Cinerama Dome and ArcLight Hollywood
6360 Sunset Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90028
6360 Sunset Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90028
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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 occassional 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 theater 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 theaters 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 theater, ArcLight Hollywood Dome was opened on March 22, 2002. It adjoins the original Cinerama Dome and offers first-run commercial, art, revival, and other specialty films. A unique movie lover’s paradise.
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Ask jsittig70mm he should know the history. The curve of the screen at the dome is extreme. In the past there were problems with light spill side to side.
It’s just an experience seeing a Cinerama print off the original negative. The difference between the Cinerama footage and the Ultra-Panavision scenes is something to look for.
Please update the Arclight Hollywood 14 opened on March 22, 2002, Thursday, July 27, 2000 the Cinerama Dome show The Patriot in SDDS 8 channels, then July 28 thru July 30, the dome had a festival prior to the expansion with Arclight, reopened on March 22, 2002. I’m posting the last weekend prior to renovation in the photos section.
How the West Was Won in three projector Cinerama nearly sold out could it be the combination advertising and running the original film version? The digital shows of Cinerama films don’t sell nearly as well same publicity. 2001 the film version 70mm nearly sold out.
Grand opening ad:
Cinerama Dome opening Thu, Nov 7, 1963 – 76 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com
Hello from NYC-
how was the recent screening of HTWWW in original 3-Strip Cinerama?
It was packed almost sold out.
Hello-
it was nice it was almost out. what I meant to ask was how was the viewing experience of seeing it in original 3-Strip Cinerama on film and not a digital print.
The film print looks great especially if you sit in the Cinerama zone I didn’t get to go see this showing a lot of my friends did. I saw a previous showing of the film version and knew there a lot of people out there who wanted to see it.
Link with a Fall 1981 photo credit Brad Adams.
https://www.in70mm.com/news/2009/zoot_suit/index.htm
1965 photo added, with link to Los Angeles Theatres Blogspot that will not post here because CT reads it as spam.