Windjammer : the voyage of the Christian Radich /
"Come on board the magnificent Norwegian square-rigger as it sails its spectacular 17,000 mile journey, manned by a crew of young sailors-in-training, all photographed in the widescreen splendor of Cinemiracle, Cinerama's only true competitor to thrill 1950's audiences by sheer size a...
| Uniform Title: | Windjammer (Flicker Alley) |
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| Format: | Video Blu-ray Disc DVD |
| Language: | English |
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[Los Angeles, California] :
Flicker Alley,
[2012]
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| Edition: | Deluxe combo blu-ray/DVD edition. |
| Series: | Flicker Alley collection.
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| Summary: | "Come on board the magnificent Norwegian square-rigger as it sails its spectacular 17,000 mile journey, manned by a crew of young sailors-in-training, all photographed in the widescreen splendor of Cinemiracle, Cinerama's only true competitor to thrill 1950's audiences by sheer size and clarity. Now digitally remastered in the unique "Smilebox" curved screen simulation, the color, the music, and the true artistry of this classic are reborn. Embarking from Oslo, Norway, the ship sets out across the Atlantic with a storm-tossed stop in Madeira, where New Year's festivities entice the young crewmen to enjoy Portuguese musical celebrations and heart racing rides in basket sleds down steep cobblestone streets. After that, it is on to Willemstad, Curacao, where the young sailors take part in Dutch festivities. They catch a courtyard performance of Pablo Casals in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, they re greeted by native steel bands and Calypso singers. By the time they arrive in New York, the Cinemiracle cameras offer a kaleidoscopic treat of color and sound created by famed photographer Arthur Weegee Fellig. A later encounter with the U.S. Navy Task Force makes for a grand promenade of ships, and when underwater shots of frogmen and a submarine emerge from the depths to reveal the Windjammer on the open sea, Cinemiracle becomes the true star of this breathtaking story. Morton Gould's top-notch score, along with a fine variety of music throughout the picture, sounds perfect in Cinemiracle's 7-channel sound recording" -- Container. Also includes A Cinemiracle adventure : the Windjammer voyage, a 2012 documentary on the making of Windjammer and on the Cinemiracle process. |
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| Item Description: | Windjammer originally produced in the United States as a motion picture and released in 1958. Title from container. Dolby stereo or Dolby Digital 5.1 , wide screen, smilebox. Blu-ray disc and DVD have identical content; DVD is double-sided. Accompanying booklet is reproduction of the original program. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (232 min.) : Blu-ray, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in 1 videodisc (NTSC, 232 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. 27 pages : illustrations ; 12 x 15 cm |
| Format: | All region/region 0. |
| Production Credits: | WIndjammer directed by Bill Colleran, Louis de Rochemont III ; screenplay by James L. Shute ; special New York photography by Arthur Weegee Fellig ; score by Morton Gould; reconstructed and remastered by Dave Strohmaier. |
| ISBN: | 1893967751 9781893967755 |