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4 unusual facts about Ultra Panavision 70


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However, because of their size, they would usually show reduction prints of films shot in such larger-sized formats such as Todd-AO, Super Panavision 70, or Ultra Panavision.

Robert Gottschalk

His first award was a Special Technical Oscar, awarded in 1960 for the development of the MGM Camera 65 widescreen photographic system.

Ultra Panavision 70

So in 1954 Douglas Shearer, Director of Recording at MGM, approached Robert Gottschalk, president of Panavision, with a proposal for the development of a new widescreen photographic system.

MGM licensed the Grandeur lens and camera system which they called "Realife" but abandoned the format after just two films, 1930's Billy the Kid and 1931's The Great Meadow.



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