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  THIS IS CINERAMA - Image Gallery
This advent of something as new and important as Cinerama was in itself a major event in the history of entertainment.
Cinerama's stereophonic sound is demonstrated with a thousand Scotch bagpipes and, in another portion of the show, with one of the finest symphony orchestras ever brought together.
One of the dramatic highlights of "This Is Cinerama" is an aerial sequence in which the audience is taken for a breathless ride through the canyons of' Zion National Park in Utah.
www.widescreenmuseum.com /widescreen/ticgallery.htm   (679 words)

  
 Seattle Cinerama Technical Innovations
Cinerama’s four proprietary active movie posters are controlled by a powerful video server located on-site, although each poster has the ability to accept streaming video from a remote server.
Cinerama is one of the first theaters in the world to be completely wired for digital cinema, a remarkable new technology that utilizes powerful video servers and broadband fiber optic connections to feed digitized motion pictures directly to movie projectors.
Cinerama patrons are completely enveloped in a surround-sound experience, regardless of where they sit in the theater.
www.cinerama.com /theatre3_tech_innovation.html   (296 words)

  
 Cinerama Dome   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Cinerama was a wide-screen format of the early 60's, which used three separate 35mm projectors and a vast curved screen to present realistic travelogues.
The current Cinerama screen occupies perhaps a quarter of the circular wall, bending slightly with the curve of the walls.
The Cinerama Dome is bordered by Sunset Boulevard, Vine Street and De Longpre and Ivar avenues.
www.seeing-stars.com /Theatres/CineramaDome.shtml   (771 words)

  
 Hollywood Theatre | Cinerama   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
To appreciate Cinerama's impact, you have to remember that from their infancy, with very few exceptions, movies had been shot and shown in a virtually square format; even the bosom-heaving Technicolor spectacle that was Gone with the Wind had been corseted within a frame whose rigid proportions dated back to Thomas Edison's laboratories.
That was the void filled by Cinerama, which was so wide it had to be shot by a three yoked-together cameras and shown by three synchronized projectors, their images blended to fill a vast, deeply curved, panoramic screeen that was nearly three times as wide as it was tall.
As the curtains slowly parted to reveal the reast of the huge, engulfing screen, the film cut to what has been called the most famous point-of-view shot in history, taken by the bulky, three-eyed camera as it was lashed to the front seat of a roller coaster.
www.hollywoodtheatre.org /cinerama   (854 words)

  
 The Reel Cinerama Film Festival kicks off next week   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Cinerama officially debuted at New York's Broadway Theater on Sept. 30, 1952, with the travelogue "This Is Cinerama." It was such a sensation that The New York Times gave the film a front-page review, and it went on to be the biggest-grossing motion picture of 1952.
The first of the MGM Cinerama films was a financial disappointment, but the second -- with its double-digit all-star cast, its three major directors, its buffalo stampedes and train wrecks and the whole history of the American West crammed into 2 1/2 action-packed hours -- was a blockbuster in every sense of the word.
Indeed, to the true believers of Cinerama, that naive, impractical process of the 1950s was the pinnacle and summation of big-screen filmmaking, and the chance to experience it once again via pristine prints in the only true Cinerama theater left in the world is quite simply a ticket to movie heaven.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /movies/109474_cinerama21.shtml   (1305 words)

  
 Hollywood Theatre | Cinerama   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Cinerama guys hate multiplexes, hate small screens, hates sloppy projectionists, hate the fact that sutdios couldn't care less about all this, because they just want to dump pictures into as many theaters as possible and take the money and run.
He went back to see This Is Cinerama again and again, intrigued as much by the staggering complexities of the three-projector system, which to his mind had a kind of watchwork beauty, as by the film itself.
In 1963, Cinerama finally made it to third-tier citites such as Dayton with the release of How the West Was Won, the first Cinerama feature with movie stars and one which Harvey, by then a working professional, had the honor of projecting.
www.hollywoodtheatre.org /cinerama/printable.htm   (4906 words)

  
 villatheatre.com - What is Cinerama?
Cinerama used 35mm film, but the frames were six perforations high instead of the usual four and ran at 26 frames per second instead of 24.
Cinerama's most noticeable flaw were the lines where the three separate images joined together on the screen.
New Cinerama movies were filmed in Ultra Panavision 70, Ultra Panavision, Super Panavision, Todd-AO, or Technirama and then released with a "rectified" 70mm print that was supposed to reduce the distortion caused by showing a single-projector film on a deeply-curved Cinerama screen.
www.villatheatre.com /History/1961/Cinerama.html   (616 words)

  
 Cinerama Adventure (2001)
But the Cinerama format singlehandedly revived a film industry that was in the process of being overthrown by the arrival of television, directly leading to the development of the now-standard widescreen format, and, many claim, greatly helping the Americans win World War II.
Cinerama is based on the principle of filling the viewer's entire field of vision, by projecting three parts of the same scene, filmed from slightly different angles, blended together as one image on a gargantuan curved screen.
Cinerama Adventure charts the global Cinerama craze that ensued after the release of This is Cinerama, and the six other films made in the format (mostly travelogues like South Seas Adventure and Cinerama Holiday) through interviews and old clips.
www.moviepie.com /filmfests/cinerama_adventure.htm   (438 words)

  
 Making movies
The film that ushered in an era of showmanship and widescreen cinema, "This Is Cinerama," returns to the ArcLight Cinerama Dome for two showings on October 21 and October 23, 2004.
For those who haven't seen true three-panel Cinerama with seven-channel stereophonic sound, this is a must-see event in one of the most beautiful modern theatres in the world, the Cinerama Dome.
Dizzying Ferris wheel sequence from "Cinerama Holiday" in 3-projector Cinerama to be followed by the Cinerama white water rafting on the Indus sequence from "Search For Paradise" Note: For those who are prone to sea sickness the theatre recommends you not be present for this Cinerama white water sequence.
www.fromscripttodvd.com /this_is_cinerama_october_2004.htm   (370 words)

  
 News about "Cinerama Adventure" and Cinerama Dome   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
One lady said that her father was flying into town from the mid-West, not to see her, but to see "Cinerama!" I was still at the theater at 11:00 pm so I was not able to see or tape it.
Cinerama had such an impact that "THIS IS CINERAMA" was the top grossing film released in 1952, although it played in fewer than 30 theaters.
Cinerama was too technically challenging to last and just seven films were made in the three-strip format.
www.in70mm.com /news/2002/cinerama_50/cinerama_dome_2002.htm   (1400 words)

  
 Cinerama - Free Music Downloads, Videos, Lyrics, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
Since Gedge spent the better part of two decades in a band that painted his diverse tastes into a corner musically, it's no surprise that his new work would be just as heartfelt and prolific as that of his former band.
A fittingly titled group, Cinerama has indulged Gedge's love of film music from John Barry to blaxploitation, as well as the classic songwriting of Bacharach/David and the less dramatic sides of Scott Walker -- a comfy spot between twee and Tindersticks.
On pace to rival the generally welcomed bin clogging of the Wedding Present, Cinerama released a clutch of multi-format singles in support of their debut LP, as well as a number of intervening releases prior to 2000's Steve Albini-recorded Disco Volante.
www.artistdirect.com /nad/music/artist/bio/0,,688590,00.html?artist=Cinerama   (528 words)

  
 Hollywood Theatre | Cinerama   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Cinerama restored a visceralness to moviegoing that had been largely missing since the nickelodeon, where novice film audiences would flinch at the sight of waves or a man pointing agun at the camera.
He is, you might say, Cinerama's equivalent of the von Stroheim butler character in Sunset Boulevard, tending to the process's dusty legacy as a consultant to Pacific Theatres, the West Coast company that owns the corporate hust of Cinerama.
Shamed by Cinerama's triumphant appearances at a couple of mid-50s international expositions, the Soviet Union "invented" its own three-strip process, Kinopanorama, whose titles included Great Is My Country, The Volga Flows On,, and The Trial of Madmen.
www.hollywoodtheatre.org /cinerama/index02.shtml   (912 words)

  
 Widescreen Museum - The Cinerama Wing
Friends of Cinerama, and we're fortunate that they also happen to be employed by Cinerama, Inc. At left is Gunther Jung, Cinerama archivist, and at right is John Sittig, director of Cinerama, Inc., a subsidiary of Pacific Theatres, Inc. Between the two is one of the Cinerama cameras.
Sound was controlled by the "Cinerama Engineer", who, based on cue sheets for the show, could throw a switch that put channel six on both walls and shifted channel seven to speakers in the rear of the theatre.
Additionally, Cinerama was boosted by the typical fervor of Michael Todd, but Todd's fervor was subject to an apparent attention deficit problem and he moved on from project to project.
www.widescreenmuseum.com /widescreen/wingcr1.htm   (1533 words)

  
 villatheatre.com - Premiere of Cinerama
A red carpet with the word Cinerama stretched in front of the Villa, which was ringed with spotlights and crowded with showgoers.
From the opening of the Cinerama portion - after Lowell Thomas tells the history of movies - "This Is Cinerama" holds a thrill through nearly every foot of film.
Audiences at "This Is Cinerama" glide along the canals of Venice after a visit to St. Mark's Square in the city.
www.villatheatre.com /history/1961/D610722-B1-ThisIsCinerama.html   (1350 words)

  
 Cinerama's 50th Anniversary by Greg Kimble, Full Story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Cinerama, which had been rejected by all the majors as too expensive - however impressive it was - now created a landrush.
Of the several purpose-built "Super Cinerama" theaters, only a few remain, and only two, the Seattle Cinerama and the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood, are equipped to show 3-panel films.
Much of the continuing interest in saving Cinerama can be traced to the efforts of Dave Strohmaier, who has spent 5 years researching the process, and collecting memorabilia and interviews with surviving cast and crew for his documentary, "The Cinerama Adventure".
www.in70mm.com /news/2002/cinerama_50/cinerama_50/this_is_cinerama.htm   (5627 words)

  
 villatheatre.com - Photos of This Is Cinerama Premiere
A view of This Is Cinerama on the Villa's sign from beneath the marquee.
George D. Clyde, left discuss Cinerama with Elder Harold B. Lee of the council of the Twelve, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and Mrs.
Performance by the Tabernacle Chior at the premiere of This Is Cinerama.
villatheatre.com /photos/ThisIsCinerama.html   (76 words)

  
 Making movies
The film, “This Is Cinerama,” begins with a rather monotonous explanation by journalist/world adventurer Lowell Thomas about the origins of film.
Sensing that Cinerama’s legacy was in danger of being lost, he began to interview a number of people involved with making Cinerama films and re-constructed history in “Cinerama Adventure.” He’s included a number of clips from the era and clips from actual Cinerama films.
This is the only way in which to see all three panels that Cinerama is famous for in a fashion that is reminiscent of the original curved screen experience.
www.fromscripttodvd.com /david_strohmaier_cinerama_adventure.htm   (2282 words)

  
 Splendid E-zine reviews: Cinerama
This Is Cinerama, Cinerama's album of B-sides and two singles that were not released between Va-Va Voom and Disco Volante, is an excellent introduction if you haven't caught up with your CD-buying yet (I can't imagine why you wouldn't own some Cinerama otherwise), or if you're nuttier for Cinerama than your grandmama's fruitcake.
The group's orchestral bias (aided by strings, flutes, french horns, trumpets, and clarinets) and cerebral lyrics are luxuries, pampering listeners bored by sub-par pop.
Cinerama has lengthened the single to double its original time, setting Gedge and Sally Murrell's duet to heart-beat pacing.
www.splendidezine.com /reviews/dec-25-00/cinerama.html   (369 words)

  
 Music | Cinerama   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
He’s proven, first with the Wedding Present and now as the leader of Cinerama, that his B-sides are more killer than filler.
Cinerama Holiday amasses 14 tracks from the four EPs the British quintet released in conjunction with their sophisti-pop gem Disco Volante (Manifesto, 2000).
So though Cinerama Holiday isn’t likely to gain him any new fans, it’s a completist’s dream, and it’s consistent enough to serve as an introduction to one of England’s finest songwriters.
www.bostonphoenix.com /boston/music/otr/documents/02975247.htm   (191 words)

  
 Cinerama Drive-In   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The new Cinerama screen tower is steel, constructed by Lihap Industries, which also manufactured the screen of corrugated aluminum in vertical strips, 24 feet wide.
The three projectors by Cinerama, Inc., are mounted ten feet apart in a van, with a throw of 310 feet, and an angle of projection to the correct axis of the screen.
Unlike at indoor Cinerama presentations, patrons enjoy pizza, barbecue, hot dogs, hamburgers and the like served at the station-type snack bar.
www.capital.net /com/jaytp/CINEDRIV.HTM   (151 words)

  
 Cinerama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cinerama is the trademarked name for a widescreen process which works by simultaneously projecting images from three synchronized 35 mm projectors onto a huge, deeply-curved screen, subtending 146° of arc, and for the corporation which was formed to market it.
Cinerama was introduced on 30 September 1952, at the Broadway Theatre in New York.
Consequently, Cinerama discontinued the three film process, with the exception of a single theater showing at McVickers' Cinerama Theatre in Chicago, Illinois Cinerama's Russian Adventure, an American-Soviet co-production culled from footage of several Soviet films shot in the rival Soviet three-film format known as Kinopanorama in 1966.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cinerama   (3234 words)

  
 Cinerama
The average jackpot on Cinerama is around $50,000 and the highest jackpot ever paid was a shade over $288,000.
Overall, the new version of Cinerama is a marked improvement over the old three reel version.
With a 5c coin size it is a game that is suitable for all budgets and with a starting jackpot of $15,000 it is well worth a spin or three.
www.allonlineslots.com /cinerama.htm   (509 words)

  
 CINERAMA - This Is Cinerama / Cinerama Holiday -album- POPNEWS OCTOBRE 2002
Cette compilation me permet de faire d'une pierre deux coups en vous parlant également de celle parue en 2000 et rassemblant les quatre premiers singles du groupe sous le titre dispensable de "This Is Cinerama".
"This Is Cinerama" était certes agréable mais laissait l'inconfortable impression d'un manque d'inspiration sur quelques faces B, ce que les titres "Manhattan" et "Film" s'empressaient de nous faire oublier.
Par son manque de médiatisation en France, Cinerama semble devoir rester pour nous ce petit groupe d'outre-Manche que l'on semble préférer voir rester confiné dans son jardin anglais à l'herbe bien verte, plutôt que de le retrouver, atteint de Crosfeld Jacob, une trayeuse au bout des instruments.
www.popnews.com /popnews/cinerama3   (487 words)

  
 Cinerama Dome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cinerama's goal was to see at least 600 built worldwide within two years.
An example of this was the case of the Indian Hills Theater in Omaha, Nebraska, a round Cinerama theater boasting a 110 foot screen which was razed in 2001 (to make room for a parking lot) despite the vigorous protests of local enthusiasts and numerous Hollywood legends.
In 2002 after a two-year closure, the Cinerama Dome was reopened as a part of a 14-screen complex called ArcLight Cinemas, a division of Pacific Theatres.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cinerama_Dome   (567 words)

  
 Amazon.com: This is Cinerama: At the Movies: Music: Max Steiner,Louis Forbes,Cinerama Philharmonic Orchestra   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
This is Cinerama has been called the movie that saved Hollywood from a horrible fate and brought about a whole slough-ful of wide screens in the 1950's.
Cinerama, developed by the late Fred Waller after his gunnery trainer device was used in World War II, uses three cameras and three projectors to throw an image onto a huge curved screen.
Cinerama was the first successful stereophonic sound system.
www.amazon.com /This-Cinerama-Movies-Max-Steiner/dp/B000003HC9   (583 words)

  
 The CZ Stars in Cinerama Holiday   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Cinerama Holiday met with the success its predecessor didn't, and became the highest grossing film of 1955.
The Cinerama process simulated 3-D by projecting the picture on an extra-wide, curved screen where the eye's periphial vision would give the viewer a semi-3-D image without the traditional 3-D glasses.
There is still one print of Cinerama Holiday still in existence, and it is currently playing at The New Neon Movies in Dayton, Ohio thanks to the efforts of Cinerama expert John Harvey (click here to get to their web site).
calzephyr.railfan.net /cinerama.html   (545 words)

  
 This is Cinerama! | Arts and Entertainment | BBC World Service
Two years on, Cinerama are about to release their second album, and The Edge invited them into the studio to play two live songs.
A previous single for Cinerama, described by UK magazine Melody Maker as “good, dirty fun”, it is extended to seven minutes on the album, ending with familiar Albini-tinged feedback.
For the rest of the year, Cinerama will be promoting it and trying to fit in a UK and US tour.
www.bbc.co.uk /worldservice/arts/highlights/000825_cinerama.shtml   (930 words)

  
 HYBRIDMAGAZINE.COM | REVIEWS | Cinerama - This Is Cinerama
I'd actually been searching high and low for a copy of Cinerama's "Manhattan" single because it featured a cover of The Smith's "London" on the b-side, but I had no luck.
The musical theory of making songs for a James Bond film that Gedge prides Cinerama's sound on isn't very apparent until the instrumental "Model Spy." Filled with wah-wah guitar, harpsichord and female vocal harmonies, the song transports you to bed on a yacht with mirrors on the ceiling.
Again, this may be just a ploy for fans to purchase anything with the Cinerama name on it, but it actually serves much better as a stop-gap, to fill in the holes your Cinerama catalog may be suffering from.
www.hybridmagazine.com /reviews/1200/cinerama-this.shtml   (413 words)

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