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Re:The Avengers: Why Pirates Failed To Prevent A Box Office ... by cdr on Tuesday May 08, 2012 @11:54AM (#3944250)
My local indie theater recently ran a substantial (for them) fundraising campaign to upgrade to digital. They claimed that within a year or two, the major studios were going digital only and any theater without digital would be completely shut out. I didn't verify this, but I have no reason to doubt them.
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Re:The Avengers: Why Pirates Failed To Prevent A Box Office ... by lawnchair_larry on Tuesday May 08, 2012 @03:47PM (#3945486)
Kevin Smith just mentioned this on reddit today as well.

"I like both, but it doesn't matter what I think, as the last 35mm film camera rolled off the assembly line months back and most studios are ceasing print distribution altogether: first overseas, then domestically."

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/tcxgh/i_am_thekevin_sm...

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Re:The Avengers: Why Pirates Failed To Prevent A Box Office ... by Keyframe on Tuesday May 08, 2012 @01:53PM (#3944947)
DCP is de facto standard for a few years now. It is pretty rare to see 35mm copies around except on festivals. It is even rare to see film cameras on set, even on commercials which are usually ripe with, what would one call, 'hipsters'.
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Re:The Avengers: Why Pirates Failed To Prevent A Box Office ... by waterlesscloud on Tuesday May 08, 2012 @01:04PM (#3944617)
Fox just announced officially that they will cease all 35mm print distribution within 2 years.
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Re:The Avengers: Why Pirates Failed To Prevent A Box Office ... by ChiperSoft on Tuesday May 08, 2012 @01:33PM (#3944823)
As a film geek, this news saddens me so much....
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