| Comin' at Ya! | |
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| Directed by | Ferdinado Baldi |
| Written by | Tony Anthony |
| Starring | Tony Anthony |
| Music by | Carlo Savina |
| Cinematography | Fernando Arribas Technicolor, Dimensionscope 3-D |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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Comin' at Ya! is a 3-D Western film, featuring Tony Anthony, Victoria Abril and Gene Quintano and directed by Ferdinando Baldi. It was produced as a co-production between American company Filmways and Lupo-Anthony-Quintano Productions, an independent company. Released in 1981, the film effectively started the 3-D film boom of 1983. The same filmmakers returned in 1983 with Treasure of the Four Crowns.
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H.H. Hart, a bank robber, loses his wife to kidnappers on their wedding day. Subsequently, she is traded as a prostitute by villain Gene Quintano. H.H. Hart races against time to find his wife, with the help of an Irish priest. The film features many 3D effects, many of which are intended to "fly off the screen" at the audience.
The film used a single strip 3D process which involved two 2:35:1 format images being printed onto one 4:3 frame of film, stacked one over the other. Traditionally, this process is known as the "over and under" process. This camera system was named the Marks 3-Depix StereoSpace Converter (though the film posters heralded it as both SuperVision and WonderVision). In order to be projected in the Polarized 3D process and viewed with clear glasses, the film required a 3-Depix Reverser which re-ordered the over and under images into separate projections. Tony Anthony himself was credited with designing a relatively low cost projection lens which made the film marketable for general release.
This film was released on DVD in the Anaglyph 3D process. The conversion procedure involved separating the over and under images and digitally combining them as red and cyan images layered over each other. Anaglyph images are best viewed on LCD televisions or PC monitors.
In May 2009, a new restoration of the film was announced at CominAtYaNoir3D.com. In late January 2011 it was announced by FANGORIA magazine that they will be sponsoring the film's premiere screening. The premiere screening of this newly restored version will be held at the Berlin Film Festival on february 12th 2011.