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WOW! Just saw this film in 70mm and it is absolutely stunning! Breathtaking in its scope and incredible cinematography. If you have the ability to see it in 70mm PLEASE DO SO! The entire film was filmed in 70mm so this is the best way to view it. You literally feel like you are on the beach, in the Spitfire, on the boats or in the sea. But, even if you don't have a 70mm cinema in your town...GO SEE IT!

Definite Oscar.

cant wait to se this

It's astonishing!

Here’s every movie theater showing Christopher Nolan's war film 'Dunkirk' on 70mm film
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Zack Sharf, Indiewire
Jul. 20, 2017, 3:33 PM 14,165
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Christopher Nolan's "Dunkirk."Warner Bros.
One of the most important things you need to know about Christopher Nolan's "Dunkirk" is that the entire 106-minute feature was shot on 65mm film, with 75% incorporating IMAX film cameras. In terms of visual scope, these stats suggest "Dunkirk" might just be Nolan's biggest movie to date, which means you shouldn't settle for a digital projection if you don't have to.

"Dunkirk" will be projected in 70mm in select theaters and tickets for those engagements are now for sale on the "Dunkirk" official website, so we finally have confirmation on what theaters across the country will be showing the WWII drama in its preferred format.

"Dunkirk" will be screening on both regular 70mm and IMAX 70mm, the later of which being the ideal experience. But those aren't the only ways one will be able to experience Nolan's latest. Trailer Track founder Anton Volkov has made a handy guide detailing all the different formats "Dunkirk" will be screening in. There will be six total ways to watch "Dunkirk" projected, though only the 70mm screenings are now on sale. All other showtimes will be available to purchase Friday, July 7.

In time for #Dunkirk tickets going on sale this week - threw together this format comparison infographic. Should answer most Qs… pic.twitter.com/pDWSLqxUto

- Anton Volkov (@antovolk) July 4, 2017


"Dunkirk" opens in theaters nationwide July 21. Here's a rundown of every theater screening the movie on 70mm.

ALABAMA
IMAX Dome Theater (Birmingham)
US Space Center IMAX (Huntsville)
Cineplex Scotiabank Chinook 16 IMAX (Calgary)
Cineplex Scotiabank IMAX (Edmonton)

ARIZONA
AMC Westgate (Glendale)
Grand Canyon IMAX (Grand Canyon Village)
Harkins Tempe Marketplace (Tempe)
Loft (Tuscon)

BRITISH COLUMBIA
Cineplex Colossus IMAX (Langley)
Cineplex Park (Vancouver)

CALIFORNIA
AMC Burbank 16 (Burbank)
Century Daly City (Daly City)
Regal Hacienda 20 IMAX (Dublin)
ArcLight Hollywood (Hollywood)
Pacific ArcLight Dome (Hollywood)
Regal Irvine Spectrum IMAX (Irvine)
ArcLight 14 (La Jolla)
Grossmont Center 10 (La Messa)
Regal Long Beach Stadium (Long Beach)
Cinemark 18 (Los Angeles)
Landmark 12 (Los Angeles)
Timko Grand Lake 4 (Oakland)
Regal Ontario Palace 22 IMAX (Ontario)
Sagewood Camelot (Palm Springs)
Esquire IMAX (Sacramento)
Tower Theatre (Sacramento)
AMC Mission Valley (San Diego)
AMC Metreon IMAX (San Francisco)
Cinemark San Francisco Center (San Francisco)
Alamo Mission 5 (San Francisco)
Century Oakridge (San Jose)
Hackworth IMAX (San Jose)
AMC Mercado (Santa Clara)
ArcLight Sherman Oaks (Sherman Oaks)
AMC Del Amo 18 (Torrance)
Cinemark Union City 25 (Union City)
AMC Citywalk IMAX (Universal City)

COLORADO
Regal Contiental (Denver)
AMC Westminster 24 (Westminster)


CONNECTICUT
INDLF Maritime IMAX (Norwalk)

WASHINGTON D.C.
Regal Gallery Palace Stadium 24 (D.C.)

FLORIDA
Cinemark Palace (Boca Raton)
Coral Gables Art Cinema 1 (Coral Gables)
Cinemark Paradise Park 24 (Davie)
AMC Disney Springs 24 (Lake Buena Vista)
AMC Aventura (Miami)
Regal Waterford Lakes (Orlando)
AMC Veterans (Tampa)
AMC Parisian (West Palm Beach)

GEORGIA
Regal Atlantic Station (Atlanta)
Regal Mall of Georgia 20 (Buford)

IOWA
Sci Dome IMAX (Des Moines)

ILLINOIS
River East 21 (Chicago)
Keresotes Showplace Icon (Chicago)
Music Box (Chicago)
Cinemark Evanston (Evanston)


INDIANA
White River IMAX (Indianapolis)

KANSAS
AMC Town Center (Leawood)

LOUISIANA
AMC Elmwood Palace (New Orleans)

MASSACHUSETTS
AMC Boston Common (Boston)
Coolidge Corner 2 (Brookline)
Somerville 5 (Somerville)

MARYLAND
AFI Silver Theatre (Silver Spring)
AMC White Marsh (Baltimore)
Cinemark Egyptian (Hanover)
Maryland Science Center IMAX (Baltimore)

MICHIGAN
AMC Livonia (Livonia)
AMC Forum 30 (Sterling Heights)


MINNESOTA
Great Clips IMAX (Apple Valley)
AMC Southdale (Edina)
ARC Willow Creek 12 (Plymouth)

MISSOURI
OMNIMAX (St. Louis)
Marcus Ronnies (St. Louis)

NORTH CAROLINA
Discovery Place IMAX (Charlotte)
Regal Stonecrest (Charlotte)
AMC Southpoint (Durham)

NEW JERSEY
AMC Cherry Hill (Cherry Hill)
AMC Hamilton 24 (Hamilton)
AMC Garden State (Paramus)

NEW MEXICO
Cinemark Rio 24 (Albuquerque)

NEVADA
AMC Town Sqaure (Las Vegas)


NEW YORK
Alamo Drafthouse Downtown Brooklyn (Brooklyn)
Farmingdale 14 (Farmingdale)
Regal New Roc City (New Rochelle)
AMC Lincoln Square IMAX (New York)
City Cinemas East 86th St. (New York)
Cinema 1,2,3 (New York)
Village East 7 (New York)
Regal E-Walk Stadim (New York)

OHIO
Gateway Film Center 7 (Columbus)
Cinemark Valley View (Valley View)

OKLAHOMA
AMC Quail Springs (Oklahoma City)

ONTARIO
Cineplex Coliseum IMAX (Mississauga)
Cineplex Varsity 12 (Toronto)
Cineplex Colossus IMAX (Woodbridge)

OREGON
Hollywood 3 (Portland)
Regal Bridgeport (Tigard)

PENNSYLVANIA
AMC Neshaminy 24 (Bensalem)
Regal King of Prussia 15 IMAX (King of Prussia)
Tuttleman IMAX (Philadelphia)
AMC Waterfront (West Homestead)


QUEBEC
Cineplex Banque Scotia 12 (Montreal)

RHODE ISLAND
Providence Place IMAX (Providence)

SASKATCHEWAN
Kramer IMAX (Regina)

TENNESSEE
Regal Pinnacle Stadium (Knoxville)
Regal Opry Mills 20 IMAX (Nashville)

TEXAS
Studio Movie Grill 9 (Arlington)
Alamo Drafthouse Ritz (Austin)
AMC Northpark 15 (Dallas)
Look 11 (Dallas)
Studio Movie Grill Royal Lane 9
Cinemark 17 IMAX (Dallas)
OmniaMAX Fort Worth (Fort Worth)
AMC Gulf Pointe (Houston)
Regal Edwards Freenway Grand Palace (Houston)
Cinemark Tinseltown (Pflugerville)
Cinemark West Plano (Plano)
Santikos Palladium 19 (San Antonio)

VIRGINA
AMC Hoffman Center (Alexandria)
AMC Tyson's Corner (McLean)

WASHINGTON
AMC Pacific Place 11 (Seattle)
Cinerama (Seattle)

WISCONSIN
Marcus Majestic Cinema of Brookfield (Waukesha)

Can't wait to see this either. Yesterday I'm listening to Glenn Beck, and he jokes that they've been showing the trailer so long it almost seems like they started making the movie just after the actual events.

It was funnier if you heard them say it...

July 22, 2017


Dunkirk: Brush up on the history before you see it



By Patricia McCarthy




Most of us beyond a certain age have long been looking forward to the Christopher Nolan film Dunkirk. The film depicts the nine-day rescue of more than three hundred thirty thousand British and Allied troops stranded in the French city of Dunkirk, May 26 to June 4, 1940. Poland, Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, and Belgium had all surrendered. The troops were trapped, with Germans on three sides, leaving only the sea as a possible escape route. Churchill ordered their evacuation by sea, enlisting 861 small personal boats skippered by British citizens. They sailed from all over the south of England to Dunkirk as part of Operation Dynamo. They pulled men from the water, off sinking ships, and off the beach. This was accomplished under constant air attacks by the German Luftwaffe.

The film begins with the fliers dropped over Dunkirk by the Germans advising surrender, as the British are surrounded and have no possibility of escape. There is no information given as to what came before, what led to the predicament of the British and Allied forces. The film does not relate the details of the operation, that the small boats were rescuing men and returning them to England, a journey of 39 to 87 miles, depending on the route. Churchill himself is barely mentioned in the film. Some words of his "We will fight them on the beaches" speech are read from the newspaper at the end.

One might learn more about the tension leading up to the battle at Dunkirk from the second episode of the first season of Foyle's War, "White Feather" (available on Netflix). It is an equally personal account of the dedication and spirit of the British small boat operators who risked their own lives, many of whom were lost, to rescue the stranded soldiers.

The film shows what happened but explains almost nothing. The actors are all quite good, but there is precious little dialogue. While the enormousness of the undertaking is fully realized, even those who know the history of this major event might be hard pressed to follow the action as shown. There is almost no way to know time passed or who is shooting at whom. So, before seeing it, brush up on the details. Viewers will need to be armed with the facts if they are to grasp the dire predicament in which those troops found themselves and the tremendous selflessness that pulled off one of the greatest rescue operations all time.

The fact that Americans have to "brush up on their history" of Dunkirk is exactly why Christopher Nolan made this film. It was one of the biggest events of the war yet, involved no Americans. This is probably why the US knows precious little about it. HOWEVER, anybody remotely interested in WW2 should read Churchill's incredible 'The Second World War'. There is no greater book on the war than it.

Wow...

The French are pissed about their minor role in ‘Dunkirk’

By Amanda Woods


July 22, 2017




What really happened at Dunkirk

Nerve-jangling 'Dunkirk' is destined for Oscar glory
The French are furious over a new historical movie that, they say, diminishes their country’s role in a World War II evacuation.
“Dunkirk,” the Christopher Nolan-directed film that hit theaters last week, shows a “scathing rudeness [and] deplorable indifference” toward France for its role in the Dunkirk evacuation of 1940, said a blistering review in the French newspaper Le Monde.
“Where in the film are the 120,000 French soldiers who were also evacuated from Dunkirk?” critic Jacques Mandelbaum wrote. “Where are the 40,000 who sacrificed themselves to defend the city against a superior enemy in weaponry and numbers?”
But British journalist, editor and author Max Hastings defended “Dunkirk.”
“The French will have to make their own film if they want their national story properly told,” he told the Times of London.


http://nypost.com/2017/07/22/the-french-are-pissed-about-their-minor-role-in-dunkirk/

Kinda silly for the French to be upset. I mean...it is a British made film by a British director about how the British civilians came to help rescue the British soldiers. So, it is a British viewpoint on the events that happened. Churchill didn't want to send loads of Destroyers or rescue ships for fear they would be destroyed and he would need them for if and when the Germans tried to invade GB. So, in the end civilians rallied to help with the evacuation.

The French are mentioned and in one of the final scenes the Admiral says he will stay back and wait for the evacuation of the French as the others get on the boat to leave. Had they continued with the story from there the film would push into a 3+ hour movie.

Like people want to see a movie about the French retreating.

Just saw this today. WOW, all I can say. I'm a big fan of this (thank you Tom Brokaw) generation in history and this was a moving portrayal of some serious heroism!

From the History vs Hollywood website.



French, covering the British as they evacuated.

Tough decisions had to be made as the British feared the Germans were very close to invading GB. Thus, not sending in multiple destroyers into waters that had many U-Boats and skies littered with Messerschmitts.

It was the same with the 'Enigma', which cracked the secret code of the Germans and allowed the British to spy on them. Churchill and co. had to accept certain casualties to happen otherwise, they jeopardized their secret being discovered.

I know, couldn't have been easy making decisions like that. The Imitation Game-another great movie.

The same country that gave the world the Maginot Line, no? Film looks great. Not just a name. Powerful stuff.

The best way to see it is 70mm IMAX. Christpher Nolan shoots a lot of his movies on IMAX, so the experience will be pretty awesome. He kindly leaves 3D out of the equation, which if you ask me, will give you a better experience.

I thought the movie was awesome. I've seen a lot of people on social media slamming the movie, but they probably should have read up on the story of Dunkirk before going to see the movie. You weren't going to get Saving Private Ryan, that's not the story they were trying to get across.

The plane scenes were awesome. The sound and score of the movie is awesome (there is no better combo in cinema today than Nolan/Zimmer) and I really hope they do another WWII movie. So damn good.

With exception to the opening 20 or so minutes of the D-Day beach Invasion, 'Saving Private Ryan' was a lame film. I know I will be slammed for saying that but, honestly...the film was over dramatized Hollywood fluff basing itself very loosely on a "true story". But, the first 20 minutes are, admittedly, absolutely brilliant and gut wrenching.

My personal favorite war film is Terrence Malik's remake of "The Thin Red Line". Harrowing yet, beautifully poetic in its vision.

I loved Midway. Me and a buddy would always watch that back in the day. If they did a remake, that'd be pretty cool.

With today's special effects technology and basing on the aerial dogfight scenes in 'Dunkirk', a remake of 'Midway' could be nerve wracking and dizzyingly fantastic!

I'm hoping with the likely success of Dunkirk we get a string of WWII movies.

There's a really cool video going around of a 90+ year old vet who was at Dunkirk, and saw the movie. He said it felt like he was there. He had some really interesting thoughts, and got emotional. Can't think of a higher compliment for your film than that.

As someone who was born many years after WWII, these movies offer a cool look into what it was like at the time.

Couldnt agree more Sperge ... I love historical movies and stories. I also saw the video and thought it was pretty neat.

An article on how the dogfights were shot

A very interesting article Squires, thank you for posting it.

Another interesting tidbit that I read on History vs Hollywood is that 12 of the boats used in the actual rescue were used in the film.

Didn't say which ones, but hopefully once the blue ray comes out they'll have them in the special features.