Motion picture system

A new commercial theater motion picture distribution film comprising a length of substantially standard 35 mm film stock that has two rows of perforations wherein the perforations are spaced substantially 0.187 inch apart along each row, and which has new film frames each of about 0.46 inch length along the length of the film, wherein:

• said new film frames are spaced apart by two and one-half perforations, or substantially 0.467 inch, along the length of said film stock.

A motion picture theater distribution film strip comprising:

• a continuous length of 35 mm film having a multiplicity of edge perforations, with a plurality of said edge perforations having a predetermined center-to-center perforation spacing of substantially 0.187 inch and having a plurality of picture frames spaced along the length of the film, wherein said picture frames are spaced by a plurality of said perforation spacings plus a fraction of a perforation spacing;
• said picture frames are spaced apart by a number of said perforation spacings which is chosen from the group that consists of 2.25, 2.50, and 2.75 perforations.

A method for producing and projecting a commercial theater motion picture image, comprising:

• creating an original motion picture film, including using a camera to record images on standard 35 mm film stock with a sprocket hole, or perforation, spacing of substantially 0.187 inch, with the images thereon spaced apart by a whole number, or integer number, of perforations, which is chosen from the group which is chosen from the group which consists of 3 and 4;
• transferring at least portions of each of the images on said original film to a plurality of release prints that each comprises said standard 35 mm film stock, including establishing said images on each of said release prints so said images are spaced apart thereon by a noninteger number of perforations which consists of 2.25, 2.50, and 2.75 perforations.

A method for taking and projecting a commercial motion picture image, comprising:

• using a camera to photograph said motion picture image on a first length of substantially standard 35 mm film stock that has perforations spaced substantially 0.187 inch apart along the length of the film stock, by producing camera film frames on said film stock wherein said camera film frames contain images and said camera film frames are spaced apart by 4 perforations along the length of the film stock;
• and
• producing a plurality of distribution prints on a second length of substantially standard 35 mm film stock that has perforations spaced substantially 0.187 inch apart along the length of the film stock, wherein said distribution prints each have projection film frames and wherein said projection film frames contain at least portions of the images on said camera film frames, but wherein said projection film frames are spaced apart by 2.5 perforations along the length of said second length of film stock.