How the West Was Won (Ultimate Collector's Edition)

Buy This Item How the West Was Won (Ultimate Collector's Edition) by Warner Home Video  Available from Amazon  $19.99  on 11-26-2008     With courage sinew and conflict: that s how the West was won. With three directors five interlocked stories some of movie history s most legendary action scenes and a constellation of acting talent: that s 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 family s 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 TechnologyPlus 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 Won s Unique Filmmaking ProcessSystem Requirements:Running Time: 162 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: WESTERN/CLASSICS Rating: G UPC: 883929026487 Manufacturer No: 1000039866 Reader Reviews This is for the blu-ray edition: "How the west was won" is (or was) the ONLY 3 or 4 146 degrees angle of view Cinerama movies with 2.59:1 aspect ratio. The blue-ray com is listing the aspect ratio of this (so called) "ultimate restored and remastered" version as 2.20:1 meaning the studio has stolen the 18% of the width of the movie while restoring. It is impossible to understand why they cant do a full scan while restoring these mile-stone movies. Many studios are scanning the movies at 4k for blue-ray (as it is in the upcoming God Father blue-ray set) so that they will not spend a fortune for restoration when the next 4k format launches. This means, as Warner had a restoration made for this movie at 2.20 now, we will probably not see the original aspect ratio version for a long long time. If the information on Blu-ray com is correct this is a cinematographic insult.

How the West Was Won (Ultimate Collector's Edition) Available from Amazon Price: $19.99 Updated on 11-26-2008.

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