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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A trademark for a motion-picture process designed to produce wide-screen images.
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Examples
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The Indian Hills Cinerama is back, along with new journeys to other cities where once-glorious theaters are facing demolition: Bostonâs Gaiety Theatre, Chicagoâs DuPage Theatre, and Salt Lake Cityâs Villa Theatre are among the stops.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2006
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It would seem that at best Cinerama is a special spectacle for a few theaters in large cities.
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It would seem that at best Cinerama is a special spectacle for a few theaters in large cities.
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Their reason for being there was a new film technology called Cinerama, which they hoped to boost with a full-length drama, showcasing its best qualities.
Richard Bangs: The Pakistan Osama bin Laden Never Knew Richard Bangs 2011
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Their reason for being there was a new film technology called Cinerama, which they hoped to boost with a full-length drama, showcasing its best qualities.
Richard Bangs: The Pakistan Osama bin Laden Never Knew Richard Bangs 2011
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Indeed, the in70mm. com Web site has a page, "All the Ramas In the World," which calls Cinerama "the mother of all 'ramas," and encourages readers to send in examples of its progeny.
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The film industry responded to the challenge of television with technical innovations (3-D, advanced color processes, widescreen "Cinerama" effects) and blockbuster epics (Westerns, Biblical extravaganzas, spectacular war films) that played up the advantages of the "big screen."
Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007
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Cinerama I believe was shot with 3 35mm cameras stuck together.
Christopher Nolan Filmed Some of Inception Using 65mm, Calls 3D “An Interesting Development” | /Film 2010
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There were 450,000 lions in Africa in 1960 when, as a young filmmaker for Cinerama, I optioned the movie rights to a novel called The Lion by famed French writer Joseph Kessel Belle de Jour.
Jay Weston: Thrilling Docudrama The Last Lions Opens in LA Jay Weston 2011
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There were 450,000 lions in Africa in 1960 when, as a young filmmaker for Cinerama, I optioned the movie rights to a novel called The Lion by famed French writer Joseph Kessel Belle de Jour.
Jay Weston: Thrilling Docudrama The Last Lions Opens in LA Jay Weston 2011
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