The Wizard of Oz on the big screen
Posted: September 27th, 2009, 2:23 am
Well, it was prompted heavily and we got our tixs early. Which was a good thing because the screenings sold-out.
TCM and Warner Home Video sponsored a nationwide screening in theaters across the country of the The Wizard of Oz this week. Why? In anticipation of its release on Blu-Ray no doubt next week.
I saw it Wednesday evening at a sold out event at the AMC chain in Century City. They had to schedule another 10:00 screening to accommodate the demand. So they said.
The color was breathtaking and the sepia book-ends were beautiful as well. The crowd loved it. Cheered after Robert O's intro and outro.
Everyone put away their cell phones and such and just enjoyed the movie. One lady in the audience had seen the film back in 1943 and was very pleased with it on Wednesday night.
A poster over at TCM City mentioned film noise. I'm guessing he means film grain as "noise" is a electronic term for videotape and digital.
The film grain wasn't obvious.
My only beef was that they seemed to have airbrushed out the wires controlling Bert Lahr's cowardly lion's tail.
But they preserved the proper aspect ratio so I won't complain too loudly.
At the end there was a logo for Dish NetworkHD which made Mr. Cutter and I wonder if the "prints" were delivered via satellite.
Mr. Cutter's only complaint was that the image seemed a bit soft (which if the satellite transmission is true, could lead to the slightly soft image he saw) but other than that, we were happy campers as was the rest of the audience.
The Burbank screenings were sold-out as well with a 10:00 screening to boot.
I hope TCM and WBHV co-sponsor more evenings like this. Seems like there is a demand for special events like this.
TCM and Warner Home Video sponsored a nationwide screening in theaters across the country of the The Wizard of Oz this week. Why? In anticipation of its release on Blu-Ray no doubt next week.
I saw it Wednesday evening at a sold out event at the AMC chain in Century City. They had to schedule another 10:00 screening to accommodate the demand. So they said.
The color was breathtaking and the sepia book-ends were beautiful as well. The crowd loved it. Cheered after Robert O's intro and outro.
Everyone put away their cell phones and such and just enjoyed the movie. One lady in the audience had seen the film back in 1943 and was very pleased with it on Wednesday night.
A poster over at TCM City mentioned film noise. I'm guessing he means film grain as "noise" is a electronic term for videotape and digital.
The film grain wasn't obvious.
My only beef was that they seemed to have airbrushed out the wires controlling Bert Lahr's cowardly lion's tail.
But they preserved the proper aspect ratio so I won't complain too loudly.
At the end there was a logo for Dish NetworkHD which made Mr. Cutter and I wonder if the "prints" were delivered via satellite.
Mr. Cutter's only complaint was that the image seemed a bit soft (which if the satellite transmission is true, could lead to the slightly soft image he saw) but other than that, we were happy campers as was the rest of the audience.
The Burbank screenings were sold-out as well with a 10:00 screening to boot.
I hope TCM and WBHV co-sponsor more evenings like this. Seems like there is a demand for special events like this.