| | Showcase Presentations in the Silicon Valley: A History of Large Format and Roadshow Exhibition, 1964-Present A work in progress
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| Compiled by: Michael Coate | Date: 12.02.2017 | Part 1: The Cinemas | | CAMPBELL Pruneyard
MILPITAS Milpitas 10
MOUNTAIN VIEW Century 10
PALO ALTO Stanford
SAN JOSE Berryessa 10 California Century 21 Century 22 Century 23 Century 24 Century 25 Oakridge 20 Town & Country
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70mm cinemas in Southern California
70mm Cinemas In Detroit, USA
70mm Cinemas And Films In Chicago, USA
70mm Cinemas in Denmark and the first 70mm film
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| Part 2: The Engagements | | The (majority of the) titles cited below were presented in 70-millimeter and with some flavor of six-track stereophonic sound. The Cinerama-branded 70mm presentations during the 1963-69 period are noted as [Cinerama]. Details pertaining to origination format (i.e. 65mm or 35mm blow-up) are not addressed since the listing is meant to be an exhibition-based chronology.
The roadshows have been listed with an asterisk. These were reserved-seat engagements with advanced pricing and limited, scheduled showtimes (typically ten-per-week or two-a-day). Souvenir programs were usually sold and often the presentations included an overture, intermission, entracte, and exit music. Many of the roadshows were actually screened in a 35mm presentation (rather than in 70mm) and effort has been made to identify these with a 35mm notation or with a double asterisk whenever the projection process could not be determined or was vaguely or ambiguously addressed in promotional material.
The duration of the engagements, measured in weeks, is included in parenthesis for some of the entries.
IMAX and other special venue presentations have not been included.
m/o = a move-over engagement (i.e. a continuation of a booking from another theater)
1964-11-24
ITS A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD*
Century 21 (19 weeks) [Cinerama]
1965-04-06
MY FAIR LADY*
Century 21 (33) 1965-11-24
THOSE MAGNIFICENT MEN IN THEIR FLYING MACHINES*
Century 21 (15)
1966-03-08
THOSE MAGNIFICENT MEN
*
Century 22 m/o (10 [25]) 1966-03-09
THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD*
Century 21 (14) [Cinerama] 1966-05-17
THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY*
Century 22 (8) 1966-06-15
BATTLE OF THE BULGE*
Century 21 (9) [Cinerama] 1966-07-12
THE SOUND OF MUSIC*
Century 22 (67) 1966-08-17
DOCTOR ZHIVAGO*/**
Century 21 (58)
1967-03-08
HAWAII*/**
Town & Country (32) 1967-03-14
THE SAND PEBBLES*/**
Century 23 (34) 1967-09-26
GRAND PRIX*
Century 21 (43) [Cinerama] 1967-10-24
THE BIBLE*
Century 22 (23) 1967-11-07
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE*
Century 23 (29) [35mm]
1968-04-02
FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD*
Century 22 (9) 1968-05-28
CAMELOT*/**
Century 23 (34) 1968-06-05
DOCTOR DOLITTLE*
Century 22 (28) 1968-07-17
GONE WITH THE WIND*
Century 24 (44) 1968-07-23
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY*
Century 21 (87) [Cinerama] 1968-12-17
THE SHOES OF THE FISHERMAN*/**
Century 22 (22)
1969-01-21
FINIANS RAINBOW*/**
Century 23 (17) 1969-05-20
CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG*/**
Century 24 (11) 1969-05-20
STAR!*/**
Century 22 (5) 1969-05-21
DOCTOR ZHIVAGO*/**
Century 23 (4) 1969-06-17
OLIVER!*/**
Century 23 (34) 1969-06-24
FUNNY GIRL*/**
Century 22 (47) 1969-08-01
KRAKATOA, EAST OF JAVA
Town & Country (9) [Cinerama] 1969-08-06
ICE STATION ZEBRA*
Century 24 (11) [Cinerama] 1969-08-06
SWEET CHARITY*
Century 25 (11) 1969-10-22
BEN-HUR*
Century 24 (8) 1969-10-22
ICE STATION ZEBRA*
Century 25 m/o (2) [Cinerama] 1969-12-17
HELLO, DOLLY!*/**
Century 24 (28)
1970-02-10
PAINT YOUR WAGON*/**
Century 23 (56) 1970-03-25
ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS*/**
Century 21 (9) 1970-04-29
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
Cinema 150 (4) 1970-05-19
PATTON*/**
Century 22 (60) 1970-07-01
DARLING LILI*/**
Century 24 (9) 1970-09-02
ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER*
Century 24 (16) [35mm] 1970-10-21
TORA! TORA! TORA!*/**
Century 25 (22) 1970-12-25
LOVE STORY*
Century 24 (33) [35mm] 1970-12-25
SONG OF NORWAY*
Century 21 (17)
1971-04-21
RYANS DAUGHTER*/**
Century 21 (27) 1971-07-14
LE MANS*
Century 22 (14) [35mm] 1971-08-13
CARNAL KNOWLEDGE*
Century 24 (11) [35mm]
1972-02-15
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF*/**
Century 21 (56) 1972-03-01
CABARET*
Century 25 (21) [35mm] 1972-12-14
MAN OF LA MANCHA*/**
Century 24 (14)
1973-03-14
THE SOUND OF MUSIC*
Century 21 (15) 1973-04-04
LOST HORIZON*
Century 23 (14) 1973-05-16
LAST TANGO IN PARIS*
Century 24 (26) [35mm] 1973-08-29
THIS IS CINERAMA
Cinema 150 (4)
1974-08-21
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
Century 22 (6)
1976-06-23
LOGANS RUN
Century 21 (5) 1976-07-28
LOGANS RUN / 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
Century 21 (11) 1976-12-25
A STAR IS BORN
Town & Country (25)
1977-05-25
STAR WARS
Century 22 (60) [70mm from Week 27] 1977-12-14
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
Cinema 150 (31)
1978-07-21
SGT. PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
Cinema 150 [70mm from Week 8] 1978-12-15
SUPERMAN
Town & Country (25) [70mm from Week 7]
1979-05-25
ALIEN
Century 22 (24) 1979-09-21
APOCALYPSE NOW
Century 21 (12) 1979-11-08
THE ROSE
Century 23 1979-11-09
SLEEPING BEAUTY
Century 22 1979-12-14
1941
Century 21 (25) 1979-12-14
APOCALYPSE NOW
Century 24 m/o 1979-12-21
THE BLACK HOLE
Century 22
1980-05-21
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
Century 22 (43) 1980-09-26
DIVINE MADNESS
Century 23
1981-01-16
ALTERED STATES
Town & Country (sneak preview screening) 1981-01-23
ALTERED STATES
Town & Country 1981-05-22
OUTLAND
Town & Country 1981-06-12
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
Century 21 (25) 1981-06-12
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
Century 23 (10) 1981-06-19
SUPERMAN II
Century 22 (#1) 1981-06-19
SUPERMAN II
Century 22 (#2) 1981-10-09
ZOOT SUIT
Century 22 (6) [print destroyed in theater fire] 1981-12-04
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
Century 25 m/o (56 [81])
1982-03-05
QUEST FOR FIRE
Cinema 150 (16) 1982-05-28
ROCKY III
Century 22 1982-06-04
POLTERGEIST
Century 24 1982-06-04
STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN
Century 23 (#1) 1982-06-04
STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN
Century 23 (#2) 1982-06-11
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
Century 21 (1) 1982-06-11
GREASE 2
Century 22 (3) 1982-06-17
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
Century 23 m/o (2 [3]) 1982-06-18
ANNIE
Century 21 (18) 1982-06-18
FIREFOX
Town & Country 1982-06-25
BLADE RUNNER
Century 22 1982-06-25
STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN
Century 24 m/o 1982-07-02
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
Century 22 m/o (3 [6]) 1982-07-09
TRON
Century 24 (11) 1982-07-23
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
Century 23 m/o (43 [49]) 1982-09-17
PINK FLOYD: THE WALL
Century 22 1982-12-17
THE DARK CRYSTAL
Century 22
1983-01-14
GANDHI
Century 24 1983-02-11
LETS SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER
Century 21 1983-04-22
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
Town & Country (3) 1983-05-13
BLUE THUNDER
Town & Country (9) 1983-05-20
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
Century 21 m/o (3 [52]) 1983-05-25
RETURN OF THE JEDI
Cinema 150 (29) 1983-05-25
RETURN OF THE JEDI
Pruneyard (38) 1983-06-03
WARGAMES
Century 24 1983-06-10
OCTOPUSSY
Century 24 1983-06-17
SUPERMAN III
Century 22 1983-07-15
STAYING ALIVE
Town & Country 1983-07-29
KRULL
Century 21 1983-09-30
BRAINSTORM
Century 21 1983-10-21
THE RIGHT STUFF
Century 22
1984-03-30
GREYSTOKE: THE LEGEND OF TARZAN
Century 21 (10) 1984-05-23
INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM
Century 22 (#1) 1984-05-23
INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM
Century 22 (#2: 8) 1984-05-23
INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM
Century 22 (#3: 2) 1984-06-01
STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK
Century 23 (#1) 1984-06-01
STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK
Century 23 (#2: 3) 1984-06-01
STREETS OF FIRE
Century 24 (3) 1984-06-08
GHOSTBUSTERS
Town & Country (26) 1984-06-08
GREMLINS
Century 21 1984-07-13
THE LAST STARFIGHTER
Century 23 1984-09-19
AMADEUS
Cinema 150 1984-12-07
2010
Century 21 1984-12-07
CITY HEAT
Town & Country 1984-12-14
DUNE
Century 22 1984-12-14
STARMAN
Century 24
1985-03-29
RETURN OF THE JEDI
Pruneyard 1985-05-22
RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART II
Town & Country 1985-06-07
THE GOONIES
Century 22 1985-06-21
COCOON
Cinema 150 1985-06-21
LIFEFORCE
Century 22 1985-06-21
RETURN TO OZ
Century 23 1985-06-21
RETURN TO OZ
Stanford 1985-07-10
MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME
Century 22 1985-07-10
SILVERADO
Century 22 1985-07-19
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
Century 22 (3) 1985-07-24
THE BLACK CAULDRON
Stanford 1985-07-24
THE BLACK CAULDRON
Town & Country 1985-08-09
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
Century 24 m/o (1) 1985-11-08
BRING ON THE NIGHT
Century 23 1985-11-27
ROCKY IV
Century 10 1985-11-27
ROCKY IV
Century 21 1985-11-27
SANTA CLAUS
Century 22 1985-12-04
YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES
Century 22 1985-12-06
SPIES LIKE US
Century 23 1985-12-06
WHITE NIGHTS
Century 24 1985-12-20
A CHORUS LINE
Century 22 1985-12-20
OUT OF AFRICA
Century 10 1985-12-20
OUT OF AFRICA
Town & Country
1986-01-24
THE CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR
Century 22 1986-05-10
TOP GUN
Town & Country (sneak preview screening) 1986-05-16
TOP GUN
Town & Country (22) 1986-05-23
COBRA
Century 21 (3) 1986-06-11
COBRA
Century 22 m/o 1986-07-18
ALIENS
Century 10 1986-07-18
ALIENS
Cinema 150 1986-08-01
HOWARD THE DUCK
Century 21 (3) 1986-10-17
THE COLOR OF MONEY
Town & Country 1986-10-17
TOP GUN
Century 22 m/o 1986-11-26
STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME
Century 21 1986-11-26
STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME
Century 22 1986-12-05
TOP GUN
Century 25 m/o 1986-12-19
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
Century 22 1986-12-25
THE MISSION
Century 10 1986-12-25
THE MISSION
Century 22
1987-03-06
LETHAL WEAPON
Town & Country (13) 1987-06-03
THE UNTOUCHABLES
Town & Country (9) 1987-06-12
THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK
Century 22 1987-06-24
SPACEBALLS
Century 21 (1) 1987-07-01
ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING
Century 24 1987-07-01
INNERSPACE
Century 10 1987-07-01
INNERSPACE
Century 21 (4) 1987-07-01
SPACEBALLS
Century 23 m/o 1987-07-31
INNERSPACE
Century 23 m/o 1987-07-31
THE LOST BOYS
Century 21 1987-08-05
STAKEOUT
Town & Country 1987-08-05
THE UNTOUCHABLES
Century 24 m/o 1987-08-28
APOCALYPSE NOW
Century 24 1987-11-06
CRY FREEDOM
Century 22 1987-11-25
CRY FREEDOM
Century 23 m/o 1987-11-25
THREE MEN AND A BABY
Town & Country 1987-12-11
EMPIRE OF THE SUN
Century 10 1987-12-11
EMPIRE OF THE SUN
Century 22
1988-01-15
GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM
Century 21 1988-05-20
WILLOW
Century 10 1988-05-20
WILLOW
Town & Country (8) 1988-06-10
THE PRESIDIO
Century 24 1988-06-22
WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT
Century 22 1988-07-15
DIE HARD
Town & Country 1988-07-15
WILLOW
Century 25 m/o 1988-09-23
GORILLAS IN THE MIST
Century 21 (7) 1988-11-23
COCOON: THE RETURN
Century 10 1988-11-23
COCOON: THE RETURN
Century 21
1989-03-17
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
Century 22 1989-06-23
INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE
Berryessa [70mm from Week 5] 1989-05-24
INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE
Century 10 1989-05-24
INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE
Century 22 (#1: 5) 1989-05-24
INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE
Century 22 (#2: 5) 1989-05-24
INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE
Century 22 (#3: 3) 1989-06-09
DEAD POETS SOCIETY
Century 23 1989-06-09
STAR TREK V: THE FINAL FRONTIER
Century 21 (2) 1989-06-09
STAR TREK V: THE FINAL FRONTIER
Century 23 (2) 1989-06-22
BATMAN
Century 10 1989-06-22
BATMAN
Century 21 (1) 1989-06-22
BATMAN
Century 22 1989-06-22
STAR TREK V: THE FINAL FRONTIER
Century 24 m/o 1989-06-30
BATMAN
Century 22 m/o 1989-06-30
INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE
Century 21 m/o (2 [7]) 1989-07-07
LETHAL WEAPON 2
Century 10 1989-07-07
LETHAL WEAPON 2
Town & Country 1989-07-14
INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE
Century 22 m/o 1989-08-09
THE ABYSS
Century 10 1989-08-09
THE ABYSS
Century 21
1990-01-05
BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY
Century 22 1990-01-12
GLORY
Century 23 1990-03-02
THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER
Century 22 1990-05-24
BACK TO THE FUTURE PART I / II / III
Century 22 (triple feature screening) 1990-05-25
BACK TO THE FUTURE PART III
Century 22 1990-06-01
TOTAL RECALL
Century 21 (2) 1990-06-15
DICK TRACY
Century 10 1990-06-15
DICK TRACY
Century 22 1990-06-15
DICK TRACY
Milpitas 10 1990-06-15
DICK TRACY
Town & Country 1990-06-15
GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH
Century 10 1990-06-15
GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH
Century 21 (2) 1990-06-15
GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH
Century 23 1990-06-27
DAYS OF THUNDER
Century 10 1990-06-27
DAYS OF THUNDER
Century 21 1990-07-03
DIE HARD 2
Century 10 1990-07-03
DIE HARD 2
Century 22 1990-07-03
DIE HARD 2
Century 23 1990-07-18
ARACHNOPHOBIA
Century 10 1990-07-18
ARACHNOPHOBIA
Century 22 1990-10-05
FANTASIA
Century 10 1990-10-05
FANTASIA
Century 22 1990-12-14
EDWARD SCISSORHANDS
Century 22 1990-12-14
HAVANA
Century 23 1990-12-25
THE GODFATHER PART III
Century 21
1991-03-01
THE DOORS
Century 21 1991-05-24
BACKDRAFT
Century 22 1991-06-21
THE ROCKETEER
Century 10 1991-06-21
THE ROCKETEER
Century 22 1991-07-02
TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY
Century 22 1991-11-22
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Century 22 1991-12-06
STAR TREK VI: THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY
Century 21 1991-12-11
HOOK
Century 10 1991-12-11
HOOK
Century 22 1991-12-13
THE LAST BOY SCOUT
Century 22
1992-05-15
LETHAL WEAPON 3
Century 21 (3) 1992-05-22
FAR AND AWAY
Century 10 1992-05-22
FAR AND AWAY
Century 22 (#1) 1992-05-22
FAR AND AWAY
Century 22 (#2) 1992-06-05
LETHAL WEAPON 3
Century 23 m/o 1992-06-05
PATRIOT GAMES
Century 10 1992-06-05
PATRIOT GAMES
Century 21 1992-10-02
1492: CONQUEST OF PARADISE
Century 24 1992-12-25
HOFFA
Town & Country
1993-05-28
CLIFFHANGER
Century 21 1993-06-17
LAST ACTION HERO
Century 10 1993-06-17
LAST ACTION HERO
Century 22 1993-07-09
IN THE LINE OF FIRE
Century 21 1993-11-05
THE REMAINS OF THE DAY
Century 25
1994-07-15
TRUE LIES
Century 22
1997-12-19
TITANIC
Century 22 (#1: 22) 1997-12-19
TITANIC
Century 22 (#2: 18)
2009-07-31
CLEOPATRA
California (2 days) [new print] 2009-??-??
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
California [new print] 2009-??-??
PLAYTIME
California [new print] 2009-??-??
WEST SIDE STORY
California [new print] 2009-??-??
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
California [new print]
2015-12-25
THE HATEFUL EIGHT
Mercado 20 2015-12-25
THE HATEFUL EIGHT
Oakridge 20 | | Part 3: which 70mm releases did not play *in 70mm* in San Jose? | | Here is a listing of movies with a confirmed 70mm release in North America that played the San Jose market only in 35mm (or not at all). Titles marked with an asterisk played the San Jose area in 70mm only during a second run or revival booking. (The 1955-1963 70mm releases have been excluded since San Jose lacked any 70mm-equipped theaters during that period.)
1964 Cheyenne Autumn Mediterranean Holiday
1965 The Great Race The Hallelujah Trail In Harms Way Lord Jim
1966 Born Free Is Paris Burning? Khartoum Russian Adventure
1967 The Dirty Dozen
1968 Around the World in Eighty Days (re-release) Custer of the West Dr. Coppelius Half a Sixpence War and Peace
1969 MacKennas Gold Marooned The Stewardesses Where Eagles Dare The Wild Bunch
1970 Airport Anne of the Thousand Days Brewster McCloud Scrooge Too Late the Hero
1971 House of Wax (re-release) The Last Valley Lawrence of Arabia (re-release) Mary, Queen of Scots My Fair Lady (re-release) Waterloo
1972 The Concert for Bangladesh The Cowboys Deliverance The Great Waltz The Poseidon Adventure
1973 Tom Sawyer
1974 Jesus Christ Superstar (re-release) One by One Panorama Blue Thats Entertainment! The Towering Inferno The Trial of Billy Jack
1975 The Jolson Story (re-release) Lucky Lady Paper Tiger The Wind and the Lion
1976 The Return of a Man Called Horse Thats Entertainment, Part 2
1977 Tommy (re-release)
1978 Capricorn One Comes a Horseman Crossed Swords Days of Heaven The Deer Hunter Dersu Uzala Grease The Manitou The Sound of Music (re-release) Star Wars (re-release)
1979 The Exorcist (re-release) Hanover Street Hurricane The Muppet Movie Star Wars (re-release)
1980 The Blue Lagoon Cant Stop the Music Close Encounters of the Third Kind (The Special Edition re-release) Fame The Island The Jazz Singer The Ninth Configuration / Twinkle, Twinkle, Killer Kane Raise the Titanic
1981 Dragonslayer The Empire Strikes Back (re-release) Heavens Gate Sharkys Machine Star Wars (re-release) Wolfen
1982 The Empire Strikes Back (re-release) Napoleon (re-release) One from the Heart The Road Warrior Star Wars (re-release) Tempest The Thing Yes, Georgio
1983 Around the World in Eighty Days (re-release) The Entity Never Say Never Again Oklahoma! (re-release) The Star Chamber Star Wars / The Empire Strikes Back (double feature re-release)
1984 The Bear The Cotton Club The Razors Edge The River
1985 American Flyers Back to the Future* The Emerald Forest Explorers Ladyhawke Revolution Year of the Dragon
1986 Absolute Beginners Big Trouble in Little China Manhunter The Money Pit Nutcracker Sleeping Beauty (re-release) Spacecamp Tough Guys
1987 The Last Emperor Over the Top Predator The Running Man Whos That Girl
1988 Alien Nation Beaches The Big Blue The Last Temptation of Christ Shoot to Kill Tucker: The Man and his Dream
1989 Always Back to the Future Part II* The Bear Black Rain Casualties of War In Country The Little Mermaid Tango & Cash The Ten Commandments (re-release) Valmont
1990 Air America The Bonfire of the Vanities Flatliners Memphis Belle Mountains of the Moon Predator 2 The Rookie The Sheltering Sky The Sound of Music (re-release) The Two Jakes
1991 For the Boys Point Break Spartacus (re-release)
1992 Alien 3 Howards End The Last of the Mohicans Malcolm X Shining Through
1993 Baraka Geronimo: An American Legend Gettysburg Short Cuts
1994 Little Buddha My Fair Lady (re-release)
1995 The Wild Bunch (Directors Cut re-release)
1996 Hamlet Vertigo (re-release)
2001 2001: A Space Odyssey (re-release)
2002 Lawrence of Arabia (re-release)
2012 The Master
2014 Inherent Vice Interstellar
2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
References: Dolby sound system installation records, and various issues of Boxoffice, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, and Variety.
Special Thanks: Mike Hensley, Robert Smith, Sean Weitzel. | | | | Go: back - top - back issues Updated 06-05-22 | | |