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A year-by-year, film-by-film history of 70-millimeter wide gauge exhibition in Orange County, California

 

 Compiled by Michael Coate and William Kallay

 


 

70mm Equipped Theatre Pictures

El Toro

 

Theatre Specifications
Chain: Edwards
Opened: November 23, 1984
Closed: Approx. late-1990s or early 2000s — Now a gym
Seats: Approx. 500+ (in the main auditorium)

 

The Edwards El Toro 5 opened in 1984 in the back section of an outdoor shopping center.  Located on busy El Toro Road, this had a similar design to the Town Center in Costa Mesa.

 

There weren’t a lot of 70mm engagements at this particular theatre.  "Cocoon" (1985) was the first such presentation.

 

It gained some unfortunate notoriety when an Orange County Sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed behind the complex by a fellow officer. 

 

The theatre remained open until the early-2000s, when it was converted into a health club.

 

 

[1]

Edwards El Toro 5 opened on November 23, 1984 [Enlarge]

[2]

Edwards El Toro 5 as it appeared in 2003

[2]

Former box office (2005)

[2]

 

[2]

El Toro 5 big auditorium

[2]

Edwards El Toro 5 big auditorium screen wall

[2]

Side wall (facing in the direction of Interstate 5)

[2]

Corner of theatre complex


[1] The Orange County Register / Edwards
[2] William Kallay

 


 

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