Yes, it would be tedious to go through the newspapers on microfilm, but that’s the most likely way in which you’re going to obtain the information you are seeking. By coincidence, just recently I conducted a week-by-week search covering a 37-year span in an effort to reconstruct the exhibition history of the NATIONAL in Los Angeles. A tedious and slow process…but also rewarding. Granted, the NATIONAL has been a single screener its entire existence, so I imagine it was “easier” than a similar search would be for the ROUTE 4.
There might be someone out there who has kept track of the ROUTE 4’s playdates, but I suspect the likely answer to your question would be for you to conduct the research yourself, as tedious as it may be. The owner of the theatre would have records of the bookings, but…(1) I’d be surprised if they would allow you to access them, (2) they would almost certainly not exist in a single document, and (3) the theatre has changed ownership many times which would complicate one’s ability to obtain access to a full set of bookings…which brings us right back to looking this info up yourself in the newspaper.
As for the ROUTE 4’s 70mm bookings, Bill Kallay and I attempted to account for these, and they can be searched year by year in the article 70mm In New York. Interesting stuff, for sure, but the 70mm bookings represented only a fraction of the total bookings over the years at the ROUTE 4.
Thanks, Justin, for posting the link to The Record’s article.
One minor error I spotted was in reference to the number of opening-day bookings of “Star Wars” in the state of New Jersey. The article’s author claims there were three; my research indicates there were four (two in greater New York City, two in greater Philadelphia).
And why aren’t they exact dates??? Am I correct that you used microfilm of New York City area newspapers (The New York Times, Village Voice, etc.) to do the research? With all the time it would take to transport oneself to a library, request/retrieve the microfilm, thread up the microfilm reader, etc., why wouldn’t the researcher spend just an extra moment securing the exact start date for the film? In most cases, the exact starting date could be found on the same roll of microfilm as the incorrectly cited date.
Al, I’m not trying to poo-poo your work (quite the contrary, as I enjoy these types of historical lists and wish there were more of them), but I really don’t understand your approach or your lame responses to my questions.
I find it [sarcasm on] amazing [sarcasm off] that, for instance, you would know and cite in a subsequent post the exact start date for “The Empire Strikes Back” and “Return Of The Jedi,” yet would still identify them with an incorrect date on your list just because the incorrect date fell on a Friday or whatever date you chose to cite at that point in your research.
Take a look at this list I put together for the NATIONAL in Los Angeles for an example of one approach to these types of lists. (Scroll to my first of two posts made on May 14, 2007.) And, yes, the dates given are exact (barring an error on my part) regardless of which day of the week a given film opened.
The display ad for “The Ex” lists it as, simply, “National Theatre” with no owner identified. It no longer appears in Mann’s directory, nor does it (yet) appear in the independent theatre directory.
Mark Campbell:
OK, the list of films that played the NATIONAL has been posted on its Cinema Treasures page. I hope you and others enjoy it and that it brings back fond memories. And, you’re right, the list is “wildly long”!
The article I mentioned is still a few days from completion, and so I thought I’d give the list a test spin.
THE NATIONAL THEATRE, 1970-2007
10925 Lindbrook, Los Angeles (Westwood Village)
Compiled by Michael Coate, from a forthcoming article on the history of the National
RE = Re-Issue/Return Engagement
MO = Move-over; i.e. continuation of engagement from another theatre
Excluded are premieres and other private events, as well as test screenings, sneak preview screenings, midnight screenings, and temporary one-day move-overs.
03/27/70 … THE BOYS IN THE BAND (9 weeks)
05/27/70 … THE SICILIAN CLAN (4 weeks)
06/26/70 … CATCH-22 (18 weeks)
10/28/70 … LITTLE FAUSS AND BIG HALSY (9 weeks)
12/25/70 … I LOVE MY WIFE! (7 weeks)
02/12/71 … LITTLE MURDERS (7 weeks)
03/31/71 … MAKING IT (4 weeks)
04/29/71 … SUMMER OF ’42 (9 weeks)
06/30/71 … CARNAL KNOWLEDGE (20 weeks)
11/19/71 … BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS (8 weeks)
01/12/72 … THE FRENCH CONNECTION (RE, 10 weeks)
03/24/72 … THE CONCERT FOR BANGLADESH (9 weeks, 70mm-stereo)
05/26/72 … THE OTHER (9 weeks)
07/26/72 … STAND UP AND BE COUNTED (2 weeks)
08/09/72 … THE GRADUATE (RE, 1 week)
08/16/72 … EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX (11 weeks)
11/01/72 … CARRY ON DOCTOR (2 weeks)
11/15/72 … THE HOSPITAL / FUZZ (RE, 1 week)
11/22/72 … MONKEY BUSINESS / THE COCOANUTS (RE, 2 weeks)
12/06/72 … PULP (1 week)
12/13/72 … FUNNY GIRL (RE, 1 week)
12/21/72 … 1776 (5 weeks)
01/24/73 … FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (RE, 6 weeks, 70mm-stereo)
03/07/73 … LOST HORIZON (11 weeks)
05/23/73 … A WARM DECEMBER (3 weeks)
06/13/73 … BILLY JACK / BANANAS (RE, 1 week)
06/20/73 … THE LAST OF SHEILA (6 weeks)
08/01/73 … THE MACKINTOSH MAN (4 weeks)
08/29/73 … ELECTRA GLIDE IN BLUE (9 weeks, stereo)
10/31/73 … FANTASIA (RE, 1 week)
11/07/73 … EXECUTIVE ACTION (7 weeks)
12/26/73 … THE EXORCIST (26 weeks)
06/21/74 … CHINATOWN (8 weeks)
08/14/74 … CALIFORNIA SPLIT (7 weeks)
10/02/74 … THE CRAZY WORLD OF JULIUS VROODER (2 weeks)
10/16/74 … THE APPRENTICESHIP OF DUDDY KRAVITZ (MO, 1 week)
10/23/74 … 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (RE, 1 week, 70mm-stereo)
11/01/74 … PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (7 weeks, stereo)
12/18/74 … THE GODFATHER PART II (14 weeks)
03/26/75 … AT LONG LAST LOVE (2 weeks)
04/11/75 … HARRY & TONTO (RE, 3 weeks)
04/30/75 … BLAZING SADDLES (RE, 3 weeks)
05/23/75 … THE WIND AND THE LION (5 weeks, 70mm-stereo)
06/25/75 … THE FORTUNE (8 weeks)
08/20/75 … BEYOND THE DOOR (4 weeks, stereo)
09/17/75 … YESSONGS (3 weeks, stereo)
10/08/75 … DOG DAY AFTERNOON (11 weeks)
12/25/75 … LUCKY LADY (5 weeks, 70mm-stereo)
01/30/76 … FANTASIA (RE, 6 weeks)
03/10/76 … JAWS (RE, 2 weeks)
03/24/76 … THE MAN IN THE GLASS BOOTH (MO, 2 weeks)
04/07/76 … THE BAD NEWS BEARS (11 weeks)
06/23/76 … THE BIG BUS (3 weeks)
07/14/76 … LEADBELLY (2 weeks)
07/30/76 … CAMELOT (RE, 1 week, 70mm-stereo)
08/04/76 … DRUM (3 weeks)
08/25/76 … LET’S TALK ABOUT MEN (4 weeks)
09/24/76 … CAMELOT / HELLO, DOLLY! (RE, 2 weeks, 70mm-stereo)
10/06/76 … THE FRONT (9 weeks)
12/09/76 … BOUND FOR GLORY (9 weeks)
02/09/77 … FUN WITH DICK & JANE (5 weeks)
03/18/77 … ISLANDS IN THE STREAM (6 weeks)
04/29/77 … WOODSTOCK (RE, 1 week, stereo)
05/06/77 … NASTY HABITS (7 weeks)
06/24/77 … SORCERER (9 weeks)
08/12/77 … MARCH OR DIE (2 weeks)
08/26/77 … SUSPIRIA (3 weeks, stereo)
09/16/77 … THUNDER AND LIGHTNING (1 week)
09/21/77 … YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE (2 weeks)
10/05/77 … BOBBY DEERFIELD (10 weeks)
12/12/77 … >>> closed for remodeling and installation of Showscan <<< (4 days)
12/16/77 … LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR (RE, 1 week)
12/21/77 … THE GAUNTLET (6 weeks)
02/03/78 … THE ONE AND ONLY (6 weeks)
03/17/78 … AMERICAN HOT WAX (4 weeks)
04/14/78 … THE MEDUSA TOUCH (2 weeks)
04/28/78 … FM (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/17/78 … THE MANITOU (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
05/26/78 … BIG WEDNESDAY (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/28/78 … HEAVEN CAN WAIT (14 weeks)
10/06/78 … WHO IS KILLING THE GREAT CHEFS OF EUROPE? (5 weeks)
11/10/78 … THE WILD GEESE (4 weeks)
12/08/78 … THE DEER HUNTER (1 week for Oscar consideration, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
12/15/78 … SUPERMAN (17 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
04/13/79 … HURRICANE (3 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
05/04/79 … THE EXORCIST (RE, 7 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
06/22/79 … THE MAIN EVENT (6 weeks)
08/03/79 … MORE AMERICAN GRAFFITI (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/07/79 … THE WANDERERS (3 weeks)
09/28/79 … ANIMAL HOUSE (RE, 1 week)
10/05/79 … STARTING OVER (9 weeks)
12/07/79 … STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/01/80 … AMERICAN GIGOLO (7 weeks)
03/21/80 … LITTLE DARLINGS (6 weeks)
05/02/80 … THE 39 STEPS (1 week)
05/09/80 … THE NUDE BOMB (5 weeks)
06/11/80 … URBAN COWBOY (6 weeks)
07/25/80 … CADDYSHACK (3 weeks)
08/15/80 … SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT II (4 weeks)
09/12/80 … THE MOUNTAIN MEN (2 weeks)
09/26/80 … WHEN A STRANGER CALLS (1 week)
10/03/80 … OH, GOD! BOOK II (4 weeks)
10/31/80 … THE AWAKENING (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/14/80 … THE IDOLMAKER (1 week, magnetic Dolby Stereo)
11/21/80 … SONG OF THE SOUTH (RE, 3 weeks)
12/12/80 … POPEYE (7 weeks)
01/30/81 … THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING WOMAN (4 weeks)
02/27/81 … FANTASIA (RE, 3 weeks, stereo)
03/20/81 … THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (3 weeks)
04/10/81 … ORDINARY PEOPLE (RE, 2 weeks)
04/24/81 … THE HAND (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/15/81 … THE FAN (4 weeks)
06/12/81 … RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (16 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
10/02/81 … PATERNITY (4 weeks)
10/30/81 … RICHARD PRYOR: LIVE IN CONCERT (1 week)
11/06/81 … RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (RE, 4 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
12/04/81 … REDS (14 weeks)
03/12/82 … RICHARD PRYOR: LIVE ON THE SUNSET STRIP (3 weeks)
04/02/82 … SOME KIND OF HERO (4 weeks)
04/30/82 … AC/DC: LET THERE BE ROCK (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/21/82 … FIGHTING BACK (2 weeks)
06/04/82 … STAR TREK: THE WRATH OF KHAN (8 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/30/82 … NIGHT SHIFT (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/24/82 … A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (RE, 1 week)
10/01/82 … JEKYLL & HYDE…TOGETHER AGAIN (3 weeks)
10/22/82 … TRON (RE, 1 week, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
10/29/82 … ALTERED STATES (RE, 1 week, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
11/05/82 … THE MISSIONARY (2 weeks)
11/19/82 … HEIDI’S SONG (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
11/24/82 … VICTOR/VICTORIA (RE, 2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/10/82 … AIRPLANE II: THE SEQUEL (6 weeks)
01/21/83 … HEY GOOD LOOKIN’ (1 week)
01/28/83 … THE ROAD WARRIOR (RE, 3 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
02/18/83 … TABLE FOR FIVE (5 weeks)
03/25/83 … THE OUTSIDERS (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/29/83 … SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/20/83 … SPACEHUNTER: ADVENTURES IN THE FORBIDDEN ZONE (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo, 3-D)
06/24/83 … TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/29/83 … KRULL (2 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
08/12/83 … THE MAN WHO WASN’T THERE (1 week, 3-D)
08/19/83 … YOR: THE HUNTER FROM THE FUTURE (1 week)
08/26/83 … STRANGE BREW (3 weeks)
09/16/83 … RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (RE, 2 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
09/30/83 … BRAINSTORM (4 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
10/28/83 … RICHARD PRYOR: HERE AND NOW (2 weeks)
11/10/83 … STAR 80 (5 weeks)
12/16/83 … UNCOMMON VALOR (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/27/84 … STAR 80 (RE, 1 week)
02/03/84 … RECKLESS (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/17/84 … FOOTLOOSE (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/30/84 … GREYSTOKE: THE LEGEND OF TARZAN (5 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
04/30/84 … >>> closed for remodeling and installation of THX Sound System <<< (4 days)
05/04/84 … BREAKIN’ (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/23/84 … INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (12 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
08/17/84 … TIGHTROPE (6 weeks)
09/28/84 … THE WILD LIFE (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
10/05/84 … IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES (MO, 1 week)
10/12/84 … GARBO TALKS (2 weeks)
10/26/84 … BODY DOUBLE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/09/84 … OH, GOD! YOU DEVIL (4 weeks)
12/05/84 … BEVERLY HILLS COP (16 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/17/86 … A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2: FREDDY’S REVENGE (2 weeks)
01/31/86 … YOUNGBLOOD (1 week)
02/07/86 … THE BEST OF TIMES (MO, 2 weeks)
02/21/86 … 9½ WEEKS (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
02/28/86 … PRETTY IN PINK (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/11/86 … OFF BEAT (2 weeks)
04/25/86 … CRITTERS (1 week)
05/02/86 … BLUE CITY (2 weeks)
05/16/86 … TOP GUN (7 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/02/86 … UNDER THE CHERRY MOON (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/18/86 … THE KARATE KID PART II (MO, 1 week, Dolby Stereo)
07/25/86 … HEARTBURN (2 weeks)
08/08/86 … TOP GUN (RE, 7 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
09/26/86 … ‘CROCODILE’ DUNDEE (11 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/12/86 … THE GOLDEN CHILD (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/16/87 … CRITICAL CONDITION (3 weeks)
02/06/87 … FROM THE HIP (3 weeks)
02/27/87 … SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/03/87 … POLICE ACADEMY 4: CITIZENS ON PATROL (1 week)
04/10/87 … THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/03/87 … THE UNTOUCHABLES (7 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/22/87 … SUMMER SCHOOL (4 weeks)
08/21/87 … THE BIG EASY (6 weeks)
10/02/87 … LIKE FATHER LIKE SON (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/30/87 … FATAL BEAUTY (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/20/87 … DATE WITH AN ANGEL (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
11/25/87 … SIGN ‘O’ THE TIMES (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/09/87 … EMPIRE OF THE SUN (9 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
02/12/88 … ACTION JACKSON (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/11/88 … OFF LIMITS (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/30/88 … BEETLEJUICE (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/25/88 … ‘CROCODILE’ DUNDEE II (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/13/88 … THE DEAD POOL (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/10/88 … CLEAN AND SOBER (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/26/88 … HOT TO TROT (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
09/02/88 … FREEWAY (1 week)
09/09/88 … RUNNING ON EMPTY (4 weeks)
10/07/88 … IMAGINE: JOHN LENNON (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/28/88 … FEDS (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/09/88 … CHILD’S PLAY (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/23/88 … SCROOGED (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
12/16/88 … RAIN MAN (14 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
03/24/89 … DEAD BANG (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/07/89 … DEAD CALM (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/21/89 … PET SEMATARY (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/24/89 … INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (7 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo SR)
07/14/89 … LICENCE TO KILL (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
08/11/89 … A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 5: THE DREAM CHILD (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
08/18/89 … LET IT RIDE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/01/89 … INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (RE, 2 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo SR)
09/15/89 … NIGHT GAME (1 week, Ultra Stereo)
09/22/89 … BLACK RAIN (8 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
11/17/89 … PRANCER (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
11/22/89 … LETHAL WEAPON 2 (RE, 1 week, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
12/01/89 … CHRISTMAS VACATION (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/12/90 … INTERNAL AFFAIRS (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/02/90 … THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER (17 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
06/27/90 … DAYS OF THUNDER (7 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo**)
08/17/90 … MY BLUE HEAVEN (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/14/90 … DEATH WARRANT (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
09/21/90 … FUNNY ABOUT LOVE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/05/90 … MARKED FOR DEATH (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/26/90 … GRAVEYARD SHIFT (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
11/16/90 … ROCKY V (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
12/19/90 … ALMOST AN ANGEL (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
12/27/90 … THE ROOKIE (MO, 2 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
**DAYS OF THUNDER opened with a 70mm-Cinema Digital Sound print, but reliability problems were encountered and a switch was made to a 70mm-Dolby Stereo print, which was used for the duration of the engagement.
01/11/91 … REVERSAL OF FORTUNE (MO, 1 week, Dolby Stereo)
01/18/91 … FLIGHT OF THE INTRUDER (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
02/22/91 … HE SAID, SHE SAID (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/15/91 … IF LOOKS COULD KILL (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/27/91 … REVERSAL OF FORTUNE / MISERY (RE, 5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/03/91 … RICH GIRL (1 week, Ultra Stereo)
05/10/91 … SWITCH (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/07/91 … CITY SLICKERS (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
08/02/91 … BODY PARTS (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/23/91 … SHOWDOWN IN LITTLE TOKYO (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/20/91 … McBAIN (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
09/27/91 … NECESSARY ROUGHNESS (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/25/91 … THE HITMAN (2 weeks, Ultra Stereo)
11/08/91 … STRICTLY BUSINESS (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/06/91 … STAR TREK VI: THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY (9 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
02/07/92 … THE ADDAMS FAMILY / STAR TREK VI (RE, 2 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
02/21/92 … RADIO FLYER (1 week, Dolby Stereo SR)
02/28/92 … MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/13/92 … JFK (RE, 2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/27/92 … LADYBUGS (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/10/92 … SLEEPWALKERS (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/01/92 … K2 (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
05/29/92 … THE HUMAN SHIELD (1 week, Ultra Stereo)
06/05/92 … PATRIOT GAMES (4 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/01/92 … BOOMERANG (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
07/24/92 … MO’ MONEY (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
08/14/92 … SINGLE WHITE FEMALE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/28/92 … HONEYMOON IN VEGAS (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/18/92 … HUSBANDS AND WIVES (2 weeks, Dolby Mono SR)
10/02/92 … HERO (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
10/23/92 … DR. GIGGLES (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
10/30/92 … RAMPAGE (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
11/06/92 … UNDER SIEGE (MO, 1 week, Dolby Stereo SR)
11/13/92 … BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/11/92 … A FEW GOOD MEN (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
01/15/93 … BODY OF EVIDENCE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/29/93 … UNFORGIVEN (RE, 1 week, Dolby Stereo)
02/05/93 … SOMMERSBY (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03/05/93 … AMOS & ANDREW (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/19/93 … POINT OF NO RETURN (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/15/93 … BOILING POINT (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/30/93 … THE PICKLE (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
05/07/93 … INDECENT PROPOSAL (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/21/93 … SLIVER (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
06/15/93 … CLIFFHANGER (MO, 2 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
06/30/93 … THE FIRM (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
07/30/93 … RISING SUN (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
08/20/93 … HARD TARGET (2 weeks, DTS)
09/03/93 … FORTRESS ( 1 week, Dolby Stereo SR)
09/10/93 … UNDERCOVER BLUES (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/24/93 … THE GOOD SON (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
10/15/93 … THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
10/29/93 … FATAL INSTINCT (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
11/05/93 … FLESH AND BONE (3 weeks, DTS)
11/24/93 … A PERFECT WORLD (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/10/93 … WAYNE’S WORLD 2 (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
01/07/94 … THE AIR UP THERE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/21/94 … INTERSECTION (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/18/94 … BLUE CHIPS (3 weeks, DTS)
03/09/94 … MIDNIGHT COWBOY (RE, MO, 1 week, Dolby Stereo SR)
03/18/94 … MOTHER’S BOYS (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
03/25/94 … THE PAPER (5 weeks, DTS)
04/29/94 … PCU (1 week, Dolby Stereo SR)
05/06/94 … CLEAN SLATE (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
05/13/94 … THE CROW (2 weeks, DTS)
05/25/94 … BEVERLY HILLS COP III (4 weeks, DTS)
06/25/94 … JURASSIC PARK (RE, 1 week, DTS)
07/01/94 … BLOWN AWAY (3 weeks, DTS)
07/20/94 … THE CLIENT (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
08/03/94 … CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER (5 weeks, DTS)
09/09/94 … TRIAL BY JURY (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/28/94 … NATURAL BORN KILLERS / TRIAL BY JURY (MO, 1 week, DTS/Dolby Stereo)
10/07/94 … ONLY YOU (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/28/94 … DROP SQUAD (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
11/04/94 … DOUBLE DRAGON (1 week, DTS)
11/11/94 … INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (4 weeks, SDDS-8)
12/09/94 … DROP ZONE (2 weeks, DTS)
12/23/94 … NELL (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01/20/95 … S.F.W. (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
01/27/95 … HIGHLANDER: THE FINAL DIMENSION (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
02/17/95 … THE BRADY BUNCH MOVIE (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/17/95 … BYE BYE, LOVE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/31/95 … TOMMY BOY (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/21/95 … KISS OF DEATH (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05/19/95 … DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/09/95 … CONGO (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07/07/95 … SPECIES (2 weeks, DTS)
07/19/95 … CLUELESS (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
08/11/95 … A WALK IN THE CLOUDS (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/01/95 … THE PROPHECY (3 weeks, Ultra Stereo)
09/22/95 … SHOWGIRLS (2 weeks, DTS)
10/06/95 … ASSASSINS (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/27/95 … COPYCAT (1 week, Dolby Digital)
11/03/95 … FAIR GAME (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/17/95 … GOLDENEYE (4 weeks, DTS)
12/15/95 … SABRINA (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01/05/96 … 12 MONKEYS (4 weeks, DTS)
02/02/96 … BLACK SHEEP (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02/16/96 … BRAVEHEART (RE, 1 week, DTS)
02/23/96 … RUMBLE IN THE BRONX (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
03/08/96 … THE BIRDCAGE (5 weeks, DTS)
04/12/96 … FEAR (3 weeks, DTS)
05/03/96 … THE CRAFT (2 weeks, SDDS)
05/17/96 … HEAVEN’S PRISONERS (1 week, Dolby Digital)
05/22/96 … MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE (7 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07/12/96 … COURAGE UNDER FIRE (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/09/96 … ESCAPE FROM L.A. (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/23/96 … A VERY BRADY SEQUEL (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/06/96 … BOGUS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/20/96 … THE FIRST WIVES CLUB (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/11/96 … THE GHOST AND THE DARKNESS (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/01/96 … DEAR GOD (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/22/96 … STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/20/96 … BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD DO AMERICA (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01/09/98 … FIRESTORM (1 week, Dolby Digital)
01/16/98 … FALLEN (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02/06/98 … THE REPLACEMENT KILLERS (3 weeks, SDDS-8)
02/27/98 … DARK CITY (1 week, Dolby Digital)
03/06/98 … TITANIC (MO, 4 weeks, 70mm-DTS)
04/03/98 … LOST IN SPACE (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05/08/98 … WOO (1 week, Dolby Digital)
05/15/98 … PLUMP FICTION (1 week, Ultra Stereo)
05/22/98 … FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS (2 weeks, DTS)
06/05/98 … THE TRUMAN SHOW (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07/10/98 … SMALL SOLDIERS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07/24/98 … SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/07/98 … SNAKE EYES (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/28/98 … WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/11/98 … YOUR FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/02/98 … A NIGHT AT THE ROXBURY (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/16/98 … RUSH HOUR (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
10/23/98 … SOLDIER (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/06/98 … THE WIZARD OF OZ (RE, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/20/98 … THE RUGRATS MOVIE (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/11/98 … STAR TREK: INSURRECTION (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01/15/99 … VARSITY BLUES (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02/05/99 … SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (RE, 4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03/05/99 … ANALYZE THIS (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04/02/99 … THE OUT-OF-TOWNERS (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04/23/99 … LOST & FOUND (1 week, Dolby Digital)
04/30/99 … ENTRAPMENT (6 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/11/99 … AUSTIN POWERS: THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/30/99 … SOUTH PARK: BIGGER, LONGER & UNCUT (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07/30/99 … RUNAWAY BRIDE (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/27/99 … THE 13th WARRIOR (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/17/99 … THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/01/99 … THREE KINGS (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/22/99 … BRINGING OUT THE DEAD (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/12/99 … DOGMA (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/10/99 … DEUCE BIGALOW: MALE GIGOLO (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/25/99 … THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY (6 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02/04/00 … SCREAM 3 (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02/18/00 … THE WHOLE NINE YARDS (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03/22/00 … ROMEO MUST DIE (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04/14/00 … 28 DAYS (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05/05/00 … GLADIATOR (6 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/16/00 … SHAFT (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07/21/00 … WHAT LIES BENEATH (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/11/00 … THE REPLACEMENTS (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/01/00 … HIGHLANDER: ENDGAME (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/15/00 … BAIT (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/29/00 … BEAUTIFUL (1 week, Dolby Digital)
10/06/00 … GET CARTER (1 week, Dolby Digital)
10/13/00 … THE LADIES MAN (1 week, Dolby Digital)
10/20/00 … PAY IT FORWARD (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/10/00 … LITTLE NICKY (1 week, Dolby Digital)
11/17/00 … THE 6th DAY (4 weeks, SDDS-8)
12/15/00 … WHAT WOMEN WANT (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01/12/01 … SAVE THE LAST DANCE (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02/02/01 … VALENTINE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02/16/01 … DOWN TO EARTH (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03/02/01 … SEE SPOT RUN (1 week, Dolby Digital)
03/09/01 … GET OVER IT (1 week, Dolby Digital)
03/16/01 … ENEMY AT THE GATES (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04/06/01 … ALONG CAME A SPIDER (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04/27/01 … TOWN & COUNTRY (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05/18/01 … SHREK (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/15/01 … LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07/13/01 … THE SCORE (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/17/01 … RAT RACE (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/14/01 … HARDBALL (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/28/01 … DON’T SAY A WORD (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/19/01 … THE LAST CASTLE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/02/01 … DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/16/01 … HEIST (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
11/21/01 … BLACK KNIGHT (1 week, Dolby Digital)
11/30/01 … TEXAS RANGERS (1 week, Dolby Digital)
12/07/01 … HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
12/14/01 … VANILLA SKY (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01/11/02 … ORANGE COUNTY (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01/25/02 … THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02/08/02 … ROLLERBALL (1 week, Dolby Digital)
02/15/02 … SUPER TROOPERS (1 week, Dolby Digital)
02/22/02 … COLLATERAL DAMAGE (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
03/01/02 … WE WERE SOLDIERS (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03/29/02 … CLOCKSTOPPERS (1 week, Dolby Digital
04/05/02 … DEATH TO SMOOCHY (1 week, Dolby Digital)
04/12/02 … CHANGING LANES (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05/03/02 … SPIDER-MAN (4 weeks, SDDS-8)
05/31/02 … THE SUM OF ALL FEARS (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/28/02 … MR. DEEDS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07/12/02 … HALLOWEEN: RESURRECTION (1 week, Dolby Digital)
07/19/02 … K-19: THE WIDOWMAKER (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/07/02 … SPY KIDS 2: THE ISLAND OF LOST DREAMS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/23/02 … S1MONE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/06/02 … SWIMFAN (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/20/02 … THE FOUR FEATHERS (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/11/02 … THE TRANSPORTER (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/25/02 … JACKASS: THE MOVIE (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/27/02 … ADAM SANDLER’S 8 CRAZY NIGHTS (2 weeks, SDDS-8)
12/13/02 … STAR TREK: NEMESIS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/27/02 … GANGS OF NEW YORK (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01/10/03 … JUST MARRIED (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01/24/03 … THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02/07/03 … HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03/14/03 … THE HUNTED (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03/28/03 … THE CORE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04/11/03 … BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE (1 week, Dolby Digital)
04/16/03 … CHASING PAPI (1 week, Dolby Digital)
04/25/03 … BETTER LUCK TOMORROW (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05/15/03 … X2 (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05/30/03 … THE ITALIAN JOB (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/27/03 … CHARLIE’S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE (3 weeks, SDDS-8)
07/18/03 … BAD BOYS II (3 weeks, SDDS-8)
08/08/03 … S.W.A.T. (4 weeks, SDDS-8)
09/05/03 … DICKIE ROBERTS: FORMER CHILD STAR (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/19/03 … THE FIGHTING TEMPTATIONS (1 week, Dolby Digital)
09/26/03 … DUPLEX (1 week, Dolby Digital)
10/03/03 … SCHOOL OF ROCK (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/24/03 … BEYOND BORDERS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/05/03 … SCHOOL OF ROCK (RE, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
11/14/03 … TUPAC: RESURRECTION (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/28/03 … TIMELINE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/12/03 … LOVE DON’T CO$T A THING (1 week, Dolby Digital)
12/19/03 … BAD SANTA (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
12/25/03 … PAYCHECK (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01/16/04 … TORQUE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01/30/04 … THE PERFECT SCORE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02/13/04 … THE PERFECT SCORE / THE BIG BOUNCE (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
02/20/04 … SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
02/27/04 … TWISTED (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03/19/04 … THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
03/26/04 … SCOOBY-DOO 2: MONSTERS UNLEASHED (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04/09/04 … THE WHOLE TEN YARDS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04/23/04 … HELLBOY (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
04/30/04 … MEAN GIRLS (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/04/04 … TROY (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/18/04 … DODGEBALL: A TRUE UNDERDOG STORY (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07/16/04 … FAHRENHEIT 9/11 (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
07/23/04 … SPIDER-MAN 2 (MO, 1 week, SDDS-8)
07/30/04 … THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/27/04 … EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
09/03/04 … ANACONDAS: THE HUNT FOR THE BLOOD ORCHID (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
09/10/04 … RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE (2 weeks, SDDS)
09/24/04 … NAPOLEON DYNAMITE (MO, 3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/15/04 … TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/19/04 … THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS MOVIE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/03/04 … CLOSER (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/17/04 … LEMONY SNICKET’S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01/14/05 … RACING STRIPES (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02/04/05 … COACH CARTER (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
02/11/05 … HITCH (7 weeks, SDDS)
04/01/05 … SIN CITY (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04/30/05 … SAHARA (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
05/06/05 … HOUSE OF WAX (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05/27/05 … THE LONGEST YARD (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/15/05 … STAR WARS: EPISODE III REVENGE OF THE SITH (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/29/05 … BATMAN BEGINS (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07/15/05 … CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/05/05 … THE DUKES OF HAZZARD (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/19/05 … MARCH OF THE PENGUINS / THE DUKES OF HAZZARD (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
08/26/05 … MARCH OF THE PENGUINS / MUST LOVE DOGS (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
09/02/05 … MARCH OF THE PENGUINS (1 week, Dolby Digital)
09/09/05 … MARCH OF THE PENGUINS / A SOUND OF THUNDER (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
09/16/05 … MARCH OF THE PENGUINS / THE BROTHERS GRIMM (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
09/23/05 … ROLL BOUNCE (1 week, Dolby Digital)
09/30/05 … INTO THE BLUE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/14/05 … THE FOG (1 week, SDDS)
10/21/05 … STAY (1 week, Dolby Digital)
10/28/05 … NORTH COUNTRY (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
11/04/05 … SAW II (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/18/05 … GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN’ (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
11/23/05 … PRIDE & PREJUDICE (1 week, Dolby Digital)
12/02/05 … AEON FLUX (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/16/05 … THE FAMILY STONE (1 week, Dolby Digital)
12/21/05 … FUN WITH DICK & JANE (2 weeks, SDDS-8)
01/06/06 … BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01/27/06 … BIG MOMMA’S HOUSE 2 (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02/10/06 … FINAL DESTINATION 3 (1 week, Dolby Digital)
02/17/06 … FREEDOMLAND (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03/03/06 … ULTRAVIOLET (1 week, Dolby Digital)
03/10/06 … THE HILLS HAVE EYES (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03/24/06 … LARRY THE CABLE GUY: HEALTH INSPECTOR (1 week, Dolby Digital)
03/31/06 … ATL (1 week, Dolby Digital)
04/07/06 … TAKE THE LEAD (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04/21/06 … SILENT HILL (1 week, Dolby Digital)
04/28/06 … RV (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05/12/06 … POSEIDON (1 week, Dolby Digital)
05/19/06 … THE DA VINCI CODE (6 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/28/06 … THE LAKE HOUSE (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
07/07/06 … WASSUP ROCKERS (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07/21/06 … CLERKS II (1 week, Dolby Digital)
07/28/06 … CLERKS II / SUPERMAN RETURNS (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
08/04/06 … BARNYARD (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/18/06 … MATERIAL GIRLS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/01/06 … CRANK (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/15/06 … GRIDIRON GANG (1 week, Dolby Digital)
09/22/06 … FLYBOYS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/06/06 … THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE BEGINNING (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/27/06 … SAW III (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/10/06 … HARSH TIMES (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/22/06 … TENACIOUS D IN THE PICK OF DESTINY (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/08/06 … UNACCOMPANIED MINORS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/20/06 … ROCKY BALBOA (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01/12/07 … ARTHUR AND THE INVISIBLES (1 week, Dolby Digital)
01/19/07 … THE HITCHER (1 week, Dolby Digital)
01/26/07 … BLOOD & CHOCOLATE (1 week, Dolby Digital)
02/02/07 … THE MESSENGERS (1 week, Dolby Digital)
02/09/07 … DREAMGIRLS (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
02/14/07 … MUSIC AND LYRICS (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03/23/07 … ZODIAC (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04/06/07 … SHOOTER (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
Vito,
Thanks for clarifying. This supports the belief that at least during the 1960s both sides could run 70mm. (“Cleopatra” played a reserved-seat run in the NORTH house.)
[Sorry, I meant to select “Preview” to check the link (for obvious reasons) and accidentally hit “Submit]
Here’s a link to a page from the “70mm in NY” photo gallery that showcases a few newspaper ads from the HICKSVILLE NORTH & SOUTH/MID-PLAZA CINEMA 6. Sorry, we don’t have any photographs of the place, just ads.
Here’s a [uEL=http://www.fromscripttodvd.com/70mm_in_new_york_hicksville.htm]link to a page[/url] from the “70mm in NY” photo gallery that showcases a few newspaper ads from the HICKSVILLE NORTH & SOUTH/MID-PLAZA CINEMA 6. Sorry, we don’t have any photographs of the place, just ads.
D. Packard:
If you’re referring to this theatre in Marina del Rey, then the 70mm presentations shown there (if the 70mm stuff was correctly promoted) was:
RETURN OF THE JEDI
GHOST BUSTERS
2010
ALIENS
THE LAST BOY SCOUT
LAST ACTION HERO
You’d think they would’ve run more than that, but the theatre was not in a prime location and seemed to get 70mm prints only when a large run was made, which was not the case with most titles released in 70. Now, maybe they ran some others on a moveover.
Mark Campbell:
In a May 6 post on the NATIONAL page, I mentioned Bill Kallay and I working on a tribute article. Have no fear, the intent is to include the list in the article.
Be patient! We hope to get it posted in a few days. Thanks for your interest.
As William just stated, the Westwood first run of “Dragonslayer” was at the AVCO in an upstairs auditorium. (I believe “For Your Eyes Only” was booked into the AVCO’s big house.)
I have a list of everything that played the NATIONAL…and can confidently state that “Dragonslayer” did not have an engagement there. If it did play there it would have been for a one-off test screening, sneak preview, premiere or midnight show. “Raiders Of The Lost Ark” opened two weeks before “Dragonslayer” and was playing the NATIONAL during that time.
Did you see “Raiders” at the NATIONAL during its first couple of weeks? Maybe there was a “Dragonslayer” trailer that you’re remembering?
D. Packard: regarding “Close Encounters,” I may have misunderstood your post, or perhaps you weren’t clear. Are you describing the CORONET in Westwood or the CORONET in San Francisco?
“Poltergeist” in 70mm in Marina del Rey? Not according to this.
“Close Encounters” at the CORONET? In 1986? Are you maybe thinking of a different movie as “CE3K” didn’t play the CORONET nor was it released in ‘86? “Labyrinth,” maybe?
Ah, the Trilogy… March 28, 1985… Nine theatres in the whole world… The day before the “Return Of The Jedi” re-release…
The cities and theatres involved in this one-time-only charity event were: Chicago (Carnegie), Dallas (Northpark), Denver (Continental), Los Angeles (Egyptian), Los Angeles (Avco), New York (Warner Twin), San Francisco (Coronet), Seattle (Cinema 150), Toronto (Uptown).
Just wanted to mention in case some of you aren’t aware that on the From Script To DVD website we have recently posted a historical reference list of Cinerama presentations in New York City. It includes entries for the Soviet 3-panel films that have been mentioned in a number of postings on this page.
Has anyone read the new “Making Of Star Wars” book? I think the book overall is fantastic and a must-read for any fan, but contained within is some erroneous information pertaining to the post-production and distribution of the film. In particular, one glaring error appears in regard to the CORONET.
To summarize, there was some controversy surrounding “Star Wars” being pulled by court order to accommodate a booking of “Close Encounters Of The Third Kind.” The book’s author, however, erroneously claims that the matter was settled by having “Close Encounters” play at the NORTHPOINT while “Star Wars” stayed at the CORONET. This, of course, is not how the matter was resolved.
“Star Wars” was sent out for re-bid and wound up a week later at the CINEMA 21; “Close Encounters” did in fact play the CORONET; “The Goodbye Girl” played the NORTHPOINT at that time.
I found the error humorous considering the author singled out the CORONET no doubt due to its proximity to the headquarters of the company that produced the movie and for the many historical links between “Star Wars” and the city of San Francisco.
(1) Lucasfilm Ltd. for many years was based in Marin County, just a short drive across the Golden Gate Bridge. Today, the company is based in San Francisco. (2) San Francisco is the city in which “Star Wars” was test-screened. (3) The CORONET was among the original theatres chosen to play the movie. (4) The CORONET had the highest boxoffice gross of the theatres in the U.S. that played the film during 1977.
You’d think that error would not have slipped through!
Yes, it would be tedious to go through the newspapers on microfilm, but that’s the most likely way in which you’re going to obtain the information you are seeking. By coincidence, just recently I conducted a week-by-week search covering a 37-year span in an effort to reconstruct the exhibition history of the NATIONAL in Los Angeles. A tedious and slow process…but also rewarding. Granted, the NATIONAL has been a single screener its entire existence, so I imagine it was “easier” than a similar search would be for the ROUTE 4.
There might be someone out there who has kept track of the ROUTE 4’s playdates, but I suspect the likely answer to your question would be for you to conduct the research yourself, as tedious as it may be. The owner of the theatre would have records of the bookings, but…(1) I’d be surprised if they would allow you to access them, (2) they would almost certainly not exist in a single document, and (3) the theatre has changed ownership many times which would complicate one’s ability to obtain access to a full set of bookings…which brings us right back to looking this info up yourself in the newspaper.
As for the ROUTE 4’s 70mm bookings, Bill Kallay and I attempted to account for these, and they can be searched year by year in the article 70mm In New York. Interesting stuff, for sure, but the 70mm bookings represented only a fraction of the total bookings over the years at the ROUTE 4.
Thanks, Justin, for posting the link to The Record’s article.
One minor error I spotted was in reference to the number of opening-day bookings of “Star Wars” in the state of New Jersey. The article’s author claims there were three; my research indicates there were four (two in greater New York City, two in greater Philadelphia).
For more info, see: May 25, 1977: A Day Long Remembered (I may as well start circulating this article since the anniversary is approaching!
And why aren’t they exact dates??? Am I correct that you used microfilm of New York City area newspapers (The New York Times, Village Voice, etc.) to do the research? With all the time it would take to transport oneself to a library, request/retrieve the microfilm, thread up the microfilm reader, etc., why wouldn’t the researcher spend just an extra moment securing the exact start date for the film? In most cases, the exact starting date could be found on the same roll of microfilm as the incorrectly cited date.
Al, I’m not trying to poo-poo your work (quite the contrary, as I enjoy these types of historical lists and wish there were more of them), but I really don’t understand your approach or your lame responses to my questions.
I find it [sarcasm on] amazing [sarcasm off] that, for instance, you would know and cite in a subsequent post the exact start date for “The Empire Strikes Back” and “Return Of The Jedi,” yet would still identify them with an incorrect date on your list just because the incorrect date fell on a Friday or whatever date you chose to cite at that point in your research.
Take a look at this list I put together for the NATIONAL in Los Angeles for an example of one approach to these types of lists. (Scroll to my first of two posts made on May 14, 2007.) And, yes, the dates given are exact (barring an error on my part) regardless of which day of the week a given film opened.
The display ad for “The Ex” lists it as, simply, “National Theatre” with no owner identified. It no longer appears in Mann’s directory, nor does it (yet) appear in the independent theatre directory.
Mark Campbell:
OK, the list of films that played the NATIONAL has been posted on its Cinema Treasures page. I hope you and others enjoy it and that it brings back fond memories. And, you’re right, the list is “wildly long”!
The article I mentioned is still a few days from completion, and so I thought I’d give the list a test spin.
THE NATIONAL THEATRE, 1970-2007
10925 Lindbrook, Los Angeles (Westwood Village)
Compiled by Michael Coate, from a forthcoming article on the history of the National
RE = Re-Issue/Return Engagement
MO = Move-over; i.e. continuation of engagement from another theatre
Excluded are premieres and other private events, as well as test screenings, sneak preview screenings, midnight screenings, and temporary one-day move-overs.
03/27/70 … THE BOYS IN THE BAND (9 weeks)
05/27/70 … THE SICILIAN CLAN (4 weeks)
06/26/70 … CATCH-22 (18 weeks)
10/28/70 … LITTLE FAUSS AND BIG HALSY (9 weeks)
12/25/70 … I LOVE MY WIFE! (7 weeks)
02/12/71 … LITTLE MURDERS (7 weeks)
03/31/71 … MAKING IT (4 weeks)
04/29/71 … SUMMER OF ’42 (9 weeks)
06/30/71 … CARNAL KNOWLEDGE (20 weeks)
11/19/71 … BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS (8 weeks)
01/12/72 … THE FRENCH CONNECTION (RE, 10 weeks)
03/24/72 … THE CONCERT FOR BANGLADESH (9 weeks, 70mm-stereo)
05/26/72 … THE OTHER (9 weeks)
07/26/72 … STAND UP AND BE COUNTED (2 weeks)
08/09/72 … THE GRADUATE (RE, 1 week)
08/16/72 … EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX (11 weeks)
11/01/72 … CARRY ON DOCTOR (2 weeks)
11/15/72 … THE HOSPITAL / FUZZ (RE, 1 week)
11/22/72 … MONKEY BUSINESS / THE COCOANUTS (RE, 2 weeks)
12/06/72 … PULP (1 week)
12/13/72 … FUNNY GIRL (RE, 1 week)
12/21/72 … 1776 (5 weeks)
01/24/73 … FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (RE, 6 weeks, 70mm-stereo)
03/07/73 … LOST HORIZON (11 weeks)
05/23/73 … A WARM DECEMBER (3 weeks)
06/13/73 … BILLY JACK / BANANAS (RE, 1 week)
06/20/73 … THE LAST OF SHEILA (6 weeks)
08/01/73 … THE MACKINTOSH MAN (4 weeks)
08/29/73 … ELECTRA GLIDE IN BLUE (9 weeks, stereo)
10/31/73 … FANTASIA (RE, 1 week)
11/07/73 … EXECUTIVE ACTION (7 weeks)
12/26/73 … THE EXORCIST (26 weeks)
06/21/74 … CHINATOWN (8 weeks)
08/14/74 … CALIFORNIA SPLIT (7 weeks)
10/02/74 … THE CRAZY WORLD OF JULIUS VROODER (2 weeks)
10/16/74 … THE APPRENTICESHIP OF DUDDY KRAVITZ (MO, 1 week)
10/23/74 … 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (RE, 1 week, 70mm-stereo)
11/01/74 … PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (7 weeks, stereo)
12/18/74 … THE GODFATHER PART II (14 weeks)
03/26/75 … AT LONG LAST LOVE (2 weeks)
04/11/75 … HARRY & TONTO (RE, 3 weeks)
04/30/75 … BLAZING SADDLES (RE, 3 weeks)
05/23/75 … THE WIND AND THE LION (5 weeks, 70mm-stereo)
06/25/75 … THE FORTUNE (8 weeks)
08/20/75 … BEYOND THE DOOR (4 weeks, stereo)
09/17/75 … YESSONGS (3 weeks, stereo)
10/08/75 … DOG DAY AFTERNOON (11 weeks)
12/25/75 … LUCKY LADY (5 weeks, 70mm-stereo)
01/30/76 … FANTASIA (RE, 6 weeks)
03/10/76 … JAWS (RE, 2 weeks)
03/24/76 … THE MAN IN THE GLASS BOOTH (MO, 2 weeks)
04/07/76 … THE BAD NEWS BEARS (11 weeks)
06/23/76 … THE BIG BUS (3 weeks)
07/14/76 … LEADBELLY (2 weeks)
07/30/76 … CAMELOT (RE, 1 week, 70mm-stereo)
08/04/76 … DRUM (3 weeks)
08/25/76 … LET’S TALK ABOUT MEN (4 weeks)
09/24/76 … CAMELOT / HELLO, DOLLY! (RE, 2 weeks, 70mm-stereo)
10/06/76 … THE FRONT (9 weeks)
12/09/76 … BOUND FOR GLORY (9 weeks)
02/09/77 … FUN WITH DICK & JANE (5 weeks)
03/18/77 … ISLANDS IN THE STREAM (6 weeks)
04/29/77 … WOODSTOCK (RE, 1 week, stereo)
05/06/77 … NASTY HABITS (7 weeks)
06/24/77 … SORCERER (9 weeks)
08/12/77 … MARCH OR DIE (2 weeks)
08/26/77 … SUSPIRIA (3 weeks, stereo)
09/16/77 … THUNDER AND LIGHTNING (1 week)
09/21/77 … YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE (2 weeks)
10/05/77 … BOBBY DEERFIELD (10 weeks)
12/12/77 … >>> closed for remodeling and installation of Showscan <<< (4 days)
12/16/77 … LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR (RE, 1 week)
12/21/77 … THE GAUNTLET (6 weeks)
02/03/78 … THE ONE AND ONLY (6 weeks)
03/17/78 … AMERICAN HOT WAX (4 weeks)
04/14/78 … THE MEDUSA TOUCH (2 weeks)
04/28/78 … FM (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/17/78 … THE MANITOU (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
05/26/78 … BIG WEDNESDAY (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/28/78 … HEAVEN CAN WAIT (14 weeks)
10/06/78 … WHO IS KILLING THE GREAT CHEFS OF EUROPE? (5 weeks)
11/10/78 … THE WILD GEESE (4 weeks)
12/08/78 … THE DEER HUNTER (1 week for Oscar consideration, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
12/15/78 … SUPERMAN (17 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
04/13/79 … HURRICANE (3 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
05/04/79 … THE EXORCIST (RE, 7 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
06/22/79 … THE MAIN EVENT (6 weeks)
08/03/79 … MORE AMERICAN GRAFFITI (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/07/79 … THE WANDERERS (3 weeks)
09/28/79 … ANIMAL HOUSE (RE, 1 week)
10/05/79 … STARTING OVER (9 weeks)
12/07/79 … STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/01/80 … AMERICAN GIGOLO (7 weeks)
03/21/80 … LITTLE DARLINGS (6 weeks)
05/02/80 … THE 39 STEPS (1 week)
05/09/80 … THE NUDE BOMB (5 weeks)
06/11/80 … URBAN COWBOY (6 weeks)
07/25/80 … CADDYSHACK (3 weeks)
08/15/80 … SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT II (4 weeks)
09/12/80 … THE MOUNTAIN MEN (2 weeks)
09/26/80 … WHEN A STRANGER CALLS (1 week)
10/03/80 … OH, GOD! BOOK II (4 weeks)
10/31/80 … THE AWAKENING (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/14/80 … THE IDOLMAKER (1 week, magnetic Dolby Stereo)
11/21/80 … SONG OF THE SOUTH (RE, 3 weeks)
12/12/80 … POPEYE (7 weeks)
01/30/81 … THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING WOMAN (4 weeks)
02/27/81 … FANTASIA (RE, 3 weeks, stereo)
03/20/81 … THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (3 weeks)
04/10/81 … ORDINARY PEOPLE (RE, 2 weeks)
04/24/81 … THE HAND (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/15/81 … THE FAN (4 weeks)
06/12/81 … RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (16 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
10/02/81 … PATERNITY (4 weeks)
10/30/81 … RICHARD PRYOR: LIVE IN CONCERT (1 week)
11/06/81 … RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (RE, 4 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
12/04/81 … REDS (14 weeks)
03/12/82 … RICHARD PRYOR: LIVE ON THE SUNSET STRIP (3 weeks)
04/02/82 … SOME KIND OF HERO (4 weeks)
04/30/82 … AC/DC: LET THERE BE ROCK (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/21/82 … FIGHTING BACK (2 weeks)
06/04/82 … STAR TREK: THE WRATH OF KHAN (8 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/30/82 … NIGHT SHIFT (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/24/82 … A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (RE, 1 week)
10/01/82 … JEKYLL & HYDE…TOGETHER AGAIN (3 weeks)
10/22/82 … TRON (RE, 1 week, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
10/29/82 … ALTERED STATES (RE, 1 week, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
11/05/82 … THE MISSIONARY (2 weeks)
11/19/82 … HEIDI’S SONG (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
11/24/82 … VICTOR/VICTORIA (RE, 2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/10/82 … AIRPLANE II: THE SEQUEL (6 weeks)
01/21/83 … HEY GOOD LOOKIN’ (1 week)
01/28/83 … THE ROAD WARRIOR (RE, 3 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
02/18/83 … TABLE FOR FIVE (5 weeks)
03/25/83 … THE OUTSIDERS (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/29/83 … SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/20/83 … SPACEHUNTER: ADVENTURES IN THE FORBIDDEN ZONE (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo, 3-D)
06/24/83 … TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/29/83 … KRULL (2 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
08/12/83 … THE MAN WHO WASN’T THERE (1 week, 3-D)
08/19/83 … YOR: THE HUNTER FROM THE FUTURE (1 week)
08/26/83 … STRANGE BREW (3 weeks)
09/16/83 … RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (RE, 2 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
09/30/83 … BRAINSTORM (4 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
10/28/83 … RICHARD PRYOR: HERE AND NOW (2 weeks)
11/10/83 … STAR 80 (5 weeks)
12/16/83 … UNCOMMON VALOR (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/27/84 … STAR 80 (RE, 1 week)
02/03/84 … RECKLESS (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/17/84 … FOOTLOOSE (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/30/84 … GREYSTOKE: THE LEGEND OF TARZAN (5 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
04/30/84 … >>> closed for remodeling and installation of THX Sound System <<< (4 days)
05/04/84 … BREAKIN’ (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/23/84 … INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (12 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
08/17/84 … TIGHTROPE (6 weeks)
09/28/84 … THE WILD LIFE (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
10/05/84 … IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES (MO, 1 week)
10/12/84 … GARBO TALKS (2 weeks)
10/26/84 … BODY DOUBLE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/09/84 … OH, GOD! YOU DEVIL (4 weeks)
12/05/84 … BEVERLY HILLS COP (16 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/29/85 … KING DAVID (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/12/85 … CAT’S EYE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/26/85 … STICK (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/10/85 … RUSTLERS’ RHAPSODY (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/31/85 … GOTCHA (MO, 1 week)
06/07/85 … THE GOONIES (5 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/12/85 … EXPLORERS (2 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/24/85 … THE BLACK CAULDRON (1 week, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
08/02/85 … WEIRD SCIENCE (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/30/85 … COMPROMISING POSITIONS (3 weeks)
09/19/85 … PLENTY (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/11/85 … SILVER BULLET (2 weeks)
10/25/85 … KRUSH GROOVE (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
11/01/85 … TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/22/85 … FEVER PITCH (2 weeks)
12/04/85 … YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES (6 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
01/17/86 … A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2: FREDDY’S REVENGE (2 weeks)
01/31/86 … YOUNGBLOOD (1 week)
02/07/86 … THE BEST OF TIMES (MO, 2 weeks)
02/21/86 … 9½ WEEKS (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
02/28/86 … PRETTY IN PINK (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/11/86 … OFF BEAT (2 weeks)
04/25/86 … CRITTERS (1 week)
05/02/86 … BLUE CITY (2 weeks)
05/16/86 … TOP GUN (7 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/02/86 … UNDER THE CHERRY MOON (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/18/86 … THE KARATE KID PART II (MO, 1 week, Dolby Stereo)
07/25/86 … HEARTBURN (2 weeks)
08/08/86 … TOP GUN (RE, 7 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
09/26/86 … ‘CROCODILE’ DUNDEE (11 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/12/86 … THE GOLDEN CHILD (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/16/87 … CRITICAL CONDITION (3 weeks)
02/06/87 … FROM THE HIP (3 weeks)
02/27/87 … SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/03/87 … POLICE ACADEMY 4: CITIZENS ON PATROL (1 week)
04/10/87 … THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/03/87 … THE UNTOUCHABLES (7 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/22/87 … SUMMER SCHOOL (4 weeks)
08/21/87 … THE BIG EASY (6 weeks)
10/02/87 … LIKE FATHER LIKE SON (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/30/87 … FATAL BEAUTY (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/20/87 … DATE WITH AN ANGEL (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
11/25/87 … SIGN ‘O’ THE TIMES (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/09/87 … EMPIRE OF THE SUN (9 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
02/12/88 … ACTION JACKSON (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/11/88 … OFF LIMITS (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/30/88 … BEETLEJUICE (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/25/88 … ‘CROCODILE’ DUNDEE II (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/13/88 … THE DEAD POOL (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/10/88 … CLEAN AND SOBER (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/26/88 … HOT TO TROT (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
09/02/88 … FREEWAY (1 week)
09/09/88 … RUNNING ON EMPTY (4 weeks)
10/07/88 … IMAGINE: JOHN LENNON (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/28/88 … FEDS (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/09/88 … CHILD’S PLAY (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/23/88 … SCROOGED (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
12/16/88 … RAIN MAN (14 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
03/24/89 … DEAD BANG (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/07/89 … DEAD CALM (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/21/89 … PET SEMATARY (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/24/89 … INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (7 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo SR)
07/14/89 … LICENCE TO KILL (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
08/11/89 … A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 5: THE DREAM CHILD (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
08/18/89 … LET IT RIDE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/01/89 … INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (RE, 2 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo SR)
09/15/89 … NIGHT GAME (1 week, Ultra Stereo)
09/22/89 … BLACK RAIN (8 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
11/17/89 … PRANCER (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
11/22/89 … LETHAL WEAPON 2 (RE, 1 week, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
12/01/89 … CHRISTMAS VACATION (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/12/90 … INTERNAL AFFAIRS (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/02/90 … THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER (17 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
06/27/90 … DAYS OF THUNDER (7 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo**)
08/17/90 … MY BLUE HEAVEN (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/14/90 … DEATH WARRANT (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
09/21/90 … FUNNY ABOUT LOVE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/05/90 … MARKED FOR DEATH (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/26/90 … GRAVEYARD SHIFT (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
11/16/90 … ROCKY V (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
12/19/90 … ALMOST AN ANGEL (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
12/27/90 … THE ROOKIE (MO, 2 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
**DAYS OF THUNDER opened with a 70mm-Cinema Digital Sound print, but reliability problems were encountered and a switch was made to a 70mm-Dolby Stereo print, which was used for the duration of the engagement.
01/11/91 … REVERSAL OF FORTUNE (MO, 1 week, Dolby Stereo)
01/18/91 … FLIGHT OF THE INTRUDER (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
02/22/91 … HE SAID, SHE SAID (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/15/91 … IF LOOKS COULD KILL (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/27/91 … REVERSAL OF FORTUNE / MISERY (RE, 5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/03/91 … RICH GIRL (1 week, Ultra Stereo)
05/10/91 … SWITCH (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/07/91 … CITY SLICKERS (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
08/02/91 … BODY PARTS (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/23/91 … SHOWDOWN IN LITTLE TOKYO (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/20/91 … McBAIN (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
09/27/91 … NECESSARY ROUGHNESS (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/25/91 … THE HITMAN (2 weeks, Ultra Stereo)
11/08/91 … STRICTLY BUSINESS (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/06/91 … STAR TREK VI: THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY (9 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
02/07/92 … THE ADDAMS FAMILY / STAR TREK VI (RE, 2 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
02/21/92 … RADIO FLYER (1 week, Dolby Stereo SR)
02/28/92 … MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/13/92 … JFK (RE, 2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/27/92 … LADYBUGS (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/10/92 … SLEEPWALKERS (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/01/92 … K2 (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
05/29/92 … THE HUMAN SHIELD (1 week, Ultra Stereo)
06/05/92 … PATRIOT GAMES (4 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/01/92 … BOOMERANG (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
07/24/92 … MO’ MONEY (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
08/14/92 … SINGLE WHITE FEMALE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/28/92 … HONEYMOON IN VEGAS (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/18/92 … HUSBANDS AND WIVES (2 weeks, Dolby Mono SR)
10/02/92 … HERO (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
10/23/92 … DR. GIGGLES (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
10/30/92 … RAMPAGE (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
11/06/92 … UNDER SIEGE (MO, 1 week, Dolby Stereo SR)
11/13/92 … BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/11/92 … A FEW GOOD MEN (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
01/15/93 … BODY OF EVIDENCE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/29/93 … UNFORGIVEN (RE, 1 week, Dolby Stereo)
02/05/93 … SOMMERSBY (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03/05/93 … AMOS & ANDREW (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/19/93 … POINT OF NO RETURN (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/15/93 … BOILING POINT (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/30/93 … THE PICKLE (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
05/07/93 … INDECENT PROPOSAL (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/21/93 … SLIVER (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
06/15/93 … CLIFFHANGER (MO, 2 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
06/30/93 … THE FIRM (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
07/30/93 … RISING SUN (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
08/20/93 … HARD TARGET (2 weeks, DTS)
09/03/93 … FORTRESS ( 1 week, Dolby Stereo SR)
09/10/93 … UNDERCOVER BLUES (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/24/93 … THE GOOD SON (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
10/15/93 … THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
10/29/93 … FATAL INSTINCT (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
11/05/93 … FLESH AND BONE (3 weeks, DTS)
11/24/93 … A PERFECT WORLD (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/10/93 … WAYNE’S WORLD 2 (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
01/07/94 … THE AIR UP THERE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/21/94 … INTERSECTION (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/18/94 … BLUE CHIPS (3 weeks, DTS)
03/09/94 … MIDNIGHT COWBOY (RE, MO, 1 week, Dolby Stereo SR)
03/18/94 … MOTHER’S BOYS (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
03/25/94 … THE PAPER (5 weeks, DTS)
04/29/94 … PCU (1 week, Dolby Stereo SR)
05/06/94 … CLEAN SLATE (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
05/13/94 … THE CROW (2 weeks, DTS)
05/25/94 … BEVERLY HILLS COP III (4 weeks, DTS)
06/25/94 … JURASSIC PARK (RE, 1 week, DTS)
07/01/94 … BLOWN AWAY (3 weeks, DTS)
07/20/94 … THE CLIENT (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
08/03/94 … CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER (5 weeks, DTS)
09/09/94 … TRIAL BY JURY (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/28/94 … NATURAL BORN KILLERS / TRIAL BY JURY (MO, 1 week, DTS/Dolby Stereo)
10/07/94 … ONLY YOU (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/28/94 … DROP SQUAD (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
11/04/94 … DOUBLE DRAGON (1 week, DTS)
11/11/94 … INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (4 weeks, SDDS-8)
12/09/94 … DROP ZONE (2 weeks, DTS)
12/23/94 … NELL (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01/20/95 … S.F.W. (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
01/27/95 … HIGHLANDER: THE FINAL DIMENSION (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
02/17/95 … THE BRADY BUNCH MOVIE (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/17/95 … BYE BYE, LOVE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/31/95 … TOMMY BOY (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/21/95 … KISS OF DEATH (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05/19/95 … DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/09/95 … CONGO (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07/07/95 … SPECIES (2 weeks, DTS)
07/19/95 … CLUELESS (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
08/11/95 … A WALK IN THE CLOUDS (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/01/95 … THE PROPHECY (3 weeks, Ultra Stereo)
09/22/95 … SHOWGIRLS (2 weeks, DTS)
10/06/95 … ASSASSINS (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/27/95 … COPYCAT (1 week, Dolby Digital)
11/03/95 … FAIR GAME (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/17/95 … GOLDENEYE (4 weeks, DTS)
12/15/95 … SABRINA (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01/05/96 … 12 MONKEYS (4 weeks, DTS)
02/02/96 … BLACK SHEEP (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02/16/96 … BRAVEHEART (RE, 1 week, DTS)
02/23/96 … RUMBLE IN THE BRONX (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
03/08/96 … THE BIRDCAGE (5 weeks, DTS)
04/12/96 … FEAR (3 weeks, DTS)
05/03/96 … THE CRAFT (2 weeks, SDDS)
05/17/96 … HEAVEN’S PRISONERS (1 week, Dolby Digital)
05/22/96 … MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE (7 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07/12/96 … COURAGE UNDER FIRE (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/09/96 … ESCAPE FROM L.A. (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/23/96 … A VERY BRADY SEQUEL (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/06/96 … BOGUS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/20/96 … THE FIRST WIVES CLUB (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/11/96 … THE GHOST AND THE DARKNESS (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/01/96 … DEAR GOD (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/22/96 … STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/20/96 … BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD DO AMERICA (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01/10/97 … THE RELIC (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01/29/97 … GRIDLOCK’D (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02/14/97 … ABSOLUTE POWER (3 weeks, SDDS)
03/07/97 … PRIVATE PARTS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03/21/97 … SELENA (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04/11/97 … PARADISE ROAD (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04/25/97 … VOLCANO (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05/09/97 … FATHERS’ DAY (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05/30/97 … TRIAL AND ERROR (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/13/97 … SPEED 2: CRUISE CONTROL (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/27/97 … FACE/OFF (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/01/97 … SPAWN (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/15/97 … EVENT HORIZON (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/27/97 … HOODLUM (3 weeks, DTS)
09/19/97 … IN & OUT (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/24/97 … BOOGIE NIGHTS (MO, 4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/21/97 … THE RAINMAKER (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/12/97 … SCREAM 2 (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/25/97 … THE POSTMAN (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01/09/98 … FIRESTORM (1 week, Dolby Digital)
01/16/98 … FALLEN (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02/06/98 … THE REPLACEMENT KILLERS (3 weeks, SDDS-8)
02/27/98 … DARK CITY (1 week, Dolby Digital)
03/06/98 … TITANIC (MO, 4 weeks, 70mm-DTS)
04/03/98 … LOST IN SPACE (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05/08/98 … WOO (1 week, Dolby Digital)
05/15/98 … PLUMP FICTION (1 week, Ultra Stereo)
05/22/98 … FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS (2 weeks, DTS)
06/05/98 … THE TRUMAN SHOW (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07/10/98 … SMALL SOLDIERS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07/24/98 … SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/07/98 … SNAKE EYES (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/28/98 … WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/11/98 … YOUR FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/02/98 … A NIGHT AT THE ROXBURY (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/16/98 … RUSH HOUR (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
10/23/98 … SOLDIER (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/06/98 … THE WIZARD OF OZ (RE, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/20/98 … THE RUGRATS MOVIE (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/11/98 … STAR TREK: INSURRECTION (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01/15/99 … VARSITY BLUES (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02/05/99 … SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (RE, 4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03/05/99 … ANALYZE THIS (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04/02/99 … THE OUT-OF-TOWNERS (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04/23/99 … LOST & FOUND (1 week, Dolby Digital)
04/30/99 … ENTRAPMENT (6 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/11/99 … AUSTIN POWERS: THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/30/99 … SOUTH PARK: BIGGER, LONGER & UNCUT (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07/30/99 … RUNAWAY BRIDE (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/27/99 … THE 13th WARRIOR (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/17/99 … THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/01/99 … THREE KINGS (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/22/99 … BRINGING OUT THE DEAD (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/12/99 … DOGMA (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/10/99 … DEUCE BIGALOW: MALE GIGOLO (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/25/99 … THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY (6 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02/04/00 … SCREAM 3 (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02/18/00 … THE WHOLE NINE YARDS (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03/22/00 … ROMEO MUST DIE (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04/14/00 … 28 DAYS (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05/05/00 … GLADIATOR (6 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/16/00 … SHAFT (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07/21/00 … WHAT LIES BENEATH (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/11/00 … THE REPLACEMENTS (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/01/00 … HIGHLANDER: ENDGAME (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/15/00 … BAIT (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/29/00 … BEAUTIFUL (1 week, Dolby Digital)
10/06/00 … GET CARTER (1 week, Dolby Digital)
10/13/00 … THE LADIES MAN (1 week, Dolby Digital)
10/20/00 … PAY IT FORWARD (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/10/00 … LITTLE NICKY (1 week, Dolby Digital)
11/17/00 … THE 6th DAY (4 weeks, SDDS-8)
12/15/00 … WHAT WOMEN WANT (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01/12/01 … SAVE THE LAST DANCE (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02/02/01 … VALENTINE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02/16/01 … DOWN TO EARTH (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03/02/01 … SEE SPOT RUN (1 week, Dolby Digital)
03/09/01 … GET OVER IT (1 week, Dolby Digital)
03/16/01 … ENEMY AT THE GATES (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04/06/01 … ALONG CAME A SPIDER (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04/27/01 … TOWN & COUNTRY (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05/18/01 … SHREK (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/15/01 … LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07/13/01 … THE SCORE (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/17/01 … RAT RACE (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/14/01 … HARDBALL (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/28/01 … DON’T SAY A WORD (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/19/01 … THE LAST CASTLE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/02/01 … DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/16/01 … HEIST (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
11/21/01 … BLACK KNIGHT (1 week, Dolby Digital)
11/30/01 … TEXAS RANGERS (1 week, Dolby Digital)
12/07/01 … HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
12/14/01 … VANILLA SKY (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01/11/02 … ORANGE COUNTY (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01/25/02 … THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02/08/02 … ROLLERBALL (1 week, Dolby Digital)
02/15/02 … SUPER TROOPERS (1 week, Dolby Digital)
02/22/02 … COLLATERAL DAMAGE (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
03/01/02 … WE WERE SOLDIERS (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03/29/02 … CLOCKSTOPPERS (1 week, Dolby Digital
04/05/02 … DEATH TO SMOOCHY (1 week, Dolby Digital)
04/12/02 … CHANGING LANES (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05/03/02 … SPIDER-MAN (4 weeks, SDDS-8)
05/31/02 … THE SUM OF ALL FEARS (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/28/02 … MR. DEEDS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07/12/02 … HALLOWEEN: RESURRECTION (1 week, Dolby Digital)
07/19/02 … K-19: THE WIDOWMAKER (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/07/02 … SPY KIDS 2: THE ISLAND OF LOST DREAMS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/23/02 … S1MONE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/06/02 … SWIMFAN (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/20/02 … THE FOUR FEATHERS (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/11/02 … THE TRANSPORTER (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/25/02 … JACKASS: THE MOVIE (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/27/02 … ADAM SANDLER’S 8 CRAZY NIGHTS (2 weeks, SDDS-8)
12/13/02 … STAR TREK: NEMESIS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/27/02 … GANGS OF NEW YORK (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01/10/03 … JUST MARRIED (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01/24/03 … THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02/07/03 … HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03/14/03 … THE HUNTED (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03/28/03 … THE CORE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04/11/03 … BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE (1 week, Dolby Digital)
04/16/03 … CHASING PAPI (1 week, Dolby Digital)
04/25/03 … BETTER LUCK TOMORROW (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05/15/03 … X2 (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05/30/03 … THE ITALIAN JOB (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/27/03 … CHARLIE’S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE (3 weeks, SDDS-8)
07/18/03 … BAD BOYS II (3 weeks, SDDS-8)
08/08/03 … S.W.A.T. (4 weeks, SDDS-8)
09/05/03 … DICKIE ROBERTS: FORMER CHILD STAR (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/19/03 … THE FIGHTING TEMPTATIONS (1 week, Dolby Digital)
09/26/03 … DUPLEX (1 week, Dolby Digital)
10/03/03 … SCHOOL OF ROCK (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/24/03 … BEYOND BORDERS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/05/03 … SCHOOL OF ROCK (RE, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
11/14/03 … TUPAC: RESURRECTION (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/28/03 … TIMELINE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/12/03 … LOVE DON’T CO$T A THING (1 week, Dolby Digital)
12/19/03 … BAD SANTA (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
12/25/03 … PAYCHECK (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01/16/04 … TORQUE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01/30/04 … THE PERFECT SCORE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02/13/04 … THE PERFECT SCORE / THE BIG BOUNCE (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
02/20/04 … SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
02/27/04 … TWISTED (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03/19/04 … THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
03/26/04 … SCOOBY-DOO 2: MONSTERS UNLEASHED (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04/09/04 … THE WHOLE TEN YARDS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04/23/04 … HELLBOY (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
04/30/04 … MEAN GIRLS (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/04/04 … TROY (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/18/04 … DODGEBALL: A TRUE UNDERDOG STORY (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07/16/04 … FAHRENHEIT 9/11 (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
07/23/04 … SPIDER-MAN 2 (MO, 1 week, SDDS-8)
07/30/04 … THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/27/04 … EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
09/03/04 … ANACONDAS: THE HUNT FOR THE BLOOD ORCHID (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
09/10/04 … RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE (2 weeks, SDDS)
09/24/04 … NAPOLEON DYNAMITE (MO, 3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/15/04 … TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/19/04 … THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS MOVIE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/03/04 … CLOSER (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/17/04 … LEMONY SNICKET’S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01/14/05 … RACING STRIPES (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02/04/05 … COACH CARTER (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
02/11/05 … HITCH (7 weeks, SDDS)
04/01/05 … SIN CITY (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04/30/05 … SAHARA (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
05/06/05 … HOUSE OF WAX (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05/27/05 … THE LONGEST YARD (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/15/05 … STAR WARS: EPISODE III REVENGE OF THE SITH (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/29/05 … BATMAN BEGINS (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07/15/05 … CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/05/05 … THE DUKES OF HAZZARD (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/19/05 … MARCH OF THE PENGUINS / THE DUKES OF HAZZARD (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
08/26/05 … MARCH OF THE PENGUINS / MUST LOVE DOGS (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
09/02/05 … MARCH OF THE PENGUINS (1 week, Dolby Digital)
09/09/05 … MARCH OF THE PENGUINS / A SOUND OF THUNDER (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
09/16/05 … MARCH OF THE PENGUINS / THE BROTHERS GRIMM (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
09/23/05 … ROLL BOUNCE (1 week, Dolby Digital)
09/30/05 … INTO THE BLUE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/14/05 … THE FOG (1 week, SDDS)
10/21/05 … STAY (1 week, Dolby Digital)
10/28/05 … NORTH COUNTRY (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
11/04/05 … SAW II (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/18/05 … GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN’ (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
11/23/05 … PRIDE & PREJUDICE (1 week, Dolby Digital)
12/02/05 … AEON FLUX (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/16/05 … THE FAMILY STONE (1 week, Dolby Digital)
12/21/05 … FUN WITH DICK & JANE (2 weeks, SDDS-8)
01/06/06 … BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01/27/06 … BIG MOMMA’S HOUSE 2 (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02/10/06 … FINAL DESTINATION 3 (1 week, Dolby Digital)
02/17/06 … FREEDOMLAND (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03/03/06 … ULTRAVIOLET (1 week, Dolby Digital)
03/10/06 … THE HILLS HAVE EYES (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03/24/06 … LARRY THE CABLE GUY: HEALTH INSPECTOR (1 week, Dolby Digital)
03/31/06 … ATL (1 week, Dolby Digital)
04/07/06 … TAKE THE LEAD (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04/21/06 … SILENT HILL (1 week, Dolby Digital)
04/28/06 … RV (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05/12/06 … POSEIDON (1 week, Dolby Digital)
05/19/06 … THE DA VINCI CODE (6 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/28/06 … THE LAKE HOUSE (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
07/07/06 … WASSUP ROCKERS (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07/21/06 … CLERKS II (1 week, Dolby Digital)
07/28/06 … CLERKS II / SUPERMAN RETURNS (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
08/04/06 … BARNYARD (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/18/06 … MATERIAL GIRLS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/01/06 … CRANK (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/15/06 … GRIDIRON GANG (1 week, Dolby Digital)
09/22/06 … FLYBOYS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/06/06 … THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE BEGINNING (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/27/06 … SAW III (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/10/06 … HARSH TIMES (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/22/06 … TENACIOUS D IN THE PICK OF DESTINY (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/08/06 … UNACCOMPANIED MINORS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/20/06 … ROCKY BALBOA (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01/12/07 … ARTHUR AND THE INVISIBLES (1 week, Dolby Digital)
01/19/07 … THE HITCHER (1 week, Dolby Digital)
01/26/07 … BLOOD & CHOCOLATE (1 week, Dolby Digital)
02/02/07 … THE MESSENGERS (1 week, Dolby Digital)
02/09/07 … DREAMGIRLS (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
02/14/07 … MUSIC AND LYRICS (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03/23/07 … ZODIAC (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04/06/07 … SHOOTER (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
THE END?
Vito,
Thanks for clarifying. This supports the belief that at least during the 1960s both sides could run 70mm. (“Cleopatra” played a reserved-seat run in the NORTH house.)
Then why did you list “Star Wars” with a Wednesday date? (The 25th of May in ‘77 was a Wednesday.)
Then what is the point of citing a specific date if they are merely approximate? Maybe a disclaimer at the head of the list would’ve been appropriate?
[Sorry, I meant to select “Preview” to check the link (for obvious reasons) and accidentally hit “Submit]
Here’s a link to a page from the “70mm in NY” photo gallery that showcases a few newspaper ads from the HICKSVILLE NORTH & SOUTH/MID-PLAZA CINEMA 6. Sorry, we don’t have any photographs of the place, just ads.
Here’s a [uEL=http://www.fromscripttodvd.com/70mm_in_new_york_hicksville.htm]link to a page[/url] from the “70mm in NY” photo gallery that showcases a few newspaper ads from the HICKSVILLE NORTH & SOUTH/MID-PLAZA CINEMA 6. Sorry, we don’t have any photographs of the place, just ads.
LOGAN’S RUN opened 06/23/76
A couple of minor release date corrections:
SUPERMAN opened 12/15/78
STAR WARS re-issue opened 08/15/79
D. Packard:
If you’re referring to this theatre in Marina del Rey, then the 70mm presentations shown there (if the 70mm stuff was correctly promoted) was:
RETURN OF THE JEDI
GHOST BUSTERS
2010
ALIENS
THE LAST BOY SCOUT
LAST ACTION HERO
You’d think they would’ve run more than that, but the theatre was not in a prime location and seemed to get 70mm prints only when a large run was made, which was not the case with most titles released in 70. Now, maybe they ran some others on a moveover.
OK, sorry folks. Back to the AVCO…
Mark Campbell:
In a May 6 post on the NATIONAL page, I mentioned Bill Kallay and I working on a tribute article. Have no fear, the intent is to include the list in the article.
Be patient! We hope to get it posted in a few days. Thanks for your interest.
As William just stated, the Westwood first run of “Dragonslayer” was at the AVCO in an upstairs auditorium. (I believe “For Your Eyes Only” was booked into the AVCO’s big house.)
I have a list of everything that played the NATIONAL…and can confidently state that “Dragonslayer” did not have an engagement there. If it did play there it would have been for a one-off test screening, sneak preview, premiere or midnight show. “Raiders Of The Lost Ark” opened two weeks before “Dragonslayer” and was playing the NATIONAL during that time.
Did you see “Raiders” at the NATIONAL during its first couple of weeks? Maybe there was a “Dragonslayer” trailer that you’re remembering?
Isn’t memory a bitch! “Dragonslayer” was at the Avco…
D. Packard: regarding “Close Encounters,” I may have misunderstood your post, or perhaps you weren’t clear. Are you describing the CORONET in Westwood or the CORONET in San Francisco?
In a recent magazine article, the ZIEGFELD was ranked the #2 best theatre in New York City.
Article: View link
“Poltergeist” in 70mm in Marina del Rey? Not according to this.
“Close Encounters” at the CORONET? In 1986? Are you maybe thinking of a different movie as “CE3K” didn’t play the CORONET nor was it released in ‘86? “Labyrinth,” maybe?
Ah, the Trilogy… March 28, 1985… Nine theatres in the whole world… The day before the “Return Of The Jedi” re-release…
The cities and theatres involved in this one-time-only charity event were: Chicago (Carnegie), Dallas (Northpark), Denver (Continental), Los Angeles (Egyptian), Los Angeles (Avco), New York (Warner Twin), San Francisco (Coronet), Seattle (Cinema 150), Toronto (Uptown).
Great list, JRS40! One minor correction regarding “The Empire Strikes Back”: it opened on Wednesday, May 21, 1980 rather than the Friday the 23rd.
List of the original May 21, 1980 bookings of ‘The Empire Strikes Back.’
Just wanted to mention in case some of you aren’t aware that on the From Script To DVD website we have recently posted a historical reference list of Cinerama presentations in New York City. It, of course, includes the many Cinerama films that played this theatre.
And don’t forget we also have a companion list for Cinerama presentations in Los Angeles.
Just wanted to mention in case some of you aren’t aware that on the From Script To DVD website we have recently posted a historical reference list of Cinerama presentations in New York City. It includes entries for the Soviet 3-panel films that have been mentioned in a number of postings on this page.
http://www.fromscripttodvd.com/cinerama_nyc.htm
And don’t forget we also have a companion list for Cinerama presentations in Los Angeles.
http://www.fromscripttodvd.com/cinerama_la.htm
Has anyone read the new “Making Of Star Wars” book? I think the book overall is fantastic and a must-read for any fan, but contained within is some erroneous information pertaining to the post-production and distribution of the film. In particular, one glaring error appears in regard to the CORONET.
To summarize, there was some controversy surrounding “Star Wars” being pulled by court order to accommodate a booking of “Close Encounters Of The Third Kind.” The book’s author, however, erroneously claims that the matter was settled by having “Close Encounters” play at the NORTHPOINT while “Star Wars” stayed at the CORONET. This, of course, is not how the matter was resolved.
“Star Wars” was sent out for re-bid and wound up a week later at the CINEMA 21; “Close Encounters” did in fact play the CORONET; “The Goodbye Girl” played the NORTHPOINT at that time.
I found the error humorous considering the author singled out the CORONET no doubt due to its proximity to the headquarters of the company that produced the movie and for the many historical links between “Star Wars” and the city of San Francisco.
(1) Lucasfilm Ltd. for many years was based in Marin County, just a short drive across the Golden Gate Bridge. Today, the company is based in San Francisco. (2) San Francisco is the city in which “Star Wars” was test-screened. (3) The CORONET was among the original theatres chosen to play the movie. (4) The CORONET had the highest boxoffice gross of the theatres in the U.S. that played the film during 1977.
You’d think that error would not have slipped through!