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
1996
October 16:
Vertigo
(Re-Issue)
VistaVision
/ "Super VistaVision" / DTS
Universal
"The classic
thriller fully restored and presented for the first time in 70mm
and DTS Stereo."
Westwood
Village: [GCC] Avco Center (THX)
Includes
West Coast Re-Premiere on October 14 in Century City (Century
Plaza)
Expanded
Release on Nov. 15:
Hollywood:
[GCC] Galaxy 6 (THX)
Westwood
Village: [Mann] Plaza (move-over from Avco)
Additional
70mm Screenings:
Hollywood: [American Cinematheque]
Egyptian [1] (January 17, 2004)
Hollywood: [American Cinematheque]
Egyptian [2] (February 4, 2005)
Santa Monica: [American Cinematheque] Aero [3] (May 19, 2005)
Hollywood: [American Cinematheque] Egyptian [4] (January 6,
2006)
Santa Monica: [American Cinematheque] Aero
[5] (June 29, 2006)
Santa
Monica: [American Cinematheque] Aero [6] (Aug. 22, 2007)
Hollywood:
[American Cinematheque] Egyptian [7] (May 13, 2009)
Santa
Monica: [American Cinematheque] Aero [8] (May 23, 2009)
Santa Monica:
[American Cinematheque] Aero [9] (March 12, 2010)
Hollywood: [American Cinematheque]
Egyptian [10] (May 29, 2011)
Santa Monica: [American Cinematheque] Aero [11] (June 26,
2011)
Santa Monica: [American Cinematheque] Aero [12] (May 26, 2012)
Hollywood: [American Cinematheque]
Egyptian [13] (September 29, 2012)
Hollywood: [American Cinematheque]
Egyptian [14] (November 25, 2012)
Santa Monica: [American Cinematheque] Aero [15] (December 9,
2012)
Hollywood: [American Cinematheque]
Egyptian [16] (May 24, 2013)
Santa Monica: [American Cinematheque] Aero [17] (August 10,
2013)
[1] Shown once -- Actress Kim Novak in person
[2] Shown once -- Henry Bumstead Tribute (in person)
[3] Shown once during the "Les Classiques Du Cinema" festival
[4] Shown once during the "Hitchcockian"
festival
[5] Shown once during the "Seeing The Big Picture: 70mm"
festival
[6] Shown
once during the "Hitchcock Part II" series
[7] Shown
once during the "Bigger Than Life: 70mm Returns" festival in
conjunction with the Aero
[8] Shown
once during the "Bigger Than Life: 70mm Returns" festival in
conjunction with the Egyptian
[9] Shown once
[10] Shown once during the "Suspense Account: The Films of
Alfred Hitchcock" festival
[11] Shown once during "A Centennial Tribute to Composer Bernard
Herrmann"
[12] Shown once
[13] Shown once
[14] Shown during the "With a Hitch: New, 70MM, 3-D & TV
Hitchcock!" festival
[15] Shown once
[16] Shown once during "The Great Movies: A Tribute To Roger
Ebert"
[17] Shown once during the "Set the Aspect Ratio to Stun: Movies
in 70mm" festival
[Film also
re-issued in 35mm-DTS]
December 25:
Hamlet
Panavision Super 70 / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Columbia
"Photographed And Presented in 70mm Format"
West Los
Angeles: [Laemmle] Royal
Expanded
Release on Jan. 24, 1997:
Newport
Beach: [Edwards] Newport
Additional 70mm Screenings:
Santa Monica: [American Cinematheque] Aero [1] (May 5, 2011)
Santa Monica: [American Cinematheque] Aero [2] (June 2, 2013)
[1] Shown once during the "Resurrecting the Bard: An in Person
Tribute to Kenneth Branagh" festival
[2] Shown once during the
"Much Ado About Shakespeare: The Bard On The Big Screen" film
festival
[Film also
released in 35mm-Dolby Digital & SDDS]
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70mm In New York
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