Cinerama Hollywood
6360 Sunset Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90028
6360 Sunset Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90028
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Cinerama Dome (Official), Cinerama Theatre (Official)
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Previously operated by: ArcLight Cinemas, Pacific Theatres
Firms: Welton Becket & Associates
Previous Names: Cinerama Dome and ArcLight Hollywood
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News About This Theater
- Jan 16, 2013 — REMEMBERING CINERAMA (Part 56: Honolulu)
- Jul 22, 2012 — ArcLight celebrates Cinerama
- May 7, 2012 — Cinerama Dome plays seven fan favorites
- Apr 14, 2012 — ArcLight Cinemas redefines the moviegoing experience in L.A.
- Dec 20, 2011 — L.A.'s art house theaters squeezed by growing competition
- Jul 3, 2010 — "Back To The Future"...Happy 25th!
- Jan 8, 2010 — Remembering Cinerama (Part 46: Seattle)
- Dec 24, 2009 — Remembering Cinerama (Part 45: Las Vegas)
- Nov 30, 2009 — 70th Anniversary of The Wizard of Oz and Holiday Titles at ArcLight
- Aug 15, 2009 — "Apocalypse Now" 30th Anniversary
- Aug 14, 2009 — 3 Strip Cinerama and more at the Cinerama Dome
- Aug 7, 2009 — "MAD, MAD WORLD" screening at Cinerama Dome
- Oct 10, 2008 — Remembering Cinerama (Part VI)
- Sep 15, 2008 — Remembering Cinerama
- Sep 13, 2008 — Post Monday 9/15 Please -- Remembering Cinerama
- Sep 9, 2008 — Remembering Cinerama
- Aug 18, 2008 — "2001" and "How the West Was Won" at the Dome
- Sep 19, 2007 — Famous Movies, Famous Stars at ArcLight
- Jun 29, 2007 — Sharing Cinema
- Jun 4, 2007 — Pacific's Galleria 16 turning into an ArcLight Cinema
- Nov 17, 2006 — The Mainstream/Indy Theater
- Nov 17, 2006 — Five L.A. area showcase theaters go NEC Digital
- Jul 5, 2006 — Cinerama Dome cameo in "Waist Deep"
- Nov 16, 2004 — "Cinema Treasures" in Newsweek and Budget Travel
- Sep 21, 2004 — "This Is Cinerama" Returns To The Cinerama Dome!
- Sep 1, 2004 — The Movie Palace Series: Gallery (Part One)
- Aug 23, 2004 — 'Urgent' Cinema Photography Exhibit
- Mar 22, 2004 — Barbie Loves Cinema Treasures?
- Oct 17, 2003 — Cinerama Dome Celebrates 40th Year
A geodesic dome built for the Cinerama format, this mini-Epcot like structure is a wonder of 1960’s showmanship. Featuring an enormous curved screen and ample seating underneath the large dome, the Cinerama Dome is famous for blending first run films with the occasional revival classic. The Cinerama Dome opened November 7, 1963 with 937 seats and the World Premiere in 70mm of “Its a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World”. Additional 70mm films included the West Coast premiere of “The Greatest Story Ever Told” on February 17, 1965, the World Premiere of “The Battle of the Bulge” on December 16, 1965 and the World Premiere of “Ice Station Zebra” on October 23, 1968. In 1999, The Dome exhibited an exclusive week long showing of the original “Blade Runner” answer print.
The Cinerama Dome was recently renovated by Pacific Theatres and the theatre is now able to exhibit 3-strip Cinerama features – something it never did even when it first opened. The Cinerama Dome and the Seattle Cinerama are currently the only theatres in the US equipped to show 3-strip Cinerama prints. In 2002, the restored “This Is Cinerama” was shown in 3-strip Cinerama, the first time it had been screened at the Cinerama Dome. The original 3-strip Cinerama version of “How The West Was Won” was shown in February 2003 and October 2005.
A new 14-screen luxury theatre, ArcLight Hollywood Dome was opened on March 22, 2002. It adjoins the original Cinerama Dome and offered first-run commercial, art, revival, and other specialty films. A unique movie lover’s paradise.
The Cinerama Dome and ArcLight Hollywood was closed on March 17, 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It was announced on April 13, 2021 that the closure would be permanent in all ArcLight/Pacific Theatres. On June 30, 2022 it was announced that the Cinerama Dome and the 14 former ArcLight cinemas would be reopening (date not given) as the renamed Cinerama Hollywood. It will also feature two licenced restaurants.
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Give it to Quentin Tarantino for FREE! He is probally about the only known individual who could make it a profitable enterprise based on his name recognition and his love for the wide screen format. Otherwise this will be a great loss. Hopefully the Uptown in DC and the Cinerama in Seattle will be able to operate again as true Cinerama’s.
m00se1111: I actually reference this site: https://incinerama.com/ctdome.htm. But thanks for thinking of me.
Do we really want theaters to screen the Cinerama films as they were originally screened, with all the imperfections of the process? I am not disparaging the process, for it started a trend in film production and screening that today gives us beautiful digital improvements of these Cinerama films. I’ll be on my way to Hollywood and the Cinerama Dome as soon as I learn that “How the West Was Won” will be digitally presented, with the richness of the soundtrack as we knew it from the original seven tracks.
We are fortunate in the UK to have the Pictureville Cinema in Bradford which has frequent showings of Cinerama films in either original 3-strip format, digital reconstruction format, or 70mm format. It is an essential reminder of some of the great and innovative days of cinema and to still enjoy the experience. The cinema’s annual Widescreen Weekend is about to celebrate the 70th anniversary of CinemaScope. Also, alongside Pictureville cinema is the National Media Museum where the first in the UK and still operating IMAX cinema is installed.
Delta, I agree with what Pictureville is doing, and I would not want to see the 3-srip format locked away forever from viewers. I believe, however, that only “Grimm” and “West” are films that have permanent value among all those produced in the Cinerama process, although “Grimm” is not of interest to me personally. These two films, I believe, can still draw audiences, and their presentation in a reconstructed format makes it less expensive for exhibitors to do so. It also provides a technically superior presentation. This is the way for Cinerama to live on.
A new article has been published cataloging the 70mm presentations of “2001: A Space Odyssey.” The Cinerama Dome gets several mentions in the piece.
Happy 60th to the Cinerama Dome, which held its grand opening (and world premiere of “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World”) on this date in 1963. It’s a shame the theater is currently closed and that we cannot celebrate the occasion with a festival or special screening. As a celebratory alternative, linked here is a little something I put together to help you reminisce about the stuff you may have made the extra effort to see there.
Maybe some activity going on at the Arclight ? The Save Arclight ‘x’ posted video of lights flickering in the main lobby…. https://x.com/SaveArclight/status/1807779410847904112
The flickering lights in that video appear to be one of the three line showtime lobby marquees; flashing gibberish because there is no TMS feed. While I’d like to think it’s a sign of some progress in the much anticipated reopening, it’s more likely that a breaker wasn’t turned off after core maintenance or a facility walkthrough.
It’s absolutely an outrage that Decurion wasn’t forced to give this screen up as well. That being said, if they can bring it back to its original glory, power be to them.