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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
1993
May
7:
Playtime (Restoration/New Print)
70mm Mitchell / Six-Track Stereo
CinéMemoire/Cinematheque Francaise
Hollywood: [DGA] Directors Guild
[Screened once during a series of newly-restored French films lent by the
French Ministry of Culture in conjunction with CinéMemoire]
Additional 70mm Screening:
Beverly Hills: [AMPAS] Samuel Goldwyn (Mar. 28, 1994)
["Playtime" restored again in the early 2000s — Also see 2004 entry]
May 28:
Cliffhanger
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
TriStar
Century City: [AMC] Century 14 (THX)
Hollywood: [GCC] Galaxy 6 (THX)
Newport Beach: [Edwards] Newport
Orange: [Century] Cinedome
Universal City: [Cineplex Odeon] Universal City 18 (THX)
Westwood Village: [Mann] Village (THX)
[70mm Trailers: "Hard Target," "Last Action Hero," "Sleepless In Seattle,"
"Weekend At Bernie's II"]
Additional 70mm Engagements:
Westwood Village: [Mann] National (June 16) (THX)
West Hollywood: [GCC] Beverly Connection 6 (June 25) (THX)
Westwood Village: [Mann] Regent (June 30)
Century City: [Cineplex Odeon] Century Plaza (July 2) (THX)
Cerritos: [UA] Twin (July 2)
Torrance: [UA] Del Amo (July 2)
Westwood Village: [GCC] Avco Center (July 16) (THX)
Hollywood: [Pacific] Cinerama Dome (Aug. 13)
[Film also released in 35mm-Dolby Digital]
June 18:
Last Action Hero
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Columbia
Alhambra: [Edwards] Alhambra Place*
Anaheim Hills: [Edwards] Festival 8
Granada Hills: [UA] Movies* (THX)
Laguna Niguel: [Edwards] Rancho Niguel 8* (THX)
Lakewood: [Pacific] Lakewood Center*
Marina del Rey: [UA] Movies*
Newport Beach: [Edwards] Newport *
Orange: [Century] Cinedome*
Pasadena: [Pacific] Hastings*
Universal City: [Cineplex Odeon] Universal City 18 (THX)
West Hollywood: [GCC] Beverly Connection 6* (THX)
Woodland Hills: [UA] Warner Center* (THX)
*Includes 70mm Sneak Preview screening on June 17
[Includes (World?) Premiere on June 16 in Westwood (Village) — Regular
Village engagement in 35mm-SDDS — Village premiere screening in 70mm
including specially-struck 70mm-mag SDDS trailer]
[70mm Trailers: "In The Line Of Fire," "Poetic Justice," "Striking
Distance"]
Additional 70mm Engagements:
Brea: [UA] Marketplace (July 2) (THX)
Newport Beach: [Edwards] Fashion Island (July 2) (THX)
Riverside: [UA] Park Sierra (July 2)
Westwood Village: [UA] Westwood (July 9) (THX)
[Film also released in 35mm-SDDS]
July 9:
In The Line Of Fire
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Columbia
Hollywood: [GCC] Galaxy 6 (THX)
Newport Beach: [Edwards] Newport
Orange: [Century] Cinedome
Sherman Oaks: [GCC] Sherman Oaks (THX)
Torrance: [UA] Del Amo
West Hollywood: [GCC] Beverly Connection 6 (THX)
Westwood Village: [UA] Westwood (on two screens) (THX)
[70mm Trailers: "Needful Things," "So I Married An Axe Murderer"]
Additional 70mm Engagement:
Cerritos: [UA] Twin (Aug. 20)
[Film also released in 35mm-SDDS]
September 24:
Baraka
Todd-AO / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Samuel Goldwyn
"Photographed in 70mm in 24 Countries"
Hollywood: [Cineplex Odeon] Showcase
[There were also 70mm screenings during the American Film Market held in
Santa Monica (Criterion), February 1993]
Additional 70mm Engagement:
Hollywood: [Cineplex Odeon] Fairfax (Oct. 8)
Also see 2002 entry
October 8:
Gettysburg
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo SR
New Line
"Same Land. Same God.
Different Dreams."
Century City: [Cineplex Odeon] Century Plaza (HPS-4000)
Costa Mesa: [Edwards] South Coast Plaza
Hollywood: [Cineplex Odeon] Showcase
Westwood: [UA] Westwood (THX)
Additional 70mm Engagements:
Glendale: [Pacific] Roxy (Oct. 22)
Glendale: [Mann] Exchange (Nov. 5) (THX)
[Film also released in 35mm-DTS]
October 8:
Short Cuts
Spherical (Super-35) Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Fine Line
Century Plaza: [Cineplex Odeon] Century Plaza (THX)
Additional 70mm Engagement:
Westwood Village: [Mann] Regent (Nov. 19)
November 5:
The Remains Of The Day
Spherical (Super-35) Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Columbia
Century City: [AMC] Century 14 (on two screens) (THX)
Laguna Niguel: [Edwards] Rancho Niguel 8 (THX)
Santa Ana: [AMC] MainPlace (THX)
West Hollywood: [Cineplex Odeon] Beverly Center (THX)
Westwood Village: [UA] Westwood (THX)
[70mm Trailer: "Geronimo: An American Legend"]
December 10:
Geronimo: An American Legend
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Columbia
"His Name Would Never Be
Forgotten"
Lakewood: [Pacific] Lakewood Center
Orange: [Century] Cinedome
Westwood Village: [UA] Westwood (THX)
[70mm Trailer: "I'll Do Anything"]
Additional 70mm Engagement:
Torrance: [UA] Del Amo (Dec. 17)
[Film also released in 35mm-SDDS]
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