“Time Is On Our Side” / “Let’s Spend the Night Together”: The 70mm Engagements |
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| Compiled by: Michael Coate | Date: 25.07.2017 |
 The
following is a reference / historical listing of the 70-millimeter
engagements of “Let’s Spend the Night Together” in the United States and
Canada. These were the cinemas worth seeking out to experience this motion
picture.“Let’s Spend the Night Together” was among thirteen confirmed first-run films released in 1983 with 70mm prints for selected engagements. Forty 70mm prints of the film were reportedly struck for distribution in North America. The Embassy release — directed by Hal Ashby (“Harold and Maude”, “Bound for Glory”) and featuring the Rolling Stones in concert — opened February 11th. The movie was filmed in East Rutherford, New Jersey and Tempe, Arizona during the Rolling Stones’ 1981 North American tour. (Note this film was initially released in other regions of the world under the title of “Time Is On Our Side”.) The North American 70mm prints of “Let’s Spend the Night Together” featured six-track stereo (non-Dolby; five-screen-channel + one surround) and cropped, full-frame imagery (2.20:1) blown up from spherical 35mm. Note the original “Time Is On Our Side” 70mm prints were pillarboxed at approximately 1.85:1. Embassy circulated 70mm coming-attraction trailers for “Eddie and the Cruisers” and “Losin’ It” during the release of “Let’s Spend the Night Together.” Other studios circulated 70mm trailers during this period, as well. Ultimately, any 70mm trailers screened during 70mm presentations of “Let’s Spend the Night Together” varied by venue and screening. The duration of the engagements (measured in weeks) is included in parenthesis following the applicable cinema name. CALIFORNIA Costa Mesa — Edwards’ Town Center 4 (2) Lakewood — Pacific’s Lakewood Center 4 (2) Los Angeles (Hollywood) — SRO’s Paramount (2) Los Angeles (Westwood Village) — Mann’s Village (1) Los Angeles (Woodland Hills) — UA’s Warner Center 6 (3) Orange — Syufy’s City Center Twin (1) Sacramento — Syufy’s Century 6 (2) San Diego — UA’s Glasshouse 6 (2) San Francisco — Blumenfeld’s Royal (3) San Jose — Syufy’s Century 21 (3) Torrance — UA’s Del Amo 6 (3) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Washington — Circle’s MacArthur Triplex (2) FLORIDA Kendall — Wometco’s Dadeland Triplex (3) North Miami Beach — Wometco’s 163rd Street Triplex (3) Winter Park — Wometco’s Winter Park Triplex (3) GEORGIA Atlanta — Lefont’s Tara Twin (4) ILLINOIS Calumet City — Plitt’s River Oaks 6 (2) Forest Park — Essaness’ Forest Park Triplex (2) Tinley Park — Essaness’ Bremen Triplex (2) INDIANA Indianapolis — Y&W’s Eastwood (2) MASSACHUSETS Boston — Sack’s Cinema 57 Twin (3) MISSOURI Kansas City — AMC’s Empire 4 (3) Kansas City — Commonwealth’s Bannister Mall 5 (4) NEVADA Las Vegas — Syufy’s Cinedome 6 (3) NEW JERSEY Paramus — RKO Century’s Route 17 Twin (3) NEW YORK Greece — Jo-Mor’s Stoneridge Plaza Triplex (3) Levittown — Loews’ Nassau Mall 4 (4) New York (Brooklyn) — RKO Century’s Kingsway 4 (3) New York (Manhattan) — Loews’ Astor Plaza (6) New York (Manhattan) — Loews’ Orpheum Twin (1) Valley Stream — Redstone’s Sunrise 11 (2) OHIO Dayton — Chakeres’ Dayton Mall 8-plex (3) OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City — Commonwealth’s Quail Twin (2) OREGON Portland — LT’s Fox (4) TENNESSEE Memphis — Rand’s Park (2) TEXAS Austin — Mann’s Fox Triplex (2) Dallas — Loews’ Park Central 4 (4) San Antonio — Santikos’ Northwest 10 (3) UTAH South Salt Lake — Syufy’s Century 5 (4) 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 1983-02-25 … San Francisco, CA — Blumenfeld’s Royal (1) [w/ “Pink Floyd: The Wall”] 1983-03-11 … Bellevue, WA — SRO’s Factoria 5 (2) 1983-03-11 … Lynnwood, WA — SRO’s Grand Alderwood 5 (2) 1983-03-11 … Toronto, ON — Odeon’s Varsity Twin (3) 1983-03-11 … Tukwila, WA — SRO’s Lewis & Clark 7 (2) 1983-03-12 … Atlanta, GA — Fox [w/ “Pink Floyd: The Wall”] 1983-03-18 … Wichita, KS — Dickinson’s Mall [Fri/Sat midnight] 1983-03-25 … Winnipeg, MB — Towne 8 (3) 1983-04-01 … Calgary, AB — Odeon’s Southland 4 (1) 1983-04-01 … Toronto, ON — Odeon’s Fairlawn Twin (2) 1983-04-22 … Vancouver, BC — Odeon’s Park (1) 1983-05-06 … Norfolk, VA — Naro [Fri-Sat late show] 1983-06-10 … Ottawa, ON — National Arts Centre Opera (2 days) 1983-07-08 … National City, CA — Pacific’s Sweetwater 6 (1) [w/ “Pink Floyd: The Wall”] 1983-10-21 … Cleveland, OH — CWRU’s Strosacker [CWRU Film Society Fall Series] 1985-05-10 … Mentor, OH — NTC’s Great Lakes Mall 5 [midnight] 1985-01-25 … Richmond, VA — NTI’s Ridge 7 [Fri/Sat midnight] 1989-09-29 … Des Moines, IA — Excellence’s River Hills [Fri/Sat midnight] 2002-08-22 … Atlanta, GA — Fox [25th Annual Summer Film Festival] 2016-08-26 … New York, NY — Museum of the Moving Image [See it Big! fest] 2016-08-28 … New York, NY — Museum of the Moving Image [See it Big! fest] 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 Don Beelik, Herbert Born, Neil Calderone, Bill Kallay, Bill Kretzel and Mark Lensenmayer. International 70mm presentations 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 author or editor. |
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