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Call for 3D Olympics screenings
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HowardBHaas
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June 25, 2009 at 7:50 am
A former producer fights for more digital film acceptance in Great Britain and for the Olympics to be shown in theaters in 3D.
Digital technology could enable the 2012 Olympics to be shown in 3D in cinemas across the UK, former film producer Lord Puttnam has said.
It should be possible to show the London Olympics “every single day in 3D on every screen in the country”, he said at the Edinburgh Film Festival.
Read more in the BBC News.
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In July, 200 cinemas worldwide will broadcast Helen Mirren in a play at London’s National Theatre, so that means legit plays, opera, and maybe Olympics will provide additional revenue to movie theaters.