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
1988
February 12:
Shoot To Kill
Spherical (Super-35) Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Touchstone (Buena Vista)
Carlsbad: [SoCal] Plaza Camino Real (Showscan Stereo Acoustics)
Century City: [Cineplex Odeon] Century Plaza (HPS-4000)
Hollywood: [Pacific] Paramount
Westwood Village: [Pacific] Crest (THX)
[70mm Trailer: "D.O.A."]
May 20:
Willow
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Lucasfilm Ltd./MGM/UA
Costa Mesa: [Edwards] Town Center
Hollywood: [Mann] Chinese* (THX)
Lakewood: [Pacific] Lakewood Center
Newport Beach: [Edwards] Newport
North Hollywood: [Century] Century 7 (THX)
Orange: [Century] Cinedome
Universal City: [Cineplex Odeon] Universal City 18 (THX)
Westwood Village: [Mann] Village (THX)
*Shown in 70mm on two screens beginning May 25
[THX Sound System "Cimarron" trailer introduced with the release of
"Willow"]
[70mm Trailers: "Coming To America," "A Fish Called Wanda," "Tucker,"
"Who Framed Roger Rabbit"]
June 10:
The Presidio
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Paramount
Hollywood: [Mann] Chinese (THX)
Orange: [Century] Cinedome
Santa Ana: [Edwards] Hutton Centre 8 (THX)
Westwood Village: [Mann] Bruin (THX)
[70mm Trailers: "Coming To America," "Tucker"]
June 22:
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Touchstone (Buena Vista)
"It's the story of a man, a woman, and a rabbit in a triangle of
trouble."
Hollywood: [Pacific] Cinerama Dome
Newport Beach: [Edwards] Newport
Orange: [Century] Cinedome
Westwood Village: [GCC] Avco Center (THX)
[70mm Trailer: "Cocktail"]
Additional 70mm Engagement:
Hollywood: [Pacific] Paramount (Apr. 7, 1989)
Also see Special Screenings and Film Festivals (1988 and 1990) entries
July 15:
Die Hard
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
20th Century Fox
"40 Stories Of Sheer Adventure!"
"Exclusive Engagement — 70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo Presentation"
Westwood Village: [GCC] Avco Center (THX)
[70mm Trailers: "Alien Nation," "Moon Over Parador," "Twins," "Young
Guns"]
Also see Special Screenings and Film Festivals (1996) entry
August 12:
Tucker: The Man And His Dream
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Lucasfilm Ltd./Paramount
Hollywood: [Mann] Chinese (THX)
Westwood Village: [Mann] Bruin (THX)
[70mm Trailers: "Scrooged," "U2: Rattle And Hum"]
Additional 70mm Engagement:
Century City: [Cineplex Odeon] Century Plaza (Jan. 27, 1989) (HPS-4000)
August 19:
The Big Blue ("Le Grand Bleu")
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Weintraub/Columbia
Hollywood: [Mann] Chinese (THX)
Westwood Village: [Mann] Plaza
[70mm Trailer: "My Stepmother Is An Alien"]
September 2:
The Last Temptation Of Christ
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Universal
Century City: [Cineplex Odeon] Century Plaza (HPS-4000)
[Originally released in 35mm on August 12]
[70mm Trailers: "Gorillas In The Mist," "Twins"]
September 23:
Gorillas In The Mist: The Adventure Of Dian Fossey
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Universal
Newport Beach: [Edwards] Newport
Westwood Village: [Cineplex Odeon] Odeon (THX)
Expanded Release on Sep. 30:
Universal City: [Cineplex Odeon] Universal City 18 (THX)
[70mm Trailers: "A Cry In The Dark," "Twins"]
October 7:
Alien Nation
Spherical (Super-35) Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
20th Century Fox
Westwood Village: [GCC] Avco Center (THX)
[70mm Trailers: "Cocoon: The Return," "The Fly II"]
November 23:
Cocoon: The Return
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
20th Century Fox
Hollywood: [UA] Egyptian
Newport Beach: [Edwards] Newport
Orange: [Century] Cinedome
Redondo Beach: [GCC] Galleria South Bay (THX)
West Hollywood: [Cineplex Odeon] Beverly Center (THX)
Westwood Village: [GCC] Avco Center (THX)
Woodland Hills: [UA] Warner Center (THX)
[70mm Trailers: "The Fly II," "Twins," "Working Girl"]
December 21:
Beaches
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Touchstone (Buena Vista)
"Once in a lifetime you make a friendship that lasts forever."
Century City: [AMC] Century 14 (THX)
Westwood Village: [Pacific] Crest (THX)
[70mm Trailer: "Three Fugitives"]
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