes. I use that line monthly on someone! Logical Jun 2012 #26
Not surprising, and nothing new. Archae Jun 2012 #9
Yes, and it wasn't until ten years after the introduction to sound TheManInTheMac Jun 2012 #14
And how many of us are still captivated by METROPOLIS? derby378 Jun 2012 #17
Fascinating. Thanks! Nt PCIntern Jun 2012 #10
It's a communist plot, I tells ya. Buns_of_Fire Jun 2012 #11
Wilson Bryan Key Frank Cannon Jun 2012 #12
And you can give credit to this camera..... Logical Jun 2012 #18
Each print sent to a theatre is about $1500-$2000 dollars. If you release it to 3000 theatres ..... Logical Jun 2012 #20
Peter Jackson shot the Hobbit at 48 fps and I read it looks like a 70's soap opera... cynatnite Jun 2012 #21
Well, people hated sound, color, etc. New stuff always worries people. Logical Jun 2012 #23
Damn. We've got a 2nd run theater where tickets are $2.50 (up from $2 recently). HopeHoops Jun 2012 #22
If anybody is surprised by this, they have not been paying attention nadinbrzezinski Jun 2012 #24
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