Cinerama Adventure (2002)
August 30, 2002Release Date
Cinerama Adventure (2002)
August 30, 2002Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Lowell Thomas
Self
Fred Waller
Self
Jane MacLardy Schacht
Self
Jim Morrison
Self - Cinerama crew member
Kevin Brownlow
Self
Rudy Behlmer
Self - film historian
Michael Todd Jr.
Self
David Strohmaier
Director
A.C. Lyles
Self
Randy Gitsch
Producer
Leonard Maltin
Self
John W. Morgan
Composer
William T. Stromberg
Composer
Howard Rust
Self
Gerald Saldo
Cinematographer
Greg Kimble
Self
John Caron
Self
Thomas Erffmeyer
Self
John Primi
Self
John Belton
Self
Frank Foulkes
Self
Bill Martinez
Self
Otto Lang
Self
Lowell Thomas Jr
Self
Alex Reeves
Self
Charles B. Fitzsimons
Self
Richard Cooper
Self
Merian C. Cooper
Self (archive)
Wentworth Fling
Self
David Blangsted
Self
David Raksin
Self
Arthur Manson
Self
Saul Cooper
Self
Gloria Tetzlaff Conroy
Self
Gayne Rescher
Self
Greg Mantz
Self
Roy Webb
Self
Carol Dudley Katzka
Self
Richard Goldstone
Self
Andrew Reisini
Self
Details.
Wiki.
Cinerama Adventure is a 2002 documentary about the history of the Cinerama widescreen film process. It tells the story of the widescreen process' evolution, from a primitive multi-screen pyramid process to a Vitarama format that played a big part in World War II, to the three-screen panoramic process it eventually became. The film includes interviews with surviving cast and crew who personally worked on the Cinerama films, plus vintage interviews with late creator Fred Waller.
To simulate the Cinerama experience for The Cinerama Adventure, a special three-panel telecine process termed SmileBox (a registered trade mark of C.A. Productions), was developed by video and film expert Greg Kimble for use in this film; it was later utilized for TV broadcasts and Blu-ray releases of Cinerama-formatted films such as This is Cinerama and How the West Was Won.
It was written, produced, directed, edited and narrated by David Strohmaier; produced by Randy Gitsch; executive produced by David's wife, Carin-Anne Strohmaier; and was presented in association with the American Society of Cinematographers. The running time is 97 minutes.
In 2008, the documentary was released as an extra feature on the DVD and Blu-ray releases of the movie How the West Was Won by Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.