| | 70mm Blow Up 1975 | | | | Updated 16-05-2011 | | Title | Format | Opening | Sound | Studio | Notes | | Funny Lady | Panavision | Mar 17 (UK) | 6-Track Stereo | Columbia | US release in 35mm. | | Hindenburg, The | Panavision | Dec 25 (USA) | 6-Track Stereo | Universal | US 70mm release unconfirmed. Title is listed in the book ‘Wide Screen Movies.’ | | Jolson Story, The (Re-Issue) | Spherical (1.37:1) | Aug 28 (USA) | 6-Track Stereo | Columbia | Prints featured the original Academy image ‘tilt-and-scanned’ to fill the 70mm frame. | | Lucky Lady | Spherical (1.85:1) | Dec 25 (USA) | 6-Track Stereo | 20th Century Fox | | | Man With The Golden Gun, The | Spherical (1.75:1) | NA (Spain) | 6-Track Stereo | United Artists | Original UK & US 35mm release: Dec 19, 1974. 35mm-mag stereo print screened in London. | | Paper Tiger | Panavision | Nov 6 (USA) | 6-Track Stereo | Avco Embassy | | | Rollerball | Spherical (1.85:1) | June 25 (USA) | 6-Track Stereo | United Artists | Variety’s review noted: “[Director] Jewison and associate producer Patrick Palmer made the $5,000,000 film in Munich and London, shooting in 35mm with a 1.85:1 ratio, later enlarged in outstanding technical work by Technicolor’s London lab to 70mm, approximately 2:1 ratio. About 10 domestic engagements will [premiere] with the 70mm prints with six-track sound, which will add enormous audience participation and artistic impact to the film.” | | Sholay | NA | NA (India) | 6-Track Stereo | NA | This was reportedly the first Indian-produced film to be released in that country (there were Soviet-India co-productions prior) with 70mm prints. AKA: ‘Flames Of The Sun.’ | | Tommy | Spherical (1.85:1) | NA (USA) | 6-Track Stereo | Columbia | US 70mm release unconfirmed. Title is listed in the book “Wide Screen Movies.” Some 35mm prints featured Quintaphonic sound. 70mm re-issue in 1977. | | Wind And The Lion, The | Panavision | May 22 (USA) | 6-Track Stereo | MGM | | | Ziema Obiecana | CinemaScope | NA (Poland) | 6-Track Stereo | Polski | AKA: ‘Land Of Promise’ & ‘The Promised Land’ | | | | | | | | Go: back - top - 1976 - Foreword | |