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Overview

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Release Date:

30 September 1954 (UK) more

Genre:

Documentary more

Tagline:

The Most Imitated Motion Picture Ever Made! more

Plot:

A standard screen B&W prologue during which Lowell Thomas shows how, from the dawn of history, mankind... more | add synopsis

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win more

User Comments:

Seminal Breakthrough in cinema, much imitated but never surpassed. more (10 total)


Cast

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Lowell Thomas ... Narrator (voice)
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Additional Details

Runtime:

Argentina:115 min | USA:116 min (including prologue)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.59 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Cinerama 7-Track


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Musical Director Louis Forbes was basically a conductor. Max Steiner composed much of the original music used, but did so secretly, as he was under contract to Warner Brothers at the time. more

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: During the closing credits, the shadow of an arm reaching to remove a lamp on a stand. more

Movie Connections:

Edited into How the West Was Won (1962) more


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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Seminal Breakthrough in cinema, much imitated but never surpassed., 28 September 2004
Author: marklyn50 (marklyn50@yahoo.co.uk) from London, England

The writer Bill Bryson once described watching This is Cinerama as one of the most enjoyable two hours of his life. Moreover it was as close to experiencing time travel as it was possible to get.

Unfortunately, "This is Cinerama" contains scenes of cultural content such as opera and ballet which may be distressing to persons of an attention span of five nano seconds or less.

The wheel has come full circle and the process lives on in State of the Art flight simulation systems for military and civil applications.

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