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Exclusive: Only a handful of exhibitors will be able to screen Ang Lee’s anticipated drama as the director intends.

When Ang Lee’s Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk goes on release in November only a handful of exhibitors will be able to screen it as the director intends.

The TriStar Pictures war comedy-drama, starring Kristen Stewart, Vin Diesel, Steve Martin and Screen Star of Tomorrow Joe Alwyn in the title role, is the first to be shot in a combination of 4K resolution in stereo 3D and at 120 frames a second (fps) - a bold specification that exceeds all Dci compliant presentation systems.

The Oscar-winning director, who previously pushed the boundaries of 3D with Life Of Pi, spoke last year at CinemaCon about shooting at 120fps, which was in part chosen as a means to immerse viewers in Billy Lynn’s combat scenes.

“What Ang Lee is aiming for cannot be done on any Dci-compliant...

The era of laser illuminated projection came a little closer over the weekend following screenings of Life of Pi and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes using new Christie Digital technology which promise to lift levels of 3D movies to a par with that enjoyed in 2D.

The presentations, on Saturday and Monday at cinema and TV trade show Ibc in Amsterdam, marked the first time a full length feature has been screened with Christie 6P Laser Projection.

20th Century Fox, which flew four executives into Amsterdam for the occasion, regraded both films to suit the higher brightness levels and has pledged to master all of its future 3D releases at 14 foot-lamberts / fL, the same light levels as 2D and a substantial improvement on the 4 or 6 fL possible with existing 3D digital projectors.

“Exhibitors who are enjoying the 3D ticket premium need to step up and install equipment that’s going to allow them to present...

BBC and ITV enraged the government with early portrayals of the conflict but it is being supplanted by recent conflicts

British TV deployed rapidly – and with frequent controversy – to attack the Falklands war as a subject. The assiduous historical website British Television Drama records, in the decade after the war, 10 dramas based on the conflict.

The BBC screened five plays within five years of the events, which may surprise those who now associate the corporation with editorial caution and at the time clearly astonished the Ministry of Defence, which made numerous objections and obstructed access to actual locations and equipment.

The earliest pieces were oblique, with Don Shaw's The Falklands Factor dramatising an 18th-century dispute over the islands, and Maggie Wadey's The Waiting War focusing on military and naval families. ITV also enraged the MoD and the government with a children's series, Jan Needle's A Game of Soldiers,...

The family of late football boss Brian Clough reportedly "loathe" the idea of seeing the upcoming biopic based on his early management career. According to The Guardian, Clough's widow Barbara and their children Elizabeth, Simon and Nigel have rejected an offer from The Damned United director Tom Hooper to see an early screening of the movie. The Clough family initially objected to David Peace's novel, on which the film is based, due to its portrayal of Clough as a depressed, paranoid alcoholic. "They absolutely loathe the idea," said Don Shaw, author of Clough's War. "Nigel tried to read The Damned United but gave up because he was so shocked by it. Barbara read one page before she had to stop... They were horrified by the book and won't be seeing (more)...

The family of late football boss Brian Clough reportedly "loathe" the idea of seeing the upcoming biopic based on his early management career. According to The Guardian, Clough's widow Barbara and their children Elizabeth, Simon and Nigel have rejected an offer from The Damned United director Tom Hooper to see an early screening of the movie. The Clough family initially objected to David Peace's novel, on which the film is based, due to its portrayal of Clough as a depressed, paranoid alcoholic. "They absolutely loathe the idea," said Don Shaw, author of Clough's War. "Nigel tried to read The Damned United but gave up because he was so shocked by it. Barbara read one page before she had to stop... They were horrified by the book and won't be seeing (more)...