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![]() ![]() This is CINERAMA Blu-ray Coming from Flicker Alley. In celebration of the 60th Anniversary of its premiere, Flicker Alley is proud to present THIS IS CINERAMA, exactly as seen by over 20,000,000 viewers in its original roadshow version. You will travel around the world with Cinerama, from Venice to Madrid, from Edinburgh Castle to the La Scala opera house in Milan, and concluding with a flight across America in the nose of a B-25 bomber. This Is Cinerama / Directed by Robert L. Bendick / 1952 / 127 min. / Color / Sound Presented in the "Smilebox" curved screen simulation On the evening of September 30, 1952, the shape and sound of movies changed forever with the introduction of Cinerama. This unique widescreen process was launched when television was deemed as major threat to US film exhibition. Fred Waller, Cinerama's creator, had indeed labored that long on his dream of a motion picture experience that would recreate the full range of human vision. It used three cameras and three projectors on a curved screen 146°deep. Bonus Features Include: -Audio commentary track: With John Sittig (Cinerama, Inc.), Dave Strohmaier (Cinerama Historian), Randy Gitsch (TIC Locations background), and special audio recording from Jim Morrison (original crew member). -This Is Cinerama Breakdown Reel - 9 min. -Alternate Act II Opening for European Versions - 2 min. -This Is Cinerama Trailer re-created HD - 3 min. -TV Spots: This is Cinerama and Seven Wonders of the World –- 1 min. each -Tribute to the New Neon Movies: A video short celebrating the Cinerama revival in Dayton Ohio, 1996-1999, in which a lone projectionist sets up Cinerama for special screenings to people from all over the country. - 14 min. -Tribute to the New Cooper: The first Super Cinerama Theater - 4 minutes -Special Photo Galleries: featuring behind the scenes shots, the original program booklet and press memorabilia newspaper ads, and publicity stills -Fred Waller Radio interviews audio only: Original 1952 radio interviews with Fred Waller on the eve of opening night. - 15 mins. Trailer: Last edited by Deciazulado; 07-20-2012 at 07:24 AM. |
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Unless I'm mistaken, you can pre-order this directly from Flicker Alley for $29; a full $10 less than amazon.
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But there is no way that you can reproduce Cinerama in the home, no matter how large the screen. There's a big difference between "Smilerama" and actually having a deeply curved screen (146 degrees in most Cinerama installations). The big change in Cinerama theatres from what came before was that there was no proscenium and no stage. The screen extended from wall to wall and floor to ceiling. And the screens were really big: 90 feet wide in some cases. The reality is that especially before HTWWW, all of the Cinerama movies were travelogues, much like the early days of IMAX were. HTWWW was successful (although in reality, at least half the movie was actually shot 65mm and optically expanded to three 35mm strips of film rather than being shot with Cinerama cameras) and that led to other scripted films, although everything after HTWWW was shot 65mm, frequently in Ultra Panavision, so there was a 1.25 squeeze to give a 2.75:1 AR on film (although this is reduced in perception, since there's a deeply curved screen). So almost none of the Cinerama films, either real Cinerama or fake Cinerama, were very good movies, they were just great experiences. And even with that, critics and consumers really criticized the visible lines between the projectors. They improved that a bit over time by having a moving gobo on the edges of the frame that tried to make it less visible, but even the trailer that was posted, you see distortion as objects move across the frame line. Does anyone really want to see Windjammer or Cinerama South Seas Adventure? And of the "fake" Cinerama films, does anyone want to see Circus World, Mediterranean Holiday, The Greatest Story Ever Told, The Hallelujah Trail, The Battle of The Bulge, Khartoum, Grand Prix, Custer of the West or Ice Station Zebra? They were terrible movies. The only "Cinerama" film that has stood the test of time aside from "HTTWW" is "2001" and for some people, "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World".
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See other older threads on this.
e.g. http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=108186 note that two movies released in Cinerama are coming out Sept 25, 2012 from Flicker Alley. This Is Cinerama and Windjammer: The Voyage of the Christian Radich. The second was filmed in the rival Cinemiracle but widely released in Cinerama. Currently definitely cheaper from Flicker Alley directly rather than Amazon. |
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Has Flicker Alley released on Blu-ray previously? In looking through their catalog the only other BD I see is The Most Dangerous Game/Gow the Headhunter, which is also a pre-order. I'm interested in both This is Cinerama and Windjammer, and ordering direct from them is definitely the way to go, but I'll wait for a review and/or member impressions.
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This looks quite interesting for the landscape parts and to see how the cities looked back then. I will probably wait for a price drop on this, by at least half.
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BD Wishlist: Grandma's Boy, Splendor in the Grass, Ginger Snaps Trilogy, That Night, Roman Holiday, Kitty (1945), Paris When It Sizzles.
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I pre-ordered both This Is Cinerama and Windjammer day one from Flicker Alley directly at $29.95, and I see both titles are still available from the label at that introductory price. I doubt you'll see them go much lower. Specialty titles like this tend to be available for a while with very little movement on price, and then suddenly one day, just become 'unavailable'. These are definitely not high volume runs... Last edited by ROclockCK; 09-04-2012 at 04:34 AM. |
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The restorations on which these are based have been shown in digital. This is Cinerama looks to be in pretty good shape after the restoration. Windjammer was at first thought to be lost in three panel. The restoration finally had to use composite elements including a 35mm scope print. http://www.in70mm.com/news/2009/windjammer/index.htm |
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