Title | Format | Opening | Sound | Studio | Notes |
“Backdraft” | Super 35 | May 24 (USA) | 6-Track Dolby Stereo | Universal | 70mm trailers: “Pure Luck,” “Problem Child 2,” “Dutch,” “Dying Young” and “Mobsters” |
“Beauty and the Beast” | Spherical (Super 1.85:1) | Nov 13 (USA) | 6-Track Dolby Stereo | Walt Disney | Original Aspect Ratio (OAR) blow-up. Converted to 15/70 format and scheduled for release in January 2002. |
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Dances With Wolves | Panavision | NA | 6-Track Dolby Stereo SR | Orion | US 35mm release: Nov 9, 1990. 70mm print reportedly used in LA during Oscar consideration screenings. 70mm print(s) later screened in Toronto, Canada & Brussels, Belgium (and perhaps elsewhere). |
“The Doors” | Panavision | Mar 1 (USA) | 6-Track Dolby Stereo SR | TriStar | 70mm trailers: “Hudson Hawk” and “Terminator 2.” Also released in 35mm-CDS.
See: Films presented in 70mm and 35mm Cinema Digital Sound |
“For the Boys” | Spherical (1.85:1) | Nov 22 (USA) | 6-Track Dolby Stereo SR | 20th Century Fox | Original Aspect Ratio (OAR) blow-up. Some sources suggest this may have had 70mm-CDS prints as well.
See: Films presented in 70mm and 35mm Cinema Digital Sound |
“Hook” | Panavision | Dec 11 (USA) | 6-Track Dolby Stereo SR (SS) | TriStar | 70mm trailer: “Father Of The Bride” |
“The Last Boy Scout” | Panavision | Dec 13 (USA) | 6-Track Dolby Stereo | Geffen | 70mm trailers: “Freejack” and “JFK” |
“Point Break” | Super 35 | July 12 (USA) | 6-Track Dolby Stereo SR | 20th Century Fox | 70mm trailers: “Hot Shots” and “The Commitments” |
“The Rocketeer” | Panavision | June 21 (USA) | 6-Track Dolby Stereo SR | Walt Disney | 70mm print of the Disney short “Mickey’s Gala Premiere” were prepared for the El Capitan (LA) run (but it was not included). 70mm trailers: "101 Dalmatians" (re-issue), “The Doctor” and “V.I. Warshawski” |
“Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country” | Super 35 | Dec 6 (USA) | 6-Track Dolby Stereo SR (SS) | Paramount | 70mm trailers: “Wayne’s World,” “Cool World” and “The Last Boy Scout” This was also test screened in 35mm - Dolby Digital. |
“Terminator 2: Judgment Day” | Super 35 | July 3 (USA) | CDS/6-Track Dolby Stereo SR (SS) | TriStar | Some cities ran ‘sneak preview’ screenings on July 2. Dual 70mm print inventory (18 mag-stripe & 6 CDS). 70mm trailers: “Hook” (teaser), “Another You” and “Alien 3” (teaser). Expanded to 153 minutes in 1993, and released exclusively on LaserDisc (and subsequently, on DVD & VHS).
See: Films presented in 70mm and 35mm Cinema Digital Sound |
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