A World War I Documentary Becomes ‘Event Cinema’
 

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Innovative filmmaking, strong reviews and a strategic ground campaign in theaters has helped a documentary film about World War I win some box-office glory among big-budget blockbusters and Oscars contenders.

“They Shall Not Grow Old” was made with archival film footage, which director Peter Jackson (“The Lord of the Rings”) restored, colorized and transformed with 3-D techniques. It hit theaters in stages, beginning in December with a series of one-night showings around North America, a release method more common for live…




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