“Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade”: The North American 70mm Engagements | Read more at in70mm.com The 70mm Newsletter |
| Compiled by: Michael Coate | Date: 05.02.2024 |
 The following is a reference / historical listing of the 70-millimeter presentations of “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” in North America. These were the cinemas worth seeking out to experience this motion picture. “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” was among seventeen confirmed first-run films released in 1989 with 70mm prints for selected engagements. Approximately two-hundred 70mm prints were struck for distribution in North America and represented about ten percent of the film’s total initial North American bookings. The Lucasfilm Ltd. production and Paramount release — directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Harrison Ford, Alison Doody and Sean Connery — opened May 24th. For the release of “Indiana Jones,” Paramount employed the services of Lucasfilm’s Theatre Alignment Program (TAP) to evaluate and approve the cinemas selected to book a 70mm print. Pre-release screenings included an invitational preview held June 28th at Samuel Goldwyn in Beverly Hills and the world premiere held July 5th at the Chinese in Los Angeles. The 70mm prints of “Indiana Jones” featured 2.20:1 full-frame imagery blown up from anamorphic 35mm and a dual inventory of magnetic A- and SR-encoded Six-Track Dolby Stereo. (The audio was Baby Boom format with a split-surround playback option. The SR-encoded 70mm prints were blown up directly from the original negative whereas the A-encoded 70mm prints were contact-printed from a 65mm blow-up internegative. Conflicting details exist as to whether all of the 70mm prints included split-surround or if only the SR-encoded prints included split-surround.) 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. Paramount circulated 70mm Six-Track Dolby coming-attraction trailers for “Black Rain” and “Star Trek V: The Final Frontier” during the initial weeks of the release of “Indiana Jones.” Over the course of the film’s lengthy run, additional 70mm trailers circulated, including “Fat Man and Little Boy,” “Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan,” “Let it Ride” and “Shirley Valentine.” Other studios circulated 70mm trailers during this period, as well. Ultimately, any 70mm trailers screened during 70mm presentations of “Indiana Jones” varied by venue and screening. The duration of the engagements (measured in weeks) has been included in parenthesis following the applicable cinema name. * = Six-Track Dolby Stereo (“SR”) No asterisk = Six-Track Dolby Stereo (“A”) ALABAMA Hoover — Cobb’s Galleria 10 (18) ALASKA Anchorage — LT’s Fireweed 7 (17) [THX] ALBERTA Calgary — Famous Players’ Chinook (18) Calgary — Famous Players’ Sunridge 5 (12) Edmonton — Famous Players’ Londonderry Twin (9) Edmonton — Famous Players’ Paramount (17) [THX] ARIZONA Mesa — Mann’s Superstition 5 (13) Phoenix — Harkins’ Cine Capri (11) Phoenix — Mann’s Chris-Town 5 (12) [THX] Tucson — Mann’s Buena Vista Twin (12) [70mm from Week 7] Tucson — Mann’s Galleria 6 (6) [THX] ARKANSAS Little Rock — UA’s Cinema 150 (12) BRITISH COLUMBIA Burnaby — Famous Players’ Lougheed Mall Triplex (12) Burnaby — Famous Players’ Station Square 7 (21) Vancouver — Famous Players’ Stanley (17) [THX] Victoria — Famous Players’ Capitol 6 (18) CALIFORNIA Anaheim — SoCal’s Cinemapolis 10 (13) Berkeley — Cinerama’s Berkeley (9) Burlingame — Syufy’s Hyatt Triplex (18) Carlsbad — SoCal’s Plaza Camino Real 4 (11) City of Industry — Mann’s Puente Hills 6 (18) [THX] Corte Madera — Cinerama’s Cinema* (17) Costa Mesa — Edwards’ South Coast Plaza Triplex (9) Daly City — Cineplex Odeon’s Plaza Twin (13) [THX] Hayward — Mann’s Festival 9 (13) [THX] Huntington Beach — Edwards’ Charter Centre 5 (10) La Mesa — Pacific’s Grossmont Mall Triplex (10) La Mirada — Pacific’s La Mirada 6 (11) Laguna Hills — Edwards/SoCal’s Laguna Hills Mall Triplex (10) Lakewood — Pacific’s Lakewood Center 4 (10) Long Beach — UA’s Marketplace 6 (10) Los Angeles (Hollywood) — Mann’s Chinese Triplex* (7) [THX] Los Angeles (North Hollywood) — Syufy’s Century 7 (11) [THX] Los Angeles (Northridge) — Pacific’s Northridge 6 (10) Los Angeles (Tarzana) — Mann’s Valley West 6 (11) Los Angeles (Westwood Village) — Mann’s National* (7) [THX] Los Angeles (Woodland Hills) — Pacific’s Topanga Twin (12) Mission Viejo — Edwards’ Crown Valley 5 (11) Montclair — Pacific’s Montclair Triplex (16) Mountain View — Syufy’s Century 10 (18) National City — Pacific’s Sweetwater 6 (12) Newport Beach — Edwards’ Newport Triplex (7) Oakland — Cinerama’s Piedmont Triplex (9) Orange — Syufy’s Century Cinedome 8 (#1: 12) Orange — Syufy’s Century Cinedome 8 (#2: 4) Oxnard — Pacific’s Carriage Square 5 (16) Palm Desert — Metropolitan’s Town Center 7 (10) [70mm from Week 3] Pasadena — Pacific’s Hastings 5 (12) Pleasant Hill — Syufy’s Century 5 (17) Riverside — SoCal’s Canyon Crest 9 (17) Sacramento — Syufy’s Century 6 (18) Sacramento — Syufy’s Century Cinedome 8 (17) San Bernardino — Pacific’s Inland Center 5 (18) San Diego — Mann’s Grove 9 (9) [THX] San Francisco — Blumenfeld’s Regency I (17) San Francisco — Blumenfeld’s Regency II (4) San Jose — Syufy’s Century 22 Triplex (#1: 5) San Jose — Syufy’s Century 22 Triplex (#2: 5) San Jose — Syufy’s Century 22 Triplex (#3: 3) San Jose — Syufy’s Century Berryessa 10 (1+) [THX] (70mm from Week 5) Santa Barbara — Metropolitan’s Arlington (4) Temple City — Edwards’ Temple 4 (11) Torrance — Mann’s Old Towne 6 (16) Universal City — Cineplex Odeon’s Universal City 18 (10) [THX] COLORADO Aurora — UA’s Cooper 5 (1+) Denver — Mann’s Century 21 (1+) [THX] CONNECTICUT East Hartford — National Amusements’ Showcase 10 (10) Orange — National Amusements’ Showcase 7 (1+) Stamford — Trans-Lux’s Ridgeway Twin (10) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Washington — K-B’s Cinema (12) FLORIDA Boca Raton — Wometco’s Shadowood 12 (16) [THX] Fort Lauderdale — AMC’s Coral Ridge 10 (16) [THX] Kendall — AMC’s Kendall Town & Country 10 (16) Melbourne — Cobb’s Oaks 10 (17) North Miami — Muvico’s California Club 6 (9) [THX] North Miami Beach — Wometco’s 167th Street Twin (13) Orlando — AMC’s Fashion Village 8 (20) St. Petersburg — AMC’s Crossroads 8 (12) [THX] Tampa — Cineplex Odeon’s Hillsboro 8 (12) [THX] GEORGIA Atlanta — UA’s Lenox Square 6 (11) Duluth — UA’s The Movies at Gwinnett Plaza 12 (22) Kennesaw — Storey’s Town 8 (16) Savannah — UA’s Tara 4 (1+) Tucker — AMC’s Northlake Festival 8 (10) HAWAII Honolulu — Consolidated’s Waikiki 3 (4) [HPS-4000] ILLINOIS Chicago — Cineplex Odeon’s Biograph Triplex (12) Evanston — M&R’s Evanston 5 (10) Hillside — M&R’s Hillside Square 6 (11) Lansing — M&R’s River Run 8 (9) Lombard — GCC’s Yorktown 6 (13) [THX] Niles — Cineplex Odeon’s Golf Mill Triplex (8) Norridge — M&R’s Norridge 10 (11) Northbrook — Cineplex Odeon’s Edens Twin (10) Schaumburg — Cineplex Odeon’s Woodfield 9 (12) Woodbridge — GCC’s Woodgrove Festival 6 (11) [THX] INDIANA Indianapolis — Loews’ College Park 8 (10) KANSAS Overland Park — AMC’s Oak Park Plaza 6 (9) KENTUCKY Louisville — National Amusements’ Showcase 13 (29) MANITOBA Winnipeg — Famous Players’ Portage Place Triplex (10) MARYLAND Baltimore — Durkee’s Senator (16) Bethesda — K-B’s Montgomery Mall Triplex (12) Woodlawn — GCC’s Security Square 8 (16) [THX] MASSACHUSETTS Boston — Loews’ Cheri Triplex (11) Seekonk — National Amusements’ Showcase 7 (1+) West Springfield — National Amusements’ Showcase 14 (12) Worcester — National Amusements’ Showcase 4 (1+) MICHIGAN Dearborn — UA’s The Movies at Fairlane 10 (#1: 22) Dearborn — UA’s The Movies at Fairlane 10 (#2: 4) Harper Woods — AMC’s Eastland 7 (9) Lansing — UA’s Spartan Triplex (18) Southfield — AMC’s Americana 8 (11) Sterling Heights — National Amusements’ Showcase 15 (12) Ypsilanti — National Amusements’ Showcase 14 (11) MINNESOTA Edina — Cineplex Odeon’s Edina 4 (12) [THX] Roseville — GCC’s Har-Mar 11 (11) [THX] MISSOURI Chesterfield — Wehrenberg’s Clarkson 6 (10) [THX] Independence — Mid-America’s Blue Ridge East 5 (10) Shrewsbury — Wehrenberg’s Kenrick 8 (12) [THX] Springfield — Dickinson’s Century 21 (11) NEVADA Las Vegas — Syufy’s Century Desert 12 (16) [THX] Las Vegas — Syufy’s Century Cinedome 6 (20) [70mm from Week 7] NEW JERSEY Bridgewater — GCC’s Bridgewater Commons 7 (10) [THX] Paramus — Cineplex Odeon’s Route Four 10 (14) Pennsauken — Sameric’s Eric 5 (#1: 12) Pennsauken — Sameric’s Eric 5 (#2: 5) Ridgefield Park — Loews’ Ridgefield Park 10 (9) Sayreville — National Amusements’ Amboy 14 (10) Secaucus — Loews’ Meadow 6 (4) Wayne — Loews Wayne 6 (9) West Orange — GCC’s Essex Green Triplex (11) [THX] NEW YORK Amherst — GCC’s University 8 (20) [THX] Cheektowaga — Hoyts’ Walden Galleria 12 (23) Commack — National Amusements’ Commack 15 (13) Garden City — Loews’ Roosevelt Field 8 (10) Greece — Jo-Mor’s Stoneridge Plaza Triplex (13) Hicksville — Town & Country’s Mid-Island Plaza 6 (9) Levittown — Loews’ Nassau Mall 6 (9) Medford — National Amusements’ Brookhaven 14 (12) [THX] New York (Bronx) — National Amusements’ Whitestone 14 (11) New York (Manhattan) — Loews’ 34th Street Showplace Triplex* (12) New York (Manhattan) — Loews’ 84th Street 6 (8) New York (Manhattan) — Loews’ Astor Plaza* (7) New York (Manhattan) — Loews’ Orpheum Twin (7) New York (Manhattan) — UA’s Gemini Twin (10) New York (Queens) — Cineplex Odeon’s Fresh Meadows 7 (13) Pittsford — Loews’ Pittsford Triplex (11) Rockville Centre — Cineplex Odeon’s Fantasy 5 (9) Valley Stream — National Amusements’ Sunrise 14 (13) Webster — Loews’ Webster 12 (12) NOVA SCOTIA Halifax — Famous Players’ Park Lane 8 (1+) OHIO Cincinnati — Loews’ Kenwood Twin (11) Columbus — Loews’ Continent 9 (12) Dayton — National Amusements’ Dayton Mall 8 (11) North Olmsted — NTC’s Great Northern 7 (12) [THX] South Euclid — Loews’ Cedar Center Twin (12) Toledo — National Amusements’ Showcase 5 (19) OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City — AMC’s Memorial Square 8 (12) ONTARIO Gloucester — Famous Players’ Gloucester 5 (12) Hamilton — Famous Players’ Tivoli (10) London — Famous Players’ London Mews 6 (1+) Mississauga — Famous Players’ Sussex Centre 4 (17) [THX] North York — Famous Players’ Towne & Countrye Twin (17) Ottawa — Famous Players Elgin Twin (21) Toronto — Famous Players’ Eglinton (16) [THX] Toronto — Famous Players’ Sheraton Centre Twin (18) Toronto — Famous Players’ Victoria Terrace 6 (17) OREGON Portland — Cineplex Odeon’s 82nd Avenue 6 (1+) [THX] Portland — LT’s Lloyd 10 (1+) [THX] Tigard — LT’s Tigard 5 (1+) [THX] PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia — AMC’s Orleans 8 (12) Philadelphia — Sameric’s SamEric 4 (#1: 12) Philadelphia — Sameric’s SamEric 4 (#2: 5) QUEBEC Dorval — Famous Players’ Dorval 4 (18) Laval — Famous Players’ Laval 5 (7) Montreal — Famous Players’ Imperial (17) [THX] Sainte-Foy — Famous Players’ Ste-Foy Triplex (8) RHODE ISLAND Warwick — National Amusements’ Showcase 8 (1+) TENNESSEE Memphis — Malco’s Winchester Court 8 (12) [THX] Nashville — Carmike’s Belle Meade (12) TEXAS Addison — UA’s Prestonwood Creek 5 (18) [THX] Austin — Presidio’s Arbor 4 (9) [THX] Bedford — UA’s Bedford 10 (24) [THX] Dallas — UA’s The United Artists 8 (#1: 20) [THX] Dallas — UA’s The United Artists 8 (#2: 10) [THX] Fort Worth — UA’s Hulen 10 (20) [THX] Houston — Loews’ Saks Center Twin (12) San Antonio — Santikos’ Embassy 14 (21) [THX] (70mm from Week 5) San Antonio — Santikos’ Galaxy 14 (13) [THX] San Antonio — Santikos’ Northwest 14 (16) [THX] Webster — Loews’ Bay Area 6 (12) UTAH Salt Lake City — Cineplex Odeon’s Trolley Corners Triplex (11) Salt Lake City — Mann’s Villa (17) VIRGINIA Alexandria — National Amusements’ Mt. Vernon 10 (8) [THX] Bailey’s Crossroads — K-B’s Cinema 7 Twin (17) Fairfax — UA’s The Movies at Fair Oaks 8 (20) McLean — Cineplex Odeon/NTI’s Tysons Center 4 (12) Merrifield — National Amusements’ Arlington Blvd/Lee Highway 12 (10) [THX] Richmond — Cineplex Odeon’s Ridge 7 (13) Springfield — GCC’s Springfield Mall 10 (10) [THX] WASHINGTON Bellevue — Cineplex Odeon’s John Danz (1+) Lynnwood — LT’s Alderwood 7 (1+) [THX] Seattle — Cineplex Odeon’s Cinerama (10) Seattle — Cineplex Odeon’s Oak Tree 6 (1+) [THX] Spokane — Cineplex Odeon’s Lyons Avenue 4 (18) [70mm from Week 7] Tukwila — Cineplex Odeon’s Southenter (1+) Tacoma — Cineplex Odeon’s Tacoma Mall Twin (8) WISCONSIN Greenfield — UA’s Spring Mall 4 (12) Milwaukee — Marcus’ Northtown 6 (12) 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 (or movement out of a branded auditorium) has been included in the duration figure. SUBSEQUENT 70MM ENGAGEMENTS & SCREENINGS 1989-06-23 … Honolulu, HI — Consolidated’s Waikiki Twin (9) 1989-06-23 … Santa Barbara, CA — Metropolitan’s Granada Triplex (2) 1989-06-23 … Secaucus, NJ — Loews’ Meadow Plaza 8 (6) 1989-06-30 … San Jose, CA — Syufy’s Century 21 (2) 1989-07-11 … New York, NY — Guild’s Embassy Triplex (7) 1989-07-14 … Los Angeles, CA — AMC’s Century 14 (6) [THX] 1989-07-14 … Los Angeles, CA — Mann’s Plaza (3) 1989-07-14 … San Jose, CA — Syufy’s Century 22 Triplex (1+) 1989-07-28 … Tacoma, WA — Cineplex Odeon’s Tacoma South 5 (1) 1989-08-04 … San Antonio, TX — Rivercenter IMAX (9) 1989-09-01 … Hamilton, ON — Famous Players’ Tivoli (4) 1989-09-01 … Laguna Niguel, CA — Mann’s Rancho Niguel 8** (4) [THX] 1989-09-01 … Los Angeles, CA — Mann’s National* (2) [THX] 1989-09-01 … New York, NY — Guild’s Embassy Triplex** (9) 1989-09-01 … Norfolk, VA — ARF’s Naro (3 days) 1989-09-13 … Milwaukee, WI — Marcus’ Northtown 6 (1) 1989-09-15 … Toronto, ON — Famous Players’ Hollywood Twin (4) 1989-09-22 … Colma, CA — UA’s The Movies at Metro Center (1) 1989-09-22 … San Francisco, CA — Blumenfeld’s Alhambra** (2) 1989-09-22 … Vancouver, BC — Famous Players’ Capitol 6 (4) 1989-09-27 … Hartford, CT — Trinity College’s Cinestudio (4 days) 1989-09-29 … Calgary, AB — Famous Players’ Palace (1) 1989-09-29 … Calgary, AB — Famous Players’ Southcentre 7 (7) 1989-10-06 … Cleveland, OH — Colony (1) 1989-10-13 … Fargo, ND — Fargo (1) 1989-12-22 … Austin, TX — GCC’s Highland Mall Twin (3) 1989-12-22 … Apple Valley, MN — GTI’s Apple Valley 6 (6) **Double feature with “Star Trek V: The Final Frontier” 1990-03-21 … Toronto, ON — Cinesphere (5 days) [70mm festival] 1990-03-30 … Cleveland, OH — CWRU’s Strosacker [CWRU Film Society] 1990-06-17 … Los Angeles, CA — Cineplex Odeon’s Fairfax Triplex [70mm festival] 1990-06-22 … Waco, TX — Schulman’s Schulman 5 (1) [THX] 1990-06-26 … Santa Monica, CA — Mann’s Criterion 6 [THX festival] # 1990-07-19 … Atlanta, GA — Fox [13th annual summer film festival] 1991-09-27 … Madison, WI — Marcus’ Eastgate 10 (1) [70mm festival] (canceled) 1991-10-07 … Vancouver, BC — CN IMAX (4 days) [“Indiana Jones” festival] 1991-10-14 … Vancouver, BC — CN IMAX (4 days) [“Indiana Jones” festival] 1992-04-20 … Vancouver, BC — CN IMAX (4 days) [70mm festival] 1992-10-10 … Los Angeles, CA — AMC’s Century 14 [retro festival] 1992-10-14 … Los Angeles, CA — AMC’s Century 14 [retro festival] 1992-11-18 … Atlanta, GA — AMC’s Phipps Plaza 12 [venue grand opening] 1992-12-26 … Vancouver, BC — Caprice’s Caprice [“Indiana Jones” festival] 1993-05-14 … Springfield, MO — Dickinson’s Dickinson 8 (1) [70mm festival] 1994-01-08 … Boston, MA — Wang Center (2 days) # 1994-02-05 … Toronto, ON — Famous Players’ Uptown 5 # 1994-06-04 … Calgary, AB — Famous Players’ Palliser Square Twin [midnight] 1995-01-08 … Toronto, ON — Cinesphere [70mm festival] 1996-01-19 … Montreal, QC — Imperial [w/ “The Last Emperor”] # 1996-04-26 … Toronto, ON — Famous Players’ Eglinton [70mm festival; w/ “Raiders”] 1997-07-04 … Los Angeles, CA — Mann’s Plaza [Fri-Sun midnight] 2000-08-25 … Columbia Heights, MN — Heights* (1) 2001-03-02 … Seattle, WA — Cinerama (1) 2001-03-09 … Seattle, WA — Cinerama [“Indy” triple feature] 2001-10-20 … Columbia Heights, MN — Heights [midnight] 2008-12-21 … Los Angeles, CA — Laemmle’s Royal [70mm festival] 2009-11-01 … Seattle, WA — Cinerama [70mm festival] 2012-08-31 … Austin, TX — Alamo Drafthouse Ritz (1) 2014-08-30 … Austin, TX — Paramount [70mm festival] 2016-05-28 … Los Angeles, CA — Egyptian [70mm festival] 2016-08-26 … Austin, TX — Paramount [70mm festival] 2017-01-21 … Santa Monica, CA — Aero 2018-07-13 … Portland, OR — Hollywood [70mm festival] 2018-07-14 … Portland, OR — Hollywood [70mm festival] 2018-07-15 … Portland, OR — Hollywood [70mm festival] 2018-08-24 … Austin, TX — Paramount [70mm festival] 2018-09-15 … Seattle, WA — Cinerama [70mm festival] 2018-09-21 … Chicago, IL — Music Box [70mm festival] 2018-09-22 … Chicago, IL — Music Box [70mm festival] 2018-09-25 … Chicago, IL — Music Box [70mm festival] 2018-09-26 … Chicago, IL — Music Box [70mm festival] 2019-04-13 … Coral Gables, FL — Coral Gables Art [70mm festival] 2019-09-27 … Seattle, WA — Cinerama [70mm festival] 2022-08-14 … Beverly Hills, CA — Fine Arts [70mm Sundays series] 2023-11-26 … Beverly Hills, CA — Fine Arts [70mm Sundays series] The information included in this article was principally referenced from film industry trade publications, regional newspaper promotion, print enclosures, TAP records, and Dolby records. Special thanks to David Ayers, Don Beelik, Matt Belson, Bobby Henderson, Bill Kallay, Bill Kretzel, Mark Lensenmayer, Tim Schafbuch, and to the librarians who assisted with research. 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. | More in 70mm reading: Remembering “Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade” in70mm.com's page about films blown up to 70mm 35mm to 70mm Engagements by Year 35mm to 70mm Engagements by Title Presented on the big screen in 7OMM The Alleged 70mm Releases 70mm Blow Ups Which Never Were |
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