Playtime: The North American 70mm Engagements | Read more at in70mm.com The 70mm Newsletter |
| Compiled by: Michael Coate | Date: 28.06.2022 |
 The following is a reference / historical listing of the 70-millimeter presentations of Jacques Tatis Play Time in North America.Jacques Tati in Play Time reprised his role as Monsieur Hulot, a character previously seen in Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (1953, aka Mr. Hulots Holiday) and Mon Oncle (1958, aka My Uncle). The 1967 French production was not seen in North America until 1972 and for the most part has only ever been screened in 35mm. The original 70mm prints of Play Time featured discrete six-channel magnetic stereophonic sound and pillarboxed imagery from 65mm origination (billed as Mitchell 70mm and side-matted to approximately 1.85:1). From 2004 the films 70mm prints featured digital audio (DTS). Premiere/opening/screening date YYYY-MM-DD city cinema (duration in weeks) [notes] PART 1: FILM FESTIVALS 1972-11-10 Los Angeles, CA Chinese [FILMEX] PART 2: SUBSEQUENT 70MM SCREENINGS 1993-05-07 Los Angeles, CA Directors Guild* 1994-03-28 Beverly Hills, CA Samuel Goldwyn** 1994-09-23 New York, NY Lincoln Center Walter Reade*** 1996-12-09 Chicago, IL Art Institute of Chicago Arthur Rubloff**** 2000-12-16 New York, NY Museum of the Moving Image***** *Screened once during a series of newly-restored French films lent by the French Ministry of Culture in conjunction with CineMemoire **Screened in collaboration with the Getty Center and double-billed with Memories of Underdevelopment (1968; 35mm) ***Screened six times during the series The Heady Comedy of Jacques Tati ****Included discussion by Chicago Reader film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum of the relationship between Tatis vision of the physical world and his theory of democratic comedy. *****Screened during a Jacques Tati retrospective PART 3: SUBSEQUENT 70MM SCREENINGS (New 70mm print / DTS Special Venue audio) 2004-01-22 Los Angeles, CA Egyptian [70mm festival] 2004-01-23 Los Angeles, CA Egyptian [70mm festival] 2004-05-25 Austin, TX Paramount [Summer Classic Film Series] 2004-05-26 Austin, TX Paramount [Summer Classic Film Series] 2004-05-27 Austin, TX Paramount [Summer Classic Film Series] 2004-06-07 Seattle, WA Cinerama [SIFF] 2004-07-29 Columbus, OH Wexner Center for the Arts 2004-07-30 Columbus, OH Wexner Center for the Arts 2004-07-31 Columbus, OH Wexner Center for the Arts 2004-08-27 Chicago, IL Music Box (2) 2004-12-29 New York, NY Lincoln Center Walter Reade (1) 2005-01-22 Los Angeles, CA Egyptian [70mm festival] 2005-01-29 Santa Monica, CA Aero [70mm festival] 2005-04-20 Champaign, IL Virginia [Ebertfest] 2005-11-17 Santa Monica, CA Aero [Tati tribute] 2005-11-19 Santa Monica, CA Aero [Tati tribute] 2005-11-25 Los Angeles, CA Egyptian [70mm festival] 2005-11-26 Los Angeles, CA Egyptian [70mm festival] 2005-11-27 Los Angeles, CA Egyptian [70mm festival] 2006-08-05 Austin, TX Paramount [Summer Classic Film Series] 2006-08-06 Austin, TX Paramount [Summer Classic Film Series] 2006-08-22 San Francisco, CA Castro [70mm festival] 2007-04-11 Los Angeles, CA Egyptian [70mm festival] 2007-03-24 Silver Spring, MD AFI Silver [Tati series] 2007-03-25 Silver Spring, MD AFI Silver [Tati series] 2007-03-26 Silver Spring, MD AFI Silver [Tati series] 2007-03-28 Silver Spring, MD AFI Silver [Tati series] 2007-03-29 Silver Spring, MD AFI Silver [Tati series] 2008-05-15 Los Angeles, CA Egyptian [70mm festival] 2008-05-25 Santa Monica, CA Aero [70mm festival] 2008-07-08 San Francisco, CA Castro [70mm festival] 2008-07-09 San Francisco, CA Castro [70mm festival] 2008-12-?? New York, NY Lincoln Center Walter Reade (?) 2009-07-26 Santa Monica, CA Aero 2009-07-17 San Jose, CA California [70mm series] 2009-07-18 San Jose, CA California [70mm series] 2009-??-?? Seattle, WA Cinerama [series?] 2010-02-25 Santa Monica, CA Aero [Tati tribute] 2010-03-20 Silver Spring, MD AFI Silver [70mm festival] 2010-03-21 Silver Spring, MD AFI Silver [70mm festival] 2010-04-24 Los Angeles, CA Egyptian [TCM festival] 2010-04-29 Columbus, OH Wexner Center for the Arts [Tati series] 2010-04-30 Columbus, OH Wexner Center for the Arts [Tati series] 2010-12-23 Toronto, ON TIFF Bell Lightbox (1) 2011-01-15 New York, NY Museum of the Moving Image [Celebrating the Moving Image] 2011-02-24 Los Angeles, CA Egyptian 2011-06-06 San Francisco, CA Castro [70mm festival] 2011-06-07 San Francisco, CA Castro [70mm festival] 2011-10-06 Seattle, WA Cinerama [70mm festival] 2011-10-09 Seattle, WA Cinerama [70mm festival] 2011-12-08 Santa Monica, CA Aero [70mm festival] 2012-03-02 Los Angeles, CA LACMA Bing [Ellsworth Kelly Selects series] 2012-08-31 Toronto, ON TIFF Bell Lightbox 2012-09-01 Toronto, ON TIFF Bell Lightbox 2012-09-02 Toronto, ON TIFF Bell Lightbox 2012-11-24 Austin, TX Alamo Drafthouse Ritz [70mm series] 2012-11-25 Austin, TX Alamo Drafthouse Ritz [70mm series] 2012-12-01 Austin, TX Alamo Drafthouse Ritz [70mm series] 2012-12-02 Austin, TX Alamo Drafthouse Ritz [70mm series] 2012-12-22 New York, NY Lincoln Center Walter Reade [70mm festival] 2012-12-27 New York, NY Lincoln Center Walter Reade [70mm festival] 2013-02-22 Chicago, IL Music Box [70mm festival] 2013-02-23 Chicago, IL Music Box [70mm festival] 2013-02-28 Chicago, IL Music Box [70mm festival] 2020-02-05 Santa Monica, CA Aero The information included in this article was principally referenced from film industry trade publications and regional newspaper promotion. Special thanks to Lori Hile (Gene Siskel Film Center), Bill Kallay, Bill Kretzel, Mark Lensenmayer, Richard Lombardi, Tim ONeill and Paul Rayton. 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 author or editor. | More in 70mm reading: Play Time 70mm Cinemas in North America in70mm.com's list of films blown up to 70mm 70mm Engagements by Title 35mm to 70mm Engagements by Year Large Format 7OMM Engagements Month by month premiere list of wide gauge and 3-strip films Chronological premiere list of major 70mm films 70mm Blow Up List Dolby Stereo |
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