The number of people interviewed for this project is unusual for a feature documentary film. The producers felt that this film should be told in the words of the people who actually lived it. After uncovering many unusual and thrilling Cinerama stories, the film makers felt that having people verify the incidents and alternating between eyewitness "storytellers" could be an exciting editing technique. With the advent and popularity of the DVD format for home video, a large supplemental section will be created with some of the unused but still fascinating Cinerama stories told by the people listed below. The producers found many of these people to be passionate about Cinerama and its uniqueness as a medium as well as having provided a living for them during its heyday. On completion of this project these extensive interviews will he housed in the Margaret Herrick Library at of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as part of their collection for future scholars.
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Performers: |
(Actress, "How the West Was Won") (Actress, "How the West Was Won") (Actor, "How the West Was Won") (Actor, Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm & West Was Won") (Actor, "How the West Was Won") The four stars of "Cinerama Holiday" (Stuntman, "How the West Was Won") (Stuntman injured on "How The West Was Won") (Cinerama Location Scout and son of Lowell Thomas) (filmed Roller Coaster Sequence and son of Mike Todd) (award winning Film Composer) (Co-Producer/Co-Director, "South Seas Adventure") (Director, "Search for Paradise") (Cinerama Director and Executive) (Cinerama Production Coordinator) (Crew Member on first three Cinerama travelogue films) (Cinerama Film Editor) (Assistant Film Editor, "Seven Wonders of the World") (Cinerama Sound Editor) (Cinerama location publicity) (Grandson of Hollywood Pilot Paul Mantz) (Stunt Pilot and Paul Mantz Expert) (Assistant Cameraman with Cinerama) (Associate Producer, Cinerama Holiday / Director "Windjammer") (Cameraman with Paul Mantz on travelogues) (Producer of "How The West Was Won") (Script Supervisor "Seven Wonders of the World") (Author & Producer, Cooper/Zanuck Expert) (Documentary Producer & Abel Gance Expert) (Film Critic & Author) (Author, "Widescreen Cinema," Rutgers University) (Author of Cinerama Thesis) (Expert on Henry Hathaway) (Paramount Executive and Film Historian) (Publisher, "WideGauge" Magazine) (Library of Congress Restoration Expert) (President, Turner Entertainment) (Don & Bus Hatch biographer) (son of Spyros Skouras-Fox Executive who developed CinemaScope) (Cinerama Public Relations V.P.) (Manager, Neon Theatre) (Mr. Cinerama of Dayton, Ohio) (Sony Pictures Executive) (Cinerama Technician who built the camera) (Former executive VP Cinerama Inc.) (Stepson of Fred Waller-the Cinerama Inventor) (Fred Waller's co-worker and friend) (Son of Merian C. Cooper) (Film Director) (Son of Nicolas Reisini) (Associate to Merian C. Cooper) (widow of Lowell Thomas) (Cinerama Fan UK) (International Cinerama Society UK) (grew up at Oyster Bay, Long Island) (Son of Hazard Reeves) |
