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Title |
Format |
Opening |
Sound |
Studio |
Notes |
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1492: Conquest Of Paradise |
Panavision |
Oct 9 (USA) |
6-Track Dolby Stereo SR |
Paramount |
 70mm trailers:
“Leap Of Faith” and “Fire In The
Sky” |
“Alien 3”
|
Panavision |
May 22 (USA) |
6-Track Dolby Stereo SR (SS) |
20th Century Fox |
 LA engagement advertised as: “Now At The Avco -- LA’s
First Choice Presentation Theatre -- Presented in 70mm THX Dolby Stereo
SR.” 70mm trailers:
“Batman Returns,” “Death Becomes Her,” “Housesitter” and
“A
League Of Their Own” |
“Hoffa”
|
Panavision |
Dec 25 (USA) |
6-Track Dolby Stereo SR |
20th Century Fox |
 Original
Aspect Ratio (OAR) blow-up. 70mm trailer:
“The Vanishing” |
|
“Howards End” |
Super 35 |
Mar 13 (USA) |
6-Track Dolby Stereo |
Sony Classics |
 The first of two Merchant-Ivory productions to receive the
70mm treatment. The one and only 70mm release from Sony Pictures Classics. |
“The Last of the Mohicans”
|
Panavision |
Sept 25 (USA) |
6-Track Dolby Stereo SR |
20th Century Fox |
 70mm trailers:
“The Cemetery Club,” “Hoffa” &
“Toys” |
|
“Lethal Weapon 3” |
Panavision |
May 15 (USA) |
6-Track Dolby Stereo SR |
Warner Bros. |
 Always watch the end credits! 70mm trailers:
“Batman
Returns,” “Death Becomes Her,” “Housesitter” &
“A League
Of Their Own” |
|
“Malcolm X” |
Spherical (Super 1.85:1)
|
November 18 (Canada) |
6-Track Dolby Stereo SR (SS) |
Warner Bros. |
 Original
Aspect Ratio (OAR) blow-up. A small number of 70mm prints struck for major
Canadian markets not
then equipped for Dolby Digital presentations.
See: CINERAMA
and large-frame motion picture exhibition in Canada 1954-1974
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“Patriot Games” |
Panavision |
June 5 (USA) |
6-Track Dolby Stereo SR |
Paramount |
 70mm trailers:
“1492: Conquest Of Paradise” &
“Boomerang” |
|
“Shining Through” |
Panavision |
Jan 31 (USA) |
6-Track Dolby Stereo SR (SS) |
20th Century Fox |
 70mm trailers:
“Alien 3” & “Lethal Weapon 3” |
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