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Author Topic: How the West Was Won in Los Angeles! Jeff Joseph Expert Film Handler Posts: 131 From: Palmdale, CA, USA Registered: Jun 2000 posted 05-16-2003 09:11 PM                        A brand new 3-panel Cinerama print of "How the West Was Won" will be running for two weeks at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood, starting September 12, 2003. Yes, this is the same time period of the 3-D Film Expo, which means you can fly to Los Angeles in September and see both 3-D and Cinerama! Pretty cool, I think. Jeff Joseph SabuCat Productions 3D information at: http://www.3dfilmfest.com  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 05-18-2003 07:30 AM                        I will be there. I have never seen Cinerama.  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 05-18-2003 12:33 PM                        You can also see This is Cinerama at the National Museum of Film, Photography and Television at Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK on the first Saturday of every month in three-strip Cinerama. It's a bit nearer to Berlin than Los Angeles, though I hope Dick won't mind me saying that the print is now a tiny bit frayed at the edges (differential Eastmancolor fading in the three panels is a tad distracting in sections, especially the Aida chorus). But even so, it's still pretty spectacular, and the museum itself is well worth a visit. And the best bit is that Bradford is only 40 miles from York (not to mention the curry)!  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-18-2003 12:40 PM                     I wonder when York will start its massive growth and add a place called New York??? Mark  |  IP: Logged Gordon Bachlund Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 696 From: Monrovia, CA, USA Registered: Aug 1999 posted 05-18-2003 03:11 PM                        HOW THE WEST WAS WON was screened at the Cinerama Dome on December 7 last year as the SMPTE Hollywood Section's Family Holiday Screening. The event drew over 500 members and guests, and was, quite frankly, spectacular. My advice: Don't miss it!  |  IP: Logged Richard Fowler Film God Posts: 2392 From: Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA Registered: Jun 2001 posted 05-18-2003 07:10 PM                     The new print that Crest Labs produced of "This is Cinerama" the negative was fairly beaten up in points, particulary the Aida sequence ( which is the most ponderous part of the film ). Color fading almost to monocrome in the American West air sequence, which had U.V. color bias to start with, was very obvious. The Dome screen is solid and is more like a D-150 screen with not the total arc of image available for Cinerama presentation. The surround channel, which where originally full range stage speakers for Cinerama, are being reproduced via JBL 8340 speakers which add a different sonic feel and track noise which modern cabinets are able to reproduce. I am able to remember the difference between the late 1950's early 1960's when I first saw Cinerama and the presentation at the Dome.....but if you never have seen Cinerama it is well worth the trip since they do a great job in presentation and are passionate in giving a good show Richard Fowler Kinoton America Inc.  |  IP: Logged Scott Manley Film Handler Posts: 59 From: Austin, TX USA Registered: May 2001 posted 05-18-2003 07:25 PM                     I saw "Hook" at the cinerama dome in LA......and I really enjoyed it........so you can figure out how impressive films are there  |  IP: Logged William Bunch Film Handler Posts: 87 From: Misawa, Japan Registered: Nov 2001 posted 05-20-2003 07:06 PM                        I saw 'How the West Was Won' in Cinerama sometime around 1965 while still in high school. It was great then and would probably be even better today except in September I won't be anywhere near New York. But it is nice to know the film lives on. As for the fading and the bad edges being talked about here. Maybe that is where digital could step in and play a constructive part.  |  IP: Logged Paul Linfesty Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1383 From: Bakersfield, CA, USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 05-20-2003 07:17 PM                     I'll be there too, probably on Sept 13. I plan to see KISS ME KATE in 3-D at the Egyptian that night.  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 05-20-2003 07:22 PM                        quote: except in September I won't be anywhere near New York That`s why it is so good that the screening is in Los Angeles! Much closer to Japan than New York. In a way, Tokyo and LA are neighbour cities even.  |  IP: Logged Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 08-13-2003 07:06 PM                     Bump for those last minute planners. It just under a month from now. Tickets are on sale now.  |  IP: Logged Dick Vaughan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1032 From: Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK Registered: Jul 2000 posted 08-14-2003 05:09 PM                        Cinerama Camera #1 is on it's way back to LA after spending almost 10 years on display in Bradford. Thanks to Gunther Jung and all at Pacific for their help and patience. I understand it is likely to be on show in the lobby of the Dome hopefully for when HTWWW is screened.  |  IP: Logged Scott Jentsch Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1061 From: New Berlin, WI, USA Registered: Apr 2003 posted 08-14-2003 05:26 PM                        I had the pleasure of seeing HTWWW in Dayton before they closed, and it was a sight to behold! I don't know how anyone could have the same appreciation of that movie without seeing it the way it was meant to be seen... If anyone has the opportunity to see this exhibition, you owe it to yourself to do so!  |  IP: Logged Peter Kerchinsky Master Film Handler Posts: 326 From: Seattle, WA, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 08-14-2003 08:25 PM                     Is this the same print of HTWWW that we ran in Seattle at the Cinerama last February? If so, it looks fantastic and is well worth seeing if you haven't had the chance yet.  |  IP: Logged Paul Linfesty Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1383 From: Bakersfield, CA, USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 08-14-2003 10:13 PM                     Its either the same print or one made around the same time as that print (I think WB made two, if I remember correctly). it is definitely a new one (not IB Tech, tho).  |  IP: Logged

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