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
SPECIAL SCREENINGS AND FILM FESTIVALS
"Large Format Cinema Association
Conference"
May 22:
Lawrence of Arabia
Ben-Hur (only the "chariot race" sequence was shown)
Also see 1959 and 1962 entries
November 5:
Spartacus (Jean Simmons and Nina Foch in person)
November 6:
A Year Along the Abandoned Road (short)
A Trip To Mars (short)
Comet Impact (short)
A Place To Stand (short)
Tour Eiffel (short)
Lawrence of Arabia (Andre de Toth in person)
Baraka
November 12:
The Wild Bunch (original 70mm print)
Lifeforce (double feature with Mad Max: The
Road Warrior)
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (double feature
with Lifeforce)
November 13:
Tomorrow Never Dies
Apocalypse Now (John Milius in person. Print
was an archive print from American Zoetrope)
November 14:
The Sound of Music
Oklahoma! (Shirley Jones in person)
November 19:
Edward Scissorhands (Anthony Michael Hall in
person)
Total Recall (Michael Ironside in person)
November 20:
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (faded print)
Godzilla
Titanic (Gloria Stuart in person)
November 21:
War and Peace (shown all-day in five parts with
intermission between each)
Also see 1955, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1979, 1985, 1990,
1997 and 1999
More 70mm
February 5-7:
Glory
February 26-28:
Aliens
April 2-4:
Top Gun
May 7-9:
Ghost Busters
May 28-30:
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
June 25-27:
Pink Floyd: The Wall
July 2-4:
Aliens
August 6-8:
Silverado
August 27-29:
Gremlins
September 3-5:
Superman: The Movie
September 24-26:
The Road Warrior
October 29-31:
Alien
Westwood
Village: [Mann] Plaza
Also see 1978, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1986 and 1989 entries
70mm In New York
70mm In Orange County