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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
2003
There were no new first-run 70mm
releases, but there were special screenings of...
February 3:
The Sound Of Music (Restoration/New Print)
Todd-AO / DTS
20th Century Fox
Beverly Hills: [AMPAS] Samuel Goldwyn
Premiere of new 70mm print with DTS digital sound struck from restored
elements — shown once during the Motion Picture Academy's series "Facets Of
The Diamond: 75 Years Of Best Picture Winners"
Additional 70mm Screening:
Hollywood: [American Cinematheque] Egyptian (Mar. ??)
Shown during a Robert Wise retrospective
Also see 1965, 1973, 1978 & 1990 entries
October 17:
It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World (Re-Issue)
Ultra Panavision 70 / DTS
United Artists (MGM)
Hollywood: [Pacific] Cinerama Dome/ArcLight Hollywood
Includes 1963 Premiere Re-Creation Event & Screening on Oct. 16
"In the fall of 1963, two icons were born — the Cinerama Dome and Stanley
Kramer's 'It's A Mad, Mad, Mad Mad, World.' This October 17-19, our
historic Cinerama Dome will showcase a 40th Anniversary Special Edition
print presented in 70mm and, for the first time, in digital sound with the
legendary intermission and 'police calls' voiced by Spencer Tracy and
William Demarest."
Additional 70mm Screenings:
Hollywood: [American Cinematheque] Egyptian* (Jan. 25, 2004)
Santa Monica: [American Cinematheque] Aero** (Feb. 6, 2005)
*Shown once during "The 4th Great Big 70mm Festival"
**Shown once during "The (5th) Great Big 70mm Festival"
Also see 1963 entry
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