![]() Regardless, like you Phil, I prefer to watch the blurays of restored Cinerama films. Smileboxed 'Its a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World' trailer in 7OMM Cinerama in70mm 2. Certainly better than those old lousy prints that have be shown on TCM for years. Reducing the three strip Cinerama to super 8 is ironic, but on the bright side the source material to make the S8 print have a resolution greater than a 70mm source. 3-Strip Cinerama (3x35mm), Ultra Panavision 70 Blu-ray DigiBook: 2K restoration (OCN), cropped SmileBox and 2.89:1 widescreen versions, 5. There to make it work.There is more discussion on this topic at: Cinerama was meant to be seen using larger format film than Super 8 and the clarity just wouldn’t be But to print a Smilebox image on the minuscule Super 8 frame would be pointless. Obviously you would need three projectors synchronised together. That being said how on earth can CineramaĬome to Super 8? Presumably you don’t mean you are going to have the A B and C reels printed separately on three reels. I know that others have created 'Smilebox' to sort of recreate the feel of Cinerama, but obviously this isn't the same. The gross distortion as objects pass through the join lines is. It appears there are only 3 theaters in the world that can show a film in Cinerama format and they do so somewhat rarely. If you choose to upload an avatar image, please remember that it IS a requirement that the image must be a clear photo of your face.Ĭinerama is excellent, I have both ‘The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm’ and ‘How the West Was Won’ both onīlu ray and project them using my Hitachi PJTX200 and they are both fabulous. The Smilebox transfer distorts the image to 'bend' perspectives into an approximation of the original Cinerama experience. Since the year 2000, SmileBox has been established as a brand name in conjunction with Cinerama images. Once the registration has been approved, you will be able to login via the link in the upper right corner of this page.Īlso, please remember while it is highly encouraged to upload an avatar image to your profile, is not a requirement. Interesting update from lead restorer Dave Strohmaier here (with intriguing pics): We can now report that we have repaired all the damaged areas in Grimm, including. Starring John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, and Henry Fonda in one of the all-time. Looks like the last Cinerama 'story' film is well on it's way to completion, with Smilebox + letterbox Blu-ray and DVD releases due from the Warner Archive in 2021. Warner has announced an August Blu-ray release for How the West Was Won, which will hit high-def in a first-of-its-kind 'SmileBox' version, recreating the original Cinerama experience. To get to the registration page click here. Warner Introduces 'SmileBox' with How the West Was Won Blu-ray. This forum is for professionals and fake names are not permitted. Please remember registering with your first and last REAL name is mandatory. To access the original forums from 2003-2019 which are now a "read only" status, click on the "FORUM ARCHIVE" link above. Because there was no good way to import all of the old archived data from the last 20 years on the old software, everyone will need to register for a new account to participate. The forum you are looking at is entirely new software.
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