Picture Highlights from the 2015 European Cinerama Festival Tour |
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| Written by: Tom March | Date: 02.05.2015 |
Karlsruhe, Germany |
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 After a 10 hour flight from Los Angeles, we made our arrival in Karlsruhe,
Germany on April 17. Dave and Randy preparing their presentations on the flight. |
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 Arriving at the Schauburg Theatre, we met up with Wolfram Hannemann from Korntal-Münchingen. Wolfram would be doing screening
introductions as well as acting as interpreter. Dave Strohmaier, Randy
Gitsch, Wolfram Hannemann, Tom March. |
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 Meeting up with Herbert Born in his theatre. Tom, Randy, Dave, Udo Heimansberg , Herbert Born, Wolfram. |
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 Checking out the theatre. Dave, Randy. |
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 Dave and Randy giving Blu-ray and CD prizes before the
screening. |
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 Seven Wonders of the World up next. |
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 A short interview with Dave for Wolfram's upcoming video
release. |
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 Breakfast with a view upstairs in the Schauburg Theater. |
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 Taking in the promotional advertisements. |
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 Randy and Dave and the Cinerama posters promoting all the
Cinerama features screening at the Schauburg Theatre during the festival. |
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 Dave and Randy off to visit a Grimm film location in Rothenburg. |
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 Randy and Tom with the Plaque commemorating the making of The
Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm in Rothenburg. |
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Innsbruck, Austria |
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 The
next city in the tour is Innsbruck and we made our arrival on April 21. Our
driver was none other than Udo Heimansberg who drove down from Düsseldorf to
meet us and transport us on to Innsbruck.Meeting Dietmar Zingl at the Leo Kino. Udo Heimansberg, Dietmar Zingl, Randy, Dave. |
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 The
main projection booth at the Leo Kino. Dietmar Zingl. |
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 Introducing
"This Is Cinerama". Randy, Dietmar, Dave. Udo. |
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 Here,
Smilebox looks fine on the flat screen.Smilebox® Wows On Curved Or Flat Screens |
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 On
stage. Dave, Randy, Dietmar, Udo. |
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 Randy
and Dave take a little time off to give a lecture at Innsbruck University.
The talk was on Film Making. |
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 The
lecture also includes Film Restoration. |
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 A
Q&A session follows the lecture. |
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 Sightseeing
in Innsbruck, a beautiful city. |
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Düsseldorf, Germany |
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 Leaving
Innsbruck, we drove to Düsseldorf. Our driver, Fritz of filmtaxi.info picked
us up at our hotel and drove us by way of the scenic route.Fritz and Dave planning the route to Düsseldorf. |
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 On
the way to Düsseldorf, Randy and Dave stopped in to visit Neuschwanstein
Castle. It was seen in Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm. |
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 Meeting
up with Udo at the Metropol Theatre. Randy, Udo, Dave, Fritz. |
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 Udo,
Randy and Dave standing in front of Cinerama European Tour posters. |
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 Randy,
Dave, Tom and Udo in front of Metropol curved screen. |
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 We
made the front page …of the Kultur section. |
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 Johan
Wolthuis with his memorabilia items for sale. |
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 In
the lobby for a break. |
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 Udo
and Randy introducing "This Is Cinerama". |
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 "This
Is Cinerama" on the Metropol curved screen. |
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Oslo, Norway |
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 For
the last leg of our trip we arrived in Oslo, Norway at the Cinemateket
Norwegian Film Institute. There we met Jan Olsen, Technical Manager of the
Cinemateket Theatre, for our final round of Cinerama screenings. |
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 Randy,
Dave and Anders Olsson in the theatre lobby. |
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 Randy
and Cinerama theatre posters. |
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A peek into the Projection Room. Randy and Jan. |
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 The
workhorse for our Cinerama screenings was this magnificent Sony 4K. |
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 Discussing
the screenings. Dave, Randy, Jan. |
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 Randy
and Dave doing the introduction for "This Is Cinerama". |
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 After
the screenings, a time to relax. Dave, Espen Jorgensen, Randy. |
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 Some
sightseeing was scheduled while in Oslo. Dave and Randy visit the Viking
ship burials museum. Also on the same outing, they stop in at both the Fram
and the Kon-Tiki museums. |
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 More
Viking history. Interesting! |
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 Dave
hikes up the angled roof of the Oslo Opera House. Fortunately, there was no
ice on the roof this day. |
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 A
"Must See" while in Norway was a visit to the Colosseum Kino. It screened
"Windjammer" in the Cinemiracle format back in 1958. |
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 And
we got a personal guided tour inside. It seats 978.CLICK TO SEE ENLARGEMENT |
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 Back
at the Cinemateket, Einar Corwin, Managing Director of the Christian Radich
Foundation says a few words before the screening of "Windjammer". |
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 Special
recognition was given to the attending Windjammer cadets who appeared in the
film. Several cadets were in the audience this day. |
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 The
screening of "Windjammer". This is the scene with Sven Libaek and Arthur
Fiedler conducting the Boston Pops Orchestra. |
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 After
the "Windjammer" screening, we headed down to the Oslo Harbor for a
scheduled ride on the Christian Radich. Randy is more than ready with his
Christian Radich “hoodie”. |
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 The
Christian Radich. There she is, just like in the picture. |
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 Jan
Halvorsen, cadet #34, also came along for the Christian Radich cruise. |
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 Permission
to come aboard, Captain? Jan Olsen and Randy. |
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 All
aboard. |
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 Muster
for the all important safety drill. |
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 At
sea with Windjammer cadet #85, Tore Bilet. |
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 On
the Christian Radich, everywhere you turn, there is another film location.
Here is the Captain's table in 1958 (above) and today (below). |
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 This
is the mess hall and dormitory, then and now. Hammock hooks can still be
seen protruding from the ceiling beams. |
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 Still
another recognisable film location. |
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 Tom
March is back on the upper deck. Time to ring the dinner bell. |
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 The
dinner special today is delicious hot fish soup and a bread roll. You can't
top that! |
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 In
spite of some rain, everyone had a great time. A large tarpaulin that
stretched over the lower deck kept us all dry. The cruise on the Christian
Radich and the screening of "Windjammer, The Voyage of the Christian Radich"
made for a very memorable day. |
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