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Super Technirama 70

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Super Technirama 70 was the marketing name for films which were photographed in the 35 mm 8-perf Technirama process and optically un-squeezed and enlarged to 70 mm 5-perf prints for deluxe exhibition.

A few of the Super Technirama 70 films (including Circus World and Custer of the West) were presented in 70 mm Cinerama at some venues. Special optics were used to project the 70 mm prints onto a deeply curved screen to mimic the effect of the original 3-strip Cinerama process.

Films

The following films were exhibited in the Super Technirama 70 format:

  • Sleeping Beauty (1959)
  • Solomon and Sheba (1959)
  • Spartacus (1960)
  • King of Kings (1961)
  • El Cid (1961)
  • The Savage Innocents (1961)
  • Black Tights (1961)
  • Barabbas (1961)
  • Imperial Venus (1962)
  • 55 Days at Peking (1963)
  • Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis (1963)
  • La Fayette (1961)
  • Circus World (1964)
  • The Long Ships (1964)
  • Zulu (1964)
  • The Golden Head (1965)
  • Le Corsaire (1965)
  • The Great Wall (1965)
  • Shellarama (1965)
  • Custer of the West (1967)
  • The Black Cauldron (1985)
  • Spartacus Re-release of restored print (1991)
  • References

    Super Technirama 70 Wikipedia