The Japanese laser disc and version they show on TCM HD are the same. They have in comparison to the US disc:
more picture info on the sides
overture and intermission music
picture to go with the sound from the prologue
Saw In The Picture short, South Seas Adventure, Cinerama Holiday, Seven Wonders of The World (partially digital, the rest from a 35mm scope print) and Grimm.
Hey Rob,
I was there too last night in the same row, seats hh22 and hh23. We were probably talking to each other. I had my blue Cinerama Adventure t-shirt on.
I also was impressed with the color on the 50 year old print.
Interesting in that I talked with a guy from Image Trends that did the...
I was at the Dome yesterday and saw In The Picture, South Sea Adventure and Cinerama Holiday. I was surprised to see my name in the ending restoration credit for Cinerama Holiday but, I guess that's for the extras they might have on the Blu-ray release if that happens.
I enjoyed all three of...
I have tickets for:
Friday September 28
10:00am IN THE PICTURE - FREE EVENT
Presented in 3 strip CINERAMA with extras including behind the scenes documentary on filming.
12:00noon SOUTH SEAS ADVENTURE (1958)
Digital presentation, remastered from original negative.
3:00pm CINERAMA HOLIDAY (1955)...
If your talking about Grimm, yes there is a 65mm that Warner Brothers has. We don't know what condition its in as no one has looked at it in a long time. It was thought that a digital copy could be made of it if the 3-strip was not available.
It will be sent from Bradford soon.
Yes, Dave Strohmaier had spent years of his own time, not being paid, to film the Cinerama Adventure documentary. His own personal web site - http://www.davidstrohmaier.com/
The screen shot came from a friend who was at Bradford.
The dates are 9/28 - 10/4...
Comparison of TCM broadcast to Cinerama print. Note that the prologue and opening titles of the TCM broacast show the full Cinerama image but after that they are cropped on the left, right and bottom. The TCM image is on top, Cinerama below it.