Editing To Fly! (section)

=== NASM ===
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The first press announcements of ''To Fly!'' were issued on May 16, 1976,<ref name="Pierce">{{Cite news|date=May 16, 1976|title=Spectacular Movie Has No Stars but it's Big|page=12|last=Douglas|first=David|work=[[Fort Pierce, Florida|Fort Pierce]] News Tribune|location=[[Philadelphia]]|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-may-16-1976-3079000/|url-status=live|access-date=December 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307075418/https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-may-16-1976-3079000/|archive-date=March 7, 2022|via=[[NewspaperArchive]] {{Open access}}}}</ref> and the film was previewed to members of the [[US Congress]] on June 24 at the NASM's IMAX theater<ref name=":12" /> (later renamed Samuel Pierpoint Langley,<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 4, 1981 |title=NASM Theater Renamed After Langley |url=https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_sic_1742 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729053030/https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_sic_1742 |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=August 23, 2023 |publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution Archives]]}}</ref> then [[Smithsonian Theaters|Lockheed Martin]]).<ref name=":11">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/smithsoniannatio0000unse/ |title=Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum: An Autobiography |date=October 2, 2020 |publisher=[[National Geographic Society]]|editor-last=Neufeld |editor-first=Michael J. |editor-link=Michael J. Neufeld |location=[[Washington, D.C.]] |publication-date=October 26, 2010 |pages=270 & 307|isbn=9781426206535 |access-date=December 1, 2021 |editor-last2=Spencer |editor-first2=Alex M. |url-access=registration |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> Two days prior to the preview, Freeman died in a helicopter crash while finding locations for a commercial at the Sierra Nevada.<ref name=":12" /> Grief-stricken, MacGillivray initially doubted he could continue filmmaking but decided to retain, keeping the company's name, [[MacGillivray Freeman Films]] (MFF), as a tribute.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McLellan |first=Dennis |date=March 10, 1996 |title=Getting the Big Picture : Filmmaker Greg MacGillivray of Laguna Beach Sees the Imax Format as a Way to Create a Lasting Impression |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-03-10-ls-45405-story.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122065912/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-03-10-ls-45405-story.html |archive-date=November 22, 2021 |access-date=November 22, 2021 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>

''To Fly!'' premiered on July 1, 1976, labeled as sponsored by Conoco.<ref name=":7">{{Cite news|last=Russell|first=John|date=May 8, 1980|title=Film: 'To Fly,' Irresistible Fantasy|edition=National|page=0|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1980/05/08/archives/film-to-fly-irresistible-fantasy.html|url-status=live|url-access=limited|access-date=July 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721094625/https://www.nytimes.com/1980/05/08/archives/film-to-fly-irresistible-fantasy.html|archive-date=July 21, 2021}}</ref> The New York City-based Lawrence Associates handled theatrical distribution.<ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Carr |first1=Robert E. |title=Wide Screen Movies: A History and Filmography of Wide Gauge Filmmaking |last2=Hayes |first2=R. M.|publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |year=1988 |isbn=978-0899502427|page=439}}</ref> With [[underwriting]] concerns, the Smithsonian prohibited Conoco from using the Smithsonian's name for commercial uses, but granted "limited right" to use Conoco's name for it.<ref name=":16" />{{Rp|226}} It was later relabeled as sponsored by parent company [[DuPont]].<ref name="MFF" /> MacGillivray assisted the inexperienced projectionists and frequently visited the booth to ensure that the film roll was in consistently mint condition.<ref name=":8" /> A [[Pachelbel's Canon]] rendition was played as an [[Overture#Film|overture]]; it was praised as being memorable and evocative. ''The Washington Post'' credited the film alongside ''[[Ordinary People]]'' (1980) for the music's popularity.<ref name=":18" /><ref name=":24">{{Cite web|last=McDougall|first=Walter A.|date=December 1, 2003|editor-last=Kuehner|editor-first=Trudy|title=The Ecstasy and the Agony of Our Romance With Flight: A Meditation on the Centennial of the Wright Brothers Triumph|url=https://www.fpri.org/article/2003/12/the-ecstasy-and-the-agony-of-our-romance-with-flight-a-meditation-on-the-centennial-of-the-wright-brothers-triumph/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122070727/https://www.fpri.org/article/2003/12/the-ecstasy-and-the-agony-of-our-romance-with-flight-a-meditation-on-the-centennial-of-the-wright-brothers-triumph/|archive-date=January 22, 2021|access-date=November 19, 2021|publisher=[[Foreign Policy Research Institute]]}}</ref> The NASM also released [[pin-back buttons]] depicting a hot air balloon, manufactured by Horn Co.<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Air and Space Museum To Fly |url=https://www.buttonmuseum.org/buttons/national-air-and-space-museum-fly |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228121241/https://www.buttonmuseum.org/buttons/national-air-and-space-museum-fly |archive-date=28 February 2021 |access-date=12 October 2023 |publisher=Busy Beaver Button Museum |publication-place=[[Chicago]]}}</ref>

The film was initially scheduled for a one-year run, as were other Bicentennial films, but was retained due to high demand.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Freishtat |first=Sarah |date=July 12, 2012 |title='To Fly!': Air and Space Museum opened in 1976 with film's first screening |url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jul/12/to-fly-air-and-space-museum-opened-in-1976-with-fi/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408080806/https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jul/12/to-fly-air-and-space-museum-opened-in-1976-with-fi/ |archive-date=April 8, 2020 |access-date=June 30, 2021 |website=[[The Washington Times]] |publisher=Operations Holdings}}</ref> At times, there were 14 shows daily.<ref name=":4" /> In the 1990s, attempts were made again to remove ''To Fly!'', but due to public grievances it was decided that a [[special edition]] be made in conjunction with the theater's digital sound system upgrade,<ref name=":11" /> released for its 20th anniversary in 1996.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=To Fly! |url=https://macgillivrayfreeman.com/project/to-fly/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320124336/https://macgillivrayfreeman.com/project/to-fly/ |archive-date=March 20, 2023 |access-date=July 1, 2021 |publisher=[[MacGillivray Freeman Films]]}}</ref> The audio was [[digitally remastered]] with new sound effects, a new narrator, and alterations of the score such as trimming, editing, and adding choral sounds. The Lake Powell-Monument Valley scene and space sequence have their music changed, and two existential narrations from the space sequence were cut.<ref name="MFF" /><ref name=":41" /> Celebrating its [[silver jubilee]] in 2001, a screening was made free.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bly |first=Laura |date=July 29, 2001 |title=This is the place for Air and Space |page=D01 |work=[[USA Today]] |publisher=[[Gannett]] |publication-place=[[McLean, Virginia]] |issn=0734-7456 |id=[[ProQuest]] [https://www.proquest.com/docview/408830136/3E8BFFF271B4732PQ/1 408830136]}}</ref> During its 35th anniversary in 2011, screenings were charged at 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children, the same price up to the 1980s;{{Efn-la|As of {{Inflation/year|US}}, 50 cents is ${{Inflation|US|0.50|1980}}, and 25 cents is ${{Inflation|US|0.25|1980}}.<ref name="conv" />}}<ref name=":7" /><ref>{{Cite press release|title=Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum Turns 35 Friday|date=June 29, 2011|publisher=[[National Air and Space Museum]]|location=[[Washington, D.C.]]|url=https://airandspace.si.edu/newsroom/press-releases/smithsonians-national-air-and-space-museum-turns-35-friday|access-date=July 7, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707234619/https://airandspace.si.edu/newsroom/press-releases/smithsonians-national-air-and-space-museum-turns-35-friday|archive-date=July 7, 2016}}</ref> in 1976, it was charged at $1 for adults and 50 cents for children,<ref name=":35" /> but fearing they were making too much profit, it was halved six months later.{{Efn-la|As of {{Inflation/year|US}}, $1 is ${{Inflation|US|1|1976}}, 50 cents is ${{Inflation|US|0.5|1976}}, and 25 cents is ${{Inflation|US|0.25|1976}}.<ref name="conv">{{cite web|url=https://www.minneapolisfed.org/about-us/monetary-policy/inflation-calculator/consumer-price-index-1800- |title=Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–|publisher=[[Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis]]|access-date={{TODAY}}}}</ref>}}<ref>{{Cite interview |last=MacGillivray |first=Greg |subject-link=Greg MacGillivray |interviewer=Prodan, Dave |title=Greg MacGillivray Talks A Career In Surf Filmmaking, "Five Summer Stories", Plus His New Memoir |type=[[YouTube]] podcast |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdY-55qF6rA |access-date=July 25, 2023 |work=The Lineup |publisher=[[World Surf League]] |date=November 9, 2022|archive-url=https://conifer.rhizome.org/gerald90x/default-collection/20230907063306/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdY-55qF6rA|archive-date=September 7, 2023|url-status=live}}{{cbignore}} 01:03:04 to 01:03:26.</ref> The Airbus IMAX Theater of the NASM's annex, the [[Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center]], has also been screening ''To Fly!''.<ref name=":13">{{Cite web |title=To Fly! |url=https://www.si.edu/imax/movie/fly |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019020544/https://www.si.edu/imax/movie/fly |archive-date=October 19, 2019 |access-date=August 5, 2021 |publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]] |at=See also [https://web.archive.org/web/20130705031123/http://www.si.edu/Imax/Movie/1 July 5, 2013] archive.}}</ref>