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Title |
Format |
Opening |
Sound |
Studio |
Notes |
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Bridge Too Far, A |
Panavision |
June 23 (UK) |
6-Track Stereo |
United Artists |
 US
release: June 15.
See:
70mm Film
Presentations in London
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
Panavision |
Nov 16 (USA) |
6-Track Dolby Stereo |
Columbia |
 This version ran 135 min. Re-issued in 1980 at 132 min. The
network TV version ran 143 min. 1998 LD and 2001 DVD run 137 min.
Also see: 70mm Blow Up List 1980 +
70mm Blow Up List 2025
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“Black Orpheus” |
Spherical (1.37:1) |
NA (France) |
6-Track Stereo |
Kino |
 US 70mm
re-issue: Nov 3, 1978 and
advertised as: “North American premiere in 70mm & Stereo!”
Original 35mm release in 1959.
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Rollercoaster |
Panavision |
NA 1977 |
6-Track Stereo (Sensurround) |
Universal |
US 35mm release: June 10.
Universal press material on Sensurround indicated 70mm print availablity.
See: 70mm Films in
Brazil
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“Star Wars”
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Panavision |
May 25 (USA) |
6-Track Dolby Stereo |
20th Century Fox |
 Helped launch renewed interest in 70mm and multichannel sound presentations. First 70mm release to utilize "baby boom" low frequency enhancement. 70mm sound mix contained audible content differences when compared to some 35mm prints. Initially released with only a few 70mm prints, with additional 70mm prints issued in the months following the opening. "70mm" hyped heavily in newspaper advertisements, especially the engagements that switched to 70mm later in film's run. See
article and 70mm
engagements list on this site for more details. Some engagements added 70mm blow-up version of animated short
"Duck Dodgers In The 24th And A Half Century".
Re-issues (with 70mm prints) in 78, 79, 81, 82, 83 and 97.
Re-titled "Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope" in 1981.
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“Tommy” (Re-Issue)
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Spherical (1.85:1) |
Sept 23 (USA) |
6-Track Stereo |
Columbia |
 Re-issue advertised as:
“Now...for the first time ever!
In Supersonic 70mm and super-mind blowing Ultrasonic Stereo.” |
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More in 70mm reading:
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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