THE SCREENING ROOM
A year-by-year, film-by-film history of 70-millimeter wide gauge exhibition in Southern California
Compiled by Michael Coate and William Kallay
1976
February 8:
Dersu Uzala
Sovscope 70 / Six-Track Stereo
Mosfilm
Beverly Hills: [AMPAS] Samuel Goldwyn
Academy Award-consideration screening; shown one time only
Additional 70mm Screening:
Century City: [Plitt] Century Plaza (Mar. 30)
U.S. Premiere; screened one time during the Los Angeles International
Film Exposition (FILMEX)
May 20:
That’s Entertainment, Part II
Various Formats / Six-Track Stereo
MGM (United Artists)
Hollywood: [Pacific] Cinerama Dome
Includes World Premiere on May 19
June 23:
Logan’s Run
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
MGM (United Artists)
Hollywood: [Pacific] Cinerama Dome
[First 70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo engagement in Los Angeles]
Additional 70mm Engagements:
Beverly Hills: [Mann] Fox Wilshire* (Aug. 4)
Ventura: [Mann] Fox Ventura* (Aug. 4)
*Six-Track Stereo
August 4:
The Return Of A Man Called Horse
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Stereo
United Artists
Hollywood: [Pacific] Cinerama Dome
December 19:
A Star Is Born
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Warner Bros.
Hollywood: [Mann] Chinese
Westwood Village: [Mann] Village*
*Includes World Premiere on December 18
Additional 70mm Engagement:
Beverly Hills: [Mann] Fox Wilshire** (Feb. 18, 1977)
**Six-Track Stereo
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70mm In New York
70mm In Orange County