https://shotonwhat.com/camera-aperture/vistavision-camera-aperture The Source for Motion Picture & Television Technical Information Mon, 01 Jul 2024 14:08:45 -0800 en-US hourly 1 https://shotonwhat.com/true-lies-1994 Wed, 25 Sep 2024 18:42:58 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/true-lies-1994
Director: James Cameron
Cinematographer: Russell Carpenter
A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used car salesman while terrorists smuggle nuclear war heads into the United States. ]]> 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/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/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-dark-knight-rises-2012 Wed, 28 Aug 2024 12:18:03 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-dark-knight-rises-2012
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cinematographer: Wally Pfister
Eight years after the Joker's reign of anarchy, Batman, with the help of the enigmatic Catwoman, is forced from his exile to save Gotham City, now on the edge of total annihilation, from the brutal guerrilla terrorist Bane. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-matrix-1999 Tue, 27 Aug 2024 23:23:51 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-matrix-1999
Director: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
Cinematographer: Bill Pope
A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against its controllers. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/star-wars-episode-vi-return-of-the-jedi-1983 Tue, 30 Jul 2024 12:23:22 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/star-wars-episode-vi-return-of-the-jedi-1983
Director: Richard Marquand
Cinematographer: Alan Hume, Alec Mills
After a daring mission to rescue Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt, the Rebels dispatch to Endor to destroy the second Death Star. Meanwhile, Luke struggles to help Darth Vader back from the dark side without falling into the Emperor's trap. ]]> 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/the-end-of-the-dial-2021 Mon, 01 Jul 2024 14:08:45 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-end-of-the-dial-2021
Director: Brad Knull
Cinematographer: Elvis Ripley
]]> https://shotonwhat.com/star-wars-episode-i-the-phantom-menace-1999 Sat, 29 Jun 2024 21:59:00 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/star-wars-episode-i-the-phantom-menace-1999
Director: George Lucas
Cinematographer: David Tattersall
Two Jedi escape a hostile blockade to find allies and come across a young boy who may bring balance to the Force, but the long dormant Sith resurface to claim their old glory. ]]> 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-v-the-empire-strikes-back-1980 Sat, 29 Jun 2024 00:56:04 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/star-wars-episode-v-the-empire-strikes-back-1980
Director: Irvin Kershner
Cinematographer: Peter Suschitzky
After the Rebels are brutally overpowered by the Empire on the ice planet Hoth, Luke Skywalker begins Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued by Darth Vader. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/to-catch-a-thief-1955 Thu, 16 May 2024 16:17:14 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/to-catch-a-thief-1955
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cinematographer: Robert Burks
A retired jewel thief sets out to prove his innocence after being suspected of returning to his former occupation. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/starship-troopers-1997 Wed, 10 Apr 2024 05:44:00 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/starship-troopers-1997
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Cinematographer: Jost Vacano
Humans in a fascist, militaristic future wage war with giant alien bugs. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/photocopier-2021 Tue, 19 Mar 2024 23:13:04 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/photocopier-2021
Director: Wregas Bhanuteja
Cinematographer: Gunnar Nimpuno
After losing her scholarship when photos of her at a party surface online, a student pairs with a photocopy worker to piece together what happened. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/spider-man-2002 Wed, 13 Dec 2023 14:25:54 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/spider-man-2002
Director: Sam Raimi
Cinematographer: Don Burgess
When bitten by a genetically modified spider, a nerdy, shy, and awkward high school student gains spider-like abilities that he eventually must use to fight evil as a superhero after tragedy befalls his family. ]]> 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/apollo-13-1995 Mon, 11 Dec 2023 02:53:05 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/apollo-13-1995
Director: Ron Howard
Cinematographer: Dean Cundey
NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/spider-man-2-2004 Mon, 11 Dec 2023 02:28:15 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/spider-man-2-2004
Director: Sam Raimi
Cinematographer: Bill Pope
Peter Parker is beset with troubles in his failing personal life as he battles a brilliant scientist named Doctor Otto Octavius. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/back-to-the-future-part-iii-1990 Fri, 07 Apr 2023 23:56:32 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/back-to-the-future-part-iii-1990
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cinematographer: Dean Cundey
Enjoying a peaceable existence in 1885, Doctor Emmet Brown is about to be killed by Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen. Marty McFly travels back in time to save his friend. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/back-to-the-future-1985 Fri, 07 Apr 2023 23:52:43 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/back-to-the-future-1985
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cinematographer: Dean Cundey
Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent thirty years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/back-to-the-future-part-ii-1989 Fri, 07 Apr 2023 23:32:16 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/back-to-the-future-part-ii-1989
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cinematographer: Dean Cundey
After visiting 2015, Marty McFly must repeat his visit to 1955 to prevent disastrous changes to 1985...without interfering with his first trip. ]]> 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/first-man-2018 Tue, 03 Sep 2019 02:33:13 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/first-man-2018
Director: Damien Chazelle
Cinematographer: Linus Sandgren
A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/spider-man-3-2007 Mon, 19 Aug 2019 18:00:39 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/spider-man-3-2007
Director: Sam Raimi
Cinematographer: Bill Pope
A strange black entity from another world bonds with Peter Parker and causes inner turmoil as he contends with new villains, temptations, and revenge. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/dark-2-2017 Thu, 18 Jul 2019 20:05:58 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/dark-2-2017
Director: Baran bo Odar
Cinematographer: Nikolaus Summerer
A family saga with a supernatural twist, set in a German town, where the disappearance of two young children exposes the relationships among four families. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/dinosaur-2000 Wed, 17 Jul 2019 12:55:58 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/dinosaur-2000
Director: Eric Leighton, Ralph Zondag
Cinematographer: David R. Hardberger, Steven Douglas Smith
An orphaned dinosaur raised by lemurs joins an arduous trek to a sancturary after a meteorite shower destroys his family home. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-perfect-storm-2000 Mon, 15 Jul 2019 04:02:45 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-perfect-storm-2000
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Cinematographer: John Seale
An unusually intense storm pattern catches some commercial fishermen unaware and puts them in mortal danger. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/jurassic-park-1993 Mon, 15 Jul 2019 03:32:20 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/jurassic-park-1993
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cinematographer: Dean Cundey
During a preview tour, a theme park suffers a major power breakdown that allows its cloned dinosaur exhibits to run amok. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/honey-i-blew-up-the-kid-1992 Mon, 08 Jul 2019 11:19:51 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/honey-i-blew-up-the-kid-1992
Director: Randal Kleiser
Cinematographer: John Hora
The Szalinski family is back, this time hilarious disaster strikes when an experiment causes their new toddler son to grow many stories tall. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/one-eyed-jacks-1961 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 11:24:07 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/one-eyed-jacks-1961
Director: Marlon Brando
Cinematographer: Charles Lang
After robbing a Mexican bank, Dad Longworth takes the loot and leaves his partner Rio to be captured but Rio escapes and searches for Dad in California. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-desperate-hours-1955 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 11:23:54 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-desperate-hours-1955
Director: William Wyler
Cinematographer: Lee Garmes
Three escaped convicts move in on and terrorize a suburban household. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-buccaneer-1958 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 11:23:44 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-buccaneer-1958
Director: Anthony Quinn
Cinematographer: Loyal Griggs
During the war of 1812, Louisiana buccaneer Jean Lafitte assists the Americans in defending New Orleans against the attacking British war fleet. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-searchers-1956 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 11:23:31 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-searchers-1956
Director: John Ford
Cinematographer: Winton C. Hoch
An American Civil War veteran embarks on a journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/high-society-1956 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 11:23:24 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/high-society-1956
Director: Charles Walters
Cinematographer: Paul Vogel
A spoiled heiress must choose among three suitors: her jazz musician ex-husband, a stuffy businessman, and an undercover tabloid reporter. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-trouble-with-harry-1955 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 11:21:05 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-trouble-with-harry-1955
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cinematographer: Robert Burks
The trouble with Harry is that he's dead, and everyone seems to have a different idea of what should be done with his body. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-man-who-knew-too-much-1956 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 11:20:54 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-man-who-knew-too-much-1956
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cinematographer: Robert Burks
An American physician and his wife take matters into their own hands after assassins planning to execute a foreign Prime Minister kidnap their son. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/funny-face-1957 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 11:20:37 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/funny-face-1957
Director: Stanley Donen
Cinematographer: Ray June
An impromptu fashion shoot at a book store brings about a new fashion model discovery in the shop clerk. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/star-trek-ii-the-wrath-of-khan-1982 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 07:22:37 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/star-trek-ii-the-wrath-of-khan-1982
Director: Nicholas Meyer
Cinematographer: Gayne Rescher
With the assistance of the Enterprise crew, Admiral Kirk must stop an old nemesis, Khan Noonien Singh, from using the life-generating Genesis Device as the ultimate weapon. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/who-framed-roger-rabbit-1988 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 22:52:15 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/who-framed-roger-rabbit-1988
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cinematographer: Dean Cundey
A toon-hating detective is a cartoon rabbit's only hope to prove his innocence when he is accused of murder. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen-2009 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 22:41:53 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen-2009
Director: Michael Bay
Cinematographer: Ben Seresin
Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is dragged back into the Transformers' war. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/eraser-1996 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 21:54:31 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/eraser-1996
Director: Chuck Russell
Cinematographer: Adam Greenberg
A Witness Protection specialist becomes suspicious of his co-workers when dealing with a case involving high-tech weapons. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-mummy-returns-2001 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 21:16:14 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-mummy-returns-2001
Director: Stephen Sommers
Cinematographer: Adrian Biddle
The mummified body of Imhotep is shipped to a museum in London, where he once again wakes and begins his campaign of rage and terror. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/men-in-black-1997 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 21:03:39 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/men-in-black-1997
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Cinematographer: Donald Peterman
A police officer joins a secret organization that polices and monitors extraterrestrial interactions on Earth. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/dune-1984 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 20:57:26 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/dune-1984
Director: David Lynch
Cinematographer: Freddie Francis
A Duke's son leads desert warriors against the galactic emperor and his father's evil nemesis when they assassinate his father and free their desert world from the emperor's rule. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/indiana-jones-and-the-temple-of-doom-1984 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 18:53:07 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/indiana-jones-and-the-temple-of-doom-1984
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cinematographer: Douglas Slocombe
In 1935, Indiana Jones arrives in India, still part of the British Empire, and is asked to find a mystical stone. He then stumbles upon a secret cult committing enslavement and human sacrifices in the catacombs of an ancient palace. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/con-air-1997 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 18:37:57 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/con-air-1997
Director: Simon West
Cinematographer: David Tattersall
Newly paroled ex-con and former U.S. Ranger Cameron Poe finds himself trapped in a prisoner transport plane when the passengers seize control. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-twilight-saga-breaking-dawn-part-1-2011 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 18:06:28 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-twilight-saga-breaking-dawn-part-1-2011
Director: Bill Condon
Cinematographer: Guillermo Navarro
The Quileutes close in on expecting parents Edward and Bella, whose unborn child poses a threat to the Wolf Pack and the towns people of Forks. ]]>