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54 of 56 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
What a fantastic print we now have of this film since the original cinerama has now been restored and the three joins of the original can no longer be seen. Finally the film can be seen in glorious depth and colour with both images in the foreground and background in crystal clarity.
A fantastic commentary is also added by filmmaker David Strohmaier, Director of Cinerama, Inc. John Sitting, Film Historian Rudy Behlemer, Music Historian Jon Burlingame and Stuntman Loren James which throws so much new light on the making of the movie.
For those who have never seen the film; sit back and enjoy.
For those who have seen the film many times on TV or video, and longed for the day.....welcome for the first time to "HOW THE WEST WAS WON" as it should be seen.
A fantastic commentary is also added by filmmaker David Strohmaier, Director of Cinerama, Inc. John Sitting, Film Historian Rudy Behlemer, Music Historian Jon Burlingame and Stuntman Loren James which throws so much new light on the making of the movie.
For those who have never seen the film; sit back and enjoy.
For those who have seen the film many times on TV or video, and longed for the day.....welcome for the first time to "HOW THE WEST WAS WON" as it should be seen.
23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
I saw this film first fully about a year ago, prior to that on and off when i was young boy, on and off because its a long film and when you are young you lose interest. Anyway i got the blu ray version yesterday evening and sat down and watched the lot. The version i saw last year was grainy drab and suffered the cinarama effects of vertical lines dividing the picture in 3 portions. The new version in widescreen ( very wide , 2.86:1 i think ) is fantastic!! The picture is truly beautiful, some of the landscapes are breathtaking, the picture is sharper, brighter. Because the film is shot in such a wide format the picture is sometimes strange to watch, especially when an actor gets close to the camera, which is why i guess there are no close ups. My only slight reservation is that if you have a smaller hd ready set, because of the wide aspect ratio of the film it may be too small an image to truly appreciate the spectacle that is ... HOW THE WEST WAS WON .....
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
This is 5 stars just for the print of this blu-ray edition- you cannot believe you are watching a 50 year old movie here-the scenery is obviously stunning and you will think you are actually there looking thru a window. Who cares that you're not getting the book that they're getting with the US edition- this is less than ten quid- you cannot complain about what you get for it!
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this is cinerama
warners have done it again,not only have they removed the annoying join lines of the original print of cineramas how the west was won,but they have included what is called "smile... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Wayne Allen
A great Blu-Ray a Great film
I bought it to test the wonders of blu-ray. And it really makes a huge difference. I also enjoyed the extras, particularly the film commentary. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Rm Estevez
Double pleasure.....!!!!
Apart from being the cleanest and clearest version of this great feature, where at last the partitions of Cinerama's three camers disappear forever, the finest thing about this... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Y. Ben David
A definite improvement on Blu-ray - but the film still needs to be...
How the West Was Won seems to become more of an endurance task every year. While it throws in everything - injun attacks, shooting the rapids, stampedes, train wrecks, the Civil... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Trevor Willsmer
This was CINERAMA
I have just got a 55in Plasma and had not seen this film since I was a kid.
I watched it in the Cinerama format in a huge London cinema all those years ago and now for... Read more
I watched it in the Cinerama format in a huge London cinema all those years ago and now for... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Mal Barnes
Cowboys and Indians
Nothing like a good old fashion epic involving cowboys, indians, mountain men etc.. The quality of old movies re-released under blu-ray never fails to impress me, superb, along... Read more
Published 13 months ago by ColM
Bound for the promised land, indeed.
One of the last great epic movies to come out of MGM that was a roaring success, How the West Was Won still has enough quality about it to warrant high praise. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Spike Owen
Blu-ray awesomeness
The quality of the transfer here is breathtaking. I remember being quite disappointed with the vertical line down the middle of the DVD version, but of course it didn't seriously... Read more
Published 14 months ago by M. Simms
A Remarkable Restoration
This is a film made to be shown on a huge screen to show off the huge landscape which is America.Even a 50 or 60 inch large screen TV cannot begin to do justice to this epic film... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Mr. D. Matthews
Every frame is a photograph
I bought this film on recommendation of a friend who works in film post production, his words "Jesus - WOW - you won't believe your eyes!" - he was right. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Dr. D. M. Hunt
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