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70mm Blow Up
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Compiled by William Kallay and Michael Coate - ©1999-2002

01.06.2012

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   April 19, 1990 (USA)     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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