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Cinerama's Russian adventure / Harold J. Dennis and J. Jay Frankel present ; a J. Jay Frankel production ; written by Homer McCoy ; produced by Harold J. Dennis.
LIBRA BLU RAY PN1995.9.D6 R874 2016
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Soviet Union--Description and travel.
- Soviet Union.
- Wide-screen processes (Cinematography).
- Travel.
- Genre:
- Feature films -- Soviet Union.
- Feature films -- United States.
- Compilation films.
- Documentary films.
- Feature films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Travelogues (Motion pictures)
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in. stamping
- Edition:
- Deluxe combo Blu-ray/DVD edition.
- Blu-ray version.
- Other Title:
- Russian adventure
- Place of Publication:
- [Los Angeles, CA] : Flicker Alley, LLC, [2016]
- Language Note:
- In English with optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
- System Details:
- Blu-ray, Region A, B, C; simulated Smilebox curved screen.
- digital optical
- video file 1080p high definition region A, B, C
- Blu-ray
- Summary:
- Photographed over an eight-year period by Russia's top filmmakers, Cinerama's Russian Adventure brings together some of the most exquisite, jaw-dropping, and beautiful sequences from over six Soviet Kinopanorama productions (the Russian equivalent of three-panel Cinerama). The film's locations stretch from one end of Russia to the other, from the snow-covered countryside to the majestic subways of Moscow, from the deck of a whaling ship to the front seats of the Bolshoi Theater. Bing Crosby narrates the journey, offering both a grand and intimate view of a country and culture so often cited and yet so seldom seen. In classic Cinerama style, your first glimpse of Russia is from behind the reigns of a troika, a traditional three-horse sled, speeding through the snow. Next, you'll land in Moscow for spectacular shots of the Kremlin, the Volga River, the bustling street life, and a spring carnival complete with singing, dancing, and clowns on stilts. From there, you'll marvel at the dazzling Moscow Circus, take a raft ride down the Tisza River, join in a wild antelope roundup on the Barsa-Kelmes, and witness a show-stopping performance of the famous Moiseyev Dancers. The most visceral sequences, though, take place not on land, but on water: the spare-no-details whale hunt aboard a factory ship in the Antarctic and the alien voyage of an octopus as it glides beneath the sea.
- Participant:
- Prologue and narration by Bing Crosby.
- Credits:
- Directed by Leonid Kristy, Roman Karman, Boris Dolin, Oleg Lebedev, Solomon Kogan, and Vassily Katanian.
- Notes:
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1966.
- Issued by the publisher as part of a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack. University of Pennsylvania Libraries have cataloged these discs separately.
- "This special widescreen reconstruction of the Best of Cinerama is presented in curved screen smilebox simulation as seen by audiences during the original roadshow engagements."--Opening screens.
- Special features: Fortress of peace (1964); Concorde (1966); "Working with our father of Russian adventure"; "Reconstructing Russian adventure"; Trailer gallery; Slideshow,
- Contains:
- Container of: Fortress of Peace (Motion picture : 1964)
- Container of: Concorde (Motion picture: 1966)
- ISBN:
- 1893967999
- 9781893967991
- OCLC:
- 982189663
- Publisher Number:
- 617311679995
- FA0049 Flicker Alley
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