70 mm Todd-AO

Todd-AO is a post-production company founded in 1953, providing sound-related services to the motion picture and television industries. The company operates three facilities in the Los Angeles area. Todd-AO is historically known for the Todd-AO format, an extremely high resolution widescreen film format developed in the mid 1950s. Todd-AO is an extremely high resolution widescreen film format developed in the mid 1950s. It was co-developed by Mik... More

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