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Hollywood Intermediate Breaks New Ground as It Goes to ``Charm School'' with All Star Cast; Matchframe Digital Intermediate Technology Combines Three Movies in One for ``Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School''.
Hollywood Intermediate Breaks New Ground as It Goes to ``Charm School'' with All Star Cast; Matchframe Digital Intermediate Technology Combines Three Movies in One for ``Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School''..
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[{"type":"text","content":"BURBANK, Calif. -- Hollywood Intermediate, Inc. (Pink Sheets:HYWI) announced today its Matchframe Digital Intermediate (MDI) division has completed work on \"Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School,\" that includes an all-star cast including Robert Carlyle, Marisa Tomei, Mary Steenbergen, Sean Astin, Donnie Wahlberg, with Danny DiVito and John Goodman. The film follows a widower who embarks on a journey to find a dying man's lost love, a classmate from charm school in 1962. Ironically the widower (Robert Carlyle) falls in love (Marisa Tomei) in the process. The soon to be released film is being distributed by Samuel Goldwyn. \r\nDirector Randall Miller engaged Matchframe Digital Intermediate (MDI) of Burbank to achieve three separate film treatments for the creation of the film. \"Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School\" is based on a \"short\" film of the same name that Miller directed sixteen years ago while at the American Film Institute (AFI). Originally shot in 16mm, the story followed a group of kids whose parents made them attend the charm school. The new plot follows the original story line, but the kids are now adults and it chronicles a dying man's wish to attend a long planned charm school reunion. Portions from the original 16mm \"short\" are used in the new plot for flashbacks to the charm school from when they were the students. \r\nThe process of combining the three different film treatments to create one motion picture clearly demonstrates the power of Hollywood Intermediate's digital intermediate technology and process. The success of the final product not only edifies the DI process, it opens the door for future films to utilize, enhance and combine different formats utilizing Hollywood Intermediate's Technology. \r\nMiller asked MDI to restore much of the 16mm film and convert it to 35mm digital film, which created many challenges for MDI due to its age and physical condition. \"The 16mm negative was sixteen years old,\" said Dave Waters, President of MDI, \"and it was so warped in many places that it was impossible for us to scan.\" MDI combined various software technology along with Filmlight's 2k DI Baselight Color grading system to restore the 16 mm, digitally color grade, and transform the 16mm to 35mm anamorphic output. \r\nAnother third of the film revolves around an accident ...