How the West Was Won in 3-strip Cinerama
From Chera...A rare screening of How the West Was Won in 3-Strip CINERAMA October 28 through November 3, 2005 at the Cinerama Dome.
How the West Was Won features a star-studded cast that includes Henry Fonda, Gregory Peck, Debbie Reynolds, Robert Preston, James Stewart, and John Wayne. Directed by not one but three film directors, including the legendary John Ford, this epic broke box office records during its initial release in 1962.
The Cinerama Dome is one of a handful of theaters left in the world that has the capability to screen three-strip Cinerama. The technically and economically challenging Cinerama process, which used three simultaneous cameras to film and takes three separate projectors to exhibit, lasted only 12 years, and How the West Was Won is one of only two feature films to be produced, and the only one that has been restored.
