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“Brainstorm”: The North American 70mm Engagements
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Compiled by:
Michael Coate |
Date:
01.05.2022 |
The
following is a reference / historical listing of the 70-millimeter
large-format engagements of “Brainstorm” in the United States and Canada.
These were the cinemas worth seeking out to experience this motion picture.
“Brainstorm” was among thirteen confirmed first-run films released in 1983
with 70mm prints for selected engagements. One-hundred seventy-eight 70mm
prints were reportedly struck for distribution in North America (plus
several more for international), marking at the time the industry’s largest
ever commitment to 70mm prints for a single release launch. The MGM/UA
release — directed by Douglas Trumbull (“2001” visual effects, “Silent
Running”) and starring Christopher Walken, Natalie Wood, Louise Fletcher,
and Cliff Robertson — opened September 30th. The film’s 70mm bookings had a
two-week exclusive before any 35mm prints circulated.
Pre-release screenings included a sneak preview at Chris-Town in Phoenix
held April 30th and exhibitor bid screenings held July 20th and 21st in
numerous locales. A preview was held at WorldCon in Baltimore during early
September. The film’s west coast premiere was held September 29th at the
Cinerama Dome in Los Angeles and the world premiere* took place October 6th
at Mission Valley in Raleigh, North Carolina, near where much of the movie
was filmed.
*The film’s official world premiere took place AFTER the film’s release
because the distributor originally planned to release the movie October 7th,
with the premiere being held a day prior on the 6th, but citing positive
exhibitor response to their plans for an exclusive 70mm launch [or not
wanting to open the same weekend as a new James Bond film!], the company
pushed up the release by one week but were unable or unwilling to alter
their plan on short notice for the October 6th world premiere event. As
well, some of the exhibitors were unable or unwilling to renegotiate the
commencement date of their booking and thus opened October 7th rather than
September 30th.
The 70mm prints of “Brainstorm” featured magnetic Six-Track Dolby Stereo
(“A” encoded Baby Boom format [Dolby processor setting “42”]) and a mixture
of full-frame and pillarboxed imagery sourced from spherical 35mm (the
objective “real world” sequences) and 65mm (the subjective “brainstorm”
sequences) and provided a superior projection and sound experience in
comparison to the film’s 35mm prints.
Note that some cinemas 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 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.
MGM/UA circulated a 70mm Six-Track Dolby coming-attraction trailer for
“Yentl” during the release of “Brainstorm.” Other studios circulated 70mm
trailers during this period, as well. Ultimately, any 70mm trailers screened
during a 70mm presentation of “Brainstorm” varied by venue and screening.
The duration of the engagements (measured in weeks) is included in
parenthesis following the applicable cinema name.
ALBERTA
Calgary — Famous Players’ Chinook (5)
Edmonton — Famous Players’ Paramount (5)
ARIZONA
Phoenix — Plitt’s Cine Capri (10)
Tucson — TM’s El Con 6 (11)
ARKANSAS
Little Rock — UA’s Heights (4)
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Vancouver — Famous Players’ Stanley (9)
CALIFORNIA
Berkeley — Cinerama’s California Triplex (3)
Burlingame — Syufy’s Hyatt Twin (6)
Corte Madera — Marin’s Cinema (3)
Fremont — Syufy’s Cinedome East 7 (5)
Fresno — Festival Enterprises’ Festival 6 (5)
Hayward — Festival Enterprises’ Festival 6 (3)
Lakewood — Pacific’s Lakewood Center 4 (10)
Los Angeles (Hollywood) — Pacific’s Cinerama Dome (7)
Los Angeles (North Hollywood) — UA’s Valley Plaza 6 (7)
Los Angeles (Westwood Village) — Mann’s National (4)
Los Angeles (Woodland Hills) — Pacific’s Topanga Twin (5)
Modesto — Festival Enterprises’ Festival 6 (4)
Montclair — UA’s Towne Center Plaza 6 (10)
Newport Beach — Edwards’ Newport Twin (8)
Orange — Syufy’s Cinedome 6 (6)
Pasadena — UA’s United Artists (7)
Pleasant Hill — Syufy’s Century 5 (7)
Riverside — UA’s Tyler Mall 4 (7)
Sacramento — Syufy’s Century 6 (7)
Sacramento — Syufy’s Cinedome 5 (7)
San Diego — Pacific’s Cinerama (11)
San Francisco — Blumenfeld’s Regency I (5)
San Jose — Syufy’s Century 21 (6)
Santa Barbara — Metropolitan’s Granada Triplex (6)
Stockton — Festival Enterprises’ Regency 4 (4)
Temple City — Edwards’ Temple 4 (5)
Torrance — UA’s Del Amo 6 (9)
COLORADO
Colorado Springs — Commonwealth’s Cooper Triplex (5) [opened Oct. 7th]
Denver — Commonwealth’s Continental (5) [opened Oct. 7th]
CONNECTICUT
East Hartford — Redstone’s Showcase 8 (4)
Orange — Redstone’s Showcase 7 (1+)
Stamford — Trans-Lux’s Ridgeway Twin (3)
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington — Circle’s MacArthur Triplex (4)
FLORIDA
Bay Harbor Islands — Loews’ Bay Harbor Twin (4)
Fort Lauderdale — GCC’s Galleria 4 (6)
Kendall — Wometco’s Dadeland Triplex (7)
North Miami Beach — Wometco’s 163rd Street Triplex (7)
St. Petersburg — Plitt’s Plaza Twin (5)
Winter Park — Wometco’s Winter Park Triplex (7)
GEORGIA
Atlanta — Lefont’s Tara Triplex (6)
HAWAII
Honolulu — Consolidated’s Waikiki 3 (4) [HPS-4000]
IDAHO
Boise — Plitt’s 8th Street Market Place Twin (11)
ILLINOIS
Calumet City — Plitt’s River Oaks 6 (4)
Champaign — Kerasotes’ Virginia (5)
Chicago — Essaness’ Lincoln Village (3)
Chicago — Plitt’s Esquire (3)
Evergreen Park — M&R’s Evergreen 4 (4)
Hillside — M&R’s Hillside Square 4 (3)
Lombard — GCC’s Yorktown 6 (4)
Milan — Redstone’s Showcase 8 (3)
Niles — Essaness’ Golf Mill Triplex (3)
Norridge — M&R’s Norridge 5 (3)
Schaumburg — Plitt’s Woodfield 4 (3)
INDIANA
Evansville — Stieler’s North Park 7 (4)
Indianapolis — Y&W’s Eastwood (5)
IOWA
Des Moines — Dubinsky’s Plaza (6)
KANSAS
Overland Park — Dickinson’s Glenwood Twin (10)
Wichita — Dickinson’s Mall (6)
KENTUCKY
Erlanger — Redstone’s Showcase 7 (5)
Lexington — Mid States’ Southpark 6 (5)
Louisville — Redstone’s Showcase 9 (4)
LOUISIANA
Baton Rouge — Gulf States’ Bon Marche Mall 8 (6) [opened Oct. 7th]
Metairie — GCC’s Lakeside 5 (6)
MANITOBA
Winnipeg — Famous Players’ Northstar Twin (5)
MARYLAND
Baltimore — Durkee’s Senator (6)
Catonsville — Einbinder & Brehm’s Westview 6 (7)
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston — Sack’s Cinema 57 Twin (3)
Brookline — Redstone’s Showcase Circle Triplex (4)
Danvers — Sack’s Liberty Tree Mall Twin (4)
Dedham — Redstone’s Showcase 9 (2) [opened Oct. 14th]
Lawrence — Redstone’s Showcase 8 (3)
Revere — Redstone’s Showcase 10 (4)
Seekonk — Redstone’s Showcase 7 (1+)
West Springfield — Redstone’s Showcase 9 (4)
Woburn — Redstone’s Showcase 7 (2) [opened Oct. 14th]
Worcester — Redstone’s Showcase 4 (1+)
MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor — UA’s Fox Village 4 (1+)
Bloomfield — Redstone’s Showcase Pontiac 10 (5)
Burton — Redstone’s Showcase 6 (4)
Dearborn — UA’s The Movies at Fairlane 10 (5)
Grosse Pointe Woods — NGT’s Woods Triplex (4)
Lansing — UA’s Spartan Triplex (4)
Livonia — NGT’s Mai Kai (7)
Southfield — NGT’s Americana 4 (4)
Southgate — NGT’s Southgate Triplex (4)
Sterling Heights — Redstone’s Showcase 10 (5)
Troy — UA’s The Movies at Oakland 5 (5)
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis — Plitt’s Skyway 4 (4)
West St. Paul — Engler’s Signal Hills 4 (1+)
MISSOURI
Creve Coeur — Wehrenberg’s Creve Coeur (6)
Independence — Mid-America’s Blue Ridge East 5 (7)
Kansas City — Commonwealth’s Bannister Mall 5 (7)
Sunset Hills — Wehrenberg’s Mark Twain (6)
NEBRASKA
Lincoln — Commonwealth’s Cooper (5)
Omaha — Douglas’ Cinema Center 6 (7)
NEVADA
Las Vegas — Syufy’s Cinedome 6 (8)
Reno — Syufy’s Century 6 (7)
NEW JERSEY
Edison — GCC’s Menlo Park Twin (4)
Lawrenceville — Sameric’s Eric Twin (5)
Paramus — RKO Century’s Route Four 7 (3)
Pennsauken — Sameric’s Eric 5 (7)
Secaucus — Loews’ Meadow 6 (3)
Totowa — UA’s Cinema 46 Triplex (3)
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque — GCC’s Louisiana Blvd. Triplex (5)
NEW YORK
Albany — UA’s Hellman Twin (3)
Bay Shore — UA’s Cinema (4)
Cheektowaga — AMC’s Holiday 6 (6)
DeWitt — Carrols’ Shoppingtown Twin (4)
Greece — Jo-Mor’s Stoneridge Plaza Triplex (5)
New York — Reade’s Ziegfeld (7)
Valley Stream — Redstone’s Sunrise 11 (4)
Woodbury — UA’s Cinema 150 (3)
Yonkers — GCC’s Central Plaza Twin (4)
NORTH CAROLINA
Charlotte — Plitt’s Park Terrace Triplex (5) [opened Oct. 7th]
Raleigh — Litchfield’s Mission Valley Twin (10) [opened Oct. 7th]
NOVA SCOTIA
Halifax — Famous Players’ Scotia Square (1+)
OHIO
Beavercreek — Mid States’ Beaver Valley 6 (5)
Columbus — GCC’s Eastland Mall Twin (5)
Columbus — Mid States’ Continent 7 (6)
Dayton — Chakeres’ Dayton Mall 8 (5)
Springdale — Redstone’s Showcase 7 (5)
Toledo — Redstone’s Showcase 5 (7)
Woodmere — Loews’ Village (6)
OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma City — Commonwealth’s Quail Twin (6)
ONTARIO
Hamilton — Famous Players’ Tivoli (5)
London — Famous Players’ Park (1+)
Ottawa — Famous Players’ Rideau Centre Triplex (5)
Toronto — Famous Players’ Eglinton (3)
Toronto — Famous Players’ Uptown 5 (3)
OREGON
Beaverton — LT’s Westgate Triplex (5)
Portland — LT’s Eastgate Triplex (5)
PENNSYLVANIA
Allentown — Sameric’s Eric 5 (5)
Concordville — Sameric’s Eric 4 (5)
Drexel Hill — Sameric’s Eric Pilgrim Gardens (7)
Feasterville — Sameric’s Eric 4 (4)
Harrisburg — Sameric’s Eric East Park Center Twin (1+)
King of Prussia — Sameric’s Eric Plaza (4)
McCandless — Redstone’s Showcase North 8 (4)
Monroeville — Redstone’s Showcase East 6 (4)
Montgomeryville — Sameric’s Eric Triplex (4)
Philadelphia — Sameric’s Sam’s Place Twin (7)
Pittsburgh — Cinemette’s Fulton (4)
QUEBEC
Montreal — United’s Imperial (4)
RHODE ISLAND
Warwick — Redstone’s Showcase 8 (1+)
SOUTH CAROLINA
Charleston — Plitt’s Ultravision Twin (5) [opened Oct. 7th]
TENNESSEE
Knoxville — Simpson’s Capri Triplex (7)
Memphis — Rand’s Park (8)
Nashville — Martin’s Belle Meade (8)
TEXAS
Arlington — Loews’ Lincoln Square 6 (11)
Austin — Mann’s Fox Triplex (6)
Dallas — GCC’s Northpark West Twin (6) [THX]
Fort Worth — UA’s Hulen 6 (11)
Houston — GCC’s Galleria 4 (8)
Houston — GCC’s Meyerland Plaza Triplex (5)
Houston — Loews’ Southpoint 5 (7)
Lubbock — Mann’s Fox 4 (8)
San Antonio — Santikos’ Northwest 10 (10)
UTAH
Holladay — Mann’s Cottonwood Mall 4 (6)
Ogden — Consolidated’s Newgate Starships Triplex (7)
Salt Lake City — Trolley’s Trolley Corners Triplex (9)
South Salt Lake — Syufy’s Century 5 (7)
VIRGINIA
Richmond — Litchfield’s Midlothian 6 (6) [opened Oct. 7th]
Richmond — NTI’s Ridge 4 (5) [opened Oct. 7th]
Springfield — GCC’s Springfield Mall 6 (6)
WASHINGTON
Bellevue — SRO’s John Danz (5)
Lynnwood — SRO’s Grand Alderwood 5 (7)
Seattle — LT’s Coliseum (10)
Spokane — LT’s Fox Triplex (8)
Tacoma — SRO’s Tacoma Mall Twin (5)
Tukwila — SRO’s Lewis & Clark 7 (7)
WISCONSIN
Milwaukee — Marcus’ Northtown 4 (6)
West Allis — Marcus’ Southtown Triplex (6)
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 non-70mm-equipped
auditorium within a multiplex. As well, the reverse 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 these cases, any
35mm portion of the engagement has been included in the duration figure.
SUBSEQUENT 70MM ENGAGEMENTS & SCREENINGS
1983-10-21 … Cedar Grove, NJ — UA’s Cinema 23 (2)
1983-10-21 … Chicago, IL — Plitt’s Carnegie (1)
1983-10-21 … East Meadow, NY — UA’s Meadowbrook 4 (2)
1983-10-21 … Moline, IL — Redstone’s Parkway (1)
1983-10-21 … North York, ON — Famous Players’ Towne & Countrye Twin (4)
1983-10-21 … Toronto, ON — Famous Players’ Cumberland 4 (5)
1983-10-28 … Dubuque, IA — Dubuque’s Cinema Center 5 (1)
1983-10-28 … Montreal, QC — United’s York (3)
1983-11-04 … Bellevue, WA — SRO’s Factoria 5 (2)
1983-11-04 … Edmonton, AB — Famous Players’ Westmount Twin (1)
1983-11-04 … Springfield, IL — Wehrenberg’s Fox Town & Country (3) [70mm?]
1983-11-11 … Los Angeles (Tarzana), CA — Mann’s Valley West 6 (1)
1983-11-11 … Palm Desert, CA — Metropolitan’s Town Center 7 (2)
1983-11-11 … Palm Springs, CA — Metropolitan’s Camelot Triplex (3)
1983-11-11 … Toronto, ON — Famous Players’ Palace Triplex (1)
1983-11-11 … Westminster, CA — UA’s Westminster Mall Twin (1)
1983-11-18 … Anchorage, AK — Wometco Lathrop’s Polar Triplex (2)
1983-11-18 … Carmel, IN — Heaston’s Woodland Twin (1)
1983-11-18 … Los Angeles (Hollywood), CA — SRO’s Paramount (4)
1983-12-02 … New Orleans, LA — Golden Crest’s Kenilworth (2)
1983-12-02 … Vancouver, BC — Odeon’s Park (1)
1983-12-09 … Seattle, WA — Seven Gables’ Crest 4 (1)
1983-12-09 … Toronto, ON — Cineplex’s Market Square 6 (1)
1983-12-16 … Norfolk, VA — Naro [Fri-Sat late show]
1984-01-27 … Los Angeles (Mid-Wilshire), CA — Four Star (1) [w/ “Rocky III”]
1984-01-27 … Victoria, BC — Odeon’s Haida (3)
1984-02-15 … Toronto, ON — Cinesphere (5 days) [70mm festival]
1984-02-24 … Wichita, KS — Dickinson’s Mall [Fri/Sat midnight]
1984-03-02 … Sioux City, IA — Dubinsky’s Riviera Twin [Fri/Sat midnight]
1984-03-07 … Hartford, CT — Trinity College’s Cinestudio (4 days)
1985-01-18 … Cleveland, OH — CWRU’s Strosacker [CWRU Sci-Fi marathon]
1985-12-13 … Houston, TX — AMC’s Commerce Park 8 [AMC Series 70]
1990-01-19 … Cleveland, OH — CWRU’s Strosacker [CWRU Sci-Fi marathon]
2006-05-10 … Los Angeles (Hollywood), CA — AC’s Egyptian [70mm festival]
2007-09-24 … San Francisco, CA — Castro [70mm festival; w/ “Starman”]
2008-07-04 … San Francisco, CA — Castro [70mm festival; w/ “Tron”]
2014-05-09 … Seattle, WA — Cinerama [Sci-Fi festival]
2014-07-12 … New York, NY — Museum of the Moving Image [70mm festival]
2014-07-13 … New York, NY — Museum of the Moving Image [70mm festival]
2014-07-23 … Chicago, IL — Music Box [70mm festival]
2015-08-08 … New York, NY — Museum of the Moving Image [70mm festival]
2015-08-09 … New York, NY — Museum of the Moving Image [70mm festival]
2016-02-26 … Chicago, IL — Music Box [70mm festival]
2016-03-03 … Chicago, IL — Music Box [70mm festival]
2018-09-21 … Somerville, MA — Somerville 5 [70mm & Widescreen festival]
2019-08-22 … New York, NY — Museum of the Moving Image [70mm festival]
2019-08-25 … New York, NY — Museum of the Moving Image [70mm festival]
2019-09-06 … New York, NY — Museum of the Moving Image [70mm festival]
2022-06-23 … Chicago, IL — Music Box [70mm festival; w/ “Here’s Chicago”]
2022-06-26 … Chicago, IL — Music Box [70mm festival; w/ “Here’s Chicago”]
2022-08-05 … New York, NY — Museum of the Moving Image [70mm festival]
2022-08-06 … New York, NY — Museum of the Moving Image [70mm festival]
2022-08-07 … New York, NY — Museum of the Moving Image [70mm festival]
The information included in this article was principally referenced from
film industry trade publications, regional newspaper promotion, print
enclosures, and Dolby records. Special thanks to Jonathan Crist, Thomas
Hauerslev, Bill Kallay, Bill Kretzel, Ronald A. Lee, Mark Lensenmayer, Scott
Neff, Jim Perry, John Sittig, Grant Smith, James Westbrook, Vince Young, and
an extra special thank-you to all of the librarians who helped with this
project. This article is based upon a
previously-published article
International 70mm engagements of this title have not been accounted for in this
article.
If you believe this article contains any errors or omissions, please
consider emailing the
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