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"How the West was Shown"
Cinerama Dome, Los Angeles, USA 07.09.2008
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Written
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Date:
08.09.2008 |
Lineup of people for entry into the Dome. Intrepid viewers will spot
Duncan McGregor, and Dan Sherlock. They are in the "first 100 in line" to see the
film, and would thus receive complimentary copies of the new Blu-Ray DVD
box set of HTWWW.
Sunday, September 7, 2008: For the first time in about 3 years in
the Western Hemisphere, "How The West Was Won" was presented on
the big screen, in genuine 3-strip Cinerama.
[ed's note. "West" was also shown in 3-strip in Bradford in March
2006 and 2007].
The venue, fittingly, was the Cinerama Dome theatre, in Los Angeles. It
would be a special "one-time-only" presentation, magically almost
simultaneously coincidental with the September 9 release of the new Blu-Ray
DVD version of the same movie from Warner Home Video. Perhaps WB had
something to do with the timing?
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More
in 70mm reading:
Large format at the Cinerama Dome
Digital restoration of HOW THE WEST WAS
WON
"How the West Was Won" now re-issued on DVD
The current state of Cinerama
presentation in the U.S.
3-Strip at the Dome - and 70mm
too!
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The Cinerama (and etc.) touch screen curtain/masking control panel of
the Dome.
The show sold out a few days before the event, so the tickets became
really precious. Attendance was boosted by the promotional giveaway, to
the "first 100 ticket holders in line", of one of the new Special
Edition Blu-Ray DVD sets of "HTWWW".
A good time was had by most, though there were some audio quality issues
about the sound (Dolby?) which made the overall presentation experience
a bit of a letdown, especially to those who had seen (and heard) it
before.
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Mike Schulz and Jose-Luis Rodriguez, and the platter with "Baker" panel
film. Note the tape and items on the floor -- to catch one's attention, so
one wouldn't walk through the film path...
Present in the audience were actors Russ Tamblyn, who introduced
his family, and Todd Fisher, whose mother, Debbie Reynolds, was one of
the central characters in the film. Also introduced were principal
stuntman, Loren Janes (who survived spectacular stunts in an amazing 3
of the 5 segments of the movie!), as well as Claude Johnson, and the
child actor (at the time) Stanley Livingston, and several members of the
family of Gregory Peck. |
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The ethernet plugs for the system which controls the projectors.
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The
crew of 5 for the show. L-R: Jose-Luis Rodriguez, Dave Strohmaier, John Sittig, Mike Schulz, Bruce Kerr.
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Display
of assorted HTWWW original memorabilia and publications. |
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Over
in "Able" area ("left" image on the screen), the show is running; this is
the film paying out to the projector, through the platter's centerpiece
rollers. |
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Center
panel ("Baker") projector, prior to show, with film from the platter leading
to the projector. |
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Cinerama
camera, in silhouette. Modern-day traffic seen outside the doors. |
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Inside
the Dome for "2001". Image by Tom March |
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