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There's only one version from WAC: it's a 2 disc set with a widescreen 2.89:1 AR and the Smilebox version on a separate disc.

The setup diagrams say otherwise. More like side/rears and only 2, with 5 screen channels.

Keep in mind that when we talk about 7.1 in the Cinerama context, it's more like the original 70mm 6-track or SDDS 8 channel, with 5 channels across the screen and then rears. No side channels involved.

In response: These would largely be questions for Dave Strohmaier, as he has been spearheading the restoration and can tell us exactly what's involved. I'm not seeing any motion smoothing or in-betweening. It definitely doesn't look like other motion blurring experiments like Jim Danforth's work...

I have a stack of these in my closet from pre-ordering DVDs.

I'm on the Seattle Cinerama's mailing list, and they've been indicating for several months they they are closed "indefinitely." The most recent emails I've received have been all about refunds. Check out the homepage: https://cinerama.com/

Could also be a byproduct of how the still was captured from the master.

If you must use a Microsoft browser, the latest version of Microsoft Edge is Chromium-based and should work just fine with the forum.

I believe the issue is that the current master is from a 35mm reduction element, and WB would like to go back to earliest possible generation elements, which need some work, to give us the best possible image.

I recall your comments to this effect on Branagh's Murder on the Orient Express and suspect the same will be true when Death on the Nile gets released.

Nolan would be the biggest film fetishist of them all, as he still refuses to use DIs. Tarantino shoots film, but is not averse to DIs, and has been known to shoot digital when the situation calls for it. Digital cameras are simply able to get into tighter spaces. Contrast this with Nolan, who...

Every 3 strip Cinerama film should be presented in Smilebox in the home.

I hope you were in an appropriately "altered state of consciousness" for Sgt. Pepper. That one's a a tough slog, even for "so bad it's good" types like me.

For those who have been following this thread, I would strongly encourage you to listen to the latest episode of the Warner Archive Podcast, as in the letters section at the end, there is a serious discussion of WWOTBG and the difficulties and financial realities of a project like this...

Persistence of refuted beliefs strikes again.

Easy. Transfers in 1991 would've been at SD resolutions, so any transfer done for BD would've been done later. Whoever handled the harvests for the BD release didn't know what they were doing, or didn't have access to 65mm archival elements, and therefore worked from a 35mm reduction element to...

Here's the thing: this is a title that fits best into the Warner Archive Collection business model, but the costs of restoration far exceed the standard Warner Archive budget. Case in point: the recent Blu-ray release of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers only happened because Warner was able to...