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A year-by-year, film-by-film history of 70-millimeter wide gauge exhibition in Southern California
Compiled by Michael Coate and William Kallay
1983
February 4:
The Entity
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track
Dolby Stereo
20th Century Fox
Hollywood: [Pacific] Cinerama Dome
Additional 70mm Engagement:
Hollywood: [Pacific] Hollywood Pacific (Feb. 18)
February 11:
Let’s Spend The Night Together
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track
Stereo
Embassy
"...live it!"
Costa Mesa: [Edwards] Town Center
Hollywood: [SRO] Paramount
Lakewood: [Pacific] Lakewood Center
Orange: [Syufy] City Center
Torrance: [UA] Del Amo
Westwood Village: [Mann] Village
Woodland Hills: [UA] Warner Center
March 25:
Raiders Of The Lost
Ark
(Re-Issue)
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Lucasfilm Ltd./Paramount
"The
Return of the Great Adventure"
Hollywood: [Mann] Chinese (Mar. 25 - Mar. 31)
Westwood Village: [Mann] Bruin
Additional 70mm Engagements:
Hollywood: [Mann] Fox (Apr. 1)
Riverside: [Sanborn] Canyon Crest (Apr. 1)
Hollywood: [Mann] Chinese (May 20 - June 7)
Westwood Village: [Mann] National (Sep. 16)
Hollywood: [Mann] Chinese (Sep. 16)
Also see 1981 & 1982 entries
April 29:
Oklahoma! (Re-Issue)
Todd-AO / Six-Track Stereo
Samuel Goldwyn
"The music. The magic. The memories. The movie."
Hollywood: [UA] Egyptian
Additional 70mm Engagement:
Hollywood: [Pacific] Cinerama Dome* (May 19, 1992)
*Shown during Pacific's "Exclusive 70mm Festival," which also included "West
Side Story"
Also see 1955 & 1962 entries
May 6:
Rocky
III
(Re-Issue)
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
United Artists (MGM/UA)
"Go for it…again"
Hollywood: [SRO] Paramount
West Los Angeles: [Pacific] Picwood
[70mm Trailers: "Jinxed," "Pink Floyd: The Wall"]
Also see 1982 entry
May 13:
Blue Thunder
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Columbia
"He's out there..."
Costa Mesa: [Edwards] South Coast Plaza
Hollywood: [Mann] Chinese*
Newport Beach: [Edwards] Newport
Orange: [Syufy] Cinedome
Pasadena: [SRO] Hastings*
Westwood Village: [GCC] Avco Center*/**
*Includes 70mm Sneak Preview screenings on April 29 and May 7
**Also shown on April 13 (U.S. Premiere) as Opening Night screening of the
Los Angeles International Film Exposition (FILMEX)
[70mm Trailers: "Breathless," "Krull," "Return Of The Jedi"]
May 25:
Return Of The Jedi
Anamorphic Blow-Up
Lucasfilm Ltd./20th Century Fox
*Six-Track Dolby Stereo
**Six-Track Stereo
Cerritos: [UA] Twin*
Costa Mesa: [Edwards] Town Center*
Hollywood: [UA] Egyptian*
La Mirada: [Pacific] La Mirada*
Long Beach: [UA] Movies*
Marina del Rey: [UA] Cinema*
Montclair: [UA] Movies*
Newport Beach: [Edwards] Newport*
North Hollywood: [UA] Movies*
Orange: [Syufy] Cinedome 20*
Orange: [Syufy] Cinedome 23*
Palm Springs: [Metropolitan] Camelot*
Riverside: [UA] Cinema 4*
Santa Barbara: [Metropolitan] Arlington*
Thousand Oaks: [UA] Movies*
Westminster: [UA] Twin*
Westwood Village: [GCC] Avco Center*/*** (THX)
Woodland Hills: [UA] Warner Center**
***Includes Benefit Premiere on May 24
[Debut of the THX Sound System; THX "Wings" trailer introduced]
[70mm Trailer: "The Star Chamber"]
Also see 1985 re-issue entry
June 3:
WarGames
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
MGM/UA
Hollywood: [Pacific] Cinerama Dome
Westwood Village: [SRO] Metro
Additional 70mm Engagements:
Temple City: [Edwards] Temple (June 17)
Newport Beach: [Edwards] Newport (Aug. 26)
Montclair: [SRO] Montclair (Sep. 16)
[70mm Trailers: "Brainstorm," "Strange Brew"]
June 10:
Octopussy
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
MGM/UA
"James Bond's all time action high."
Hollywood: [SRO] Paramount
Westwood Village: [GCC] Avco Center
[70mm Trailer: "Brainstorm"]
June 17:
Superman
III
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby
Stereo
Warner Bros.
Costa Mesa: [Edwards] South Coast Plaza
Hollywood: [Mann] Chinese
Orange: [Syufy] City Center
Westwood Village: [Mann] Village
Additional 70mm Engagements:
Temple City: [Edwards] Temple (July 29)
Montclair: [SRO] Montclair (Sep. 16)
[70mm Trailer: "Risky Business"]
July 15:
Staying Alive
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Paramount
Hollywood: [Mann] Chinese*
Lakewood: [Pacific] Lakewood Center
Newport Beach: [Edwards] Newport
Orange: [Syufy] Cinedome
Tarzana: [Mann] Valley West
Westwood Village: [Mann] Village
*Includes World Premiere on July 11
[70mm Trailer: "The Keep"]
Additional 70mm Engagements:
Riverside: [Sanborn] Canyon Crest (July 29)
Century City: [Plitt] Century Plaza (Oct. 7)
Montclair: [SRO] Montclair (Nov. 11)
[Sylvester Stallone placed his hand and foot prints at the Chinese Theatre
in connection with "Staying Alive" on June 29, 1983]
July 29:
Krull
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Columbia
"A world light years beyond your imagination."
Costa Mesa: [Edwards] South Coast Plaza
Hollywood: [Mann] Chinese
Orange: [Syufy] City Center
Pasadena: [SRO] Hastings
Westwood Village: [Mann] National
[70mm Trailer: "Yor: The Hunter From The Future"]
August 5:
The Star Chamber
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
20th Century Fox
Hollywood: [Pacific] Cinerama Dome
Westwood Village: [GCC] Avco Center
September 30:
Brainstorm
Super Panavision 70 & Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
MGM/UA
"...The Ultimate Experience"
Hollywood: [Pacific] Cinerama Dome*
Lakewood: [Pacific] Lakewood Center
Montclair: [UA] Movies
Newport Beach: [Edwards] Newport
North Hollywood: [UA] Movies
Orange: [Syufy] Cinedome
Pasadena: [UA] United Artists
Riverside: [UA] Tyler Mall
Santa Barbara: [Metropolitan] Granada
Temple City: [Edwards] Temple
Torrance: [UA] Del Amo
Westwood Village: [Mann] National
Woodland Hills: [Pacific] Topanga
*Includes (World?) Premiere on Sep. 29
Expanded Release on Nov. 11:
Palm Desert: [Metropolitan] Town Center
Palm Springs: [Metropolitan] Camelot
Tarzana: [Mann] Valley West
Westminster: [UA] Twin
[70mm Trailer:
"Yentl"]
Additional 70mm Engagement:
Hollywood: [SRO] Paramount (Nov. 18)
October 7:
Never Say Never Again
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Warner Bros.
Hollywood: [Mann] Chinese
Westwood Village: [Mann] Village
Includes World Premiere on Oct. 6 in Westwood (National)
[70mm Trailer: "Deal
Of The Century"]
Additional 70mm Engagements:
Westwood Village: [Mann] Plaza (Nov. 18)
Hollywood: [Mann] Hollywood (Dec. 9)
October 21:
The Right Stuff
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Ladd (Warner Bros.)
"How the future began."
Century City: [Plitt] Century Plaza* (on two screens)
Hollywood: [Mann] Chinese
Lakewood: [Pacific] Lakewood Center*
Pasadena: [SRO] Hastings
*Includes 70mm Sneak Preview screening on Oct. 15
[70mm Trailer:
"Greystoke"]
Additional 70mm Engagements:
Montclair: [SRO] Montclair (Dec. 9)
Monrovia: [Mann] Huntington Oaks 6 (Dec. 16)
Westwood Village: [SRO] Metro (Dec. 16)
Tarzana: [Mann] Valley West (Jan. 20, 1984)
Laguna Hills: [Edwards/Sanborn] Laguna Hills Mall (Jan. 27, 1984)
Hollywood: [Mann] Vogue (Feb. 17, 1984)
West Los Angeles: [Pacific] Picwood (Apr. 4, 1984)
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