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Topic: How the West Was Won in Cinerama
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John Pytlak
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From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 09-26-2005 02:38 PM
Most likely 3-strip, using the new prints that were made by Crest Laboratories:
http://www.in70mm.com/news/2002/htwww_screening/dome_screening.htm
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How does "How the West Was Won" look and sound after all these years? Incredible! As all the original Cinerama prints had been made dye transfer by Technicolor and all the subsequent 35mm, 16mm, and video versions from inter negatives, the original had had little use, has been well stored, and the 5251 negative it was shot on has so far proven to have very good dye stability. I thought the print looked as good as a Technicolor IB without being so contrasty (IB freaks will vehemently disagree of course) and the timers and engineers at Crest Laboratories are to be congratulated for their work on all the Cinerama titles, perhaps deserving of a Sci-Tech or honorary Oscar?)
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1346/is_10_47/ai_92042075
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Warner Bros., which now owns How the West Was Won, had retained Henry to restore it. The movie was the last spectacular filmed in Cinerama, the grandiose, unwieldy film format that is celebrating its 50th anniversary this month. With its seven-track surround sound, Cinerama was grandfather to THX and Dolby; with its three-projector, 126-foot-wide screen, it was great-uncle to IMAX. Introduced in 1952, it was prone to so many logistical difficulties and cost overruns that it lasted only ten years--vanquished by 65- and 70-millimeter wide-screen, its saner if less spectacular competitors.
Today only two commercial theaters in the world can exhibit Cinerama. Refurbished as the centerpiece of the new Arclight Theater complex in Hollywood, the 1963 geodesic Cinerama Dome was designed for Cinerama but never took delivery of the proper cameras for the declining format, and so never in its history did it screen a Cinerama film. Only recently did the Dome salvage a set of projectors from a defunct Cinerama palace in Hawaii. The Dome will begin its first Cinerama program this month, in time for the anniversary The other venue is Seattle's Cinerama Theater, owned by Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen (who funded the West restoration).
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