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ACTOR
Lowell ThomasFred WallerJim MorrisonRudy Behlmer
DIRECTOR
David Strohmaier
SYNOPSICS
Cinerama Adventure (2002) is a English movie. David Strohmaier has directed this movie. Lowell Thomas,Fred Waller,Jim Morrison,Rudy Behlmer are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2002. Cinerama Adventure (2002) is considered one of the best Documentary movie in India and around the world.
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Things WERE better in the old days!
Just want to add that I have seen "The Cinerama Adventure" several times and enjoyed it very much. A feature lenght documentary about wide screen is very rare, and the Cinerama process certainly deserves this tribute. The amount of information collected for this production is amazing and much of it shows up in the form of interviews with the people behind the process as they experienced it. My only regret is that "Windjammer" goes unmentioned. Perhaps the best of all the 3-strip films, "Windjammer", being a Cinemiracle film and technically not Cinerama, IS a first person experience LIKE Cinerama AND owned by Cinerama Inc. One of the producers, Mr. Borden Mace ("Cinerama Holiday"), recently told me why "Windjammer" was sold to Cinerama Inc. "Simply to get the film distributed as widely as possible". Having had the priviledge to work with Mr. David Strohmaier on this production I am probably biased a bit, but "The Cinerama Adventure" is a unique and VERY thrilling ride through memory lane about a world long gone. I was born in 1963 when Cinerama was nearly gone, and have never experienced the original buzz of the process. Having read about the format for 20 years and seen the process projected in Bradford and Dayton, I can only say that "The Cinerama Adventure" gives the viewer a fantastic insight to Waller's Wonder and a taste of showmanship "three times the normal size". If you have the slightest interest in wide screen history - go see "The Cinerama Adventure". Despite the shortcomming mentioned above, I highly recommend the film.
A not-to-be-missed film!
I recently saw Cinerama Adventure at the ArcLight Cinema, adjacent to the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood. The completion of this production culminates a six-year labor of love by David Strohmaier, the documentary's producer, director and writer. There is new music by John Morgan and William Stromberg, which blends perfectly with music excerpts from many of the original Cinerama features. Though it had been test screened in Bradford, England earlier, I first saw a rough cut of this production, projected in video, in Seattle in 1999 and then saw it again last summer in Los Angeles when it was shown at a local SMPTE chapter meeting which was very well attended. It is now finished, on film, with Dolby Digital sound. The Interviews are shown at 1.33:1 inside a 1.85:1 aspect ratio. The Cinerama cuts are shown in the C.A. Productions' SmileboxT curved screen simulation format at 1.85:1, which really "puts you in the picture." This production is simply perfect! It blends the history of the people behind Cinerama with the story of the making of the films and highlights the technical aspects of this pioneering widescreen format in an exiting and dramatic way. There are numerous interviews with many of those who were involved with and stared in the original Cinerama films. I was most interested to learn more about Paul Mantz, who flew the Cinerama camera for all of the aerial sequences. This is a not-to-be-missed documentary which is a uniquely American story of technology, movie making and film exhibition which started the whole widescreen era.
completely original and unique documentary about the mother of all widescreen systems
Essentially a labour of love, Dave Strohmeier has wrought a miracle with this gem of a documentary which deals with a very special subject, the history of Cinerama, the mother of all large format cinema. Years ahead of its time, Cinerama had an electrifying impact on its audiences back in the early fifties. Fifty years on we now have this very special and unique documentary. It deserves the full support of all those who love their movies big. Well recieved at the Bradford film festival by top people in the film business last year and up for Oscars this year, an absolute must to see.
"Cinerama Adventure" defines 'documentary'
This film explains how a three-camera widescreen theatrical projection process was successfully developed and the impact it had on the world-wide entertainment business and pop culture of the 1950's and 60's. The filmmakers let those who developed and worked with Cinerama tell the story in their own words. There is very little written narration. Editing is tight and impressive. As an example, in a couple of situations a story is told by three different people in a very smooth and interesting manner as one subject finishes the sentence that two others started! I enjoyed seeing generous segments from so many of the Cinerama films plus long segments of "behind the scenes" activities as these films were shot in some of the most inhospitable parts of the world. Much of this behind-the-scenes footage has never been released before. Kudos to the rights holders of these films for allowing so much to be included in this rich accounting of a very important part of cinematic history! And giant kudos to the producers for recapturing the excitement of Cinerama for a whole new generation of cinema buffs plus those of us who remember back in 1952 when Lowell Thomas said those magic words, "This is Cinerama" and the curtains kept opening and opening and opening to the most enormous screen ever and the entire audience was instantly transported into a roller-coaster car at Rockaway Beach, New York. Oh, and one more thing: In an age when the term 'documentary' is most often used to promote personal or political beliefs, it is refreshing to see a film that is a true accounting and document of historical facts and not an assemblage of conjecture and observation purported to be fact. I wish every filmmaker could view "Cinerama Adventure" to learn how to properly produce a 'documentary film.' And I am surprised that this never made it as an Oscar nominee in 2005!
Fantastic documentary about a fantastic process
The first premise of a documentary is that it should provide information and hopefully be entertaining. The Cinerama Adventure meets both criteria hands down. The idea of taking what was the biggest motion picture format of its time and arguably of all time and presenting it in a greatly diminished format (perhaps as small as an average television) and still being able to impart some of the impact of the original presentation is probably conceited. Dave Strohmaier has succeeded admirably in his efforts. I have seen many movies that almost have popcorn breaks built into them. While some viewers may consider that there are such breaks in CA, I might suggest that if there are any, there had better not be a line at the concession stand or you will miss significant portions of a comprehensive, well researched and thoughtfully compiled history of a film process that is only presented very limited venues on a very limited schedule.