How the West Was Won Ultimate Collector's Edition
With courage, sinew and conflict: thats how the West was won. With three directors, five interlocked stories, some of movie historys most legendary action scenes and a constellation of acting talent: thats how How the West Was Won was filmed. Henry Fonda, Gregory Peck, Debbie Reynolds, James Stewart and John Wayne are among the big names in this big saga following a familys move West through generations marked by the spectacles of a heart-pounding raging river ride, a thunderous buffalo stampede and a bracing runaway train shootout. Via technological advances, this panoramic winner of three Academy Awards can now be seen with a resplendent, restored clarity eliminating its original three- panel join lines and in roof-raising Dolby 5.1 audio. Westward ho! Explore a new home entertainment frontier with a classic movie adventure in a stunning new version never before possible! Includes 2-Disc Special Edition DVD: The Winner of 3 Academy Awards Digitally Remastered from Restored Picture Elements in New Dolby 5.1 Audio With 3-Panel Cinerama Join Lines of Previous Theatrical/Video Versions Removed Via Pioneering Technology Plus 4+ Hours of Special Features, Including New Star/Historian Commentary, The Making of How the West Was Won Featurette and the Acclaimed Bonus Movie Cinerama Adventure, Nostalgically Chronicling the History of How the West Was Wons Unique Filmmaking Process Bonus Collectibles Inside: 36-Page Cinerama Souvenir Book Reproduction 10 Color Production Photo Cards 10 Black-and-White Rare, Behind-the-Scenes Photo Cards 24-Page Reproduction of the Original General Release Pressbook Mail-in Offer for a FREE** Poster (**Limited time offer. Not included with Club skus)
Additional Features Here at last is a properly formatted version of How the West Was Won, a movie shot in the super-widescreen Cinerama process that required three cameras joined together to create an all-encompassing visual experience. Unless you have a big curved screen in your home, this won't quite be the same on home video, but the image is truly fascinating to look at, ultra-sharp in its definition, and at times downright weird--as though the entire film had been shot with a wide-angle lens. Digital technology has allowed for a removal (or at least an artful de-emphasizing) of the vertical "joins" where the three different frames meet. The Ultimate Collector's Edition is a three-disc package with plenty of goodies; two discs are the movie and an informative commentary with a group of interested parties, the third disc has a genuinely terrific feature-length documentary, Cinerama Adventure, that gives a thorough history of the cumbersome but thrilling process. A batch of production stills and color postcards, an exhibitor's book, and a special tie-in book (all miniaturized, but still fun) are also included. --Robert Horton
