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Michael Coate
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1904
From: Los Angeles, California
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 03-19-2018 02:23 PM
New article about history of 70mm (and roadshows and Cinerama) presentations in the Valley of the Sun.
Showcase Presentations in Phoenix
quote: Michael Coate/In70mm.com
Showcase Presentations in Phoenix
A Chronology of Roadshow and Large Format Exhibition, 1957-Present
Compiled by Michael Coate
Continuing the Showcase Presentations in
series, we now present: Phoenix, Arizona.
Part 1: The Cinemas
The Valley of the Suns 70mm-equipped cinemas are/were
GLENDALE
Bell Park
Gateway Village
Westgate
MESA
Superstition
Three Fountains
PHOENIX
Bethany / Bethany West
Chris-Town
Chris-Town Mall / Cinema 6
Cine Capri
Fox
Palms
Paramount
Vista
SCOTTSDALE
Camelview
Kachina
Round-Up Drive-In
Scottsdale 101
Scottsdale Pavilions
TEMPE
Tempe Marketplace
An overview of each cinema will be provided in a forthcoming revision.
Part 2: The Engagements
Showcase Presentations = 70mm
Cinerama
6-track magnetic stereo
reserved-seat engagements.
This project excludes IMAX and other Special Venue presentations. (They might be added in a forthcoming revision.)
Regarding image: To simplify the presentation of the information, no distinction has been made between those movies originated in 70mm (65mm) and those originated in 35mm and blown up to 70mm. Such details can be found in numerous articles and reference material elsewhere on this website.
Regarding audio: The majority of the titles featured in this chronology showcased some flavor of six-track stereo. (The noted 35mm presentations used in some roadshow situations were often 4-track magnetic stereo or, in some cases, standard optical mono.) The 70mm prints issued from 1977 typically were encoded with Dolby Noise Reduction and often included baby boom low-frequency enhancement and occasionally split surrounds. Most of the recently-struck prints featured digital sound (DTS aka Datasat).
The roadshows (i.e. reserved-seat engagements) have an asterisk after the applicable title.
m/o = a move-over engagement (i.e. a continuation of a booking from another cinema)
YYYY-MM-DD
TITLE
Cinema (duration in weeks) [notes or projection process if other than 70mm]
1957-03-06
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS*
Palms (9) [35mm]
1957-12-19
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS*
Vista (11) [35mm]
1959-02-19
SOUTH PACIFIC*
Vista (39)
1959-06-12
SLEEPING BEAUTY
Fox (4)
1959-11-18
THE BIG FISHERMAN*
Vista (9)
1960-01-22
PORGY AND BESS*
Vista (8)
1960-03-18
SOLOMON AND SHEBA*
Vista (?)
1960-06-??
CAN-CAN*
Vista (15)
1960-11-02
BEN-HUR*
Vista (45)
1961-03-17
EXODUS*
Palms (9)
1961-04-21
KING OF KINGS
Kachina (sneak preview)
1961-05-19
SPARTACUS*
Palms (8)
1961-12-21
KING OF KINGS*
Vista (11)
1962-03-08
EL CID*
Vista (20)
1962-03-28
WEST SIDE STORY*
Kachina (15)
1963-01-17
THE LONGEST DAY*
Paramount (10) [35mm]
1963-01-25
MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY*
Vista (10)
1963-01-31
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA*
Palms (24)
1963-05-16
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM*
Kachina (13) [Cinerama]
1963-06-26
CLEOPATRA*
Paramount (33)
1963-08-15
HOW THE WEST WAS WON*
Kachina (39) [Cinerama]
1964-05-15
ITS A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD*
Kachina (40) [Cinerama]
1965-02-18
CIRCUS WORLD*
Kachina (6) [Cinerama]
1965-03-31
THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD*
Kachina (21) [Cinerama]
1965-03-31
THE SOUND OF MUSIC*
Vista (115)
1965-04-14
CHEYENNE AUTUMN
Bethany West (2)
1965-04-21
BECKET
Round-Up Drive-In (1)
1965-04-28
CHEYENNE AUTUMN
Round-Up Drive-In (1)
1965-06-30
MY FAIR LADY*
Palms (25)
1965-08-25
THE HALLELUJAH TRAIL*
Kachina (17) [Cinerama]
1965-12-22
BATTLE OF THE BULGE*
Kachina (12) [Cinerama]
1966-03-16
DOCTOR ZHIVAGO*
Kachina (41)
1966-03-31
THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY*
Cine Capri (13)
1966-06-28
THE BLUE MAX*
Cine Capri (17) [35mm]
1966-12-21
THE BIBLE*
Cine Capri (22)
1966-12-25
KHARTOUM*
Kachina (7) [Cinerama]
1967-02-14
HAWAII*
Kachina (34) [35mm]
1967-02-21
GRAND PRIX*
Bethany (35) [Cinerama]
1967-05-24
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW*
Camelback Mall (16) [35mm]
1967-06-14
THE SAND PEBBLES*
Vista (20) [35mm]
1967-07-14
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE*
Palms (27) [35mm]
1967-10-25
GONE WITH THE WIND*
Bethany (29)
1967-12-21
CAMELOT*
Camelback Mall (23) [35mm]
1968-02-21
FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD*
Kachina (7)
1968-04-10
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS*
Kachina (7)
1968-05-29
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY*
Kachina (25) [Cinerama]
1968-06-12
DOCTOR DOLITTLE*
Palms (15)
1968-09-18
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
Bethany (1)
1968-11-20
ICE STATION ZEBRA*
Kachina (14) [Cinerama]
1968-12-06
SWEET CHARITY*
Bethany (sneak preview)
1968-12-11
DOCTOR ZHIVAGO
Bethany (1)
1968-12-20
CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG*
Bethany (14)
1968-12-25
FINIANS RAINBOW*
Cine Capri (8) [35mm]
1969-01-29
FUNNY GIRL*
Palms (36) [35mm]
1969-02-04
THE LION IN WINTER*
Thomas Mall (22) [35mm]
1969-02-05
OLIVER!*
Camelback Mall (23) [35mm]
1969-02-19
STAR!*
Vista (6)
1969-02-26
THE SHOES OF THE FISHERMAN*
Kachina (11)
1969-03-28
BEN-HUR*
Bethany (10)
1969-05-10
MACKENNAS GOLD
Chris-Town (7) [U.S. premiere]
1969-05-15
SWEET CHARITY*
Kachina (15)
1969-06-04
SOUTH PACIFIC
Bethany (3)
1969-06-25
KRAKATOA, EAST OF JAVA
Bethany (9)
1969-07-16
OLIVER!*
Hayden East (m/o from Camelback Mall, 12 [35]) [35mm]
1969-08-08
WAR AND PEACE: PART I*
Valley (1) [35mm]
1969-08-15
WAR AND PEACE: PART II*
Valley (1) [35mm]
1969-10-08
FUNNY GIRL*
Hayden East (m/o from Palms, 6 [42]) [35mm]
1969-10-08
OLIVER!*
Hayden West (m/o from Hayden East, 6 [41]) [35mm]
1969-12-10
DOCTOR ZHIVAGO
Kachina (1)
1969-12-17
GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS*
Kachina (10)
1969-12-25
PAINT YOUR WAGON*
Cine Capri (29) [35mm]
1970-02-11
HELLO, DOLLY!*
Palms (23)
1970-04-29
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
Bethany (2)
1970-07-22
AIRPORT
Kachina (18)
1970-12-25
SONG OF NORWAY*
Cine Capri (19)
1971-02-10
RYANS DAUGHTER
Palms (18)
1972-02-16
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF*
Thomas Mall (30) [35mm]
1973-02-14
MAN OF LA MANCHA*
El Camino (9) [35mm]
1973-06-01
THIS IS CINERAMA
Cine Capri (7)
1974-08-28
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
Kachina (4)
1974-09-25
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY / MAN OF LA MANCHA
Kachina (5)
1974-10-18
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
Cine Capri (1)
1974-11-27
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
Chris-Town (1)
1974-12-25
GONE WITH THE WIND
Palms (6)
1975-09-26
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
Kachina (3)
1975-10-31
VOLCANO (aka KRAKATOA, EAST OF JAVA)
Kachina (1) [Feelarama]
1976-09-22
GONE WITH THE WIND
Palms (1)
1976-09-29
THE RETURN OF A MAN CALLED HORSE
Bethany (3)
1976-11-18
HELLO, DOLLY!
Cine Capri (1 day, matinee only)
1977-05-25
STAR WARS
Cine Capri (60) [70mm from Week #17]
1978-05-19
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
Bethany (4)
1978-05-19
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
Kachina (4)
1978-08-25
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
Cine Capri (6)
1979-05-25
ALIEN
Cine Capri (20)
1979-12-21
THE ROSE
Cine Capri (10)
1980-05-21
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
Cine Capri (30)
1980-08-01
RAISE THE TITANIC
Chris-Town (5)
1980-09-26
DIVINE MADNESS
Kachina (8)
1981-05-08
THE BLACK HOLE / SLEEPING BEAUTY
Chris-Town (2)
1981-05-22
OUTLAND
Cine Capri (9)
1981-07-31
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
Kachina (4)
1982-03-19
QUEST FOR FIRE
Kachina (10)
1982-06-04
STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN
Chris-Town (6)
1983-04-23
WARGAMES
Chris-Town (sneak preview)
1983-04-30
BRAINSTORM
Chris-Town (sneak preview)
1983-05-25
RETURN OF THE JEDI
Chris-Town Mall (29)
1983-05-25
RETURN OF THE JEDI
Kachina (17)
1983-08-05
GANDHI
Cine Capri (2)
1983-09-09
OKLAHOMA!
Cine Capri (3)
1983-09-30
BRAINSTORM
Cine Capri (10)
1983-10-15
THE RIGHT STUFF
Chris-Town (sneak preview)
1983-10-21
THE RIGHT STUFF
Chris-Town (8)
1983-12-16
THE RIGHT STUFF
Kachina (5)
1984-05-16
THE RIGHT STUFF
Cine Capri (1)
1984-05-23
INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM
Chris-Town (12)
1984-05-23
INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM
Cine Capri (17)
1984-11-16
GHOSTBUSTERS
Cine Capri (1)
1984-11-23
APOCALYPSE NOW
Cine Capri (1)
1984-12-07
2010
Chris-Town (9)
1984-12-07
STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK
Cine Capri (1)
1984-12-14
DUNE
Chris-Town Mall (5)
1985-06-21
COCOON
Chris-Town Mall (8)
1985-07-10
SILVERADO
Chris-Town (5)
1985-07-19
THE BLACK CAULDRON
Superstition (sneak preview)
1985-07-24
THE BLACK CAULDRON
Superstition (5)
1985-08-30
THE BLACK CAULDRON / E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
Superstition (3)
1985-12-04
YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES
Chris-Town (5)
1985-12-04
YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES
Cine Capri (4)
1985-12-04
YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES
Kachina (8)
1985-12-04
YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES
Superstition (6)
1986-07-18
ALIENS
Cine Capri (13)
1986-09-12
GONE WITH THE WIND
Kachina (1)
1986-09-19
OKLAHOMA!
Kachina (1)
1986-09-26
DOCTOR ZHIVAGO
Kachina (1)
1986-10-03
APOCALYPSE NOW
Kachina (1)
1986-11-26
STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME
Chris-Town (13)
1986-11-26
STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME
Kachina (7)
1986-11-26
STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME
Superstition (18) [70mm from Week #3]
1987-01-16
THE MISSION
Cine Capri (7) [70mm from Week #3]
1987-01-16
THE MISSION
Kachina (7) [70mm from Week #4]
1987-09-18
APOCALYPSE NOW
Cine Capri (1)
1988-02-19
CRY FREEDOM
Cine Capri (3)
1988-05-20
WILLOW
Cine Capri (8)
1988-11-23
COCOON: THE RETURN
Kachina (6)
1989-04-21
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
Cine Capri (5)
1989-05-24
INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE
Chris-Town (12)
1989-05-24
INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE
Cine Capri (11)
1989-05-24
INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE
Superstition (13)
1989-08-09
THE ABYSS
Cine Capri (10)
1990-06-15
DICK TRACY
Gateway Village (20)
1990-06-15
DICK TRACY
Three Fountains (21)
1990-06-27
DAYS OF THUNDER
Cine Capri (7)
1990-09-07
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
Cine Capri (1)
1990-10-12
MEMPHIS BELLE
Cine Capri (6)
1991-09-27
FANTASIA
Cine Capri (2)
1992-05-09
FAR AND AWAY
Cine Capri (sneak preview)
1992-05-16
FAR AND AWAY
Cine Capri (sneak preview)
1992-05-22
FAR AND AWAY
Cine Capri (4)
1992-05-22
FAR AND AWAY
Camelview (8) [70mm from Week #5]
1992-12-25
HOFFA
?
1993-06-17
LAST ACTION HERO
Cine Capri (3)
1993-11-05
THE REMAINS OF THE DAY
Camelview (8)
1994-02-25
THE REMAINS OF THE DAY
Cine Capri (1)
1995-03-31
THE WILD BUNCH
Cine Capri (2)
1997-01-24
HAMLET
Camelview (8)
2015-12-25
THE HATEFUL EIGHT
Scottsdale 101 (2)
2015-12-25
THE HATEFUL EIGHT
Tempe Marketplace (3)
2015-12-25
THE HATEFUL EIGHT
Westgate (2)
2017-07-20
DUNKIRK
Tempe Marketplace (6)
2017-07-20
DUNKIRK
Westgate (?)
Note that some of the presentations included in this listing were presented in 35mm during the latter week(s) of its engagement due to print damage and the distributors unwillingness to supply a 70mm replacement print or because the booking was moved to a smaller, 35mm-only auditorium within a multiplex. As well, the reverse may have been true in some cases whereas a booking began with a 35mm print because the lab was unable to complete the 70mm print order in time for an opening-day delivery or the exhibitor negotiated a mid-run switch to 70mm. In these cases, any 35mm portion of the engagement has been included in the duration figure.
Also, regarding roadshow presentations, the reserved-seat policy, in some instances, was relaxed during the latter weeks of the run.
References: Various issues of Boxoffice, The Arizona Republic, and Variety; Dolby sound system installation records; and projector and sound system trade advertisements.
Special Thanks: Floyd Newton.
If you believe this article contains any errors or omissions, please consider emailing the author or editor.
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