“Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home” The North American
70mm Engagements |
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| Compiled by: Michael Coate | Date: 24.09.2024 |
 The
following is a reference / historical listing of the 70-millimeter
large-format engagements of “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home” in the United
States and Canada. These were the cinemas worth seeking out to experience
this motion picture.“Star Trek IV” was among sixteen confirmed first-run films released in 1986 with 70mm prints for selected engagements. One-hundred thirty-five 70mm prints were reportedly struck for distribution in North America and represented about ten percent of the film’s total initial print run. The Paramount release — directed by Leonard Nimoy (“Star Trek III,” “Three Men and a Baby”) and starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley and Catherine Hicks — opened November 26th. Pre-release screenings included an invitational preview held November 20th at the Goldwyn in Beverly Hills. For the release of “Star Trek IV,” Paramount employed the services of Lucasfilm’s Theatre Alignment Program (TAP) to evaluate and approve the cinemas selected to book a 70mm print. The 70mm prints of “Star Trek IV” featured 2.20:1 full-frame imagery blown up from anamorphic 35mm and a dual inventory of A- and SR-encoded Six-Track Dolby Stereo. Note that some cinemas may have screened a 70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo print utilizing Dolby-compatible equipment from another manufacturer (EPRAD, Smart, Ultra Stereo, etc.), and in some instances an exhibitor may have made a special request for a 70mm print that lacked Dolby Noise Reduction so that it could be played on a cinema’s older, pre-Dolby-era sound system. Paramount circulated 70mm trailers for “Critical Condition,” “The Golden Child” and “Some Kind of Wonderful” during the release of “Star Trek IV.” As well, other studios circulated 70mm trailers during this period. Ultimately, the 70mm trailers, if any, seen during the 70mm presentations of “Star Trek IV” varied by venue and screening. The duration of the engagements (measured in weeks) is included in parenthesis following the applicable cinema name. * = Six-Track Dolby Stereo (SR) No asterisk = Six-Track Dolby Stereo (A) ALBERTA Calgary — Famous Players’ Palliser Square Twin (15) Calgary — Famous Players’ Southcentre 7 (#1: 17) Calgary — Famous Players’ Southcentre 7 (#2: 4) [interlock] Edmonton — Famous Players’ Paramount (14) Edmonton — Famous Players’ Westmall 5 (15) ARIZONA Mesa — Mann’s Superstition 5 (18) [70mm from Week 3] Phoenix — Mann’s Chris-Town 5 (13) [THX] Scottsdale — Harkins’ Kachina (7) Tucson — Mann’s Buena Vista Twin (11) [70mm from Week 3] ARKANSAS Little Rock — UA’s Cinema City 7 (10) [THX] BRITISH COLUMBIA Burnaby — Famous Players’ Lougheed Mall Triplex (15) Vancouver — Famous Players’ Stanley (27) [THX] Victoria — Famous Players’ Coronet (12) CALIFORNIA Carlsbad — SoCal’s Plaza Camino Real 4 (10) Corte Madera — Marin’s Cinema (13) Costa Mesa — Edwards’ Town Center 4 (10) El Toro — Edwards’ El Toro 5 (12) [70mm from Week 5] Escondido — UA’s Del Norte Plaza 8 (32) [THX] (70mm from Week 8) Glendale — Pacific’s Roxy (9) La Mesa — Pacific’s Cinema Grossmont (9) Lakewood — Pacific’s Lakewood Center 4 (9) Long Beach — UA’s Marketplace 6 (12) Los Angeles (Hollywood) — Pacific’s Cinerama Dome* (9) Los Angeles (North Hollywood) — UA’s Valley Plaza 6 (9) Los Angeles (Northridge) — Pacific’s Northridge 6 (13) Los Angeles (Tarzana) — Mann’s Valley West 6 (#1: 9) Los Angeles (Tarzana) — Mann’s Valley West 6 (#2: 2) [interlock] Los Angeles (Westwood Village) — Mann’s Village* (11) [THX] Los Angeles (Woodland Hills) — Pacific’s Topanga Twin (13) Monrovia — Mann’s Huntington Oaks 6 (7) [70mm from Week 4] Montclair — Pacific’s Montclair Triplex (14) Mountain View — Syufy’s Century 10 (16) Newport Beach — Edwards’ Newport Twin (9) Orange — Syufy’s Cinedome 8 (16) Sacramento — Syufy’s Century 6 (17) Sacramento — Syufy’s Cinedome 8 (15) San Diego — Mann’s Loma (13) San Diego — UA’s Horton Plaza 7 (9) [THX] San Francisco — Blumenfeld’s Regency I (13) San Jose — Syufy’s Century 21 (13) San Jose — Syufy’s Century 22 Triplex (3) South San Francisco — Syufy’s Century Plaza 8 (17) Temple City — Edwards’ Temple 4 (11) Torrance — Mann’s Old Towne 6 (13) Ventura — Mann’s Buenaventura 6 (#1: 26) Ventura — Mann’s Buenaventura 6 (#2: 1) [interlock] West Covina — SoCal’s Eastland 5 (15) [70mm from Week 10] COLORADO Aurora — Commonwealth’s Cooper 5 (10) CONNECTICUT East Hartford — Redstone’s Showcase 9 (12) Stamford — Trans-Lux’s Ridgeway Twin (11) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Washington — GCC’s Jenifer Twin (11) FLORIDA Kendall — Wometco’s Dadeland Triplex (10) Winter Park — Wometco’s Winter Park Triplex (12) GEORGIA Atlanta — Columbia (11) Atlanta — Plitt’s Phipps Plaza Triplex (11) Kennesaw — Storey’s Town 8 (13) Tucker — AMC’s Northlake Festival 8 (11) HAWAII Honolulu — Consolidated’s Cinerama (13) [HPS-4000] ILLINOIS Belleville — BAC’s Cinema 4 (11) Calumet City — Cineplex Odeon/Plitt’s River Oaks 8 (10) Evergreen Park — M&R’s Evergreen 4 (7) Norridge — M&R’s Norridge 7 (7) Schaumburg — Plitt’s Woodfield 9 (11) Skokie — M&R’s Old Orchard 4 (11) INDIANA Fort Wayne — MSM’s Holiday Twin (14) KENTUCKY Florence — USA’s Florence 6 (16) [70mm from Week 8] LOUISIANA New Orleans — Gulf States’ Eastlake 8 (10) MANITOBA Winnipeg — Famous Players’ Metropolitan (13) MARYLAND Bethesda — K-B’s Montgomery Mall Triplex (9) MASSACHUSETTS Boston — USA’s Cinema 57 Twin (11) MICHIGAN Ann Arbor — UA’s Fox Village 4 (14) Harper Woods — AMC’s Eastland 7 (10) [70mm from Week 6] Southfield — AMC’s Americana 8 (9) MISSOURI Shrewsbury — Wehrenberg’s Kenrick 8 (15) NEVADA Las Vegas — Syufy’s Parkway Triplex (33) NEW JERSEY Edison — GCC’s Menlo Park Twin (11) Egg Harbor Township — Frank’s Towne 12 (13) Paramus — RKO Century’s Route Four 10 (11) Sayreville — Redstone’s Amboy 12 (9) Secaucus — Loews’ Meadow 6 (15) Wayne — Loews’ Wayne 6 (10) NEW MEXICO Albuquerque — Commonwealth’s Winrock 6 (15) [THX] NEW YORK Amherst — GCC’s University 8 (15) [THX] Henrietta — Loews’ Towne 4 (13) Levittown — Loews’ Nassau Mall 6 (13) Massapequa — UA’s Pequa (9) Medford — Redstone’s Brookhaven 12 (10) [THX] New York (Bronx) — Redstone’s Whitestone 12 (9) New York (Manhattan) — Loews’ 34th Street Showplace Triplex (10) New York (Manhattan) — Loews’ 84th Street 6 (10) New York (Manhattan) — Loews’ Orpheum Twin (7) New York (Manhattan) — Loews’ State Twin (#1: 7) New York (Manhattan) — Loews’ State Twin (#2: 2) Patchogue — UA’s The Movies at Patchogue 13 (10) Valley Stream — Redstone’s Sunrise 12 (12) Yonkers — GCC’s Central Plaza 4 (16) NOVA SCOTIA Halifax — Famous Players’ Scotia Square (1+) OHIO Cincinnati — USA’s Carousel Twin (7) Columbus — GCC’s Northland 8 (19) [THX] North Olmsted — NTC’s Great Northern 7 (12) [THX] South Euclid — Loews’ Cedar Center Twin (15) Toledo — Redstone’s Showcase 5 (18) OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City — Commonwealth’s Quail Twin (9) Tulsa — UA’s Boman Twin (20) ONTARIO Hamilton — Famous Players’ Tivoli (11) London — Famous Players’ Park (1+) Newmarket — Famous Players’ Glenway 5 (11) North York — Famous Players’ Towne & Countrye Twin (3) Ottawa — Famous Players’ Nelson (18) Scarborough — Famous Players’ Cedarbrae 8 (13) Toronto — Famous Players’ Palace Triplex (13) Toronto — Famous Players’ Runnymede Twin (13) Toronto — Famous Players’ Sheraton Centre Twin (#1: 13) Toronto — Famous Players’ Sheraton Centre Twin (#2: 11) PENNSYLVANIA Montgomeryville — Budco’s 309 9 (15) Philadelphia — Budco’s Orleans 8 (12) Philadelphia — SamEric’s Mark I (9) QUEBEC Dorval — United’s Dorval Triplex (12) Laval — United’s Laval 5 (2) Montreal — United’s Imperial (13) [THX] Sainte-Foy — United’s Canadien (10) TEXAS Addison — UA’s Prestonwood Creek 5 (13) [THX] Austin — AMC’s Americana (7) Austin — Presidio’s Arbor 4 (11) [THX] Dallas — Loews’ Park Central 4 (11) Dallas — UA’s Medallion Triplex (8) Fort Worth — AMC’s Hulen 10 (13) Houston — Plitt’s West Oaks 7 (13) Mesquite — UA’s Town East 6 (18) [THX] San Antonio — Santikos’ Galaxy 10 (11) [THX] UTAH South Salt Lake — Syufy’s Century 5 (13) VIRGINIA Alexandria — Redstone’s Mt. Vernon 10 (13) [THX] Fairfax — UA’s The Movies at Fair Oaks 8 (10) McLean — NTI’s Tysons Center 4 (9) Richmond — NTI’s Ridge 7 (15) WASHINGTON Bellevue — SRO’s Factoria 8 (13) Lynnwood — SRO’s Grand Alderwood 8 (13) Seattle — SRO’s Cinerama (7) Seattle — SRO’s Oak Tree 6 (15) [THX] Spokane — SRO’s Lyons Avenue 4 (13) Tukwila — SRO’s Lewis & Clark 7 (13) WISCONSIN Greenfield — Capitol’s Spring Mall 4 (11) Madison — Marcus’ Eastgate 6 (13) Note that some of the presentations included in this listing may have been presented in 35mm during the latter week(s) of engagement due to contractual terms or print damage and the distributor’s unwillingness to supply a 70mm replacement print or because the booking was moved to a smaller, non-70mm-equipped auditorium within a multiplex. As well, the reverse scenario 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 such cases, any 35mm portion of the engagement (or movement out of a branded auditorium) has been included in the duration figure. SUBSEQUENT 70MM ENGAGEMENTS AND SCREENINGS 1986-12-04 … Beverly Hills, CA — AMPAS’ Goldwyn [benefit hosted by W. Shatner] 1986-12-12 … Montreal, QC — United’s Versailles 6 (10) 1986-12-19 … Hawthorne, NY — Redstone’s All Westchester Saw Mill 10 (7) [THX] 1986-12-19 … North York, ON — Famous Players’ Yorkdale 6 (#1: 17) 1986-12-19 … North York, ON — Famous Players’ Yorkdale 6 (#2: 1) [interlock] 1987-01-16 … New York, NY — Guild’s Embassy 1 (5) 1987-01-16 … New York, NY — Loews’ New York Twin (2) 1987-01-16 … Oak Brook, IL — Cineplex Odeon/Plitt’s Oakbrook Triplex (4) 1987-01-16 … Seattle, WA — GCC’s King (4) 1987-01-23 … Dallas, TX — UA’s Cine Twin (3) 1987-01-30 … Los Angeles (Hollywood), CA — Pacific’s Hollywood Pacific Triplex (3) 1987-02-06 … Homewood, IL — Cineplex Odeon/Plitt’s Diana 4 (3) 1987-02-13 … Edmonton, AB — Famous Players’ Londonderry Twin (2) 1987-02-13 … Los Angeles (Westwood Village), CA — Mann’s Plaza (2) 1987-02-27 … Montreal, QC — United’s Palace 6 (6) 1987-02-27 … San Francisco, CA — Blumenfeld’s Regency II (1) 1987-02-27 … Seattle, WA — Seven Gables’ Crest 4 (1) 1987-02-27 … Toronto, ON — Famous Players’ Cumberland 4 (1) 1987-03-06 … San Francisco, CA — Blumenfeld’s Regency III (2) 1987-03-13 … Carmel, IN — Heaston’s Woodland Twin (2) 1987-03-11 … Downers Grove, IL — Classic Cinemas’ Tivoli* [format bake-off + preview] 1987-03-13 … Downers Grove, IL — Classic Cinemas’ Tivoli* (3) [HPS-4000] 1987-03-13 … Indianapolis, IN — Heaston’s Eastwood (2) 1987-03-20 … Norfolk, VA — Naro (2 days) 1987-03-27 … Renton, WA — Roxy (2) [w/ “Top Gun”] # 1987-04-15 … Hartford, CT — Trinity College’s Cinestudio (4 days) 1987-04-17 … Winnipeg, MB — Cineplex Odeon’s Towne 8 (2) 1987-06-03 … Vancouver, BC — Famous Players’ Denman Place (1) 1987-08-10 … Atlanta, GA — Fox [10th annual summer film festival] 1987-08-27 … Ottawa, ON — NAC Opera 1988-01-06 … Toronto, ON — Cinesphere (5 days) [70mm festival] 1988-05-13 … Edmonton, AB — Cineplex Odeon’s Meadowlark (1) 1988-11-04 … Los Angeles, CA — Pacific’s Cinerama Dome [venue 25th anniversary festival] 1992-02-25 … New York, NY — Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade [ILM tribute] 1992-06-10 … Portland, OR — CineMagic (1) [w/ “Star Trek III”] # 1993-02-27 … Toronto, ON — Cinesphere (2 days) [70mm festival; w/ “Star Trek VI”] 1994-06-10 … Vancouver, BC — CN IMAX (Fri/Sat) [“Star Trek” festival] 1994-07-22 … Vancouver, BC — CN IMAX (Fri/Sat) [“Star Trek” festival] 1994-10-29 … Montreal, QC — Famous Players’ Imperial # 1994-10-29 … Toronto, ON — Famous Players’ Uptown 5 [festival] 1994-10-29 … Vancouver, BC — Famous Players’ Capitol 6 [Sat Latenite] 1994-11-09 … Castle Rock, WA — Cinedome (5 days) [“Star Trek” festival] 1996-01-06 … Montreal, QC — Famous Players’ Imperial # 1996-06-15 … Calgary, AB — Cineplex Odeon’s Eau Claire Market 6 [midnight] 2010-07-10 … Los Angeles (West Los Angeles), CA — Laemmle’s Royal [“Star Trek” series] 2011-03-26 … Los Angeles (Hollywood), CA — Egyptian [w/ “Star Trek V” + Walter Koenig Q&A] 2011-08-08 … Austin, TX — Paramount [70mm series] 2016-09-16 … Los Angeles (Hollywood), CA — Egyptian [w/ “Star Trek VI” + Q&A] 2016-09-23 … Somerville, MA — Somerville 5 [70mm & Widescreen festival] 2024-09-01 … Beverly Hills, CA — Fine Arts [“Star Trek” 70mm series w/ Catherine Hicks] The information included in this article was principally referenced from film industry trade publications, regional newspaper promotion, print enclosures, TAP records, Dolby records, etc., with thanks to David Ayers, Don Beelik, Bill Kallay, Bill Kretzel, Mark Lensenmayer, W.R. Miller, and an extra special thank-you to all of the librarians who assisted with the research for this project. International 70mm engagements of this title have not been accounted for in this work. If you believe this article contains any errors or omissions, please consider emailing the author or editor. |
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