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• in70mm.com is a free magazine-styled website dedicated to the
promotion and preservation of any kind of 70mm film projection, a
high-resolution film format. The website serves as a hub for
contributing enthusiasts, filmmakers, and historians interested in the
technical aspects, history, and cultural significance of 70mm film.
What follows is a title-based chronology of 70mm six-track stereophonic
sound feature-film presentations in Bakersfield, California, USA.
The focus of this work is 5-perf 70mm feature films and the cinemas in
which they were exhibited. Short subjects, IMAX, special venue
presentations, etc., have not been included. A 70mm presentation
provided a superior projection and audio experience in comparison to
same motion picture’s 35mm presentation.
Part 1: The 70mm-Equipped Cinemas
UA Movies 6
Valley Plaza
An overview of each cinema will be provided in a forthcoming revision.
Part 2: The 70mm Presentations
Opening date YYYY-MM-DD … TITLE … cinema (duration in weeks) [notes]
1981-05-29 … FAME … UA Movies 6 (1)
1981-06-05 … THE JAZZ SINGER … UA Movies 6 (1)
1981-06-12 … CAMELOT … UA Movies 6 (1)
1981-06-19 … SUPERMAN II … UA Movies 6 (24) [70mm from Week 21]
1984-06-01 … STAR TREK III … UA Movies 6 (7) [70mm from Week 3]
References: Various issues of The Bakersfield Californian and Los
Angeles Times. Special thanks to the staff of the Kern County Library.
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