Cinerama Adventure

Name: Cinerama Adventure
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2011-09-02
Duration: 1 h 37 min
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Lowell Thomas, Fred Waller, Jim Morrison

2002
1h 37m

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7.7/10

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A nostalgic and compelling look into the legendary three camera, three projector process that revolutionized motion pictures and led the industry into the widescreen era. Through actual Cine... Read allA nostalgic and compelling look into the legendary three camera, three projector process that revolutionized motion pictures and led the industry into the widescreen era. Through actual Cinerama clips, rare behind the scenes footage and new interviews, CINERAMA ADVENTURE takes th... Read allA nostalgic and compelling look into the legendary three camera, three projector process that revolutionized motion pictures and led the industry into the widescreen era. Through actual Cinerama clips, rare behind the scenes footage and new interviews, CINERAMA ADVENTURE takes the viewer back to a lost era of movie showmanship, placing this American cinema phenomenon ... Read all

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- David Strohmaier
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jeffhart-1

1950s Nostalgia AND Movie History all in one.

This film is a great time capsule of the Eisenhower era and a film geek's treasure of information on the birth of wide screen and stereophonic sound in movies. It was obviously a labor of love to produce and the inclusion of real three panel Cinerama sequences in the clever "Smilebox" really delivered the goods. One of the most unusual, and fun, documentaries on film history that I've seen.

marklyn50

completely original and unique documentary about the mother of all widescreen systems

Essentially a labour of love, Dave Strohmeier has wrought a miracle with this gem of a documentary which deals with a very special subject, the history of Cinerama, the mother of all large format cinema. Years ahead of its time, Cinerama had an electrifying impact on its audiences back in the early fifties. Fifty years on we now have this very special and unique documentary. It deserves the full support of all those who love their movies big. Well recieved at the Bradford film festival by top people in the film business last year and up for Oscars this year, an absolute must to see.

patriciaann

All Historical Documentaries Should Be This Much Fun

Packing so much material relating to Cinerama's history in an hour and a half is something of a feat. I just wish the film was longer. My family enjoyed the way that the Cinerama picture was formatted to look like the real thing, and the Dolby Digital soundtrack has enough power to let viewers sample what Cinerama sounded like. Cinerama was a lot of fun and always an event, and it was great to see that it has not been forgotten. I hope it's soon available on DVD. That's excuse enough to buy a really big TV.

marklyn50

Well-researched documentary about the greatest widescreen of them all.

David Strohmaier has performed miracles of resourcefulness in producing a comprehensive, thoroughly researched documentary on a tight budget. Cinerama Adventure is the definitive history of the daddy of all widescreen spectacle. He has managed to secure rare footage and interviews with the leading players in what was a great drama in itself, the story of Cinerama. Clearly a labour of love, it is a must see for all lovers of big scren movies.

9davidpage

An interesting and vital docu for all cinema buffs

I do remember Cinerama at the London Casino as a teenager. I guess you can say that 'I was there!'(many, many times). Dave Strohmeir's piece not only entertains those of us who 'were there', but - more importantly - will inform, educate and preserve. Widescreen had been previously tried and abandoned until Cinerama came along in 1952. From that day, widescreen cinema was here to stay. Cinerama Adventure is a journey that anyone who has ever visited the cinema should see. It is, in itself, adventurous and often moving in its tributes to early cinema pioneers. It deserves to be seen - so go see.

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Trivia
This documentary is featured on the Three-Disc Special Edition, Ultimate Collector's Edition & Blu-Ray DVDs for How the West Was Won (1962), all released in September 2008.

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[first lines]
Narrator: Many of us experience childhood memories, that on occasion, rush into our consciousness. A memory that has invaded my mind on numerous occasions was when I was only six years old, and my parents took me and my sister on a special trip to St. Louis, Missouri. On the last day of this visit, we arrived at a very large ornate old movie theatre. It was as if we'd walked into a sultan's palace out of the "Arabian Nights." It was the Ambassador Theatre, and it was specially set up for a new kind of motion picture event.

Alternate versions
An apparently slightly expanded version, running just under 97 minutes, was re-released in September 2008 as a bonus feature on the three disc release of "How the West Was Won" (1962).