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List Of Techniscope Films
This is an incomplete list of notable films shot in the Techniscope format. As of May 2011, The Internet Movie Database lists over 1,200 films shot in the Techniscope format. Notable titles include: * ''The Pharaohs' Woman'' (1960) * ''The Bacchantes (film), The Bacchantes'' (1961) * ''The Invincible Gladiator'' (1961) * ''The Rebel Gladiators'' (1962) * ''Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow'' (1963) * ''Death Drums Along the River'' (1963) * ''Sandokan the Great'' (1963) * ''Roustabout (film), Roustabout'' (1964) * ''Hercules the Invincible'' (1964) * ''Law of the Lawless (1964 film), Law of the Lawless'' (1964) * ''Coast of Skeletons'' (1964) * ''The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, Curse of the Mummy's Tomb'' (1964) * ''East of Sudan'' (1964) * ''A Fistful of Dollars'' (1964) * ''Robinson Crusoe on Mars'' (1964) * ''Stage to Thunder Rock'' (1964) * ''Guerillas in Pink Lace'' (1964) * ''Wonderful Life (1964 film), Wonderful Life'' (US: ''Swingers' Paradise'', 1964) * ''Pirates of Malaysia' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Techniscope
Techniscope or 2-perf is a 35 mm motion picture camera film format introduced by Technicolor Italia in 1960. The Techniscope format uses a two film-perforation negative pulldown per frame, instead of the standard four-perforation frame usually exposed in 35 mm film photography. Techniscope's 2.33:1 aspect ratio is easily enlarged to the 2.39:1 widescreen ratio, because it uses half the amount of 35 mm film stock ''and'' standard spherical lenses. Thus, Techniscope release prints are made by anamorphosizing and enlarging each frame by a factor of two. Techniscope-photographed films During its primary reign of 1960–1980, more than 350 films were photographed in Techniscope, the first of which was ''The Pharaoh's Woman'', released 10 December 1960. Given its considerable savings in production cost but lower image quality, Techniscope was primarily an alternative format used for the production of lower-budgeted film, mainly those in the horror and western genr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |