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About that screening of STAR WARS EPISODE 1 at CANNES...

Hey folks, here's where the technology gets showed off first. Personally I'm curious to see your reaction to this....

I work at a Radio Station in Los Angeles and just received a fax about a digital screening of Star Wars at the Cannes Film Festival some time between May 12 and 22. The fax read as follows:

Digital Cinema in Focus at Cannes;

Historic Screenings, Cutting-Edge Product Demos, Conferences During Film Festival At New High Tech Pavilion, May 12 -- 22

LOS ANGELES, April 26 /PRNewswire/ -- In an historic first, an all-digital feature motion picture will screen during the 52nd Cannes Film Festival 1999, highlighting the theme of Digital Cinema at the MITIC pavilion (Marche International des Technologies et de l'Innocation du Cinema).

The Cannes event will pre-figure the digital projection of George Lucas' "Star Wars" by several weeks, using some of the same technology, but adding digital compression and satellite delivery to fully demonstrate the future of motion picture distribution.

A panel discussion on the impact of Digital Cinema on the distribution and exhibition sectors of the motion picture industry will be part of the MITIC seminar series. Other seminars include:

-- "Shooting for the Digital Age," featuring top cinematographers

-- "Beyond Rockets and Monsters; Visual Effects to Enhance the Art of Storytelling"

-- "New Digital Distribution for Cinema Art"

Conferences, screenings and product demos will take place at the Variety Pavilion, the MITIC Club and theaters in Cannes. . . .

There is more to this fax--mostly discussing the other people and companies at the festival as well media contact information.

Hope this is of interest,

Sithlord

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Digital Screening?
by Luke
Apr 28th, 1999
05:48:29 AM
not star wars
by Dr B
Apr 28th, 1999
06:03:04 AM
So?
by Sithslayer
Apr 28th, 1999
06:21:08 AM
Screening
by poncharello
Apr 28th, 1999
06:24:52 AM
TPM DDD in NYC?
by Vinnieb
Apr 28th, 1999
06:46:33 AM
soundtrack
by kev
Apr 28th, 1999
08:04:59 AM
SithSlayer
by Jon Zuckerman
Apr 28th, 1999
08:23:31 AM
Jar Jar Binks will kick ass
by quentin2
Apr 28th, 1999
08:47:31 AM
keep us up to date, Harry...
by L'Auteur
Apr 28th, 1999
09:00:35 AM
Is it just me....
by YODAFETT00
Apr 28th, 1999
09:04:13 AM
Episode 1 Soundtrack
by DarthSidius
Apr 28th, 1999
09:27:12 AM
STARWARS?? what in tarnations
by rat
Apr 28th, 1999
10:31:58 AM
Jesus was the first Jedi
by The Legend
Apr 28th, 1999
10:43:09 AM
I'm gonna miss
by -Z-
Apr 28th, 1999
10:49:15 AM
Digital Projection
by Alderaan
Apr 28th, 1999
11:00:17 AM
Jar Jar
by Beowu1f
Apr 28th, 1999
11:46:36 AM
soundtrack sucks!!!!!!!!!!
by bombay
Apr 28th, 1999
11:55:04 AM
Digital in NYC...
by NJFILM20
Apr 28th, 1999
11:56:06 AM
Digital in NYC...
by NJFILM20
Apr 28th, 1999
11:56:40 AM
Umm Bombay..Have you heard the music?
by Violet Fire
Apr 28th, 1999
12:30:47 PM
YO VIOLET!
by bombay
Apr 28th, 1999
12:49:24 PM
i speak the truth!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by bombay
Apr 28th, 1999
01:14:08 PM
Thanks to Alderaan and a defence of Bombay
by Foster Zygote
Apr 28th, 1999
01:35:41 PM
EWOX ARE DYING ON FRENCH TV FRIDAY!
by jcone
Apr 28th, 1999
01:37:34 PM
DOH!!!
by Foster Zygote
Apr 28th, 1999
01:38:41 PM
Je ne parle pas francais
by Voice of Sanity
Apr 28th, 1999
01:50:59 PM
May 3rd screening?!
by Darth Siskel
Apr 28th, 1999
02:02:29 PM
heeeelllllp meeeeee! (in a fly-with-human-head-stuck-in-w eb tone
by Yossarian
Apr 28th, 1999
02:05:48 PM
Harry on S&E
by Rhea-Ban
Apr 28th, 1999
02:08:40 PM
I agree with Foster about Bombay's unfortunate accident. And Yos
by Violet Fire
Apr 28th, 1999
02:14:36 PM
Ticket Sales
by ZICRON
Apr 28th, 1999
02:31:20 PM
Tickets, and Jar Jar
by gomer
Apr 28th, 1999
03:13:26 PM
Jar Jar,
by gomer
Apr 28th, 1999
03:17:55 PM
jar jar and other problems(long, sorry)
by me2
Apr 28th, 1999
03:54:07 PM
Yes! Lane!
by Miss Direction
Apr 28th, 1999
04:19:55 PM
I know the entire plot to Episode I, and I have a copy of the sc
by quentin2
Apr 28th, 1999
04:54:52 PM
About Jar Jar and the Gungans.....
by quentin2
Apr 28th, 1999
04:57:18 PM
If you want to bitch, do all of us a favor...
by Samus
Apr 28th, 1999
05:12:05 PM
In the immortal words of Snake Plissken...
by Uncapie
Apr 28th, 1999
05:18:58 PM
Duel Of The Fates
by MovieSalvage
Apr 28th, 1999
06:48:39 PM
Regarding the Soundtrack
by bdshort
Apr 28th, 1999
06:56:22 PM
duel of fates
by ArgoStud55
Apr 28th, 1999
07:19:53 PM
duel of fates
by ArgoStud55
Apr 28th, 1999
07:19:59 PM
DotF
by Webhead
Apr 28th, 1999
08:30:41 PM
To hell with Jar Jar, we've got bigger problems! (New Phantom M
by Toby O. Notobe
Apr 28th, 1999
09:36:34 PM
To hell with Jar Jar, we've got bigger problems! (New Phantom M
by Toby O. Notobe
Apr 28th, 1999
09:39:28 PM
Bombay
by Spacey
Apr 28th, 1999
09:46:52 PM
SOUNDTRACK (MAJOR SPOILER!!!)
by JAKERYAN
Apr 28th, 1999
10:04:51 PM
Yawn . . .
by cds
Apr 29th, 1999
12:00:44 AM
"a droid's life"
by Cthulu
Apr 29th, 1999
12:06:29 AM
spam
by Palmer Eldritch
Apr 29th, 1999
01:23:04 AM
opinions
by Double-Tap
Apr 29th, 1999
01:47:12 AM
To Ken
by bdshort
Apr 29th, 1999
02:55:12 PM
Qui-Gon is Anakin's father!
by JFK-2000
Apr 29th, 1999
08:45:43 PM
You'd think Tatooine would have DNA testing.
by Wolfpack
Jul 22nd, 2006
05:48:07 PM

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