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
1994
May 25:
Little Buddha
ARRI
System 765 & Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Miramax
Westwood
Village: [GCC] Avco Center (THX)
[Film also
released in 35mm-Dolby Digital]
July 15:
True Lies
Spherical (Super-35) Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo SR
20th Century
Fox
Century
City: [Cineplex Odeon] Century Plaza (THX)
Hollywood:
[Mann] Chinese (THX)
Orange:
[Century] Cinedome
Universal
City: [Cineplex Odeon] Universal City 18 (on two screens) (THX)
Westwood
Village: [Mann] Village (THX)
Includes
70mm Sneak Preview screenings on July 14
[70mm
Trailers: "Airheads," "The River Wild"]
[Arnold
Schwarzenegger placed his hand and foot prints at the Chinese
Theatre in connection with "True Lies" on July 15, 1994]
[Film also
released in 35mm-Dolby Digital & DTS]
September
23:
My Fair Lady
(Re-Issue)
Super
Panavision 70 / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
20th Century
Fox
"Brilliantly And Fully Restored For Its 30th
Anniversary — More 'Loverly' than ever."
Additional 70mm Screenings:
Beverly Hills: [AMPAS] Samuel Goldwyn [2] (January 27, 2003)
[1] Shown during the
[2] Shown during the "Facets of the Diamond: 75 Years of Best
Picture Winners"
[3] Shown once. Actor Theodore Bikel in person.
Also see 1964 & 1971, plus Special Screenings and Film Festival
(2000) entry. The film also screened in 70mm at the annual
"Widescreen Film Festival" in Long Beach, CA, but we're
researching the date.
[Film also re-issued in 35mm-Dolby Digital & DTS]
More 70mm
70mm In New York
70mm In Orange County