I loved this film as a kid. I didn't get to see the Cinerama presentation and caught it on it's 35mm general release, but it was still great fun, although not up to the standards of the previous Bronston epics.
A Smilebox blu-ray release would be the best way to view this movie! unfortunately in Australia back in the day the two Cinerama cinemas in Sydney and Melbourne were booked so Circus World had a limited 70MM run in cinemas with much smaller screens than either of the Plazas in our two largest cities.
I have the nice-looking UK blu-ray (region B locked) of CIRCUS WORLD, offering the 6-channel mix, that includes intermezzo music (with a noticeably bleak intermission card) and what seems to be a truncated overture at the beginning. It would be nice to have a US release using smilebox to enhance the viewing experience, particularly since this was a fairly unexceptional Bronston biggie.
Hello- unfortunately of Bronston's 5 60s epics-King of Kings, El Cid, 55 Days at Peking, The Fall of the Roman Empire and Circus World the only one readily available in the U.S. on home video whether vhs, dvd or blu-ray is King of Kings.
A 70mm SmileBox release would be great.
I loved this film as a kid. I didn't get to see the Cinerama presentation and caught it on it's 35mm general release, but it was still great fun, although not up to the standards of the previous Bronston epics.
Looks great... much better than the standard blu-ray in unsubtitled Spanish that I have.
A Smilebox blu-ray release would be the best way to view this movie! unfortunately in Australia back in the day the two Cinerama cinemas in Sydney and Melbourne were booked so Circus World had a limited 70MM run in cinemas with much smaller screens than either of the Plazas in our two largest cities.
I have the nice-looking UK blu-ray (region B locked) of CIRCUS WORLD, offering the 6-channel mix, that includes intermezzo music (with a noticeably bleak intermission card) and what seems to be a truncated overture at the beginning. It would be nice to have a US release using smilebox to enhance the viewing experience, particularly since this was a fairly unexceptional Bronston biggie.
Is the Smilebox version available on blu-ray, Region A?
Anybody know?
Hello-
unfortunately of Bronston's 5 60s epics-King of Kings, El Cid, 55 Days at Peking, The Fall of the Roman Empire and
Circus World the only one readily available in the U.S. on home video whether vhs, dvd or blu-ray is King of Kings.
EL CID and THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE are available on DVD. I got them from a company called Critic’s Choice.
Great trailer. Disappointing movie.