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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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