Title | Format | Opening | Sound | Studio | Notes |
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 |
“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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