I was just listening to a 1961 episode of _Gunsmoke,_ when I heard an ad for a limited film screening that was not to be missed. I decided to look for a trailer, and found it here. Thank you all for committing to this endeavor, and enabling us to participate in a true cinematic experience!
Brilliant work! While there are many people now doing a fantastic job restoring movies, removing all imperfections, I find it hard to believe that there are now in 2024, people creating amazing short videos for showing on RUclips, who are now ADDING imperfections, blobs, specks, scratches etc to their creations, ‘just for effect’!
Thank you for sharing this documentary! Just received the Blu-Ray in the mail yesterday, cannot wait to watch the film. It's great to finally see what I've only been able to read about in film history books
My goodness! How beautiful! Louis was my grandfather and Louis III my uncle. I remember being scared to death seeing this on the triple screen in New York when I was quite young. Thank you for all the nice things you say about the movie. Sarah.
Bless you Sarah! In Australia and have ordered the newly restored versions of both This is Cinerama and Windjammer from the U.S. The original releases were done hurriedly and showed the pitfalls. So excited these movies have been given the love and care due to them. Cheers, James.
This movie fostered my love of adventure all my life.... It was a life shaping experience, together with the adventure classic “Two Years Before the Mast”. Thank you for an incredible job fixing it up. On a trip to Europe I was delighted to find the actual ship dry-docked in Ostend, Belgium in 1974. I do not know if it is still there but hope it is. These are the kind of things that I hope are carried forward to future generations. Real quality.
This was a real miracle :) The work that has been done has saved this film from oblivion and allowed future generations to enjoy Windjammer the way it was supposed to be seen :) Thank you !!
I have read about this film for 50 years ... I remember seeing a 4:3 print on TV in the 1960s or 70s. I just keep thinking how stunning this must look on a HUGE Cinemiracle screen ... so much work to get it back to pristine condition .. thanks to the whole team....so the BluRay has been ordered...
Well done for the sublime 2017 restoration. It is of course far superior to the original Bluray issue. This film - as for all the Cinerama restorations - would have been lost forever for public viewing were it not for the dedicated folks who undertook this, often near impossible, task. The extras on the Cinerama/Cinemiracle Blurays are worth the cost of the disc themselves. Windjammer is one of my favourites of the 3 panel restorations. The passage of the Pamir past the Christian Radich is chilling knowing that a short time later this historic Windjammer would be lost with all hands, except six survivors, in a hurricane in the area.
You used the panel that was shown sometime at the Pacific Cinerama faded .I guess it could be available on DVD -Blu-Ray may be middle of the end of 2018.Since u grading is not cheap .Maybe I will be surprised on my next visit to Hollywood and it could be shown in the afternoon at the Pacific Cinerama, may be .That is just deep wish
This is the first digital restoration of "Windjammer" that I can watch. Great job everyone. The sound is also well presented. For me the Smilebox worked well to approximate what Cinemiracle looked like. (I saw the original at New York's Roxy Theatre.) I liked having the effect of screens opening at the beginning, closing at intermission and opening again in Act 2. The firetruck sequence really shows why a lot would be lost by using a flat-screen (non-Smilebox) format. You can feel the trucks racing down the narrow corridors of the NYC streets. Same with the basket sled sequence. I don't think flat-screen would present it as well. Now, how about 4K?
I thought the 2012 version was good but this looks great. Wouldn't it be great to see it on a large curved screen with a live orchestra. Maybe someone can get a grant to do just that the music is a big part of what makes this movie special.
WOW - now I will appreciate the movie even more looking at it, when I know the hard work was done on this.... But DON'T tell movie companies to make this kind of movies again... because then we DO need to go to the cinema to see films again...
Dave Groves An amazing job. What has been achieved is astonishing and saves a deteriorating film for a new generation. Now, where, in the U.K. can I see it. Don't suggest Bradford as I wasn't too impressed with their set up.
Bradford is the only place David, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with their setup. I've seen this restoration there, and it is absolutely stunning!
narabdela My point was not that the technical side of Bradford was in any way inferior but that it's size (considering it's Cinerama) left me decidedly underwhelmed.
I was just listening to a 1961 episode of _Gunsmoke,_ when I heard an ad for a limited film screening that was not to be missed. I decided to look for a trailer, and found it here.
Thank you all for committing to this endeavor, and enabling us to participate in a true cinematic experience!
As a Norwegian I thank you for restoring this masterpiece!!
Brilliant work! While there are many people now doing a fantastic job restoring movies, removing all imperfections, I find it hard to believe that there are now in 2024, people creating amazing short videos for showing on RUclips, who are now ADDING imperfections, blobs, specks, scratches etc to their creations, ‘just for effect’!
Thank you for sharing this documentary! Just received the Blu-Ray in the mail yesterday, cannot wait to watch the film. It's great to finally see what I've only been able to read about in film history books
So informative and interesting to watch still in 2025! I used to have the soundtrack on vinyl for the 1958 Cinemiracle release!
Still thanking you in 2023!
I´ve just watched the restored version at Gartenbau Kino in Vienna. IT WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE!
My goodness! How beautiful! Louis was my grandfather and Louis III my uncle. I remember being scared to death seeing this on the triple screen in New York when I was quite young. Thank you for all the nice things you say about the movie. Sarah.
Bless you Sarah! In Australia and have ordered the newly restored versions of both This is Cinerama and Windjammer from the U.S. The original releases were done hurriedly and showed the pitfalls. So excited these movies have been given the love and care due to them. Cheers, James.
Your restoration team’s work on this film was absolutely fantastic. Marvellous.
This movie fostered my love of adventure all my life.... It was a life shaping experience, together with the adventure classic “Two Years Before the Mast”. Thank you for an incredible job fixing it up. On a trip to Europe I was delighted to find the actual ship dry-docked in Ostend, Belgium in 1974. I do not know if it is still there but hope it is. These are the kind of things that I hope are carried forward to future generations. Real quality.
This was a real miracle :) The work that has been done has saved this film from oblivion and allowed future generations to enjoy Windjammer the way it was supposed to be seen :) Thank you !!
A million thanks. A wonderfull movie. I saw it 3 times in Cinamiracle in Toronto where it played for one year.
saw the original film as a child about 8 times
hats off ..Utterly amazing
I have read about this film for 50 years ... I remember seeing a 4:3 print on TV in the 1960s or 70s. I just keep thinking how stunning this must look on a HUGE Cinemiracle screen ... so much work to get it back to pristine condition .. thanks to the whole team....so the BluRay has been ordered...
Incredible.
Fascinating, truly!
Very professional
You guy do an awesome job.
mediocre
@@jimstokes6742 Let us see your achievement
Well done for the sublime 2017 restoration. It is of course far superior to the original Bluray issue. This film - as for all the Cinerama restorations - would have been lost forever for public viewing were it not for the dedicated folks who undertook this, often near impossible, task. The extras on the Cinerama/Cinemiracle Blurays are worth the cost of the disc themselves. Windjammer is one of my favourites of the 3 panel restorations. The passage of the Pamir past the Christian Radich is chilling knowing that a short time later this historic Windjammer would be lost with all hands, except six survivors, in a hurricane in the area.
a Norwegian friend told me about this from his childhood! i hope i can buy the dvd someday!
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Beautiful piece of work. Vegas is a bit underestimated in the film & videoworld I guess. But that's just a small remark.
14:15 The submarine on the right side is the USS Cobbler (SS-344).
You used the panel that was shown sometime at the Pacific Cinerama faded .I guess it could be available on DVD -Blu-Ray may be middle of the end of 2018.Since u grading is not cheap .Maybe I will be surprised on my next visit to Hollywood and it could be shown in the afternoon at the Pacific Cinerama, may be .That is just deep wish
This is the first digital restoration of "Windjammer" that I can watch. Great job everyone. The sound is also well presented. For me the Smilebox worked well to approximate what Cinemiracle looked like. (I saw the original at New York's Roxy Theatre.) I liked having the effect of screens opening at the beginning, closing at intermission and opening again in Act 2. The firetruck sequence really shows why a lot would be lost by using a flat-screen (non-Smilebox) format. You can feel the trucks racing down the narrow corridors of the NYC streets. Same with the basket sled sequence. I don't think flat-screen would present it as well. Now, how about 4K?
I thought the 2012 version was good but this looks great. Wouldn't it be great to see it on a large curved screen with a live orchestra. Maybe someone can get a grant to do just that the music is a big part of what makes this movie special.
WOW - now I will appreciate the movie even more looking at it, when I know the hard work was done on this.... But DON'T tell movie companies to make this kind of movies again... because then we DO need to go to the cinema to see films again...
Does the Cinemiracle camera still exist?
Dave Groves
An amazing job. What has been achieved is astonishing and saves a deteriorating film for a new generation. Now, where, in the U.K. can I see it. Don't suggest Bradford as I wasn't too impressed with their set up.
Bradford is the only place David, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with their setup. I've seen this restoration there, and it is absolutely stunning!
narabdela My point was not that the technical side of Bradford was in any way inferior but that it's size (considering it's Cinerama) left me decidedly underwhelmed.
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Mediocre orchestration here. Rush sounding. I have the studio recording on RCA mon arranged and conducted by Morton Gould himself. It is WONDROUS.