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Flicker Alley presents CINERAMA HOLIDAY and SOUTH SEAS
ADVENTURE | Read more at in70mm.com The 70mm Newsletter
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Written by: Flicker Alley | Date:
30.10.2013 |
Flicker Alley and Cinerama Inc. invite you to
experience the home video premieres of CINERAMA HOLIDAY and SOUTH SEAS
ADVENTURE. Release Date: November 5, 2013. (Los Angeles, CA - October 8,
2013) - Flicker Alley and Cinerama Inc. are pleased to announce the home
video digital premieres of "Cinerama Holiday" (1955) and "South
Seas Adventure" (1958). Both films will be released in Deluxe Combo Blu-ray/DVD
editions in conjunction with the 50th Anniversary of Pacific Theatres'
historic Cinerama Dome in Hollywood, California. These two widescreen
treasures will be presented in the "Smilebox" curved screen simulation and
will have a S.R.P. of $39.95 each.
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Cinerama Holiday (1955)
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Cinerama Holiday/ 1955/ 129 mins + 15
intermission/ Directed by Robert L Bendick and Phillipe De Lacy / A Louis de
Rochemont Production/ "Smilebox" format / 5.1 digital stereo
Never before issued on home video, Cinerama Holiday was the second of the
original 3-panel Cinerama travelogues, and the #2 box office hit of 1955.
This motion picture intercuts between the adventures of two real-life,
married couples. First are Switzerland's Fred and Beatrice Troller, who
begin their panoramic tour of America in Las Vegas, then wind their way
around the US, stopping in San Francisco, New Orleans, New York City, and
New England. Meanwhile, Betty and John Marsh of Kansas City board a flight
to Switzerland, commencing an immersive European vacation full of bobsled
rides and ski trips down the Swiss Alps, along with visits to the Paris
Opera, the Louvre, and the Notre Dame Cathedral in France. Taking you on a
journey of wonder and discovery, these two holidays come to life through the
remarkable lens of Cinerama, now digitally remastered from the original
camera negative and in its newly presented Smilebox® Curved Screen
Simulation.
Bonus Features include:
• New 1080p Restoration: From the original camera negative
• Dolby Digital 2.0 and 5.1 STS-HD Master: Audio restoration created from
the original 7 channel mix
• Cinerama Holiday "Breakdown Reel": Footage originally projected
interstitially during interruptions of any Cinerama performance - 14 min.
• Return to Cinerama Holiday (2013): A brand-new documentary by Harrison
Engle and Signal Hill Entertainment featuring Betty Marsh and Beatrice
Troller reminiscing about their Cinerama experience - 22 min.
• Betty's Scrapbook: Share a fascinating look with Betty Marsh as she
rediscovers memories of the film with a newly uncovered 50-year-old
scrapbook of the production - 11 min.
• "Cinerama Holiday at the Dome": With Leonard Maltin, Betty York, and
Beatrice Troller - 6 min.
• 1997 Cast Interview: With Betty & Jim Marsh, Fred & Beatrice Troller and
Waring Jones on the making of the film - 22 min.
• Bob Bendick's 8mm Home Movies: Shot on the French and Swiss locations
during the filming of Cinerama Holiday - 15 min.
• Remastering A Widescreen Classic: Before and after demonstration on the
film's remastering - 13 min.
• Brand New Behind-the-Scenes Slideshow
• Never Before Seen Deleted Scenes: From the documentary Cinerama Adventure
about the making of Cinerama Holiday
• 28 Page Booklet: Reproduction of the original program, as seen by viewers
of the film's first theatrical showing
| More in 70mm reading:
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Cinerama Remaster
Flicker Alley releases
"Windjammer" and "This is Cinerama" on Blu-ray and DVD
in70mm.com's Cinerama page
Internet link:
Flicker Alley
Betty March Interview
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South Seas Adventure (1958)
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South Seas Adventure/ 1958/ 126 mins + 15
intermission / Directed by Carl Dudley, Richard Goldstone, Francis D. Lyon,
Walter Thompson, and Basil Wrangell/ "Smile Box" format/ A Stanley Warner
Cinerama Corporation Production/ 5.1 digital stereo
Unseen theatrically in over 40 years and never before issued on home video,
South Seas Adventure was the fifth and ultimately last of the original
3-panel Cinerama travelogues. Presented here in an all new Deluxe Combo DVD/Bluray,
this spectacular film weaves together several island-hopping voyages,
starting en route to Hawaii, then traversing the South Seas through Tahiti,
Tonga, Fiji, and as far as Australia, and eventually back home to enchanting
Honolulu. This original roadshow version is now newly presented in the
Smilebox® Curved Screen Simulation. Digitally remastered from the original
camera negative, with breathtaking color and a remarkably clear
seven-channel sound track, South Seas Adventure (with narration by Orson
Welles) will take you on an adventurous, Cineramic journey into the exotic
past!
Bonus Features include:
• New 1080p Restoration: From the original camera negative and Library of
Congress materials
• Dolby Digital 2.0 and 5.1 STS-HD Master: Audio restoration created from
the original 7 channel mix
• Feature Length Audio Commentary: with Cinerama historian David Coles and
actress Ramine Seaman
• Renault Dauphine: An original and rare Cinerama promotional film for the
car company Renault as presented in its unique, three-panel format - 6 min.
• The Wake of Captain Cook: a short film by Producer and Director Carl
Dudley, which takes you behind the scenes of South Seas Adventure- 23 min.
• Family Interview: With Carol Dudley Katzka, daughter of the
producer/director of South Seas Adventure, Carl Dudley - 11 min.
• Crew Interview: Excerpts from a fascinating interview with original
production staff member Saul Cooper - 30 min.
• Brand New Behind-the-Scenes Slideshow
• 28 Page Booklet: Reproduction of the original program, as seen by viewers
of the film's first theatrical showing
| More in 70mm reading:
Cinerama Remaster
Flicker Alley releases
"Windjammer" and "This is Cinerama" on Blu-ray and DVD
in70mm.com's Cinerama page
Internet link:
Flicker Alley
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About Cinerama Inc.
Cinerama Inc, which produced and released films in the three-strip Cinerama
process, is a part of Decurion Corporation, which also owns ArcLight Cinemas
and Pacific Theatres. Cinerama is the trademarked name for
thewidescreenprocess which works by simultaneously projecting images from
three synchronized 35 mm projectors onto a huge, deeply-curved screen. The
home entertainment releases Cinerama Holiday (1955) and South Seas Adventure
(1958) coincide with the 50th anniversary of Pacific Theatres' historic
Cinerama Dome in Hollywood, California.
About Flicker Alley
Flicker Alley, LLC was founded in 2002 by Jeff Masino. Each Flicker Alley
project is the culmination of hundreds of hours of research, digital
restoration, and music production. Flicker Alley has partnered with Turner
Classic Movies on several historic cable broadcasts including three
previously unavailable silent films produced by Howard Hughes, three rarely
seen Rudolph Valentino films and new digital editions of J'Accuse and La
Roue, by Abel Gance. The Flicker Alley brand has grown to enjoy national and
international critical acclaim and is regularly featured in annual "Best Of"
lists. The National Society of Film Critics has honored the company as a
"Heritage Award" recipient in 2009, 2011, and 2012.
About the SmileBox Curved Screen Format
These Cinerama publications are set up in a format which illustrates to a
modern audience how different and special the Cinerama experience was when
originally exhibited in theatres. The innovative curved screen "look" used
in these Cinerama remasterings was developed and designed with input from
film historians, award winning 3D graphics experts, digital engineers, and
Oscar winning cinematographers. A long period of tests included projecting
the original 3 panel Cinerama focus charts on the Seattle Cinerama 146
degree screen, checking for horizontal and vertical distortions. From this
effort, SmileBox was developed to take full advantage of the HD 16 x 9
frame, and yet maintain a 146 degree effect that would approximate what
people saw in Cinerama theaters. Owing to certain limitations, the producers
believe that this SmileBox format will approximate a "Cinerama effect" on
flat 16 x 9 monitors, or when projected on screen.
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