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Title |
Format |
Opening |
Sound |
Studio |
Notes |
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“Alien Nation” |
Super 35 |
Oct 7 (USA) |
6-Track Dolby Stereo |
20th Century Fox |
 AKA:
“Outer Heat.”
70mm trailer: “Cocoon: The Return” |
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“Beaches” |
Spherical (1.85:1) |
Dec 21 (USA) |
6-Track Dolby Stereo |
Touchstone |
 Original
Aspect Ratio (OAR) blow-up. 70mm trailer:
“Three Fugitives” |
"Le Grand
Bleu" / “The Big Blue”
|
CinemaScope |
Aug 19 (USA) |
6-Track Dolby Stereo |
Weintraub/Columbia |
 Originally released in France in 70mm on May 11
as ‘Le Grand Bleu.’ US version features shorter running time and
different music score. |
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Cobra
Verde |
Spherical (1.85:1) |
(Germany) |
6-Track Dolby Stereo |
|
Only
2 or 3 70mm prints. One of which played in Stuttgart
See
Todd-AO Festival 2019
|
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“Cocoon: The Return” |
Spherical (1.85:1) |
Nov 23 (USA) |
6-Track Dolby Stereo |
20th Century Fox |
 Original
Aspect Ratio (OAR) blow-up. 70mm trailers:
“Working Girl,” “Twins”
& “The Fly II” |
|
Dayavan |
NA |
Oct 1988 (India) |
6-Track Stereo |
NA |
See:
70mm Films in India |
|
"Die Hard" |
Panavision |
July 15 (USA) |
6-Track Dolby Stereo |
20th Century Fox |
 Opened in a limited 70mm-exclusive run on July 15. Advertised in advance of release as,
“Exclusive Engagement --
70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo -- On July 15...An adventure that will blow
you through the back wall of the theatre.”
Nationwide 35mm release followed one week later. Trivia: Prints (both 35 & 70) featured a “flat” Fox logo
stretched-out to “scope” proportions (the DVD does not reflect this).
70mm trailers: “Alien Nation,” “Young Guns,” “Moon Over
Parador” & “Twins”
|
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“Gorillas in the Mist” |
Spherical (1.85:1) |
Sept 23 (USA) |
6-Track Dolby Stereo |
Universal |
 Original
Aspect Ratio (OAR) blow-up. AKA:
“Gorillas In The Mist: The Adventure Of Dian Fossey.” |
|
“The Last Temptation of
Christ” |
Spherical (1.85:1) |
Aug 12 (USA) |
6-Track Dolby Stereo |
Universal |
 Original
Aspect Ratio (OAR) blow-up. 70mm trailer:
“Gorillas In The Mist” |
|
“Pathfinder” |
Panavision |
Sept 23 (UK) |
6-Track Dolby Stereo |
Norsk/IFEX |
 Reportedly screened in 70mm at the 1988 Seattle Film
Festival. Originally released in Norway (as “Ofelas”) in 1987.
Advertised as “The first Scandinavian film made in 70mm Panavision and
Dolby Six-Track Stereo.”
See:
70mm Film
Presentations in London
|
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“The Presidio” |
Panavision |
June 10 (USA) |
6-Track Dolby Stereo SR |
Paramount |
 70mm trailers:
“Tucker” & “Coming To America” |
|
“Shoot to Kill” |
Super 35 |
Feb 12 (USA) |
6-Track Dolby Stereo |
Touchstone |
 AKA:
“Deadly Pursuit” |
|
Tucker: The Man And His Dream |
Technovision |
Aug 12 (USA) |
6-Track Dolby Stereo SR |
Paramount |
 70mm trailers:
“U2: Rattle And Hum” &
“Scrooged” |
|
“Who Framed Roger Rabbit” |
Spherical (1.85:1) |
June 22 (USA) |
6-Track Dolby Stereo |
Touchstone |
 Original
Aspect Ratio (OAR) blow-up. 70mm trailer:
“Cocktail” |
|
“Willow” |
Panavision |
May 20 (USA) |
6-Track Dolby Stereo SR |
MGM |
 “Star Wars” it wasn’t...though still a fun and
enjoyable movie. |
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