Cinerama and 3-Film Widescreen Movies
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1. How the West Was Won (1962)
G | 164 min | Adventure, War, Western
A family saga covering several decades of Westward expansion in the 19th century, including the Gold Rush, the Civil War, and the building of the railroads.
Directors: John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall, Richard Thorpe | Stars: James Stewart, John Wayne, Gregory Peck, Henry Fonda
Votes: 23,340 | Gross: $46.50M
3-Strip Cinerama (3x35mm), Ultra Panavision 70
Blu-ray [DigiBook: 2K restoration (OCN), cropped SmileBox and 2.89:1 widescreen versions, 5.1 Dolby TrueHD, Audio commentary (David Strohmaier, John Sittig, Jon Burlingame, Loren James, Rudy Behlmer)]
Warner Bros., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Cinerama Productions
2. The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)
G | 135 min | Adventure, Biography, Comedy
The story of Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm, and three of their stories.
Directors: Henry Levin, George Pal | Stars: Laurence Harvey, Claire Bloom, Karlheinz Böhm, Walter Slezak
Votes: 2,159 | Gross: $14.17M
3-Strip Cinerama (3x35mm)
Blu-ray [Upcoming: 4K restoration (OCN), SmileBox and 2.85:1 widescreen versions, 5.1 DTS-HD MA]
Warner Bros. (Warner Archive), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Cinerama Productions
3. This Is Cinerama (1952)
G | 115 min | Documentary
On the evening of September 30, 1952, the shape and sound of movies changed forever with the introduction of Cinerama.
Directors: Merian C. Cooper, Gunther von Fritsch, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Michael Todd Jr. | Stars: Lowell Thomas, Kathy Darlyn, Toni Valk
Votes: 558 | Gross: $41.60M
3-Strip Cinerama (3x35mm)
Blu-ray [2018 Deluxe: 2K restoration (OCN), 2.56:1 SmileBox only, 5.1 DTS-HD MA, Audio commentary (John Sittig, Dave Strohmaier, Randy Gitsch, Jim Morrison)]
Blu-ray [2012 release: 2K restoration (65mm dupe negative)]
Flicker Alley, Cinerama Productions
4. Windjammer: The Voyage of the Christian Radich (1958)
Approved | 142 min | Documentary, Romance
Windjammer, the first presentation in CINEMIRACLE, is the record of a training cruise of the full-rigged S/S Christian Radich from Oslo across the Atlantic, through the Caribbean, to New York and back home again.
Directors: Bill Colleran, Louis De Rochemont III | Stars: Bjørn Amvik, Arne Andersen, Per Antonsen, Niels Arntsen
Votes: 299
3-Strip Cinemiracle (3x35mm)
Blu-ray [2018 Deluxe: 2K restoration (OCN), 2.56:1 SmileBox only, 5.1 DTS-HD MA]
Blu-ray [2012 release: 2K restoration (sub-optimal elements)]
Flicker Alley, Cinerama, National Theatres, Cinemiracle Productions
5. Seven Wonders of the World (1956)
Not Rated | 106 min | Documentary, History
Lowell Thomas searches the world for natural and man made wonders and invites the audience to try to update the ancient Greek list of "Seven Wonders of the World."
Directors: Tay Garnett, Paul Mantz, Andrew Marton, Ted Tetzlaff, Walter Thompson, John Farrow | Stars: Lowell Thomas, Paul Mantz, Claude Dauphin
Votes: 175 | Gross: $32.10M
3-Strip Cinerama (3x35mm)
Blu-ray (2K restoration, 2.56:1 SmileBox only, 5.1 Dolby Digital)
Flicker Alley, Cinerama Productions
6. Cinerama Holiday (1955)
Not Rated | 119 min | Documentary
Travelogue featuring an American couple traveling in Europe and a European couple traveling in the U.S, with the emphasis on the cinematography which was viewed on a special curved screen with three projectors.
Directors: Robert L. Bendick, Philippe De Lacy | Stars: John Marsh, Betty Marsh, Fred Troller, Beatrice Troller
Votes: 147 | Gross: $26.16M
3-Strip Cinerama (3x35mm)
Blu-ray (2K restoration, 2.56:1 SmileBox only, 5.1 DTS-HD MA)
Flicker Alley, Cinerama Productions
7. South Seas Adventure (1958)
Approved | 120 min | Adventure, Romance
The fifth in a series of Cinerama travelogues---and not a Documentary since the vast majority of the film, aside from the scenery, is comprised of fictional stories. The first one involves ... See full summary »
Directors: Carl Dudley, Richard Goldstone, Francis D. Lyon, Walter Thompson, Basil Wrangell | Stars: Diane Beardmore, Marlene Lizzio, Tommy Zahn, Igor Allan
Votes: 171
3-Strip Cinerama (3x35mm)
Blu-ray [2K restoration, 2.56:1 SmileBox only, 5.1 DTS-HD MA, Audio commentary (Ramine Seaman, David Coles)]
Flicker Alley, Cinerama Productions
8. Search for Paradise (1957)
Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary
"Join Lowell Thomas and follow in the footsteps of Marco Polo" in this new, digital restoration of SEARCH FOR PARADISE, the fourth of the original, three-panel Cinerama travelogues. ... See full summary »
Director: Otto Lang | Stars: Robert Merrill, James S. Parker, Lowell Thomas, Christopher Young
Votes: 83 | Gross: $14.17M
3-Strip Cinerama (3x35mm)
Blu-ray (2K restoration, 2.56:1 SmileBox only, 5.1 DTS-HD MA)
Flicker Alley, Cinerama Productions
9. Best of Cinerama (1963)
142 min | Documentary
Collection of the best segments from Cinerama movies, including locations of Rome, Paris, Vienna, Athens, Brazil, Japan, Africa, Israel and New Orleans.
Star: Lowell Thomas
Votes: 114
3-Strip Cinerama (3x35mm)
Blu-ray [2K restoration, 2.56:1 SmileBox only, 5.1 DTS-HD MA, Audio commentary (David Coles)]
Flicker Alley, Cinerama Productions
10. Cinerama's Russian Adventure (1966)
122 min | Documentary
Following an introduction by Bing Crosby, the Cinerama screen widens for scenes of landscapes, cities, peoples, and entertainments of the Soviet Union. Highlights include the historic ... See full summary »
Directors: Boris Dolin, Roman Karmen, Vasily Katanyan, Solomon Kogan, Leonid Kristi, Oleg Lebedev | Star: Bing Crosby
Votes: 133
3-Strip Kinopanorama (3x35mm)
Blu-ray (2K restoration, 2.56:1 SmileBox only, 5.1 DTS-HD MA)
Flicker Alley, Cinerama, J. Jay Frakel Productions, Tsentralnaya Studiya Dokumentalnikh Filmov
11. In the Picture (2012)
Short
A young visiting couple from out-of-town, is led on a guided tour of Los Angeles and its environs by a familiar resident (Stanley Livingston) and his wife (Paula Drake), all captured by the... See full summary »
Director: David Strohmaier | Stars: Stanley Livingston, Paula Drake, Elizabeth Dominguez, Matthew Brewbaker
Votes: 31
3-Strip Cinerama (3x35mm)
Cinerama
Also: Renault Dauphine (1960) commercial short in 3-Strip Cinerama (3x35mm)
12. Ohtlikud kurvid (1961)
119 min | Comedy
Directors: Kaljo Kiisk, Yuli Kun | Stars: Terje Luik, Rein Aren, Peeter Kard, Eve Kivi
Votes: 50
3-Strip Kinopanorama: PSO-1960 (3x35mm)
13. Pokoriteli morya (1958)
80 min | Documentary
The Soviet Union's version of Cinerama where the cameras tour parts of Moscow and show buildings, streets and people. Followed by forests, fields, rivers, a visit by a jet plane to the ... See full summary »
Directors: Roman Karmen, Z. Feldman | Stars: C. Henkins, J. Adamov, Sophie Desmarets, Yves Robert
3-Strip Kinopanorama (3x35mm)
14. Volshevnoye zerkalo (1958)
90 min | Documentary
The narrator states, 'This is a documentary fantasy', in the prologue. The film is edited into four segments: 1) 'The Snow Queen', featuring the Bolshoi Ballet and a tour of Siberia; 2) 'A ... See full summary »
Directors: Ivan Aksenchuk, Viktor Komissarzhevsky, Leonid Kristi | Star: Galina Ulanova
3-Strip Kinopanorama (3x35mm)
15. The Bounty (1995)
14 min | Documentary, Short
A tour around Sydney Harbour aboard the replica of the ship used in the 1985 Mel Gibson film. The first Kinopanorama 3-strip film ever shot in Australia.
Director: John Steven Lasher | Star: Greg Matthews
Votes: 25
3-Strip Kinopanorama: PSO-1960 (3x35mm)
16. Chastity Truth and Kinopanorama (1997)
14 min | Documentary, Short
The massive three-lens Kinopanorama camera returns to the curved screen in this documentary, filmed in Moscow in the Summer of 1993. The first time that the camera had been used for commercial filming in three-decades.
Director: John Steven Lasher | Stars: Sven Libaek, Greg Matthews
Votes: 8
3-Strip Kinopanorama: PSO-1960 (3x35mm)
17. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
G | 149 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
After uncovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, a spacecraft is sent to Jupiter to find its origins: a spacecraft manned by two men and the supercomputer HAL 9000.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter
Votes: 719,928 | Gross: $56.95M
Super Panavision 70, Todd-AO, MCS-70
4K UHD [4K restoration, 2.20:1 widescreen, 5.1 DTS-HD MA, Audio commentary (Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood)]
Warner Bros., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Stanley Kubrick Productions
18. The Hateful Eight (2015)
R | 168 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In the dead of a Wyoming winter, a bounty hunter and his prisoner find shelter in a cabin currently inhabited by a collection of nefarious characters.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins
Votes: 660,212 | Gross: $54.12M
Ultra Panavision 70
Blu-ray (4K master, 2.75:1 widescreen, 5.1 DTS-HD MA)
Starz / Anchor Bay, The Weinstein Company, Visiona Romantica (Copyright)
19. It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Approved | 210 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A group of motorists witnesses a car crash in the California desert, and after the driver's dying words indicate the location of a hidden stash of loot, they turn against each in a race across the state to get to it.
Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney
Votes: 46,148 | Gross: $46.30M
Ultra Panavision 70
Blu-ray [Criterion: 4K restoration, General and Extended cuts, 2.76:1 widescreen, 5.1 DTS-HD MA, Audio commentary (Mark Evanier, Michael Schlesinger, Paul Scrabo)]
Criterion, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, United Artists, Casey Productions
20. Grand Prix (1966)
Approved | 176 min | Drama, Sport
American Grand Prix driver Pete Aron is fired by his Jordan-BRM racing team after a crash at Monaco that injures his British teammate, Scott Stoddard.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Yves Montand, Toshirô Mifune
Votes: 10,506 | Gross: $20.85M
Super Panavision 70, MCS-70
Blu-ray (2.21:1 widescreen, 5.1 DTS-HD MA)
Warner Bros.
21. Battle of the Bulge (1965)
Not Rated | 167 min | Drama, History, War
A dramatization of Nazi Germany's final Western Front counterattack of World War II.
Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan, Dana Andrews
Votes: 17,811 | Gross: $11.12M
Ultra Panavision 70
Blu-ray [2.75:1 widescreen, 5.1 Dolby Digital, Audio commentary (Ken Anakin, Actor James MacArthur)]
Warner Bros., United States Pictures, Cinerama Productions
22. Khartoum (1966)
Approved | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the Sudan, in 1884 to 1885, Egyptian forces led by British General Charles "Chinese" Gordon (Charlton Heston) defend Khartoum against an invading Muslim Army led by a religious fanatic, Mohammed Ahmed el Mahdi (Sir Laurence Olivier).
Directors: Basil Dearden, Eliot Elisofon | Stars: Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier, Richard Johnson, Ralph Richardson
Votes: 8,274 | Gross: $6.54M
Ultra Panavision 70
Blu-ray [UK: 2.75:1 widescreen, 2.0 LPCM, Audio commentary (Lem Dobbs, Julie Kirgo, Nick Redman), Region B]
Blu-ray (Twilight Time: Out of print)
Eureka Entertainment (UK), Twilight Time
23. The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
G | 260 min | Biography, Drama, History
An all-star, large scale epic movie that chronicles the life and ministry of Jesus Christ.
Directors: George Stevens, Jean Negulesco | Stars: Max von Sydow, Dorothy McGuire, Charlton Heston, Michael Anderson Jr.
Votes: 11,941 | Gross: $15.47M
Ultra Panavision 70
Blu-ray (2.75:1 widescreen, 5.1 DTS-HD MA)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
24. Ice Station Zebra (1968)
G | 148 min | Adventure, Thriller
USN nuclear sub USS Tigerfish must rush to the North Pole to rescue the staff of Drift Ice Station Zebra weather station.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Patrick McGoohan, Jim Brown
Votes: 11,883
Super Panavision 70
Blu-ray (2.19:1 widescreen, 5.1 DTS-HD MA)
Warner Bros.
25. The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
Approved | 165 min | Comedy, Western
On its way to Denver, a cargo of whiskey destined for the miners, is sought after by the Temperance League, the U.S. Cavalry, the local Indians and the miners themselves.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Lee Remick, Jim Hutton, Pamela Tiffin
Votes: 4,436 | Gross: $8.72M
Ultra Panavision 70
Blu-ray (Upscale, Cropped 2.35:1 widescreen, 2.0 DTS-HD MA)
Olive Films
26. The Black Tulip (1964)
115 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
In 1789, when the Revolution went on, a bandit named "Black Tulip" held the surroundings of village Roussillon in fear. The poor people respected him as Robin Hood, who declare himself a ... See full summary »
Director: Christian-Jaque | Stars: Alain Delon, Virna Lisi, Dawn Addams, Adolfo Marsillach
Votes: 2,724
MCS-70
Blu-ray (DE, JPN: No English)
Concorde Video (DE), Cinefil Imagica (JPN)
27. Circus World (1964)
Approved | 135 min | Drama, Western
When circus proprietor Matt Masters decides to take his show on a European tour, it is beset by problems, while he searches for Lili, the mother of his adopted daughter, who disappeared years before.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: John Wayne, Rita Hayworth, Claudia Cardinale, Lloyd Nolan
Votes: 2,978
Super Technirama 70
Blu-ray (UK)
Starz / Anchor Bay (UK)
28. Custer of the West (1967)
G | 143 min | Biography, Drama, History
George Armstrong Custer's love of the heroic traditions of the Calvary and his distaste with the coming of industrialization leads him to his destiny at the Little Big Horn.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Robert Shaw, Mary Ure, Ty Hardin, Jeffrey Hunter
Votes: 1,621
Super Technirama 70
Blu-ray
Kino Lorber, Security Pictures, Cinerama Productions
29. Krakatoa: East of Java (1968)
G | 131 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In 1883, ship captain Hanson plans a shipwreck salvage mission in The Dutch East Indies to retrieve a cargo of pearls but an unexpected volcano eruption and a state-ordered transport of convicts upset his plans.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: Maximilian Schell, Diane Baker, Brian Keith, Barbara Werle
Votes: 1,873 | Gross: $2.40M
Super Panavision 70, Todd-AO
Blu-ray (Cropped 2.34:1 widescreen, 2.0 DTS-D MA)
Kino Lorber
30. Chronicle of Flaming Years (1961)
91 min | Drama, War
In early Summer 1941, German troops penetrate into Russia, wreaking human and material destruction. Ivan Orlyukov, a young Russian, takes up arms and rises up against the invader. He is not... See full summary »
Director: Yuliya Solntseva | Stars: Boris Andreyev, Sergei Lukyanov, Vasiliy Merkurev, Nikolay Vingranovskiy
Votes: 159
Chronicle of Flaming Years Sovscope 70
31. Lafayette (1962)
Not Rated | 158 min | Biography, Drama, History
During the American War of Independence, French officer and nobleman La Fayette comes to America's aid with men, money and weapons and becomes a Major-General under George Washington's command.
Director: Jean Dréville | Stars: Pascale Audret, Jack Hawkins, Michel Le Royer, Folco Lulli
Votes: 186
La Fayette
Super Technirama 70
Blu-ray (FR)
Gaumont (FR)
32. Scent of Mystery (1960)
Not Rated | 125 min | Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Vacationing Englishman Oliver Larker stumbles upon a plot to kill a young American tourist in Spain.
Director: Jack Cardiff | Stars: Denholm Elliott, Peter Lorre, Beverly Bentley, Paul Lukas
Votes: 415
Scent of Mystery re-cut
Todd-70
Blu-ray [SmileBox only, 5.1 DTS-HD MA, Bonus: Cut Scent of Mystery scenes in 2.20:1, Audio commentary (Bruce Kimmel, David Strohmaier, Sandra Shahan)]
Redwind Productions (Screen Archives Entertainment), Cinerama, Michael Todd Company
33. The Great Waltz (1972)
G | 135 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Composer Johann Strauss becomes the "Waltz-King" and woos a baron's mistress in 19th-century Austria.
Director: Andrew L. Stone | Stars: Horst Buchholz, Mary Costa, Nigel Patrick, Yvonne Mitchell
Votes: 283 | Gross: $0.89M
35 mm Panavision
34. Song of Norway (1970)
G | 138 min | Biography, Drama, Musical
Based on the life of Norway's greatest composer Edvard Grieg, and filmed in Norway where he lived. The soundtrack is all Edvard Grieg's music with added lyrics.
Director: Andrew L. Stone | Stars: Florence Henderson, Toralv Maurstad, Christina Schollin, Frank Porretta
Votes: 510 | Gross: $3.72M
Super Panavision 70
Blu-ray [Cropped 2.35:1 widescreen, 5.1 DTS-HD MA, Audio commentary (Lee Gambin, John Harrison)]
Kino Lorber
35. Run, Run, Joe! (1974)
PG | 120 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
When a don who they were supposed to protect ends up dead, his bodyguard and bodyguard's friend must go undercover to escape the wrath of the mob.
Director: Giuseppe Colizzi | Stars: Keith Carradine, Tom Skerritt, Cyril Cusack, Sybil Danning
Votes: 117
Todd-AO 35
36. The Golden Head (1964)
102 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
British youngsters in Budapest attempt to catch the thieves of the golden bust of Saint László.
Directors: Richard Thorpe, James Hill | Stars: George Sanders, Buddy Hackett, Jess Conrad, Lorraine Power
Votes: 92
Super Technirama 70
Blu-ray (SmileBox only, 5.1 DTS, Short films: Old Whiff, Fortress of Peace)
Flicker Alley, Cinerama, Hungarofilm, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Hunnia Filmstúdió
37. Fortress of Peace (1965)
23 min | Short
A short film noting the 1960 era defensive capabilities of Switzerland including soldiers, tanks, and various other equipment.
Director: John Fernhout
Votes: 41
MCS-70
Blu-ray: The Golden Head
Flicker Alley, Cinerama Productions, Farner-Looser Films
38. Mediterranean Holiday (1962)
158 min | Documentary
The "Flying Clipper," a five-masted, fully rigged ship, manned by a young Swedish crew, sets off to tour the Mediterranean. The ship and the sailors visit Egypt, Turkey, Monaco during the Grand Prix, Spain, and many other beautiful places.
Directors: Hermann Leitner, Rudolf Nussgruber | Stars: Hans Clarin, Skoglund, Florian Bauer, Christoph Gerhard
Votes: 92
Flying Clipper
MCS-70
4K UHD, Blu-ray
Flicker Alley, Continental Distributing, Bavaria Film, Triglav Film
39. To the Moon and Beyond (1964)
15 min | Documentary, Short
Traveling from Earth out to an overall view of the universe and back again, zooming down to the atomic scale. Produced for and shown at the 1964/1965 New York World's Fair.
Director: Con Pederson | Star: Rod Serling
Votes: 9
Cinerama 360° (70mm, 18fps, fish-eye lens, domed theater)
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