How the West Was Won--Smilebox Version

[tnsprin]

Just received my Blu-ray copy of this classic movie. It was, of course, filmed in Cinerama with the 3 camera format.

Kudos to who ever decided to digitally remaster it and ship with two copies of the movie included. A widescreen copy and Smilebox version. The Smilebox gives a copy simulating the original curved Cinerama screen. The digital remastering fixed much of the problems caused by the three camera's alignment.

 

[SatinKzo]

can you post screen shots or pics of the smilebox format on this?

 

[tnsprin]

can you post screen shots or pics of the smilebox format on this?

Found this site about Smilebox that shows a nice example.

The Cinerama Adventure - "Smilebox" Process

 

[tnsprin]

Finally some more three screen "Cinerama"

Flicker Alley has the following up for pre-order

This is Cinerama

Windjammer

Windjammer was show in a rival format "Cinemiracle", which Cinerama eventually bought out and was often showed in the US in Cinerama.

These will be released in Smilebox format.