See “How the West Was Won” more clearly
Network News Release …
Encore Westerns (channel 202 on Cox Digital Cable, 342 on Dish Network, 529 on Direct TV) presents the world television premiere of the restored and newly remastered (from the original Cinerama three-panel print) Academy Award-winning epic “How the West Was Won” at 7 p.m. Aug. 30.
The 1962 production, directed in three parts by John Ford (”Stagecoach”), Henry Hathaway (”True Grit”) and George Marshall (”Destry Rides Again”), follows four generations of a family from 1839 to 1889 as they move westward from New York State toward the Pacific Ocean.
The film features a “who’s who” of Hollywood legends including John Wayne, Henry Fonda, James Stewart, Gregory Peck, Richard Widmark, Debbie Reynolds, Eli Wallach, Lee J. Cobb, Karl Malden and Walter Brennan, and it is narrated by Spencer Tracy.
An Oscar winner for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay, Best Film Editing and Best Sound, “How the West Was Won” was one of only two features made using the three-strip Cinerama widescreen process. Warner Home Video recently completed a six year frame-by-frame restoration, eliminating the original three-panel join lines.
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