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Back in the days when moviegoing was an event, the Roadshow Attraction was a special audience-pleaser designed to run for months in the same theater with reserved seating and, naturally, increased ticket prices. Of all the big-screen processes designed to lure audiences out of their living rooms and away from the dreaded picture tube, Cinerama was the most elaborate, requiring three projectors, a huge curved screen and multiple soundtracks to "put you in the picture". Numerous popular Cinerama productions followed, mostly travelogs, until the format was replaced by Ultra Panavision in the early 1960s.
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ABOUT BRIAN TRENCHARD-SMITH
BRIAN TRENCHARD-SMITH has been burning to make genre films ever since seeing Hitchcock's VERTIGO at age 13. So far he has directed 40 Crimes Against Cinema, and counting. (He's an enthusiastic recidivist.)
His cult favorites include The Man from Hong Kong, Turkey Shoot, BMX Bandits, Stunt Rock, The Siege of Firebase Gloria. He has also made over 100 trailers ranging from Hammer horrors to Australian films of the 70's and 80's. He has just competed The Cabin, a romantic comedy starring Lea Thompson..
ABOUT TRAILERS FROM HELL:
TFH is the premier showcase for a breathtakingly eclectic assortment of trailers from classic era films both in their original form and punctuated with informative and amusing commentary by contemporary filmmakers.
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On our podcast, THE MOVIES THAT MADE ME, you can join Oscar-nominated screenwriter Josh Olson and TFH Fearless Leader Joe Dante in conversation with filmmakers, comedians, and all-around interesting people about the movies that made them who they are. Check it out now, and please subscribe wherever podcasts can be found.
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And, as always, dig more legendary films at www.trailersfromhell.com
ABOUT BRIAN TRENCHARD-SMITH
BRIAN TRENCHARD-SMITH has been burning to make genre films ever since seeing Hitchcock's VERTIGO at age 13. So far he has directed 40 Crimes Against Cinema, and counting. (He's an enthusiastic recidivist.)
His cult favorites include The Man from Hong Kong, Turkey Shoot, BMX Bandits, Stunt Rock, The Siege of Firebase Gloria. He has also made over 100 trailers ranging from Hammer horrors to Australian films of the 70's and 80's. He has just competed The Cabin, a romantic comedy starring Lea Thompson..
ABOUT TRAILERS FROM HELL:
TFH is the premier showcase for a breathtakingly eclectic assortment of trailers from classic era films both in their original form and punctuated with informative and amusing commentary by contemporary filmmakers.
Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/trailersfromhel
Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/trailersfromhell
Scroll through us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/trailersfromhell
On our podcast, THE MOVIES THAT MADE ME, you can join Oscar-nominated screenwriter Josh Olson and TFH Fearless Leader Joe Dante in conversation with filmmakers, comedians, and all-around interesting people about the movies that made them who they are. Check it out now, and please subscribe wherever podcasts can be found.
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-movies-that-made-me/id1412094313
Spotify: spotify.trailersfromhell.com
Libsyn: podcast.trailersfromhell.com
Google Play: googleplay.trailersfromhell.com