Title |
Format |
Opening |
Sound |
Studio |
Notes |
“Air America” |
Super 35 |
Aug 10 (USA) |
6-Track Dolby Stereo SR |
TriStar |
70mm trailer:
“Narrow Margin” |
“Arachnophobia” |
Spherical (1.85:1) |
July 18 (USA) |
6-Track Dolby Stereo SR |
Hollywood |
Original
Aspect Ratio (OAR) blow-up. The first release from Buena Vista under the
Hollywood Pictures banner. |
“Back to the Future Part III”
|
Spherical (1.85:1) |
May 25 (USA) |
6-Track Dolby Stereo SR |
Universal |
Original
Aspect Ratio (OAR) blow-up. A few US cities ran a 70mm triple feature on
May 24. Triple feature advertised as: “Thursday Night -- One Time Only
-- See All The Futures...Back To The Future I, II, III.” (Some theatres ran 35mm prints of movies I and/or II).
New Universal Studios logo introduced with this release. 70mm
trailers: “Darkman,” “Ghost Dad,” “Days Of Thunder” and
“Die
Hard 2” |
“The Bonfire of the
Vanities” |
Spherical (Super 1.85:1) |
Dec 21 (USA) |
6-Track Dolby Stereo |
Warner Bros. |
Original
Aspect Ratio (OAR) blow-up. This should have remained a novel! |
“Days of Thunder”
|
Panavision |
June 27 (USA) |
CDS/6-Track Dolby Stereo SR (SS) |
Paramount |
Dual 70mm print inventory
(mag-stripe & CDS). 70mm
trailers: ‘Ghost,’ ‘The Two Jakes’ & ‘The Godfather Part
III’
See: Films presented in 70mm
and 35mm Cinema Digital Sound
|
“Dick Tracy” |
Spherical (Super 1.85:1) |
June 15 (USA) |
CDS/6-Track Dolby Stereo (SS) |
Touchstone |
175 70mm prints.
Original Aspect Ratio (OAR) blow-up. Dual 70mm print inventory
(mag-stripe & CDS). Included (also in 70mm) the Roger Rabbit short
‘Rollercoaster Rabbit.’ 70mm
trailer: ‘Betsy’s Wedding.’
See: Films presented in 70mm and 35mm
Cinema Digital Sound
|
“Die Hard 2” |
Panavision |
July 4 (USA) |
6-Track Dolby Stereo SR |
20th Century Fox |
Like the original “Die Hard,” prints (both 35 & 70)
featured a “flat” Fox logo stretched-out to ‘scope’ proportions
(the DVD does not reflect this). 70mm trailers: ‘The Adventures Of Ford
Fairlane’ & ‘Predator 2’ |
Edward Scissorhands |
Spherical (1.85:1) |
Dec 7 (USA) |
CDS/6-Track Dolby Stereo SR |
20th Century Fox |
Original
Aspect Ratio (OAR) blow-up. Dual 70mm print inventory (mag-stripe &
CDS). Also test screened in 35mm-CDS (LA -- Avco Westwood).
See: Films presented in 70mm and 35mm
Cinema Digital Sound
|
“Fantasia” (Re-Issue) |
Spherical (1.37:1) |
Oct 5 (USA) |
Fantasound 6 Channel Discrete Dolby Stereo SR |
Walt Disney |
Original
Aspect Ratio (OAR) blow-up. Dual 70mm print inventory
(Fantasound &
conventional six-track Dolby). 70mm trailer: “The Rescuers Down
Under.” |
“Flatliners” |
Panavision |
Aug 10 (USA) |
6-Track Dolby Stereo |
Columbia |
Some sources suggest this may have had 70mm-CDS prints as
well.
See: Films presented in 70mm
and 35mm Cinema Digital Sound
See:
70mm Film
Presentations in London
|
Godfather Part III, The |
Spherical (Super 1.85:1) |
Dec 25 (USA) |
6-Track Dolby Stereo SR |
Paramount |
Original
Aspect Ratio (OAR) blow-up. 70mm trailers: “He Said, She Said” &
“The Naked Gun 2 1/2” |
“Gremlins 2: The New Batch” |
Spherical (1.85:1) |
June 15 (USA) |
6-Track Dolby Stereo SR |
Warner Bros. |
Original
Aspect Ratio (OAR) blow-up. This had a great film-break gag (appropriately
altered for video versions). 70mm trailers: “My Blue Heaven,” “Quick
Change” & “Memphis Belle” |
“Havana” |
Spherical (1.85:1) |
Dec 12 (USA) |
6-Track Dolby Stereo |
Universal |
Original
Aspect Ratio (OAR) blow-up. |
“The Hunt for Red October”
|
Panavision |
Mar 2 (USA) |
6-Track Dolby Stereo SR (SS) |
Paramount |
70mm trailers: “Flight Of The Intruder” & “Crazy
People” |
“Memphis Belle” |
Spherical (1.85:1) |
Oct 12 (USA) |
6-Track Dolby Stereo |
Warner Bros. |
Original
Aspect Ratio (OAR) blow-up. 70mm trailers: “The Sheltering Sky” &
“Bonfire Of The Vanities” |
“Mountains of the Moon” |
Spherical (1.85:1) |
Feb 23 (USA) |
6-Track Dolby Stereo |
TriStar |
Original
Aspect Ratio (OAR) blow-up. 70mm trailer: “Total Recall” (teaser) |
“Predator 2” |
Spherical (1.85:1) |
Nov 23 (USA) |
6-Track Dolby Stereo SR |
20th Century Fox |
Original
Aspect Ratio (OAR) blow-up. 70mm trailer: “Sleeping With The Enemy” |
“The Rookie” |
Panavision |
Dec 7 (USA) |
6-Track Dolby Stereo SR |
Warner Bros. |
|
“The Sheltering Sky” |
Spherical (Super 1.85:1) |
Dec 12 (USA) |
6-Track Dolby Stereo |
Warner Bros. |
Original
Aspect Ratio (OAR) blow-up. Initially released in France (possibly in
70mm) on Nov 21. |
SR-71 Blackbird: The
Secret Vigil |
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April 19, 1990 (USA) |
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Aviation docu-drama
See
70mm Presentations in Dothan |
“Total Recall” |
Spherical (1.85:1) |
June 1 (USA) |
6-Track Dolby Stereo SR |
TriStar |
Original
Aspect Ratio (OAR) blow-up. 70mm trailers: “Air America” and “The
Doors” (teaser) |
“The Two Jakes” |
Spherical (Super 1.85:1) |
Aug 10 (USA) |
6-Track Dolby Stereo |
Paramount |
Original
Aspect Ratio (OAR) blow-up. 70mm trailer: “The Godfather Part III” |
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