New entries ("Maniac" and "The Taste of Money", etc.)

Another set of new entries for the scope filmography at AWSM, all designed for exhibition with a 2.39:1 aspect ratio:


THE AGGRESSION SCALE
USA - 2012 - col
D: Steven C. Miller
HD Widescreen

CARJACKED
USA - 2011 - col
D: John Bonito
HD Widescreen

FOR LOVE'S SAKE
愛と誠
Japan - 2012 - col
D: Takashi Miike

LE GRAND SOIR
France/Belgium - 2012 - col
D: Benoît Delépine, Gustave de Kervern

HOUBA! ON THE TRAIL OF THE MARSUPILAMI
(see: Sur la Piste du Marsupilami)

IN THE FOG
В тумане
Russia/Germany/Latvia/Netherlands/Belorussia - 2012 - col
D: Sergei Loznitsa

JITTERS
(see: Órói)

LEAVE IT ON THE FLOOR
USA/Canada - 2011 - col
D: Sheldon Larry

MANIAC
France/USA - 2012 - col
D: Franck Khalfoun

MISS LOVELY
मिस लवली
India - 2012 - col
D: Ashim Ahluwalia

MUD
USA - 2012 - col
D: Jeff Nichols
Panavision

ÓRÓI
(aka: Jitters)
Iceland - 2010 - col
D: Baldvin Zophoníasson [as: Baldvin Z]

LA PLAYA DC
Colombia/Brazil/France - 2012 - col
D: Juan Andrés Arango Garcia

SUR LA PISTE DU MARSUPILAMI
(aka: Houba! On the Trail of the Marsupilami)
France/Belgium - 2012 - col
D: Alain Chabat

THE TASTE OF MONEY
돈의 맛
S.Korea - 2012 - col
D: Im Sang-soo

THÉRÈSE DESQUEYROUX
France - 2012 - col
D: Claude Miller

New entries ("The Great Gatsby" and "The Possession", etc.)

New entries for the scope filmography at AWSM.

I haven't been able to confirm the shooting format for J'ENRAGE DE SON ABSENCE (most likely spheri-crop, but you never know). As always, investigations are ongoing.


ALIYAH
(see: Alyah)

ALYAH
(aka: Aliyah)
France - 2012 - col
D: Elie Wajeman

ANCHORMAN 2
USA - 2013 - col
D: Adam McKay

À PERDRE LA RAISON
(aka: Loving Without Reason)
(aka: Our Children)
Belgium/Luxembourg/France/Switzerland - 2012 - col
D: Joachim Lafosse
Techniscope

BEYOND THE HILLS
(see: După Dealuri)

CARELESS LOVE
Australia - 2012 - col
D: John Duigan

DUPĂ DEALURI
(aka: Beyond the Hills)
Romania/France/Belgium - 2012 - col
D: Cristian Mungiu

ELEFANTE BLANCO
(aka: White Elephant)
Spain/Argentina/France - 2012 - col
D: Pablo Trapero

FEEL MY LOVE
ఫీల్ మై లవ్
India - 2012 - col
D: A.R. Ram

GOD'S NEIGHBORS
המשגיחים
Israel/France - 2012 - col
D: Meni Yaesh

THE GREAT GATSBY
USA/Australia - 2012 - col and 3-D
D: Baz Luhrmann

THE HUNT
(see: Jagten)

HYDE PARK ON HUDSON
UK - 2012 - col
D: Roger Michell

JAGTEN
(aka: The Hunt)
Denmark/Sweden - 2012 - col
D: Thomas Vinterberg

J'ENRAGE DE SON ABSENCE*
(aka: Maddened By His Absence)
France/Luxembourg/Belgium - 2012 - col
D: Sandrine Bonnaire

KILLING THEM SOFTLY
USA - 2012 - col
D: Andrew Dominik
Panavision

LOVING WITHOUT REASON
(see: À Perdre la Raison)

MADDENED BY HIS ABSENCE
(see: J'Enrage de Son Absence)

OUR CHILDREN
(see: À Perdre la Raison)

THE PAPERBOY
USA - 2012 - col
D: Lee Daniels

LA PIROGUE
(aka: The Pirogue)
France/Senegal/Germany - 2012 - col
D: Moussa Touré

THE PIROGUE
(see: Pirogue, La)

THE POSSESSION
USA - 2012 - col
D: Ole Bornedal

THE SAPPHIRES
Australia - 2012 - col
D: Wayne Blair

SIGHTSEERS
UK - 2012 - col
D: Ben Wheatley

SONG OF SILENCE
楊梅州
China - 2012 - col
D: Chen Zhuo

VOUS N'AVEZ ENCORE RIEN VU
(aka: You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet!)
France/Germany - 2012 - col
D: Alain Resnais
Panavision

YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHIN' YET!
(see: Vous N'Avez Encore Rien Vu)

Updates (spaghetti westerns, Cinerama correction and "Prometheus", etc.)

The film currently listed at the scope filmography as THE BLIND SWORDSMAN'S VENGEANCE turns out to be an AKA for ZATOICHI'S VENGEANCE (1966), which now becomes the film's primary title.

In the same vein, the film currently listed as Indio Black, Sai Che Tico: Sei un Gran Figlio di... should actually be given as INDIO BLACK, SAI CHE TI DICO: SEI UN GRAN FIGLIO DI... (1970). And La Sorella di Satana should be given as IL LAGO DI SATANA (1965).

DOGORA is an AKA for DAGORA THE SPACE MONSTER (1964).

And PROMETHEUS (2012) has been earmarked for release in IMAX format, alongside the 35mm and D-Cinema versions, and this has been duly noted.

Corrections and updates from correspondents (thanks, guys!):

Following my recent posting about the frame-rates of various 3-panel processes, Gary Couzens has written to clarify an important point about CINERAMA'S RUSSIAN ADVENTURE (1965). The original Kinopanorama footage was shot at 25 frames per second, but new footage was shot in Cinerama at that format's standard 26fps and used as wraparound material. As Gary points out, it's highly likely the entire film was printed and exhibited at the Cinerama frame-rate of 26fps, with a corresponding 'speed-up' of sound and picture during the Russian documentary footage.

Gary also confirms that the sound format for SAMSARA (2011) is Dolby Digital 7.1, and that SILVER CITY (1984) was directed by Sophia Turkiewicz, not Sophie Turkiewicz as currently listed.

I tripped over my own enthusiasm (!) in the posting for 14 May 2012. S. Martin has written to clarify that THE GHASTLY LOVE OF JOHNNY X began production in 2006 but wasn't completed and/or released until 2012. Also, in the very same posting, I listed Michael Mann as the director of PAIN AND GAIN (2013), when it should have been Michael Bay. Big difference, I'm sure you'll agree.

Also, S. Martin points out that THE TELEGRAM MAN (2012, listed as a new entry in the other posting for 14 May 2012) is actually a short film, and it has now been dropped from the filmography. The blog entry has also been amended. He also reports that the 35mm section of MA PART DU GÂTEAU (2011) was filmed in Hawk Scope.

The relevant entries now run as follows:


ADIÓS, SABATA
(see: Indio Black, Sai Che Ti Dico: Sei un Gran Figlio di...)

THE BLIND SWORDSMAN'S VENGEANCE
(see: Zatoichi's Vengeance)

THE BOUNTY HUNTERS
(see: Indio Black, Sai Che Ti Dico: Sei un Gran Figlio di...)

CINERAMA'S RUSSIAN ADVENTURE
USA - 1965 - col
D: Boris Dolin, Vasily Kafanian, Roman Karmen, Solomon Kogan, Leonid Kristi, Oleg Lebvedev
Kinopanorama / Cinerama
7-channel stereo
2.59:1
[US compilation of footage from various Russian movies photographed in the Kinopanorama process, at 25 frames per second. New wraparound footage was shot in Cinerama at 26fps, and the entire film was printed and screened at the slightly faster Cinerama frame-rate]

DAGORA THE SPACE MONSTER
宇宙大怪獣ドゴラ
(aka: Dogora)
Japan - 1964 - col
D: Ishirô Honda
Tohoscope

DOGORA
(see: Dagora the Space Monster)

THE GHASTLY LOVE OF JOHNNY X
USA - 2012 - bw
D: Paul Bunnell
Hawk Scope / Panavision

I HEAR ZATO ICHI SINGING
(see: Zatoichi's Vengeance)

INDIO BLACK, SAI CHE TI DICO: SEI UN GRAN FIGLIO DI...
(aka: Adiós, Sabata)
(aka: The Bounty Hunters)
(aka: Sabata 2)
Italy/Spain - 1970 - col
D: Gianfranco Parolini [as: Frank Kramer]
Techniscope

IL LAGO DI SATANA
(aka: Revenge of the Blood Beast)
(aka: The She-Beast)
Italy/UK - 1965 - col
D: Michael Reeves
Cromoscope

MA PART DU GÂTEAU
(aka: My Piece of the Pie)
France - 2011 - col
D: Cédric Klapisch
Hawk Scope / HD

PAIN AND GAIN
USA - 2013 - col
D: Michael Bay
Panavision (35mm and HD)

PROMETHEUS
USA - 2012 - col
D: Ridley Scott
35mm, D-Cinema and IMAX release prints

REVENGE OF THE BLOOD BEAST
(see: Lago di Satana, Il)

SABATA 2
(see: Indio Black, Sai Che Ti Dico: Sei un Gran Figlio di...)

SAMSARA
USA - 2011 - col - 65mm
D: Ron Fricke
Panavision Super 70
70mm and D-Cinema release prints
Dolby Digital 7.1
2.20:1

THE SHE-BEAST
(see: Lago di Satana, Il)

SILVER CITY
Australia - 1984 - col
D: Sophia Turkiewicz
Panavision

ZATOICHI'S VENGENACE
座頭市の歌が聞える
(aka: The Blind Swordsman's Vengeance)
(aka: I Hear Zato Ichi Singing)
Japan - 1966 - col
D: Tokuzo Tanaka
Daieiscope

New entries ("Skyfall", Keanu's directorial debut, and a new 65mm movie!)

Thanks again to S. Martin for his contribution to this list of new entries for the scope filmography:

The entry for GOAT ISLAND remains incomplete, since the review in Variety claims the film is in 'Panavision widescreen', but this could mean either anamorphic, spheri-crop or even HD origination, and I haven't found any online footage to confirm things one way or the other.

No 70mm bookings have yet been confirmed for the 65mm-lensed THE MASTER, not even for IMAX release, which you'd think would be a no-brainer from the outset.

And the 'scope' status of MEKONG HOTEL remains unconfirmed, since I could find no online footage to verify the 'widescreen' claim in a recent Variety review.


THE BIG ALLIGATOR RIVER
(see: Fiume del Grande Caimano, Il)

BREAK
Germany - 2009 - col
D: Matthias Olof Eich

ERNEST GOES TO CAMP
USA - 1987 - col
D: John Cherry
Panavision

IL FIUME DEL GRANDE CAIMANO
(aka: The Big Alligator River)
(aka: The Great Alligator)
Italy - 1979 - col
D: Sergio Martino
Techniscope

GOAT ISLAND*
USA - 2012 - col
D: D.J. Caruso
Panavision?

THE GREAT ALLIGATOR
(see: Fiume del Grande Caimano, Il)

HILLS GREEN
Canada - 2012 - col
D: Ryan Glover, Krista Dzialoszynski
Lomoscope (HD)
2.67:1

LOOPER
USA - 2012 - col
D: Rian Johnson
Panavision

MAN OF TAI CHI
USA/China - 2013 - col
D: Keanu Reeves
Hawk Scope (HD)

MANOLITO GAFOTAS
Spain - 1999 - col
D: Miguel Albaladejo
Hawk Scope

THE MASTER
USA - 2012 - col - 65mm
D: Paul Thomas Anderson
Panavision Super 70
35mm and D-Cinema release prints
Dolby Digital 7.1
2.20:1

MEKONG HOTEL*
โรงแรมริมโขง
Thailand/UK - 2012 - col
D: Apichatpong Weerasethakul

DE ROUILLE ET D'OS
(aka: Rust and Bone)
France/Belgium - 2012 - col
D: Jacques Audiard

RUST AND BONE
(see: Rouille et d'Os, De)

SKYFALL
UK/USA - 2012 - col
D: Sam Mendes
35mm, D-Cinema and IMAX release prints

WON'T BACK DOWN
USA - 2012 - col
D: Daniel Barnz

Updates (Panavision confusion, and tiny "Vampire" details, etc.)

The film currently listed at the scope filmography as FEARLESS FIGHTERS was actually released in its native Taiwan as HERO OF HEROES (1971). The version titled FEARLESS FIGHTERS was released in the US two years later, though not before it had suffered the indignity of being redubbed and re-scored.

Correspondent S. Martin cites an article in 'American Cinematographer' magazine which reveals that THE GHASTLY LOVE OF JOHNNY X (2012) began production with Hawk anamorphic lenses before switching to Panavision lenses following an enforced break in the shooting schedule.

S. Martin has also clarified some confusion over the equipment and lenses employed on a couple of anamorphic productions: THE MASK OF ZORRO (1998) was shot on Arri and Moviecam cameras supplied by Panavision, equipped with J-D-C anamorphic lenses, also supplied by Panavision. However, the on-screen credits simply claim the movie was 'Filmed in Panavision', which is both sloppy and confusing. Apparently, the same thing happened the following year on ENTRAPMENT (1999) - shot by the same DP - also shot on Moviecam and Arri cameras equipped with J-D-C lenses, all supplied by Panavision, with only the latter company mentioned anywhere in the credits (though nothing so bald-faced as a misleading 'Filmed in Panavision').

GOLOK SETAN is an Indonesian-Japanese co-production, not just Indonesian as currently listed. And the copyright date is 1983, not 1984.

The film currently listed as Karzan: Il Favoloso Uomo della Giungla should actually be spelled KARZAN: IL FAVOLOSO UOMO DELLA JUNGLA (1971).

LEGEND OF THE SOLDIER is an AKA for the Spanish film BRUC (2010).

The on-screen copyright date of MAJOR DUNDEE is 1964, not 1965.

Following a viewing of the film on DVD, I've made some small adjustments to the entry for MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - GHOST PROTOCOL (2011) with regards to its use of 35mm and 1570 materials. See the revised entry below.

I've also made some tiny - though crucial! - changed to the Spanish film currently listed as La Orgía Nocturna de los Vampiros, also based on a personal viewing of the film. Though it's standard practice to place an accent on certain letters in written Spanish, the 'i' in Orgia isn't accented on-screen, so the actual title is LA ORGIA NOCTURNA DE LOS VAMPIROS. And the copyright year is 1972, not 1973 as currently listed. The AKA title The Vampire's Night Orgy should be rendered as THE VAMPIRES' NIGHT ORGY. Like I say, tiny details - but the scope filmog is built on a foundation of such things.

The copyright year of PER POCHI DOLLARI ANCORA has been changed from 1967 to 1966, while the copyright year of LA SFIDA DEI GIGANTI has been changed from 1965 to 1964.

The on-screen title of Hercules and the Black Pirates (an AKA for the 1964 film SANSONE CONTRO IL CORSARO NERO) is HERCULES AND THE BLACK PIRATE.

SKY TERROR is an AKA for SKYJACKED (1972).

THE WAR IN SPACE is an AKA for WAR OF THE PLANETS (1977).

These entries now run as follows:


BRUC
(aka: Bruc: The Challenge)
(aka: Legend of the Soldier)
Spain - 2010 - col
D: Daniel Benmayor

ENTRAPMENT
USA - 1999 - col
D: Jon Amiel
J-D-C Scope
[Filmed with Moviecam and Arri cameras equipped with J-D-C lenses, all supplied by Panavision. However, only Panavision is listed in the film's credits, which wrongly suggests that Panavision anamorphic lenses were used in principal photography]

FEARLESS FIGHTERS
(see: Hero of Heroes)

THE GHASTLY LOVE OF JOHNNY X
UK - 2012 - bw
D: Paul Bunnell
Hawk Scope / Panavision

GOLOK SETAN
(aka: Devil's Sword)
Indonesia/Japan - 1983 - col
D: Ratno Timoer
Anamorphic

GRAVE DESIRES
(see: Orgia Nocturna de los Vampiros, La)

HERCULES AND THE BLACK PIRATE
(see: Sansone contro il Corsaro Nero)

HERO OF HEROES
頭條好漢
(aka: Fearless Fighters)
(aka: Ninja Killers)
(aka: A Real Man)
Taiwan - 1971 - col
D: Mo Man-hung
Chinascope

JUNGLE MASTER
(see: Karzan: Il Favoloso Uomo della Jungla)

KARZAN: IL FAVOLOSO UOMO DELLA JUNGLA
(aka: Jungle Master)
(aka: Karzan: Jungle Lord)
(aka: Karzan: Master of the Jungle)
Italy - 1971 - col
D: Demofilo Fidani [as: Miles Deem]
Techniscope

KARZAN: JUNGLE LORD
(see: Karzan: Il Favoloso della Jungla)

KARZAN: MASTER OF THE JUNGLE
(see: Karzan: Il Favoloso Uomo della Jungla)

LEGEND OF THE SOLDIER
(see: Bruc)

MAJOR DUNDEE
USA - 1964 - col
D: Sam Peckinpah
Panavision

THE MASK OF ZORRO
USA - 1998 - col
D: Martin Campbell
J-D-C Scope
[Confusingly, this includes a 'Filmed in Panavision' credit during the end titles, but the movie was shot on Arri and Moviecam cameras equipped with J-D-C anamorphic lenses. These materials were supplied by Panavision, but the aforementioned credit erroneously suggests their own lenses were employed during production, and this is not the case]

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - GHOST PROTOCOL
USA - 2011 - col - 35mm and 1570
D: Brad Bird
Panavision / IMAX
35mm, D-Cinema and IMAX release prints
2.39:1 (Panavision footage)
1.44:1 (IMAX footage)

NINJA KILLERS
(see: Hero of Heroes)

LA ORGIA NOCTURNA DE LOS VAMPIROS
(aka: Grave Desires)
(aka: The Vampires' Night Orgy)
Spain - 1972 - col
D: León Klimovsky
Techniscope

PER POCHI DOLLARI ANCORA
(aka: Die Now, Pay Later)
(aka: For a Few Extra Dollars)
(aka: Fort Yuma Gold)
(aka: The Rebel Lieutenant)
Italy/Spain/France - 1965 - col
D: Giorgio Ferroni [as: Calvin J. Padget]
Techniscope

A REAL MAN
(see: Hero of Heroes)

SANSONE CONTRO IL CORSARO NERO
(aka: Hercules and the Black Pirate)
Italy - 1964 - col
D: Luigi Capuano
Totalscope

LA SFIDA DEI GIGANTI
(aka: Hercules the Avenger)
Italy - 1964 - col
D: Maurizio Lucidi
Techniscope

SKYJACKED
(aka: Sky Terror)
USA - 1972 - col
D: John Guillermin
Panavision

SKY TERROR
(see: Skyjacked)

THE VAMPIRES' NIGHT ORGY
(see: Orgia Nocturna de los Vampiros, La)

THE WAR IN SPACE
(see: War of the Planets)

WAR OF THE PLANETS
惑星大戦争 The War in Space
(aka: The War in Space)
Japan - 1977 - col
D: Jun Fukuda
Panavision

New entries ("Gangster Squad", etc.)

New entries for the main scope filmography at AWSM. My thanks to correspondent S. Martin, who provided the majority of these titles:


3 SEASONS IN HELL
(see: 3 Sezóny v Pekle)

3 SEZÓNY V PEKLE
(aka: 3 Seasons in Hell)
Czech Republic/Germany/Slovakia - 2009 - col
D: Tomàs Masín

THE CUP
Australia - 2011 - col
D: Simon Wincer

GANGSTER SQUAD
USA - 2012 - col
D: Ruben Fleischer
Panavision (HD)

I'M YOURS
Canada - 2011 - col
D: Leonard Farlinger
Techniscope

LOUP
France - 2009 - col
D: Nicolas Vanier

MISERERE
France - 2012 - col
D: Sylvain White
Hawk Scope (HD)

PAIN AND GAIN
USA - 2013 - col
D: Michael Bay
Panavision (35mm and HD)

THE PELAYOS
(aka: Winning Streak)
Spain - 2012 - col
D: Eduard Cortés

THE SCOUTING BOOK FOR BOYS
UK - 2009 - col
D: Tom Harper
Techniscope

WINNING STREAK
(see: Pelayos, The)

Updates, Cinerama, etc. (9 May 2012)

The vast majority of films in the scope filmography were shot at 24 frames per second, and it's incumbent upon me to mention the few cases when movies are photographed at other frame rates. However, as correspondent Gary Couzens pointed out recently, the various Cinerama documentary features (THIS IS CINERAMA, SEARCH FOR PARADISE, etc.) were actually photographed at 26fps, and should be listed as such. Same goes for WINDJAMMER, the only film shot in the Cinemiracle process (just to confuse matters, the Todd-70 feature SCENT OF MYSTERY was later converted to Cinemiracle and screened under the title HOLIDAY IN SPAIN, running at 24fps!). However, the two narrative Cinerama features - HOW THE WEST WAS WON and THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM - were both shot at 24fps, presumably to facilitate easy printing of 35mm and 70mm release prints. My thanks to Gary for reminding me of this important point. Further research indicates the Kinopanorama process from Russia ran at 25fps, and this is duly noted.

Though originally screened at festivals under the title SYDNEY, this film - one of Paul Thomas Anderson's earliest works - was eventually given wide release as HARD EIGHT (1996), which now becomes the primary title for this filmography. SYDNEY becomes an AKA.

The AKA for HARLEQUIN (1980) currently listed as Dark Places should actually be DARK FORCES. This mistake has been festering in the filmog since I first began compiling it many moons ago, and it took Gary Couzens' eagle eye to point out my error! My thanks to Gary, and my apologies to everyone else!!

And after yet more prompting from Gary, I checked out online footage from TESTIMONY (1987) and discovered it's an early example of 'spheri-crop' filmmaking, not anamorphic Panavision as currently listed.

Contrary to the mistake I made in the entry for 1 Apr 2012, the film I listed as House at the Edge of the Street is actually titled HOUSE AT THE END OF THE STREET. That entry has now been amended.

The on-screen title of À Tout Coeur a Tokyo pour OSS 117 is actually ATOUT COEUR À TOKYO POUR OSS 117 (1966).

The Thai film currently listed as B.K.O.: Bangkok Knockout is actually given on-screen as BANGKOK KNOCKOUT (2010), and was co-directed by Panna Rittikrai and Morakot Kaewthanee. The Thai title is โคตรสู้ โคตรโส. It was filmed and exhibited at 1.85:1, so has now been dropped from the filmography.

The on-screen title of Black Magic Part II is actually BLACK MAGIC 2 (1976).

HICK (2011) is currently listed as a 'spheri-crop' film, but online trailers reveal it was actually shot with anamorphic lenses (Panavision, according to the IMDb).

The film currently listed as Neighborhood Watch has now been retitled THE WATCH (2012).

These entries now run as follows:


AMAZING HUNTING
Удивительная охота
USSR - 1962 - col and 3-panel
D: Boris Dolin
Kinopanorama (25fps)
9-channel stereo
2.59:1

ATOUT COEUR À TOKYO POUR OSS 117
(aka: Mission to Tokyo)
(aka: OSS 117: Terror in Tokyo)
France/Italy - 1966 - col
D: Michel Boisrond
Franscope

BLACK MAGIC 2
勾魂降頭
(aka: Revenge of the Zombies)
Hong Kong - 1976 - col
D: Ho Meng-hua
Shawscope

CINERAMA HOLIDAY
USA - 1955 - col and 3-panel
D: Robert L. Bendick, Philippe De Lacey
Cinerama (26fps)
7-channel stereo
2.59:1

CINERAMA SOUTH SEAS ADVENTURE
(aka: South Seas Adventure)
USA - 1958 - col and 3-panel
D: Francis D. Lyon, Walter Thompson, Carl Dudley, Richard Goldstone, Basil Wrangell
Cinerama (26fps)
7-channel stereo
2.59:1

CINERAMA'S RUSSIAN ADVENTURE
USA - 1965 - col and 3-panel
D: Boris Dolin, Vasily Kafanian, Roman Karmen, Solomon Kogan, Leonid Kristi, Oleg Lebedev
Kinopanorama / Cinerama
7-channel stereo
2.59:1
[US compilation of footage from various Russian movies photographed in the Kinopanorama process, at 25 frames per second. New wraparound footage was shot in Cinerama at 26fps, and the entire film was printed and screened at the slightly faster Cinerama frame-rate]

DANGEROUS CURVES
Опасные повороты
(aka: Naughty Curves)
USSR/Estonia - 1961 - col and 3-panel
D: Kaljo Kiisk, Yuli Kuhn
Kinopanorama (25fps)
9-channel stereo
2.59:1

DARK FORCES
(see: Harlequin)

THE ENCHANTED MIRROR
Волшебное зеркало
USSR - 1958 - col and 3-panel
D: Ivan Aksenchuk, V. Kommisarzkhevskiy, Leonid Kristi
Kinopanorama (25fps)
9-channel stereo
2.59:1

THE GREAT BATTLE
Течёт Волга
(aka: The Volga Flows On)
USSR - 1962 - col and 3-panel
D: Yakov Segel
Kinopanorama (25fps)
9-channel stereo
2.59:1

GREAT IS MY COUNTRY
Покорители моря
USSR - 1957 - col and 3-panel
D: Roman Karmen
Kinopanorama (25fps)
9-channel stereo
2.59:1
[Early ad-mats credited the screen format as 'Cinepanorama']

HARD EIGHT
(aka: Sydney)
USA - 1996 - col
D: Paul Thomas Anderson

HARLEQUIN
(aka: Dark Forces)
(aka: The Minister's Magician)
Australia - 1980 - col
D: Simon Wincer
Panavision

HICK
USA - 2011 - col
D: Derick Martini
Panavision

THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
USA/New Zealand - 2012 - col and 3-D (48fps)
D: Peter Jackson

THE HOBBIT: THERE AND BACK AGAIN
USA/New Zealand - 2013 - col and 3-D (48fps)
D: Peter Jackson

HOUSE AT THE END OF THE STREET
USA - 2012 - col
D: Mark Tonderai
Techniscope

HOW THE WEST WAS WON
USA - 1962 - col and 3-panel
D: John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall
Cinerama (24fps)
7-channel stereo
2.59:1
[Reissue version converted to single-strip 70mm]

MISSION TO TOKYO
(see: Atout Coeur à Tokyo pour OSS 117)

ONE HOUR OF UNEXPECTED TRAVELS BY HELICOPTER
Час неожиданных Путешесвий в полете на вертолете
USSR - 1960 - col and 3-panel
D: Leonid Kristi
Kinopanorama (25fps)
9-channel stereo
2.59:1

OSS 117: TERROR IN TOKYO
(see: Atout Coeur à Tokyo pour OSS 117)

SCENT OF MYSTERY
(aka: Holiday in Spain)
USA - 1959 - col - 65mm
D: Jack Cardiff
Todd-70
70mm release prints
Smell-o-Vision!
2.21:1
[Re-edited version, Holiday in Spain, converted optically to Cinemiracle format (running at 24fps, rather than the Cinemiracle standard of 26fps), with 2.55:1 aspect ratio, and released in 1962]

SEARCH FOR PARADISE
USA - 1957 - col and 3-panel
D: Otto Lang
Cinerama (26fps)
7-channel stereo
2.59:1

SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD
USA - 1955 - col and 3-panel
D: Tay Garnett, Paul Mantz, Andrew Marton, Ted Tetzlaff, Walter Thompson
Cinerama (26fps)
7-channel stereo
2.59:1

SYDNEY
(see: Hard Eight)

TESTIMONY
UK/W.Germany/Sweden/Netherlands/Denmark - 1987 - bw and col
D: Tony Palmer

THIS IS CINERAMA
USA - 1952 - col and 3-panel
D: Merian C. Cooper, Gunther von Fritsch
Cinerama (26fps)
7-channel stereo
2.59:1

TO THE ANTARCTIC FOR THE WHALES
В Антарктиду за китами
USSR - 1961 - col and 3-panel
D: Solomon Kogan
Kinopanorama (25fps)
9-channel stereo
2.59:1

TSIRKOVOE PREDSTAVLENIE
Цирковое Представление
USSR - 1960 - col
D: Leonid Kristi
Kinopanorama (25fps)
9-channel stereo
2.59:1
[In 1961, this was paired with the short film Na Krasnoi Ploshchadi (На Красной Площади, 1960) and screened under the collective title Chetvyortaya Programma Panoramikh Filmov: 'Tsirkovoye Predstavleniye' i 'Na Krasnoy Ploshchadyu' (Четвертая программа панорамных фильмов: 'Цирковое представление' и 'На Красной Площади')]

USSR WITH AN OPEN HEART
СССР с открытым сердцем
USSR - 1961 - col and 3-panel
D: Leonid Kristi
Kinopanorama (25fps)
9-channel stereo
2.59:1

THE WATCH
USA - 2012 - col
D: Akiva Schaffer

THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM
USA - 1962 - col and 3-panel
D: Henry Levin, George Pal
Cinerama (24fps)
7-channel stereo
2.59:1

New entries (9 May 2012)

New entries for the scope filmography at AWSM:


BATTLE OF THE COMMANDOS
(see: Legione dei Dannati, La)

CERTAIN PEOPLE
(see: Katinkas Kalas)

CHEERFUL WEATHER FOR THE WEDDING
UK - 2012 - col
D: Donald Rice

KATINKAS KALAS
(aka: Certain People)
Sweden - 2011 - col
D: Levan Akin

LA LEGIONE DEI DANNATI
(aka: Battle of the Commandos)
(aka: Legion of the Damned)
Italy/Spain/W.Germany/Switzerland - 1969 - col
D: Umberto Lenzi
Cromoscope

LEGION OF THE DAMNED
(see: Legione dei Dannati, La)

THE SKINNY
USA - 2012 - col
D: Patrik-Ian Polk

TEZZ
तेज
India - 2012 - col
D: Priyadarshan

New entries 'n' Updates (3 May 2012)

Just a quick heads-up for those of you coming late to the party (and those unwilling - or unable - to wade through the entire Introduction to the scope filmography at AWSM, though I'd urge you to do so anyway): The following new entries were all shot and designed for 'scope' exhibition with a 2.39:1 aspect ratio. I only provide the name of a photographic process (Panavision, Techniscope, etc.) where such a process was employed during principal photography. These days, in most - though not all - cases, films are either shot on 35mm film or HD video at an 'open' ratio where the intended theatrical portion is framed within the DP's viewfinder. It is this portion of the image which is extracted in post-production and projected in your local cattleplex. From now on, I'm going to call this process 'spheri-crop' (ie. films shot with spherical lenses and cropped in post for theatrical exhibition).

Once upon a time, I used to mention whether a film was shot in Super 35 or HD. But the phrase 'Super 35' refers to a film gauge (like 16mm or 65mm), not a specific 'widescreen' format. We don't ascribe trade names to films shot 'open-matte' and designed for 1.85:1 projection, and 'spheri-crop' scope movies employ exactly the same process, albeit for a different projected ratio. In any event, the on-screen results are entirely interchangeable, and most assuredly indistinguishable from one another! In the end, all you need to know is that these films were designed for 'scope' exhibition.

All that said, now on with the show:


FREE SAMPLES
USA - 2012 - col
D: Jay Gammill

HOPE SPRINGS
USA - 2012 - col
D: David Frankel

LAWLESS
USA - 2012 - col
D: John Hillcoat

MY SECRET PARTNER
(see: Perfect Partner)

OUTSIDE BET
UK - 2012 - col
D: Sacha Bennett

PERFECT PARTNER
완벽한 파트너
(aka: My Secret Partner)
S.Korea - 2011 - col
D: Park Heon-soo

THIS IS 40
USA - 2012 - col
D: Judd Apatow