“Edward Scissorhands”: The 70mm and CDS Presentations |
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| Compiled by: Michael Coate | Date: 07.12.2015 |
 The
following is a list of the special 70mm and Cinema Digital Sound
presentations of “Edward Scissorhands” in North America. The 70mm
prints were pillarboxed blow-ups (approximately 1.85:1) sourced from
spherical 35mm. The audio (noted after each listing) was either Six-Track
Dolby Stereo (“A” encoded) or Cinema Digital Sound. The channel layout for
these presentations was Left-Center-Right-Surround. (No .1 LFE/Baby Boom
content was present in the mix.) The 20th Century Fox release was directed
by Tim Burton and starred Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder.A note about the Los Angeles run: The Los Angeles engagement was Cinema Digital Sound on 35mm, the first time in the United States digital sound was showcased from a 35mm print. (All previous digital sound presentations were either double-system experiments or 70mm.) This engagement was originally scheduled to have been a 70mm-CDS print, but at the filmmaker’s request a 35mm “show print” was used instead, and the 70mm print was sent to San Francisco. The Los Angeles area newspaper advertisements promoted the originally-scheduled 70mm presentation in advance and for the first few days of the engagement until revised ads appeared that accurately reflected the 35mm presentation. * 35mm Cinema Digital Sound ** 70mm Cinema Digital Sound *** 70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo 1990-12-07 … Los Angeles, CA — General Cinema Corporation’s Avco Center Triplex* <THX> 1990-12-07 … New York, NY — Cineplex Odeon’s Ziegfeld** 1990-12-14 … Boston, MA — Loews’ Cheri 4-Plex*** 1990-12-14 … Chicago, IL — Cineplex Odeon’s McClurg Court Triplex*** <THX> 1990-12-14 … Dallas, TX — United Artists’ Plaza 8-Plex** <THX> 1990-12-14 … Houston, TX — Cineplex Odeon’s Spectrum 9-Plex*** <THX> 1990-12-14 … Montreal, QC — Cineplex Odeon’s Place Alexis Nihon Triplex*** 1990-12-14 … San Francisco, CA — United Artists’ Coronet** 1990-12-14 … San Jose, CA — Syufy’s Century 22 Triplex*** 1990-12-14 … Toronto, ON — Cineplex Odeon’s Hyland Twin*** 1990-12-14 … Vancouver, BC — Cineplex Odeon’s Granville 7-Plex*** <THX> 1990-12-14 … Washington, DC — Cineplex Odeon’s Wisconsin Avenue 6-Plex*** <THX> This information has been principally referenced from film industry trade publications and regional newspaper promotion. Any move-over, subsequent-run, re-release, and international engagements have not been accounted for in this article. |
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