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From: reiher@ucla-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: 2001 question
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Date: Tue, 4-Mar-86 02:25:52 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar  4 02:25:52 1986
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In article <3306@sun.uucp> falk@sun.uucp (Ed Falk) writes:
>I have a question of my own about 2001.  The original was filmed in
>"Cinerama" (not cinemascope).  . . . The film was eventually converted to
>cinemascope, which is how we see it now when it gets re-run.
>
>The question is: Is the film ever shown in the original format anymore?  If
>so, where can we see it?

This rumor is incorrect.  Only two dramatic films were made in Cinerama:
"How the West Was Won" and "The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm".
MGM was supposed to make two more Cinerama features, but the utter failure
of "The Brothers Grimm" killed that contract.  (Also inherent difficulties
with the process: one of the directors on "How the West Was Won" moaned
that Cinerama made it impossible to get any closer to an actor than a
waist-level shot; real close-ups couldn't be done.)

There *was* a change made to "2001" shortly after its release.  Stanley
Kubrick cut 17 minutes out of it, presumably to make it play a little
faster.
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        			Peter Reiher
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