Cinerama Holiday
Posted by Itheliving 12 years ago to Movies
Cinerama Holiday BluRay Edition / Not rated but would be G or good for everybody everywhere all the time.
Right now I am feeling a little jet lagged. From movie traveling. Cinerama Holiday is now available in a BluRay edition for home viewing. CH has never been available for viewing in any format since it‘s release. I just sat through the entire 129 minute version which includes an Overture, Intermission music and Exit Music. I also sat through all 10 extra features for just over 130 minutes more. In addition I read through the 32 page accompanying booklet and the back cover of the packaging case. I also looked at the top, bottom and edge of the case just in case I missed anything. I bet you stopped reading this review after the first three sentences. I wouldn’t blame you.
Filmed in the late Fall and early Winter of 1954-55 it is the 2nd film released in the Cinerama process following This is Cinerama in 1952. The film features two young couples chosen for being typical. One is from Kansas the other from Switzerland. The Kansas couple tours Europe while the Swiss couple visits America. Since the three camera process used in Cinerama often is photographed using Ocular Replacement (making you see what is happening as if you were there) the film has lots of thrills.
Flying through the Swiss Alps, bobsledding down a hill, training through American canyons and attending high Mass in Notre Dame are just examples as to what’s in store while you tag along on the twin holidays. Part one features the Alps near Davos and St. Moritz Switzerland. In the US portions you visit Las Vegas, San Francisco, East coast locations and New Orleans. Part two has a lengthy visit to Paris which takes up most of the second half. Both couples eventually rendezvous in NYC and attend the World Premier of Cinerama Holiday which, of course, was still in production. While the outside lists CH what they really see is This is Cinerama. We know this from one of the 10 extra features.
A great score by Morton Gould and spectacular musical numbers as well as a puppet show of Little Red Riding Hood are among the many images in store for you.
The extra’s include the two surviving members of the original four folks on Holiday attending the restoration showing a few months back at the Pacific Dome in Los Angeles. Information on the restoration process now used to deal with the inherent problems of these old and faded prints is available if you are interested in the tech side. Home movies, deleted scenes and reminisces of the filmmakers and restoration crew make up the rest of the features.
This second film in the Cinerama series has undergone a much fuller restoration than This is Cinerama. The colors and other technical problems with the process now look, for the most part, repaired and the result is spectacular. The BR with DVD and accompany booklet and the case are available from www.flickeralley.com. This film besides being fun is a great documentary of the mid 50’s on two continents. While now currently on the schedule watch for this film to show soon on TCM. Don’t miss the plane.
Rated 3.99 out of 4.0 Bon Voyages which you will have. Coming to this space soon a look at Cinerama’s South Seas Adventure. This will happen as soon as I have a spare five hours.
Right now I am feeling a little jet lagged. From movie traveling. Cinerama Holiday is now available in a BluRay edition for home viewing. CH has never been available for viewing in any format since it‘s release. I just sat through the entire 129 minute version which includes an Overture, Intermission music and Exit Music. I also sat through all 10 extra features for just over 130 minutes more. In addition I read through the 32 page accompanying booklet and the back cover of the packaging case. I also looked at the top, bottom and edge of the case just in case I missed anything. I bet you stopped reading this review after the first three sentences. I wouldn’t blame you.
Filmed in the late Fall and early Winter of 1954-55 it is the 2nd film released in the Cinerama process following This is Cinerama in 1952. The film features two young couples chosen for being typical. One is from Kansas the other from Switzerland. The Kansas couple tours Europe while the Swiss couple visits America. Since the three camera process used in Cinerama often is photographed using Ocular Replacement (making you see what is happening as if you were there) the film has lots of thrills.
Flying through the Swiss Alps, bobsledding down a hill, training through American canyons and attending high Mass in Notre Dame are just examples as to what’s in store while you tag along on the twin holidays. Part one features the Alps near Davos and St. Moritz Switzerland. In the US portions you visit Las Vegas, San Francisco, East coast locations and New Orleans. Part two has a lengthy visit to Paris which takes up most of the second half. Both couples eventually rendezvous in NYC and attend the World Premier of Cinerama Holiday which, of course, was still in production. While the outside lists CH what they really see is This is Cinerama. We know this from one of the 10 extra features.
A great score by Morton Gould and spectacular musical numbers as well as a puppet show of Little Red Riding Hood are among the many images in store for you.
The extra’s include the two surviving members of the original four folks on Holiday attending the restoration showing a few months back at the Pacific Dome in Los Angeles. Information on the restoration process now used to deal with the inherent problems of these old and faded prints is available if you are interested in the tech side. Home movies, deleted scenes and reminisces of the filmmakers and restoration crew make up the rest of the features.
This second film in the Cinerama series has undergone a much fuller restoration than This is Cinerama. The colors and other technical problems with the process now look, for the most part, repaired and the result is spectacular. The BR with DVD and accompany booklet and the case are available from www.flickeralley.com. This film besides being fun is a great documentary of the mid 50’s on two continents. While now currently on the schedule watch for this film to show soon on TCM. Don’t miss the plane.
Rated 3.99 out of 4.0 Bon Voyages which you will have. Coming to this space soon a look at Cinerama’s South Seas Adventure. This will happen as soon as I have a spare five hours.
