Hollywood Cinerama Dome
6360 Sunset Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90028
6360 Sunset Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90028
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Forgive an old man but I am confused, does the original Dome not run reel-to-reel anymore? I understand the reasons for platters at the Arclight but does the original Dome run on a platter? please say it isn’t so
The Dome sounds like a beautiful theatre. The film “How the West was Won” was another cool film, which I saw when it first came out, as was “2001: A Space Odyssey”, which I also saw when it was quit new. Have a great time. If I lived in that area, I’d make sure I was there for both of them, and for “West Side Story” at the Castro Theatre, too.
bkress, whenever I go to the Dome I try to sit at the front of the loge as the main floor is a little too close for me. This was perfect for HTWWW when I saw it.
Having seen HTWWW at the Dome a few years ago, I can only say it was way too dim and just didn’t have the power it should have. Nothing like when it was originally shown at the Warner Cinerama on Hollywood Blvd.
I’ve been told that the reason South Pacific will be digital is because Fox won’t let them platter the film. Bravo, Dome – get it together or stop the pretense.
I Got my tickets to HTWWW flying into Hollywood for the day
and going home to Sacramento later in the evening, this is a event not to be missed can anyone can give me how the seating is loges vs the main floor ?
I wonder if anyone from Arclight would be kind enough to update us in matters such as what’s on the booths, sound system, etc.
JSA
They just announced a showing of HTWWW for Sunday, Sept. 7th.
The digital projection at Arclight has been disappointing nowadays. The 1.2k DLP presentations years ago were actually better. Iron Man a few months ago looked out of focus AND the sound was just plain weak. In the same theater last week The Dark Knight in puny Dolby Digital rocked the house. What’s up with that?
I called and asked and was informed SP is D5 digital tape.
So to add a twist to the South Pacific event at the Dome later this month, the in70 mm site has now added SP to the list of coming 70 mm screenings. Keep the fingers crossed: maybe it will be “film” after all…
Here’s the link: http://www.in70mm.com/now_showing/index.htm
JSA
I was in Auditorium #3 (on the bottom level) on Saturday night 8/9/08 for (the VERY OVERRATED!) “Pineapple Express” in digital projection. The sound was decidedly “off” – the subwoofers had no juice, you could hardly hear anything coming from the surrounds during the “action” sequences and it wasn’t nearly as crisp as anything else I’d ever seen at Arclight. And the cherry on top of this fruitcake: midway through the movie, the film STOPPED! No sound, no picture, no nothing for about 30 seconds and then the film came back on again.
Rizzo, care to explain?
Damon it’s about the cost to replace a new 70MM print which is much different from those 70MM release prints that you had over at Mann Theatres in Westwood. The studios only make a select number of those restored 70MM prints. Why those large number release prints from the studios had large print runs from the labs and the cost was less.
thank god we still have the Egyptian and Aero running prestine 70 prints (on rare occasions) which may not happen again, or for a long time knowing how cautious and penny pinching the cinematheque is getting. Understandably when few people show up to see a beautiful new 70 print of “Star” or “Khartoum”. (God knows why they chose such a dull film like “Khartoum” to do a restoration on)
Though I thought the platter system could run 70, i even remember back in the mid 80’s when the platter took over and projectionists were being eliminated we were running 70 prints on platters, usually tearing them to shreads. I guess thats why
If the Dome does not run reel-to-reel anymore, it’s highly unlikely that we will see a high quality, pristine 70 mm print. It’s a shame, considering the number of 70 mm titles that have been restored in recent years. So it looks like the only viable options under those conditions for South Pacific are 35 mm (on a platter, assuming that a screenable 35 mm print exists) or digital. And with those choices, my guess is that they will opt for digital.
JSA
Is it for sure digital on South Pacific? I have no reason to see it if it is, but I’d love to see the 70mm print – and why would they show digital if they have the 70mm print.
Any word on “This Is Cinerama” popping up again? I’ve never seen it, believe it or not.
I’ve heard digital on “South Pacific.” Also, “2001” 70mm again and…..Cinerama: “How The West Was Won.”
A step in the right direction. No word on format. Although I don’t count SP as one of my favorites, the recent 70 mm DTS print is good. I wonder if they have re-installed the equipment for reel-to-reel.
Or, could this be a digital presentation?
JSA
They’re showing “South Pacific” on 8/19. In the Dome. And it’s not an AFI sponsored event. Rizzo, are y'all finally taking our advice?
http://tinyurl.com/58xgp4
Whoever tweaked the sound in theater 10 upstairs deserves a raise. The bass sounded deep and powerful for The Dark Knight.
The Arclight and the Dome sound like cool movie theatres—perfect for some of those great old classic films, too. Sure wish we had something like that here in the Boston area, although we do have IMAX. Not sure if it’s the same, though. Regarding the question I was going to ask about films such as West Side Story being shown in such a theatre (or theatres), that’s been answered already. Wish it would come here again, and that we had a big theatre like that that ran older classic films.
Roland’s site is a good site for Cinerama and D-150 info and plus the films too.
Roland should be very proud of his Cinerama site – it’s the best one out there and all the Cinerama fans know it well!
Not only do great minds think alike – they apparently all know where the Cinerama information is on the net and appear to make comments right around the same time!
Atlanta had at least one other Cinerama house, listed on CT as the Georgia Twin:
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Also, this site has fairly comprehensive listing of Cinerama theaers world-wide which shows a number of other Cinerama houses in the southern states:
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