Cinerama Adventure is a 2002 documentary about the history of the Cinerama

Cinerama

Cinerama is the trademarked name for a widescreen process which works by simultaneously projecting images from three synchronized 35 mm projectors onto a huge, deeply-curved screen, subtending 146° of arc. It is also the trademarked name for the corporation which was formed to market it...

 widescreen film process. To simulate the Cinerama experience for The Cinerama Adventure, a special three-panel telecine process termed SmileBox (a registered trade mark of C.A. Productions), was developed by video and film expert Greg Kimble.

It was written, directed, and edited by David Strohmaier and produced by Randy Gitsch, in association with the American Society of Cinematographers. The runtime is 97 minutes.

In 2008, the documentary was released as an extra feature on the DVD and Blu-ray releases of the movie How the West Was Won

How the West Was Won (film)

How the West Was Won is a 1962 American epic Western film. The picture was one of the last "old-fashioned" epic films made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to enjoy great success. It follows four generations of a family as they move ever westward, from western New York state to the Pacific Ocean...

by Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

Interviews:

• Carroll Baker
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• Joe Dante
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• Otto Lang
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• A. C. Lyles
  A. C. Lyles
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• Leonard Maltin
  Leonard Maltin
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• David Raksin
  David Raksin
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• Debbie Reynolds
  Debbie Reynolds
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• Russ Tamblyn
  Russ Tamblyn
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• Lowell Thomas, Jr.
  Lowell Thomas, Jr.
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• Mike Todd, Jr.
  Mike Todd, Jr.
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• Eli Wallach
  Eli Wallach
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