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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

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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