Terry: I don’t think the original Cine Capri ever had a D-150 (Dimension 150) screen. Have you got a way to check and see if it really did or didn’t have D-150?
“Ladies and Gentlemen, This is CINERAMA!” Lowell Thomas, September 20, 1952.
Actually, Grand Prix was a stronger movie than one might think. According to Mike’s lists so far, it had an average run of 25 weeks compared to 2001’s average run of 30 weeks. Grand Prix’s run exceeded 2001’s in 13 of the 47 listed cities.
I have not heard of any other SmileBox® Blue Ray movies yet. But I bought a Blue Ray player just see the curved look on my LCD with How The West Was Won as many other people did. I think they will do a few more of the 3 panel Cinerama prints first and see how they sell then with some of the Super Cinerama 70mm movies. Now the Home Theatre people have three different types of huge curved screens for the Theatre in the home crowd. I have seen one and It looks great. So no need for SmileBox® for these lucky movie people. The curved home screens have moving masking and are very $$$$$$$. When I win the Lotto I’ll get one. Can’t wait for the Windjammer release with the curve look.
Terry: have you heard anything about Smilebox Blu-Ray releases for the single-strip Cinerama films like “2001”? I asked a Warner Home Video executive about that on an online chat about a year ago, and he said there was a good possibility. The Smilebox edition of “How the West Was Won” was truly spectacular.
Does anyone remember when the original Cine Capri played This Is Cinerama in 70mm on the D-150 screen they had? How did It look? Thanks so much Mike for the Cinerama news you have given us on all these roadshow Cinerama dates and cities. Now If we can get Pacific Theatres and some sponsors to restore a few more of the 3 panel films to play in England,Hollywood & Seattle. We hear they are cleaning up some of the prints for DVD release in SmileBox® for Blue Ray. At least Windjammer is being worked on at this time, but the things they have to work with are not that good. Lets hope the DVD print comes out good. When they tried to copy the new Cine Capri now in Arizona they missed the boat and did not curve the screen much. What were they afraid off.
Feelarama was probably an attempt to copy Universal’s Sensurround gimmick, which audiences first heard (and felt) in “Earthquake” the year before.
Wow! What the heck was FEELARAMA (re: the KRAKATOA rerelease)?
Terry: I don’t think the original Cine Capri ever had a D-150 (Dimension 150) screen. Have you got a way to check and see if it really did or didn’t have D-150?
“Ladies and Gentlemen, This is CINERAMA!” Lowell Thomas, September 20, 1952.
Actually, Grand Prix was a stronger movie than one might think. According to Mike’s lists so far, it had an average run of 25 weeks compared to 2001’s average run of 30 weeks. Grand Prix’s run exceeded 2001’s in 13 of the 47 listed cities.
This must be one of the rare instances were “Grand Prix” played longer than “2001”.
JSA
I have not heard of any other SmileBox® Blue Ray movies yet. But I bought a Blue Ray player just see the curved look on my LCD with How The West Was Won as many other people did. I think they will do a few more of the 3 panel Cinerama prints first and see how they sell then with some of the Super Cinerama 70mm movies. Now the Home Theatre people have three different types of huge curved screens for the Theatre in the home crowd. I have seen one and It looks great. So no need for SmileBox® for these lucky movie people. The curved home screens have moving masking and are very $$$$$$$. When I win the Lotto I’ll get one. Can’t wait for the Windjammer release with the curve look.
Terry: have you heard anything about Smilebox Blu-Ray releases for the single-strip Cinerama films like “2001”? I asked a Warner Home Video executive about that on an online chat about a year ago, and he said there was a good possibility. The Smilebox edition of “How the West Was Won” was truly spectacular.
Does anyone remember when the original Cine Capri played This Is Cinerama in 70mm on the D-150 screen they had? How did It look? Thanks so much Mike for the Cinerama news you have given us on all these roadshow Cinerama dates and cities. Now If we can get Pacific Theatres and some sponsors to restore a few more of the 3 panel films to play in England,Hollywood & Seattle. We hear they are cleaning up some of the prints for DVD release in SmileBox® for Blue Ray. At least Windjammer is being worked on at this time, but the things they have to work with are not that good. Lets hope the DVD print comes out good. When they tried to copy the new Cine Capri now in Arizona they missed the boat and did not curve the screen much. What were they afraid off.