Super Panavision 70

Super Panavision 70 was the marketing brand used to identify movies photographed with Panavision 65 mm cameras and spherical optics between 1959 and 1983.

The frame dimensions and six-track stereo soundtrack configuration of Super Panavision 70 were virtually identical to those established for the Todd-AO 65/70 mm process in 1955. Films made with either process could be shown with the same projectors, lenses and screen.

Some of the films made in Super Panavision 70 were presented in 70 mm Cinerama in selected theaters. Special optics were used to project the 70 mm prints onto a deeply-curved screen to mimic the effect of the original 3-strip Cinerama process.

Movies using Super Panavision 70

1959

The Big Fisherman

1960

Exodus

1961

West Side Story

1962

Lawrence of Arabia

1964

My Fair Lady
Cheyenne Autumn

1965

Lord Jim

1966

Grand Prix (presented in 70 mm Cinerama)

1968

2001: A Space Odyssey (presented in 70 mm Cinerama)
Ice Station Zebra (presented in 70 mm Cinerama)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

1969

Mackenna's Gold

1970

Song of Norway (advertised as "on the Cinerama screen" in some countries)
Ryan's Daughter

1977

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (special effects shots only)

1982

Tron (live-action scenes and partial-CGI scenes only; entirely-CGI shots filmed in VistaVision)

1983

Brainstorm ("Brainstorm" VR sequences only)

1984

Auto-E-Motion (BMW promotional short subject)

Panavision System 65/Super 70

In the early 1990s, Panavision introduced an updated line of 65 mm cameras and optics known as "Panavision System 65" or "Panavision Super 70". However, with the advent of digital sound and a lack of 70 mm projectors, the format never really took on.

Movies using Panavision System 65/Super 70

1992

Far and Away

1996

*''Hamlet

1998

The Witness (short film produced for the Mashantucket Pequot Museum in Connecticut)

2004

Spider-Man 2 (selected special effects shots only)

2005

The New World ("hyper-reality" scenes only)

See also

*70 mm film
*Cinerama
*Super Technirama 70
*Todd-AO
*Ultra Panavision 70

External links

*American Widescreen Museum section on Super Panavision 70

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