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
1997
November 1:
Sleeping Beauty
(Restoration/New Print)
Super
Technirama 70 / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Walt Disney
(Buena Vista)
Long Beach:
[CSULB] Richard and Karen Carpenter Performing Arts Center
Premiere
screening of newly-struck 70mm print from restored elements —
shown once during the annual Wide Screen Film Festival
Additional
70mm Screenings/Engagements:
Hollywood:
[Pacific] El Capitan* (Aug. 23, 2002)
Hollywood: [American Cinematheque] Egyptian** (Jan. 25, 2004)
Beverly Hills: [AMPAS] Samuel Goldwyn*** (July 16, 2012)
*Includes
Gala Event & Screening on Aug. 22 — two-week engagement
**Shown once
during "The 4th Great Big 70mm Festival"
***Shown once during "The Last 70mm Film Festival." Screened
with "Williamsburg: The Story of a Patriot" (1957)
Also
see 1959, 1979 & 1981 entries, and 1980 Double Feature entry,
plus Special Screenings and Film Festival's (2004 and 2012)
December 19:
Titanic
Spherical (Super-35) Blow-Up / DTS
Paramount/20th Century Fox
"Nothing On
Earth Could Come Between Them"
Hollywood:
[Mann] Chinese* (THX)
Westwood
Village: [Mann] Village (THX)
*Includes
U.S. Premiere on Dec. 14
[70mm
Trailers: "Deep Impact," "Hard Rain," "The Odd Couple II," "The
Truman Show"]
Additional
70mm Engagement:
Westwood Village: [Mann] National (Mar. 7, 1998) (THX)
Additional 70mm Screenings:
Santa Monica: [American Cinematheque] Aero (October 22, 2006)
Santa Monica:
[American Cinematheque] Aero (March 6, 2010)
[Film also
released in 35mm-Dolby Digital, DTS & SDDS]
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