How The West Was Won... (1 Viewer)

[RolandL]

Not to nitpick but, the aspect ratio of 3-strip Cinerama is about 2.6:1. The scenes in How The West Was Won that were filmed in Ultra Panavision, had to be reduced to 2.6:1 for 3-strip Cinerama - see the bottom of the page of the page - http://www.widescreenmuseum.com/widescreen/wingcr3.htm

A 16-perf pull-across camera with a curved gate, and curved real element lens was designed but never used.

 

[John Hodson]

Having just been told rather cryptically on another forum by someone apparently in the know that a disc of a fully restored How The West Was Won shouldn't be expected 'any time soon' and that it's been put on hold, I wonder if anyone here has heard anything?

 

[Jeff_HR]

I'll buy any DVD that gets rid of those horrible LINES!

 

[Will Ryan]

Look for it in 2007 for it's 45th anniv. with the doc Cinerama Adventure as an extra

 

[John Hodson]

Is that an educated guess Will, or is it based on something a little more concrete?

 

[Paul Linfesty]

For those in the L.A. area, or willing to travel, the full Cinerama version (3 projectors, seperate 7-channel mag sound) of HTWWW returns to the Arclight Cinemas in the Dome for a one week engagement, starting October 28. Daily showtimes at 1:30pm and 7:30pm. Reserved seat tix on sale October 6.

 

[Jeff_HR]

Is that an educated guess Will, or is it based on something a little more concrete?[=/quote]
I hope it is concrete instead of mere guesssing.

 

[GerardoHP]

Warners, please listen up:

HOW THE WEST WAS WON S.E.

in Letterbox AND Smilebox format

and ORIGINAL DIRECTIONAL STEREOPHONIC SOUND

 

[GerardoHP]

Oops, I forgot...

Including the documentary THE CINERAMA ADVENTURE

 

[John Hodson]

Great news from www.thedvdforums.com :

 

[GerardoHP]

If this is true...

I'm SO there!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Ken New]

Great news indeed! But for those of us without projection systems what sort of effect, if any, does Smile-box produce on widescreen CTR televisions?

 

[John Hodson]

It'll look fine, though the bigger your screen the better, obviously. More details here.

 

[GerardoHP]

You can see the Smilebox process in the new Oklahoma! set. They used it in the documentary about Todd AO to showcase both Todd AO and Cinerama and, IMO, it looks really good.

For those who don't care for it, it sounds like there's going to be a "flat" letterbox anamorphic version of HTWWW, so everyone should be happy.

 

[Steve Christou]

Great news and about time, a classic epic western, with one of the all time great film scores. And I don't mind the dividing lines at all, but if they can airbrush them out I won't be sad, well maybe a little, that's how I'll always remember HTWWW with those damn lines.

 

[GerardoHP]

Nooooooo! Don't touch those lines!

 

[Garysb]

I hope someone asks about this at the next Warner Forum chat

 

[John Hodson]

BTW, anyone with the new King Kong SE can get a glimpse of the Smilebox process - it's in the last chapter of the I'm King Kong! doco discussing Cooper's role in developing Cinerama. You'll see some glorious footage from the This is Cinerama! doco in Smilebox, some of which was also used to top and tail How The West Was Won. I've just watched it again, and I'm still smiling!

 

[Steve Christou]

The lines don't seem so bad in these two shots...



But in motion the lines do sometimes waver and it can get a little distracting, but I won't complain if they're still there on the next release.

 

[MarcoBiscotti]

WOW!!!

I can't wait for this DVD! It's going to be so much fun to see how this turns out, what an exciting screening!






I know! I was actually grabbing the arms of my couch during the rollercoaster sequence! It looked incredible on my 100" screen!