The Best of Cinerama [Blu-ray]

Lowell Thomas Director: Basil Wrangell, Ted Tetzlaff, Francis D. Lyon, Andrew Marton

Overview

At the end of 1963, The Best of Cinerama was released -- marking the end of the pioneering three-projector widescreen system when single-system Panavision was rapidly becoming the industry norm. A greatest hits package, this lengthy film features the finest moments from the Cinerama travelogues -- the ballet of Navy jets and the stomach-turning rollercoaster ride from This Is Cinerama; the excursion in St. Moritz from Cinerama Holiday; the Oriental vistas from Seven Wonders of the World, and the death-defying leaps of the island natives from an elevated platform from South Sea Cinerama. Lowell Thomas is still the host as he guides the audience through Cinerama's finest (and past) moments. But with the release of It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World in the single camera Ultra Panavision 70 process under Cinerama's auspices that same year, this compilation film also services as an epitaph to the unique widescreen process that was Cinerama.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/22/2016
UPC:	0617311679896
Original Release:	1963
Rating:	NR
Source:	Flicker Alley
Region Code:	A
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:23:00
Sales rank:	20,408

Special Features

Feature-length Audio Commentary: With Cinerama historian David Coles; Shellarama (1965): Short in Super-Technirama and released on 70mm, this Shell-produced short follows the journey of Shell oil from raw source to refined fuel; Bridge to Space (1968): A 70mm short documentary shot on Merritt Island and at Cape Canaveral; "The Rangerettes": Deleted scene from Seven Wonders of the World featuring Kilgore College "Rangerettes"; "Battleship Iowa Arrives in San Pedro": A Cinerama short film shot in 2012; "Reconstructing The Best of Cinerama": A restoration demonstration with Dave Strohmaier; "Cinerama Troika": Interview with the principles behind Cinerama travelogue restorations (Blu-ray only); "Remembering The Best of Cinerama": Norman Karlin, Cinerama Film editor, is interviewed by Harrison Eagle (Blu-ray only); Slideshows: "Who's Who in Cinerama History," Show Places of the 1950s (Blu-ray only); The Best of Cinerama Trailer: Theatrical Trailer; Program Booklet: A facisimile representation of the original program booklet

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Thom Conroy	pr
Lowell Thomas	Narrator

Technical Credits

Basil Wrangell	Director
Ted Tetzlaff	Director
Francis D. Lyon	Director
Andrew Marton	Director
Tay Garnett	Director
Richard Goldstone	Director
Paul Mantz	Director
Otto Lang	Director
Carl Dudley	Director
Walter Thompson	Director
Philippe De Lacy	Director
Robert L. Bendick	Director
Max E. Youngstein	Executive Producer