John Wayne and “Hondo” Back On The Big Screen?
November 15th, 2007 in Movie News, Westerns
If you love John Wayne and westerns, this news may excite you! John Wayne’s daughter, Gretchen Wayne, is working on getting one her pop’s movies back in theaters. The picture she’s hoping to get back on the big screen is none other than the classic “Hondo”.
Interestingly, “Hondo” was originally filmed in 3-D. And thanks to the advances of modern technology, the movie is being restored to is full 3-D glory. Batjac Productions, Wayne’s production company, which was founded by the Duke himself, is looking for a distributor.
A cleaned-up and color corrected version of “Hondo” was shown last year at the Cannes Film Festival, and now the studio has given the print more time and attention and have created a “much better product.” The latest print was shown earlier this week at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Samuel Goldwyn Theater as a part of the Academy’s 3-D program. It was played to a full audience, and Gretchen Wayne was interviewed by Leonard Maltin.
It’s pretty cool that the film, if picked up by a distributor, will finally be seen in the way it was originally intended - as a 3-D movie.
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