Cinerama Hollywood
6360 Sunset Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90028
6360 Sunset Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90028
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I wonder if there were any big arguments between Lucas and Spielberg over digital projection? They’re on completely opposite ends of the spectrum on that issue.
Looks like that was just a RUMOR as of February 2008:
http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=19949
Got another question for you Rizzo: Are y'all getting “Iron Man” at the Dome? I’m asking because I run a (almost) 600 member film club in town that gets together every week to catch the latest flicks all over SoCal. Our group is planning to catch “Iron Man” on opening night. I ASSUMED Grauman’s would be showing it…but after the Indy 4 news, I’m wondering if it’ll be at Arclight Hollywood/The Dome instead.
I thought Spielberg already announced that there would be no digital prints AT ALL for Indy 4. Let me do the research…
Thanks, Rizzo. It’s a comforting feeling to know that someone who cares about Cinerama as much as you do is on the case!
Sigh….all that build up for something I’ve known for months (and I thought others knew). I was hoping 70mm news.
I’ve only seen one movie at the Chinese, “School of Rock”, which doesn’t show the theater and screen off to its very best advantage, but I’d say the Dome has the better screen between the two. It’s that curve – some people say it’s a liability but I think it’s amazing. It’s the best place to show “Indiana Jones”.
Indy IV really shouldn’t be a shocker since Lucasfilm’s Revenge of the Sith bypassed the Chinese and opened at the Dome in 2005.
OK thanks, Chris. Maybe there’ll be a reason to make a trip to the Dome for Cinerama in 2009.
I wanted to give Rizzo the chance to respond but since he hasn’t yet…
According to him, in a comment thread regarding “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” in the News section, Arclight/The Dome’s booked it. It’s a shocker to me because I was certain that Grauman’s Chinese would get it.
Told y'all the news wasn’t THAT big…
Earlier post by Rizzo:
I don’t know of any Arclight sponsored 70mm events coming up, but we are working with AFI in getting more of their 100s in 70mm especially after the huge success of 2001.
posted by Rizzo on Feb 12, 2008 at 9:35pm
Is it something to do with this?
well … ?!? don’t leave us hanging here ???
is it something about Indy 4?
Naah…not THAT big…
Must be 3-strip Cinerama, right? Can my budget bear two trips from NJ to the Dome in one year? …
News!? What news?
I guess Rizzo hasn’t been here to share THE BIG NEWS yet…
Love the recent photo of the dome, but surely they could program something that would take advantage of the huge curved screen. A booking of Run Fat Boy Run is just a big waste of this unique resource.
A very sad day for science fiction fans everywhere. Rest in peace, Sir Arthur, and thank you for “2001”.
Science Fiction Giant Arthur C. Clarke, author of “2001: A Space Odyssey” and co-writer of the screenplay for the film, passed away today.
JSA
Part IV: The ArcLight Era (continued)
02.13.2004 … 50 FIRST DATES (2 weeks, SDDS)
02.25.2004 … THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03.19.2004 … DAWN OF THE DEAD (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04.02.2004 … WALKING TALL (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04.16.2004 … KILL BILL VOL. 2 (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05.07.2004 … VAN HELSING (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05.19.2004 … SHREK 2 (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06.18.2004 … THE TERMINAL (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06.30.2004 … SPIDER-MAN 2 (3 weeks, SDDS-8)
07.23.2004 … THE BOURNE SUPREMACY (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08.06.2004 … COLLATERAL (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09.03.2004 … HERO (MO, 3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09.24.2004 … THE FORGOTTEN (1 week, SDDS)
10.01.2004 … SHARK TALE (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10.22.2004 … THE GRUDGE (1 week, SDDS)
10.29.2004 … RAY (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11.10.2004 … THE POLAR EXPRESS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11.24.2004 … ALEXANDER (1 week, Dolby Digital)
12.03.2004 … HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12.22.2004 … THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01.19.2005 … ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (1 week, Dolby Digital)
01.28.2005 … HIDE AND SEEK (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02.11.2005 … HITCH (3 weeks, SDDS)
03.04.2005 … THE JACKET (1 week, Dolby Digital)
03.11.2005 … THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST (RE, “Recut,” 1 week, Dolby Digital)
03.18.2005 … THE RING TWO (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04.01.2005 … SIN CITY (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04.15.2005 … THE AMITYVILLE HORROR (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04.29.2005 … THE INTERPRETER (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
05.06.2005 … HOUSE OF WAX (1 week, Dolby Digital)
05.13.2005 … UNLEASHED (1 week, Dolby Digital)
05.19.2005 … STAR WARS: EPISODE III REVENGE OF THE SITH (7 weeks, DLP)
07.08.2005 … FANTASTIC FOUR (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07.22.2005 … THE ISLAND (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08.12.2005 … THE SKELETON KEY (1 week, Dolby Digital)
08.19.2005 … THE 40 YEAR-OLD VIRGIN (1 week, Dolby Digital)
08.26.2005 … THE BROTHERS GRIMM (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09.09.2005 … THE 40 YEAR-OLD VIRGIN (RE/MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
09.16.2005 … JUST LIKE HEAVEN (1 week, Dolby Digital)
09.23.2005 … FLIGHTPLAN (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10.07.2005 … WALLACE & GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10.28.2005 … HOW THE WEST WAS WON (RE, 1 week, Cinerama)
11.04.2005 … SAW II (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
11.11.2005 … ZATHURA (2 weeks, SDDS-8)
11.23.2005 … RENT (3 weeks, SDDS)
12.14.2005 … KING KONG (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
Prior to its renovation in 2000, the Dome had many widescreen festivals( See Michael Coate’s comments earlier this year). Why they can’t plan new ones is anyone’s guess. I know Pacific likes to use the Dome for the week’s major releases, but committing a week or even a few weekends a year for classic screenings wouldn’t kill them. They do have 11 other screens to work with. Schedule them in mid-winter or early fall when new studio programming is light. They didn’t seem to have a problem when it was just the Dome by itself.
Thanks Michael
An annual WIDESCREEN FESTIVAL at the Cinerama Dome sounds like a terrific idea. I’m surprised that no one’s thought of it before. The only worry I would have about this is the fact that the people who own the Dome don’t seem to understand how to run it. I’ve been to the Cinerama theatre in Bradford England and the people there love, understand and respect widescreen cinema. They know what to show on the huge deeply curved screen and also what to present in a smaller format. Standard 35mm prints were never meant to be blownup to Cineramic dimensions. You can stay at home and watch grainy, distored feature films on any old second hand run-down TV.
Why isn’t a WIDESCREEN WEEKEND done here each year as is done in Great Britain? Just think, a whole weekend with, 3-strip CINERAMA and 70mm “CINERAMA”, 3-strip CINEMIRACLE, 3-strip KINOPANORAMA, 70mm TODD-AO etc.! Everyone should bug the heck out of the Gods in charge of the Dome. To see what we are missing see: View link
“Ladies and Gentlemen, This is CINERAMA!” Lowell Thomas September 30, 1952
That’s part of it. I was also thinking that at the time (ie 2003) the film was being advertised as “digitally restored”, but probably for DVD release (?).
Anyway, as always, thanks for your response!
JSA