There are a few Cinerama theatres still showing films on their deeply curved Cinerama screens - the Uptown in Washington D.C. and the Cinerama Dome is Los Angeles. Most of the Cinerama theatres have been demolished as has most single screen theatres.
________________________________ From: Kirby McDaniel <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, March 21, 2010 9:59:17 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] The wackiest Godzilla poster I have EVER seen! -- CINERAMA The Windsor Cinerama, and I presume other Cinerama theaters, played non-Cinerama labeled films too. In the case of the Windsor, they would simply show them on the deep curved screen. Sometimes this didn't look especially too good. For example, BECKET looked grainy and a bit distorted. DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, even though it was a blow-up to 70mm, looked great. The most incongruous film I saw there - it was a fabulously comfortable environment - was the Joseph Losey film THE GO-BETWEEN. GO-figure. I heard that this fab theater was later turned into a disco. They would load the projector up with scrap film and people would boogie where the seats had been with that giant screen ablaze. What an indignity. The theater was built around 1961, I would think. It was actually in a strip-center at Post Oak and Richmond in Houston. Kirby Kirby McDaniel MovieArt Original Film Posters P.O. Box 4419 Austin TX 78765-4419 512 479 6680 www.movieart.net mobile 512 589 5112 On Mar 21, 2010, at 7:26 AM, Roland Lataille wrote: This one is a little strange too. Seeing the CINERAMA logo on it would make you think that it is a CINERAMA film. > >http://cineramahistory.com/notcinerama.htm > > > > > > > >--- On Sun, 21/3/10, Greg Pflugfelder <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>From: Greg Pflugfelder <[email protected]> >>Subject: Re: [MOPO] The wackiest Godzilla poster I have EVER seen! >>To: [email protected] >>Date: Sunday, 21 March, 2010, 9:53 >> >> >>More correctly, the Italian title of Destroy All Monsters, "Gli Eredi di King >>Kong," translates as The Heirs of King Kong. >> >>But in general, I agree with you, Sean. >> >>Greg Pflugfelder >>Columbia U >> >> >>Quoting Sean Linkenback <[email protected]>: >> >>> I'm not sure Steve's analysis is dead on (and to nitpick here, >>> Titanosaurus is simply an amphibious dinosaur, not an alien), but it was >>> quite common for the Italians to mix monsters as Kirby put it just like >>> the Germans were prone to do. And certainly the title of this movie was >>> set up to take advantage of all the publicity from the 70s remake of King >>> Kong at the time. Just as this Italian poster for Destroy All Monsters >>> shows Kong and is translated as "The Eradication of King Kong" and >>> certainly King Kong does not appear in the film. >>> >>> http://marketplaceadvisor.channeladvisor.com/hi/6/5768/dam_italian.jpg >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Bruce Hershenson >>> To: [email protected] >>> Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 9:38 AM >>> Subject: Re: [MOPO] The wackiest Godzilla poster I have EVER seen! >>> >>> >>> I'd say your analysis is dead on, Steve. But I sure would have been >>> disappointed to see THAT poster and then go in and see a completely >>> different monster that looked nothing like the poster. Shades of the Wasp >>> Woman, when it comes to wild "creative license" that borders on flat-out >>> lying. Kind of like making a yellowed lobby card look pure white through >>> "creative lighting"! >>> >>> Bruce >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 3:00 AM, Steve E <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I think you are correct Bruce that the Italians used creative >>> license to make a creature in the movie look like Kong and named it Kong, >>> but I believe the creature is not Godzilla but an alien called >>> Titanosaurus. >>> >>> In the movie there is Godzilla and 2 evil creatures from another >>> planet set on destroying Earth (Mechagodzilla & Titanosaurus). Maybe why >>> the creature in the poster is destroying the Earth (I don't think Godzilla >>> would). Titanosaurus I believe has been made to look more like Kong (note >>> the spikey hair). Here is an image of Titanosaurus (on the right) (and >>> Mechagodzillaon the left): >>> >>> http://www.spaziofilm.it/content/archivio/win.asp?id=6313&foto=5&tipologia=dvd >>> >>> Some reference info... >>> >>> I believe the Italian movie name (Distruggete Kong! La Terra รจ >>> in pericolo!) translates to: >>> Destroy Kong! The Earth is in danger! >>> >>> Here is a plot summary: >>> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073373/ >>> >>> Here is a trailer: >>> >>> http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=21720905 >>> >>> Hope this is info of some use... >>> >>> Steve (50s) >>> >>> >>> >>> --- On Sat, 20/3/10, Bruce Hershenson >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> From: Bruce Hershenson <[email protected]> >>> Subject: [MOPO] The wackiest Godzilla poster I have EVER seen! >>> To: [email protected] >>> Date: Saturday, 20 March, 2010, 3:50 >>> >>> >>> I was grading some Italian one-panels I have coming up for >>> auction next week, and I hit on one of the wackiest posters I have ever >>> seen! >>> >>> It is for Terror of Godzilla, and the Italian distributor >>> apparently knew that "King Kong" movies sell far better than "Godzilla" >>> movies in Italy, so they stuck a "Kong" in the Italian title, and then >>> made Godzilla look like "Kongzilla", with a spiked head and scales! >>> >>> See a preview at >>> http://www.emovieposter.com/unused/italian_1p_terror_of_godzilla_NZ00117_L.jpg >>> >>> Bruce >>> >>> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >>> >>> ___________________________________________________________________ >>> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >>> Send a message addressed to: [email protected] >>> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >>> The author of this message is solely responsible for its >>> content. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >>> ___________________________________________________________________ >>> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >>> Send a message addressed to: [email protected] >>> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >>> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >>> >>> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >>> ___________________________________________________________________ >>> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >>> >>> Send a message addressed to: [email protected] >>> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >>> >>> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >>> >>> >> >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >> ___________________________________________________________________ >> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >> Send a message addressed to: >> [email protected] >> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >> The author of this message is solely >> responsible for its content. >> > >Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >___________________________________________________________________ >How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >Send a message addressed to: [email protected] >In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > >Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >___________________________________________________________________ >How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >Send a message addressed to: [email protected] >In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. 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