https://shotonwhat.com/camera-aperture/panavision-camera-aperture The Source for Motion Picture & Television Technical Information Tue, 24 Mar 2020 21:34:54 -0800 en-US hourly 1 https://shotonwhat.com/1941-1979 Sun, 15 Sep 2024 12:28:41 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/1941-1979
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cinematographer: William A. Fraker
Hysterical Californians prepare for a Japanese invasion in the days after Pearl Harbor. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/raiders-of-the-lost-ark-1981 Sun, 15 Sep 2024 10:55:45 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/raiders-of-the-lost-ark-1981
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cinematographer: Douglas Slocombe
In 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before Adolf Hitler's Nazis can obtain its awesome powers. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/jaws-1975 Sun, 15 Sep 2024 09:48:10 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/jaws-1975
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cinematographer: Bill Butler
When a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/close-encounters-of-the-third-kind-1977 Sun, 01 Sep 2024 14:08:07 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/close-encounters-of-the-third-kind-1977
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cinematographer: Vilmos Zsigmond
Roy Neary, an electric lineman, watches how his quiet and ordinary daily life turns upside down after a close encounter with a UFO. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/interstellar-2014 Sat, 31 Aug 2024 20:00:58 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/interstellar-2014
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cinematographer: Hoyte Van Hoytema
When Earth becomes uninhabitable in the future, a farmer and ex-NASA pilot, Joseph Cooper, is tasked to pilot a spacecraft, along with a team of researchers, to find a new planet for humans. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/forrest-gump-1994 Sat, 31 Aug 2024 19:53:20 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/forrest-gump-1994
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cinematographer: Don Burgess
The presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, the events of Vietnam, Watergate, and other history unfold through the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/inception-2010 Thu, 29 Aug 2024 15:35:19 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/inception-2010
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cinematographer: Wally Pfister
A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/insomnia-2002 Wed, 28 Aug 2024 17:16:32 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/insomnia-2002
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cinematographer: Wally Pfister
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/batman-begins-2005 Wed, 28 Aug 2024 17:05:14 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/batman-begins-2005
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cinematographer: Wally Pfister
After training with his mentor, Batman begins his fight to free crime-ridden Gotham City from corruption. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-dark-knight-2008 Wed, 28 Aug 2024 16:16:44 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-dark-knight-2008
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cinematographer: Wally Pfister
When the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-prestige-2006 Wed, 28 Aug 2024 14:43:21 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-prestige-2006
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cinematographer: Wally Pfister
After a tragic accident, two stage magicians engage in a battle to create the ultimate illusion while sacrificing everything they have to outwit each other. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/memento-2000 Tue, 27 Aug 2024 21:51:05 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/memento-2000
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cinematographer: Wally Pfister
A man with short-term memory loss attempts to track down his wife's murderer. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/waking-ned-devine-1998 Wed, 21 Aug 2024 00:50:19 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/waking-ned-devine-1998
Director: Kirk Jones
Cinematographer: Henry Braham
When a lottery winner dies of shock, his fellow townsfolk attempt to claim the money. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/victor-victoria-1982 Sun, 18 Aug 2024 13:49:59 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/victor-victoria-1982
Director: Blake Edwards
Cinematographer: Dick Bush
A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/goldeneye-1995 Sat, 06 Jul 2024 15:28:18 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/goldeneye-1995
Director: Martin Campbell
Cinematographer: Phil Meheux
James Bond teams up with the lone survivor of a destroyed Russian research center to stop the hijacking of a nuclear space weapon by a fellow Agent formerly believed to be dead. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/tomorrow-never-dies-1997 Sat, 06 Jul 2024 15:25:10 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/tomorrow-never-dies-1997
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Cinematographer: Robert Elswit
James Bond heads to stop a media mogul's plan to induce war between China and the UK in order to obtain exclusive global media coverage. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-world-is-not-enough-1999 Sat, 06 Jul 2024 15:23:25 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-world-is-not-enough-1999
Director: Michael Apted
Cinematographer: Adrian Biddle
James Bond uncovers a nuclear plot when he protects an oil heiress from her former kidnapper, an international terrorist who can't feel pain. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/diamonds-are-forever-1971 Sat, 06 Jul 2024 15:21:26 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/diamonds-are-forever-1971
Director: Guy Hamilton
Cinematographer: Ted Moore
A diamond smuggling investigation leads James Bond to Las Vegas, where he uncovers an evil plot involving a rich business tycoon. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/casino-royale-2-1967 Sat, 06 Jul 2024 15:15:01 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/casino-royale-2-1967
Director: Val Guest, Ken Hughes, John Huston, Joseph McGrath, Robert Parrish, Richard Talmadge
Cinematographer: Jack Hildyard
In an early spy spoof, aging Sir James Bond comes out of retirement to take on SMERSH. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/die-another-day-2002 Sat, 06 Jul 2024 15:01:48 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/die-another-day-2002
Director: Lee Tamahori
Cinematographer: David Tattersall
James Bond is sent to investigate the connection between a North Korean terrorist and a diamond mogul, who is funding the development of an international space weapon. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/spectre-2015 Sat, 06 Jul 2024 13:23:23 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/spectre-2015
Director: Sam Mendes
Cinematographer: Hoyte Van Hoytema
A cryptic message from 007's past sends him pitted against a mysterious terrorist organization called Spectre, and learns of its involvement in previous events of his most dangerous missions. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/star-wars-episode-iv-a-new-hope-1977 Sat, 29 Jun 2024 14:53:14 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/star-wars-episode-iv-a-new-hope-1977
Director: George Lucas
Cinematographer: Gilbert Taylor
Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/star-wars-episode-viii-the-last-jedi-2017 Fri, 28 Jun 2024 22:48:53 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/star-wars-episode-viii-the-last-jedi-2017
Director: Rian Johnson
Cinematographer: Steve Yedlin
Rey develops her abilities with the help of Luke Skywalker, as the Resistance prepares for battle against the First Order. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/doctor-zhivago-1965 Tue, 21 May 2024 04:57:58 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/doctor-zhivago-1965
Director: David Lean
Cinematographer: Freddie Young
The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/pulp-fiction-1994 Wed, 10 Apr 2024 05:59:49 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/pulp-fiction-1994
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Cinematographer: Andrzej Sekula
The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster & his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-passion-of-the-christ-2004 Wed, 10 Apr 2024 05:30:19 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-passion-of-the-christ-2004
Director: Mel Gibson
Cinematographer: Caleb Deschanel
Depicts the final twelve hours in the life of Jesus of Nazareth, on the day of his crucifixion in Jerusalem. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/unbreakable-2000 Wed, 10 Apr 2024 05:21:36 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/unbreakable-2000
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Cinematographer: Eduardo Serra
A man learns something extraordinary about himself after a devastating accident. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-goonies-1985 Tue, 09 Apr 2024 22:52:25 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-goonies-1985
Director: Richard Donner
Cinematographer: Nick McLean
A group of young misfits who call themselves The Goonies discover an ancient map and set out on a quest to find a legendary pirate's long-lost treasure. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-revenant-2015 Tue, 09 Apr 2024 22:05:54 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-revenant-2015
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Cinematographer: Emmanuel Lubezki
A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-deer-hunter-1978 Tue, 09 Apr 2024 21:55:13 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-deer-hunter-1978
Director: Michael Cimino
Cinematographer: Vilmos Zsigmond
An in-depth examination of the ways in which the Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of several friends in a small steel mill town in Pennsylvania. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/pokemon-detective-pikachu-2019 Sun, 17 Dec 2023 21:20:51 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/pokemon-detective-pikachu-2019
Director: Rob Letterman
Cinematographer: John Mathieson
In a world where people collect Pokémon to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent talking Pikachu who seeks to be a detective. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/booksmart-2019 Sat, 16 Dec 2023 16:01:14 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/booksmart-2019
Director: Olivia Wilde
Cinematographer: Jason McCormick
On the eve of their high-school graduation, two academic superstars and best friends realize they should have worked less and played more. Determined not to fall short of their peers, the girls try to cram four years of fun into o... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/my-best-friends-wedding-1997 Sat, 16 Dec 2023 14:57:07 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/my-best-friends-wedding-1997
Director: P.J. Hogan
Cinematographer: László Kovács
When a woman's long-time friend reveals he's engaged, she realizes she loves him herself and sets out to get him, with only days before the wedding. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/oscar-and-lucinda-1997 Sat, 16 Dec 2023 02:01:29 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/oscar-and-lucinda-1997
Director: Gillian Armstrong
Cinematographer: Geoffrey Simpson
In mid-1800s England, Oscar is a young Anglican priest, a misfit and an outcast, but with the soul of an angel. As a boy, even though from a strict Pentecostal family, he felt God told him through a sign to leave his father and hi... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/beautiful-creatures-2013 Fri, 15 Dec 2023 21:00:20 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/beautiful-creatures-2013
Director: Richard LaGravenese
Cinematographer: Philippe Rousselot
Ethan Wate longs to escape his small southern town. He meets a mysterious new girl, Lena Duchannes. Together, they uncover dark secrets about their respective families, their history, and their town. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/speed-1994 Tue, 12 Dec 2023 20:38:50 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/speed-1994
Director: Jan de Bont
Cinematographer: Andrzej Bartkowiak
A young police officer must prevent a bomb exploding aboard a city bus by keeping its speed above 50 mph. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/snake-eyes-1998 Tue, 12 Dec 2023 20:35:15 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/snake-eyes-1998
Director: Brian De Palma
Cinematographer: Stephen H. Burum
A shady police detective finds himself in the middle of a murder conspiracy at an important boxing match in an Atlantic City casino. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/mission-impossible-ghost-protocol-2011 Sun, 10 Dec 2023 03:59:37 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/mission-impossible-ghost-protocol-2011
Director: Brad Bird
Cinematographer: Robert Elswit
The IMF is shut down when it's implicated in the bombing of the Kremlin, causing Ethan Hunt and his new team to go rogue to clear their organization's name. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/mission-impossible-iii-2006 Sat, 09 Dec 2023 15:21:27 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/mission-impossible-iii-2006
Director: J.J. Abrams
Cinematographer: Dan Mindel
IMF Agent Ethan Hunt comes into conflict with a dangerous and sadistic arms dealer who threatens his life and his fiancee in response. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/mission-impossible-1996 Thu, 07 Dec 2023 02:49:09 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/mission-impossible-1996
Director: Brian De Palma
Cinematographer: Stephen H. Burum
An American agent, under false suspicion of disloyalty, must discover and expose the real spy without the help of his organization. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/mission-impossible-ii-2000 Thu, 07 Dec 2023 02:47:55 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/mission-impossible-ii-2000
Director: John Woo
Cinematographer: Jeffrey L. Kimball
IMF agent Ethan Hunt is sent to Sydney to find and destroy a genetically modified disease called "Chimera". ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/mission-impossible-rogue-nation-2015 Thu, 07 Dec 2023 00:45:28 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/mission-impossible-rogue-nation-2015
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Cinematographer: Robert Elswit
Ethan and his team take on their most impossible mission yet when they have to eradicate an international rogue organization as highly skilled as they are and committed to destroying the IMF. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/ready-player-one-2018 Tue, 14 Nov 2023 06:36:22 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/ready-player-one-2018
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cinematographer: Janusz Kaminski
When the creator of a virtual reality called the OASIS dies, he makes a posthumous challenge to all OASIS users to find his Easter Egg, which will give the finder his fortune and control of his world. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-book-of-henry-2017 Wed, 12 Apr 2023 21:15:38 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-book-of-henry-2017
Director: Colin Trevorrow
Cinematographer: John Schwartzman
With instructions from her genius son's carefully crafted notebook, a single mother sets out to rescue a young girl from the hands of her abusive stepfather. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/contact-1997 Sun, 01 Jan 2023 15:07:09 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/contact-1997
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cinematographer: Don Burgess
Dr. Ellie Arroway (Jodie Foster), after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of extraterrestrial intelligence, sending plans for a mysterious machine. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-aeronauts-2019 Tue, 24 Mar 2020 21:34:54 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-aeronauts-2019
Director: Tom Harper
Cinematographer: George Steel
Balloon pilot Amelia Wren and scientist James Glaisher find themselves in an epic fight for survival while attempting to make discoveries in a gas balloon in the 1860s. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/seberg-2019 Tue, 24 Mar 2020 21:23:41 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/seberg-2019
Director: Benedict Andrews
Cinematographer: Rachel Morrison
Inspired by real events in the life of French New Wave icon Jean Seberg. In the late 1960s, Hoover's FBI targeted her because of her political and romantic involvement with civil rights activist Hakim Jamal. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/rosewood-1997 Wed, 04 Dec 2019 21:38:56 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/rosewood-1997
Director: John Singleton
Cinematographer: Johnny E. Jensen
A dramatization of a 1923 horrific racist lynch mob attack on an African-American community. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/born-on-the-fourth-of-july-1989 Thu, 28 Nov 2019 16:01:34 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/born-on-the-fourth-of-july-1989
Director: Oliver Stone
Cinematographer: Robert Richardson
The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/faceoff-1997 Wed, 13 Nov 2019 15:28:40 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/faceoff-1997
Director: John Woo
Cinematographer: Oliver Wood
In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes a facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity and physical appearance of a terrorist, but the plan turns from bad to worse when the same terrorist impersonates the FBI agent. ]]>