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
1992
January 31:
Shining Through
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track
Dolby Stereo
20th Century Fox
Westwood Village: [GCC] Avco
Center (THX)
[70mm Trailers: "Alien 3,"
"Lethal Weapon 3"]
March 13:
Howards End
Spherical (Super-35) Blow-Up /
Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Sony Pictures Classics
West Los Angeles: [Laemmle]
Royal
Additional 70mm Engagement:
Westwood Village: [GCC] Avco
Center (Feb. 19, 1993) (THX)
May 15:
Lethal Weapon 3
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track
Dolby Stereo
Warner Bros.
"The magic is back again."
Hollywood: [Mann] Chinese (THX)
Newport Beach: [Edwards]
Newport
Orange: [Century] Cinedome
Westwood Village: [Mann]
Village (THX)
[70mm Trailers: "Batman
Returns," "Patriot Games," "Unforgiven"]
Additional 70mm Engagement:
Westwood Village: [Mann] Bruin
(June 17) (THX)
May 22:
Alien 3
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track
Dolby Stereo SR
20th Century Fox
"Now At The Avco — L.A.'s First
Choice Presentation Theatre"
Century City: [Cineplex Odeon]
Century Plaza (HPS-4000)
Westwood Village: [GCC] Avco
Center (THX)
[70mm Trailers: "Batman
Returns," "Buffy The Vampire Slayer," "Death Becomes Her," "Home
Alone 2," "Housesitter," "A League Of Their Own"]
May 22:
Far And Away
Panavision Super 70 / Six-Track
Dolby Stereo
Universal
"Filmed For The First Time In
Panavision Super 70"
Anaheim Hills: [SoCal]
Cinemapolis*
Burbank: [AMC] Burbank 14*
Century City: [Cineplex Odeon]
Century Plaza* (THX)
Hollywood: [Pacific] Cinerama
Dome*
Huntington Beach: [Edwards]
Charter Centre*
Lakewood: [Pacific] Lakewood
Center*
Mission Viejo: [Edwards] Crown
Valley*
Newport Beach: [Edwards]
Newport*
North Hollywood: [Century]
Century 7 (THX)
Orange: [Century] Cinedome*
Pasadena: [Pacific] Hastings*
Santa Barbara: [Metropolitan]
Arlington
Santa Barbara: [Metropolitan]
Granada**
Universal City: [Cineplex
Odeon] Universal City 18* (THX)
Westwood Village: [Mann] Bruin*
(THX)
*Includes 70mm Sneak Preview
screening on May 16
**70mm Sneak Preview only
[70mm Trailers: "Batman
Returns," "Death Becomes Her," "Housesitter," "A League Of Their
Own"]
Additional 70mm Engagement:
Westwood Village: [Mann] Plaza
(June 17)
June 5:
Patriot Games
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track
Dolby Stereo
Paramount
Hollywood: [Mann] Chinese (THX)
Newport Beach: [Edwards]
Newport
Orange: [Century] Cinedome
West Hollywood: [Cineplex
Odeon] Beverly Center (THX)
Westwood Village: [Mann]
National (THX)
[70mm Trailers: ["1492:
Conquest Of Paradise," "Boomerang"]
[Harrison Ford placed his hand
and foot prints at the Chinese Theatre in connection with
"Patriot Games" on June 3, 1992]
September 25:
The Last Of The Mohicans
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track
Dolby Stereo
20th Century Fox
Century City: [Cineplex Odeon]
Century Plaza (THX)
Westwood Village: [GCC] Avco
Center (THX)
[70mm Trailers: "Bram Stoker's
Dracula," "The Cemetery Club," Hoffa," "Toys," "Used People"]
Also see Special Screenings and Film Festivals (1996) entry
October 9:
1492: Conquest Of Paradise
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track
Dolby Stereo
Paramount
Hollywood: [Mann] Chinese (THX)
Westwood Village: [Mann]
Village (THX)
[70mm Trailer: "Jennifer 8,"
"Leap Of Faith"]
Additional screening:
Santa Monica: [American Cinematheque]
Aero (August 18,
2013) [1]
Shown once during the "Set the Aspect Ratio to Stun: Movies in
70mm" festival. Shown as a double feature with "Black Rain,"
also shown in 70mm
December 25:
Hoffa
Anamorphic Blow-Up
20th Century Fox
"He did what he had to do."
*Six-Track Dolby Stereo
**Six-Track Dolby Stereo SR
Anaheim Hills: [SoCal]
Cinemapolis*
Burbank: [AMC] Burbank 14*
Century City: [AMC] Century 14*
(THX)
Hollywood: [Cineplex Odeon]
Showcase*
La Mirada: [Pacific] Gateway*
Laguna Niguel: [Mann] Rancho
Niguel 8* (THX)
Lakewood: [Pacific] Lakewood
Center*
Long Beach: [UA] Movies*
Newport Beach: [Edwards]
Newport*
North Hollywood: [UA] Valley
Plaza*
Oxnard: [Pacific] Carriage
Square
Pasadena: [UA] Marketplace*
(THX)
Santa Ana: [AMC] MainPlace*
(THX)
Santa Monica: [Cineplex Odeon]
Broadway*
Sherman Oaks: [GCC] Sherman
Oaks* (THX)
Torrance: [Mann] Del Amo 9**
(THX)
Universal City: [Cineplex
Odeon] Universal City 18* (THX)
West Hills: [GCC] Fallbrook 7**
(THX)
Westwood Village: [GCC] Avco
Center** (THX)
[70mm Trailers: "Jack The
Bear," "The Vanishing"]
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