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BARABBAS in Technirama 70 - BARABBAS was shot in 35mm 8-perf Technirama and optically enlarged to Technirama 70.

The Australian season opened at the Barclay Sydney on the 16th August 1963, enjoying an eleven week run concluding on 31/10/63.

This was the first 70mm presentation at this venue. There were only two 70mm prints of BARABBAS in Australia at the time.

Source - AUSTRALIA IN 70MM

Technical - The Technirama process used a film frame area twice as large as CinemaScope. This gave the former a sharper image with less photographic grain. Cameras used 35mm film running horizontally with an 8-perforation frame, double the normal size, exactly the same as VistaVision.

VistaVision cameras were sometimes adapted for Technirama. Technirama used 1.5:1 anamorphic curved mirror optics in front of the camera lens.

Barabbas, in the New Testament, a prisoner mentioned in all four Gospels who was chosen by the crowd, over Jesus Christ, to be released by Pontius Pilate in a customary pardon before the feast of Passover.

Barabbas is a 1961 religious epic film directed by Richard Fleischer for Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica, expanding on the life of Barabbas, from the Christian Passion narrative in the Gospel of Mark and other gospels. It stars Anthony Quinn, Silvana Mangano, Katy Jurado, Arthur Kennedy, Harry Andrews, Ernest Borgnine, Vittorio Gassman, and Jack Palance.

Contributed by Greg Lynch -