3D Meet Bob Furmanek: HTF Golden Age 3-D Consultant (1 Viewer)

[Bob Furmanek]

CLEOPATRA FOLLIES is confirmed! The second stretch goal will be announced tomorrow.

 

[Dick]

How can Warner release a 3D disc of Dune Part 2 when it was made as a 2D-only movie?

Retro-conversion.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

Retro-conversion.

For what little it’s worth, a conversion of a Hollywood tentpole picture costs $10+ million dollars.

3D televisions haven’t been manufactured since 2016, projectors are dropping 3D support, and the disc market is declining, and the mass market for 3D discs specifically is pretty much done.

The filmmakers also decided they wanted this to be a 2D film.

So the suggestion is that the studio, against the wishes of the filmmakers, should embark on a conversion that will lose them multiple millions of dollars to play solely in a market that barely exists today?

I feel that the effort might be better spent lobbying for the release of films that already exist in 3D that aren’t on disc.

 

[Dick]

I feel that the effort might be better spent lobbying for the release of films that already exist in 3D that aren’t on disc.

Well, those too.

 

[Bob Furmanek]

Stretch goal #2 for a commentary track has just been announced. We only need to secure twenty more pre-orders to reach our goal, please share!

 

[Stephen_J_H]

For what little it’s worth, a conversion of a Hollywood tentpole picture costs $10+ million dollars.

3D televisions haven’t been manufactured since 2016, projectors are dropping 3D support, and the disc market is declining, and the mass market for 3D discs specifically is pretty much done.

The filmmakers also decided they wanted this to be a 2D film.

So the suggestion is that the studio, against the wishes of the filmmakers, should embark on a conversion that will lose them multiple millions of dollars to play solely in a market that barely exists today?

I feel that the effort might be better spent lobbying for the release of films that already exist in 3D that aren’t on disc.

China does it all the time. Just sayin'......

 

[Bob Furmanek]

I am pleased to report that worldwide shipping on DOMO ARIGATO is now available!

 

[Bob Furmanek]

Stretch goal #2 has been met and the commentary track from Matt Rovner will be included!

The next stretch goal will be announced tomorrow.

I've just been notified that Kickstarter has selected this campaign as a "Project We Love." That is absolutely wonderful. Thank you!

 

[Bob Furmanek]

Stretch goal #3 on our Kickstarter campaign for DOMO ARIGATO has been announced. Please share and help us to preserve SKID ROW HOLDUP, an incredibly rare and previously lost 3-D comedy short from 1953!

(cyan/right)

 

[Bob Furmanek]

We only need to secure pre-orders for 28 more copies of DOMO ARIGATO to lock-in the inclusion of this extremely rare 3-D comedy/burlesque short from 1953 with the Abbott and Costello, Sid Fields and Ed Wood connection. (See campaign update #7)

Please tell your friends, neighbors and co-workers about this lost stereoscopic treasure, they will forever be in your debt!

 

[Bob Furmanek]

We're just a few discs away from making stretch goal #3 a reality. Please share the information about this lost 3-D comedy short!

Here's more information on Jack Mann. This article was written five months before the filming of SKID ROW HOLDUP.

 

[RolandL]

04/23/73

 

[Bob Furmanek]

Don’t miss this very unique opportunity to see HOLLYWOOD OR BUST and THE GEISHA BOY in super rare 35mm Technicolor prints.

Plus some special surprises from the Archive, hosted by the amazing Owen Kline and yours truly.

Remember, even if you miss a little, you’ll miss a lot!

Hollywood or Bust - 35MM with Owen Kline and Bob Furmanek

A singer who can't pay his bookie joins a nerdy, star-struck movie fan and his Great Dane in a cross-country convertible ride to Hollywood.

www.roxycinemanewyork.com

 

[Bob Furmanek]

To celebrate the great success of our Kickstarter campaign for DOMO ARIGATO, we are very pleased to announce our distributor for this exciting release, Bayview Entertainment!

For nearly two decades, BayView Entertainment, LLC has thrived as one of America's leading independent distributors of feature films, fitness, wellness, and special-interest content. With hit narrative films such as "Skinamarink" and "Robot Monster," plus legendary documentaries like "On Any Sunday" and "The Endless Summer" leading the way, BayView's development in independent cinema has made it one of the fastest-growing names in the field. Incorporating catalogs from Summer Hill, Mutiny Pictures, VIPCO, Monterey Media, and others, BayView is positioned to expand even further in years to come. BayView's programs are available on the major streaming sites around the world plus DVD and Blu-ray. BayView can be found online at http://www.bayviewentertainment.com

ROBOT MONSTER was our inaugural 3-D Blu-ray release with this wonderful company and we are very pleased to be working with them again on DOMO ARIGATO!

 

[RolandL]

LA Weekly 1990

 

[Bob Furmanek]

DOMO ARIGATO has a very unique distinction; it had two separate "World Premiere" engagements. The first "invitational preview" took place in Seattle, WA at the 440 seat Broadway Theatre on June 26, 1973. The second "American Premiere" was held in Los Angeles, CA at the 198 seat Vagabond Theatre on August 31, 1990.

The same version of the film was premiered twice. In fact, it was very likely the same 35mm Space-Vision print that was shown at both theatres!

Only 17 days remain to pre-order our new restoration and be part of the DOMO ARIGATO excitement!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...on-3-d-blu-ray

 

[Bob Furmanek]

Seventy years ago on March 19, 1954, Astor Pictures second 3-D release CAT-WOMEN OF THE MOON opened flat at the 594 seat Rialto Theatre in New York City.

Astor’s original promotional plans called for an opening at the Holiday Theatre on Times Square with star Sonny Tufts appearing in person but those plans were dropped. Also canceled was a tour with four of the Hollywood Cover Girls in full Cat-Women regalia appearing in San Francisco, Chicago, and key openings in Pennsylvania.

The widespread identification of Cat-Women as a 1953 release is inaccurate. IMDb and Wikipedia currently have a release date of September 3, 1953, at which point in time the movie had not even finished shooting. There was a press screening in 3-D at Samuel Goldwyn studios in Hollywood on December 7, 1953. Reviewed in Variety the next day, it mentions that the feature currently had ‘no release’ lined up. The December 14 issue of Broadcasting magazine, and the December 21 daily edition of Variety, likewise stressed that negotiations for the picture’s release remained ongoing. Variety confirmed a distribution deal with Astor Pictures on March 24, 1954.

Variety’s review of the press screening in December 1953 had concluded with the pronouncement: “William Whitley’s 3-D photography provides the proper eerie quality.” By May 1954, however, demand for 3-D pictures had all but disappeared. Astor’s pressbook now promoted Cat-Women as a 2-D feature, with all the movie paper targeted at a ‘flat’ release. A slug on the front cover assuring theater-owners that the title was ‘Also available in 3-D and wide-screen!’ seems to have met with interest solely in Detroit, where the picture was afforded a three-venue 3-D opening on May 16.

Just five other 3-D engagements could be found nationwide, including a heavily promoted midnight screening at the 800-seat Fox Theatre in Beatrice, Nebraska, on June 26.

Because of the VERY limited 3-D release, the 35mm camera negatives were separated and sent to different film labs in 1954. I am delighted to report that we have recently located both the left/right negatives. We are trying to secure a license so that we can fully restore this rare three-dimensional feature!

 

[Malcolm R]

What makes them "cat-women"? Looks like just a bunch of women in spandex.

 

[Bob Furmanek]

Movie Magic

 

[Camps]

We're looking forward to 3DFA hopefully being able to work its magic on a long overdue 3D blu ray release.