"Cinerama Adventure" update and credits |
This article first appeared on in70mm.com The 70mm Newsletter |
| Written by: Dave Strohmaier. January 2002 | March 2002 |
 The documentary is in Director's cut and is 100 minutes long. A lot has
changed since the early versions. We have shown it around Los Angeles at several "test screenings" and also at professional documentary film maker
private screenings to get some needed feedback. It's all on history now with nothing on Bradford, Ohio or Seattle. Everyone told us to keep it
focused on the history of the process and how it changed the movies forever.
As it stands now there is very little "Fat" in the film, it moves pretty fast
and is very detailed on all the history and original Cinerama Pioneers.It has been strongly suggested by many professional documentary producers that all that material we gathered on Bradford, Ohio, and Seattle is valuable for "added value" and be put together in a "supplemental section" or special features section for the DVD. We have put a title at the end that says "Due to the efforts of preservationists Cinerama can be seen on special occasions in Bradford England, Seattle Washington, and Hollywood, California." So far we have gotten wonderful response with this 100 minute version, most people even said they had an emotional experience watching it. At this point we still need finishing funds for Music rights and video on line, color correction and some special effects, but the film is at least creatively finished now. |
Further in 70mm reading: 1st review of "The Cinerama Adventure" "Cinerama Adventure" update Credits: Cinerama Remastered |
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An amazing documentary chronicling the nearly
lost three-camera, three-projector cinematic process which thrilled millions
of moviegoers worldwide, in the late 1950’s and early ‘60’s. When its films
captured, with a trio of wide-angle 27mm lenses, images then shown on a
gigantic, deeply curved screen, with, for the first time, 7-channel
stereophonic surround sound, audiences were enthralled by the crystal
clarity and immersive pull of the Cinerama experience. The effect
jump-started Hollywood to ever after adopt widescreen aspect ratios and
stereo sound for theatrical films. Told by eyewitness accounts of those who not only saw, but participated in the making of these larger than life films, “Cinerama Adventure” historically delves into the American technology that led to the development of the process, and the American psyche of the era that so appreciated its filmed content, and sheer showmanship. It’s a filmic account of which Variety’s Todd McCarthy said, “…not a beat seems to have been missed.” As a technical first, “Cinerama Adventure” recombines three-panel images and uniquely letterboxes the results, using a three dimensional graphic that slightly stretches and squeezes the picture panels. Christened SmileBox®, this process simulates an authentic curved screen viewing experience on any flat screen, and also works on curved screens. The process has subsequently been used on Warner Bros.’ 2008 Blue-ray release of “How the West Was Won”, which features “Cinerama Adventure” as a bonus feature. |
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 Here are the end credits as listed:THE CINERAMA ADVENTURE Through the efforts of preservationists the Cinerama process can now be seen on special occasions in: Bradford, England Seattle, Washington Hollywood, California Produced and Directed by David Strohmaier Produced by Randy Gitsch Executive Producer Carin-Anne Strohmaier Co-Producer Gary S. Hall Production Associate Mark A. Martin Music by John Morgan and William Stromberg With special appearances by Debbie Reynolds Carroll Baker Eli Wallach Russ Tamblyn Special thanks to Pacific Theatres and Michael Forman for without their support this film would not have been possible. Consultant for Cinerama, Inc. Gunther Jung Written and Edited by David Strohmaier Camera Los Angeles and New York Gerald Saldo ADDITIONAL CAMERAMEN Anchorage, Alaska – Greg Grant Brinkley, Arkansas – John Mitchell Chicago, Illinois – Dan Steger Colorado Springs, Colorado – Britt Jones Dayton, Ohio – Jim Prues Hanover, New Hampshire – Paul Scrabo Hilton Head Island, South Carolina – Mickey Youmans Las Vegas, Nevada – Todd Fisher Portal, Arizona – Rodney Diehl Salt Lake City, Utah – Michael Droubay Santa Monica, California – Lloyd Friedus Bradford, England – Adrian Raistrick Cheshire, England – John Chester County Kildare, Ireland – Steve Shorten Oslo, Norway – Morten Skallerud SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS AND SMILEBOX CREATED BY Brian P. Ross SMILEBOX LOGO CINERAMA SEQUENCES RECONSTRUCTED BY Greg Kimble PRODUCTION CONSULTANT Harrison Engle ORIGINAL CINERAMA ENGINEERS Richard Babish John Caron Wentworth Fling John Primi ORIGINAL CINERAMA PRODUCTION STAFF Bob Bendick David Blangsted Gloria Tetzlaff Conroy Saul Cooper Louis de Rochemont III Richard Goldstone Walter Hanneman Loren Janes Norman Karlin Otto Lang Bob Morgan Jim Morrison David Pal David Raksin Gayne Rescher, A.S.C. Jane MacLardy Schacht Bernard Smith Lowell Thomas, Jr. Mike Todd, Jr. FILM HISTORIANS Rudy Behlmer John Belton Kevin Brownlow Thomas Erffmeyer Greg Kimble A. C. Lyles Leonard Maltin Keith Swadkins Roy Webb EXHIBITION John Harvey Arthur Manson Plato Skouras Larry Smith CINERAMA FANS & FRIENDS John Butkovich Richard Cooper Joe Dante Charles FitzSimons Corky Fornoff Frank Foulkes Claude Johnson Carol Dudley Katzka Greg Mantz Bill Martinez Alex Reeves Andrew Reisini Howard Rust Mariana Thomas Bob Vergatta RESEARCH Jessica Berman-Bogdan TJ Edwards Susan Hormuth Greg Kimble Scott Marshall Mark A. Martin David Pierce Stuart Galbraith IV USC Warner Brothers Archives Claire Keith, Marist College Lowell Thomas Archives James D’Arc, Brigham Young University Merian C. Cooper Collection John Sittig Pacific Theatres & Cinerama, Inc. Archives Marc Wanamaker Bison Archives Michael Friend and Barbera Hall Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences John Caron and Catherine Munroe Fred Waller Family Archives Greg Mantz Paul Mantz Family Archives Richard J. Sklenar Theatre Historical Society of America Mark Taylor National Air & Space Museum National Archives Washington, D.C. Autant-Lara Collection, Kevin Brownlow / Photoplay Prods. Kevin Brownlow Colllection Edwin Schober© 2005 Coolstock.com Corbus-Bettmann Fee Jacobson South Dakota Historical Society Bill Lawrence National Museum of Photography, Film & Television Bradford, England John Harvey Cinerama Preservation Society Keith Swadkins The International Cinerama Society Doug Haines Friends of Cinerama Leon Briggs, LB Film Consultants UCLA Film and Television Archive Mott Studios / S. Charles Lee Papers Collection Dept. of Special Collections Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA Fox Movietonews, Inc. The WPA Film Library Historic Films Producers Library Service Grinberg Worldwide Images The Douris Corp. Jeff Joseph, SabuCat Productions Milestone Film & Video, New Jersey British Pathe plc David Pierce Twentieth Century Fox Film Library Peter G. Kuran VCE, Inc. Michael Rose Productions, Inc. Mitzi Cuputo and Karen Martin Huntington Historical Society Martin Hart American WideScreen Museum American Museum of the Moving Image Museum of the City of New York Mountain Light Gallery Galen Rowell SPECIAL THANKS TO Kate Baker Mark Baldock Stacey Behlmer David Bogorad Willem Bouwmeester Steven Boyd Bill Brewington Francois Carrin Wendy Carter David Coles Fred Crawford C. Chapin Cutler, Jr. Turi deRochemont Richard Ducar Paul Evans Dennis Furbush Sheila Gibbons-Fly Ormond Gigli Lynn Hale Bruce Handy Thomas Hauerslev Donald Henderson Chris Holm Paul Hrisko Jim Hudson Robert Jameson John Johnson Larry Karstens Randal Kleiser Jim Kroeper Gene Kubat John Steven Lasher Roland Lataille Matt Lutthans Myra MacKay Grace McCandless Debra Marriott Mark Miller Dr. Maynard Miller John Mills John Mitchell David Page Marvin Paige Bill and Stella Pence Richard Prey Randy Pryde Ron Rutberg Phil Sheridan Louise Stevenson Susan McCarthy Todd Rick Utley Richard Vincent Museum of Flying, Santa Monica, California Pius V Chapel, Oyster Bay, Long Island Birthplace of Cinerama Richard Crudo, A.S.C. Steven Poster, A.S.C John Hora, A.S.C William A. Fraker, A.S.C. Robert Primes, A.S.C Roy H. Wagner, A.S.C American Society of Cinematographers and Bob Fisher Leon Silverman and Christine Purse LaserPacific Media Corporation Eastman Kodak Company Jonathan Williamson ADDITIONAL THANKS TO Leith Adams Julie Heath Brian Jamieson Richard May Roger Mayer THE PRODUCERS ALSO WISH TO THANK WARNER BROS. AND TURNER ENTERTAINMENT, CO. FOR PROVIDING CLIPS FROM Bring ‘Em Back Alive King Kong How the West Was Won The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm Grand Prix 2001: A Space Odyssey AND PACIFIC THEATRES FOR PROVIDING CLIPS FROM This Is Cinerama Cinerama Holiday Seven Wonders of the World Search for Paradise South Seas Adventure Footage from Star Wars (Special Edition) courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox and LucasFilm Ltd. All rights reserved. Footage from Indiana Jones And the Temple of Doom courtesy of Viacom Consumer Products, Paramount Pictures and LucasFilm Ltd. All rights reserved. Footage from Able Gance’s Napoleon courtesy of Robert A. Harris/ The Film Preserve and American Zoetrope SPECIAL THREE-PANEL TELECINE BY Greg Kimble at Riot Colors Marcie Malooly, General Manager an Ascent Media Company and at Crest National Digital Media Complex by John Truckenmiller and Ron Feneis SOUND DESIGNED BY Technicolor Weddington Productions Supervising Sound Editors Richard L. Anderson, M.P.S.E. James Morioka Andrew Simon Sisul Sound Effects Editors Sheldon M. Bridge James Christopher Marvin Walowitz Sound Effects Recordist – Nick Shaffer Digital Assistant – Mark Coffey Music Editorial – Erin Michael Rettig Virtual Mix Studios BG Predub – Mark Binder POST SOUND FACILITY Sound Trax Studios Re-recording Mixer Jeremy Hoenack, CAS Re-recording with Sound Trax Virtual Mix ™ Mixed and Recorded in a THX LOGO THX Certified Facility DOLBY SOUND CONSULTANTS Andy Potvin Russell H. Allen MUSIC CLEARANCE BY Diane Prentice Music Clearance, Inc. PRODUCTION FACILITIES Bayside Video, Santa Monica, California POST PRODUCTION FACILITIES LaserPacific Media Corporation Associate Producer Derek Bodkin Color Timers Bruce Pearson Tom Overton On-line Editors Michael Weitzman and Val Eisleben Don Montoure Titles by Shirley Knecht Marsha Cohen Fiscal Sponsorship by The International Documentary Association PRINTS BY Technicolor® DIGITAL FILM TRANSFER BY Ascent Media LOGO Digital Imagining Manager Matt McFarland Production Manager Beverly Brooks Transform Colorist Robert Jun Special Thanks to Keith Sajack C.A. Productions LLC is the author of this motion picture for the purposes of copyright and other laws. This motion picture is protected under the laws of the United States and other countries. Any unauthorized reproduction, distribution or exhibition of this motion picture or any part thereof including the sound track may result in severe civil and criminal penalties. KODAK LOGO LASERPACIFIC LOGO DOLBY LOGO "Cinerama" and the Cinerama logo are registered trademarks of Cinerama, Inc. Used with permission. This film is dedicated to all the original Cinerama crews, technicians and exhibitors who for fourteen years lifted us out of our seats and put us into the picture. THE END MADE IN HOLLYWOOD, U.S.A. COPYRIGHT 2003 C.A. PRODUCTIONS LLC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED |
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