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Cinerama Adventure is a 2002 documentary about the history of the Cinerama widescreen film process. It tells the story of the widescreen process' evolution, from a primitive multi-screen pyramid process to a Vitarama format that played a big part in World War II, to the three-screen panoramic process it eventually became. The film includes interviews with surviving cast and crew who personally worked on the Cinerama films, plus vintage interviews with late creator Fred Waller. 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 for use in this film; it was later utilized for TV broadcasts and Blu-ray releases of Cinerama-formatted films such as This is Cinerama and How the West Was Won. It was written, produced, directed, edited and narrated by David Strohmaier; produced by Randy Gitsch; executive produced by David's wife, Carin-Anne Strohmaier; and was presented in association with the American Society of Cinematographers. The running time 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 by Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Interviews:
Original Release
08/30/2002
US Release
08/30/2002
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Lowell Thomas | Self |
| Fred Waller | Self |
| Jim Morrison | Self - Cinerama crew member |
| Rudy Behlmer | Self - film historian |
| Jane MacLardy Schacht | Self - production secretary |
| Kevin Brownlow | Self - film historian |
| Michael Todd Jr. | Self - Cinerama crew member |
| A.C. Lyles | Self - film producer |
| Leonard Maltin | Self - film historian |
| Howard Rust | Self - International Cinerama Society |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Lowell Thomas | Self |
| Fred Waller | Self |
| Jim Morrison | Self - Cinerama crew member |
| Rudy Behlmer | Self - film historian |
| Jane MacLardy Schacht | Self - production secretary |
| Kevin Brownlow | Self - film historian |
| Michael Todd Jr. | Self - Cinerama crew member |
| A.C. Lyles | Self - film producer |
| Leonard Maltin | Self - film historian |
| Howard Rust | Self - International Cinerama Society |
| Greg Kimble | Self - Cinerama historian |
| John Caron | Self - Fred Waller's stepson |
| Thomas Erffmeyer | Self - author of 'History of Cinerama' |
| Florence Hill | Self (in 'A Bundle of Blues') |
| Bessie Dudley | Self (in 'A Bundle of Blues') |
| Duke Ellington | Self |
| John Primi | Self - Vitarama cameraman, Fred Waller friend and co-worker |
| John Belton | Self - author of 'Widescreen Cinema' |
| Frank Foulkes | Self - aerial gunner - European theater |
| Bill Martinez | Self - aerial gunnery trainee |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Carin-Anne Strohmaier | Executive Producer |
| David Strohmaier | Producer |
| Randy Gitsch | Producer |
| Gary S. Hall | Producer |
