70mm motion picture exhibition at Toronto
1975-2012
25 December 2011 REVISE
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NOTATIONS
* first advertised 70mm engagement at specified venue
** last advertised 70mm engagement at specified venue
# exhibition of 70mm print NOT explicitly/consistently promoted
> market first-run engagement
>> preview/pre-release screening
1974------------------------------------------------------
Dec 20 VARSITY 2 venue opening engagement
1975------------------------------------------------------
Feb 07 2001: A Space Odyssey EGLINTON # - to 13fe75
Feb 14 Gone with the Wind EGLINTON # - to 20fe75
Jun 18 Fiddler on the Roof SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT # - to 19je75
Jun 25 >The Wind and The Lion EGLINTON - to 25se75
Jun 26 >>Rollerball SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT #
(director N. Jewison in attendance)
Jun 27 >Rollerball UNIVERSITY - to 18se75
Jul 10 That’s Entertainment SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT #
Sep 05 2001: A Space Odyssey
SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT - & 12/19/26se75
Sep 26 Doctor Zhivago TD CENTRE # - to 02oc75
Dec 04 Star! SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT
‘70mm uncut original’
Dec 05 The Sound of Music SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT
Dec 10 That’s Entertainment SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT
Dec 22 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT - to 04ja76
1976------------------------------------------------------
Jan 07 Doctor Zhivago SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT
Jan 09 2001: A Space Odyssey
SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT - & 06fe76/09mr76/16ar76/07my76/04je76/02jl76
Jan 21 Gone With the Wind SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT
May 28 West Side Story UNIVERSITY # - to 03je76
Jun 11 Gone with the Wind UNIVERSITY # - to 24je76
Jun 18 >That’s Entertainment, Part 2 EGLINTON - to 09se76
Jun 25 >Logan’s Run UNIVERSITY* - to 16se76
‘Dolby System(logo) - Noise Reduction / High Fidelity /
Making Films Sound Better’
Aug 01 >>The Return of a Man Called Horse UNIVERSITY
70mm stereophonic sound
Aug 06 >The Return of a Man Called Horse UPTOWN 1 - to 09se76
Aug 30 FAIRLAWN venue closed (twinned); reopen: 08oc76
Sep 17 2001: A Space Odyssey UNIVERSITY - to 07oc76
‘70mm stereophonic sound - original, full length version’
07oc76 ad text - To the public: On 17se76 we announced
limited 3-week engagement; response overwhelming;
arranged through Mr. Stanley Kubrick’s representatives
for unprecedented simultaneous showing of 2 prints,
both 70mm stereophonic sound uncut version
Oct 08 2001: A Space Odyssey TD CENTRE - to 17oc76
‘70mm 6-track stereophonic sound with 14 speakers’
Oct 08 2001: A Space Odyssey EGLINTON - to 28oc76
‘70mm 6-track stereophonic sound with 11 speakers’
Oct 23 2001: A Space Odyssey TD CENTRE - to 28oc76
‘70mm 6-track stereophonic sound with 14 speakers’
Oct 29 2001: A Space Odyssey UNIVERSITY - to 11nv76
‘70mm 6-track stereophonic sound with 11 speakers -
Welcome Back, Hal!’
Dec 03 Logan’s Run SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT
‘70mm stereo/24 speakers’
Dec 17 The King and I EGLINTON # - to 23de76
Dec 24 The Sound of Music EGLINTON - to 10fe77
‘70mm stereophonic sound with 11 speakers’
Dec 25 >A Star is Born UNIVERSITY # - to 30mr77
1977------------------------------------------------------
Feb 04 2001: A Space Odyssey
SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT - & 04mr77/01ar77/06my77/03je77/01jl77
Apr 01 A Star is Born EGLINTON # - to 05my77
May 13 Doctor Zhivago TD CENTRE # - to 19my77
May 20 2001: A Space Odyssey TD CENTRE # - to 26my77
‘wide-screen’ (format not otherwise specified)
Jun 10 A Star is Born TD CENTRE # - 16je77
? Stereo 70 SCIENCE CENTRE - to ?
70mm (USSR dual-print stereoscopic system)
Aug 24 Far from the Madding Crowd SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT
‘uncut 70mm version’
Dec 02 2001: A Space Odyssey UPTOWN 1 - to 15de77
Dec 22 King of Kings SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT
Dec 23 Ben-Hur SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT
1978------------------------------------------------------
Jun 30 >Close Encounters of the Third Kind UNIVERSITY - to 20jl78
‘Now for the First Time in Canada!
70mm 6-track stereophonic sound with 11 speakers’
(originally advertised 24je78 to open 30je78 at TD CENTRE)
Jul 07 This is CINERAMA TD CENTRE - to 13jl78
‘70mm 6-track stereophonic sound with 14 speakers’
Aug 01 That’s Entertainment SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT
‘Summer Festival in Spectacular 70mm 6-track stereophonic sound’
(13 titles - ‘last remaining 70mm prints in Canada’)
Aug 02 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT
Aug 03 Far From the Madding Crowd SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT
Aug 09 Grand Prix SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT
Aug 15 Ryan’s Daughter SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT
Aug 16 Goodbye Mr. Chips SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT
Aug 16 The Sound of Music EGLINTON - to 19se78
Aug 17 Ben-Hur SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT
Aug 22 Rollerball SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT
Aug 23 Funny Girl SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT
Aug 24 Ice Station Zebra SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT
Aug 29 The Shoes of the Fisherman SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT
Aug 30 This is CINERAMA SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT
Aug 31 El Cid SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT
Sep 13 EGLINTON venue closed - to 14se78
‘new sound system’ installation
Sep 20 >Days of Heaven EGLINTON* - to 13nv78
‘70mm Dolby six-track stereo’
Oct 23 TD CENTRE venue closed
Dec 16 The Shoes of the Fisherman CINESPHERE # - to 24de78
‘Wintertainment’
(13 of 14 titles likely in 70mm; format not advertised)
Dec 23 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT # - to 01ja79
Dec 26 The Sound of Music CINESPHERE # - to 01ja79
Dec 26 Finian’s Rainbow SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT - to 29de78
1979------------------------------------------------------
Jan 02 Ben-Hur CINESPHERE # - to 07ja79
Jan 09 Around the World in Eighty Days CINESPHERE # - to 14ja79
Jan 16 Cleopatra CINESPHERE # - to 21ja79
Jan 23 Logan’s Run CINESPHERE # - to 28ja79
Jan 30 Ryan’s Daughter CINESPHERE # - to 04fe79
Feb 06 Grand Prix CINESPHERE # - to 11fe79
Feb 13 The King and I CINESPHERE # - to 18fe79
Feb 20 Patton CINESPHERE # - to 25fe79
Feb 27 Lawrence of Arabia CINESPHERE # - to 04mr79
Mar 06 Funny Girl CINESPHERE # - to 11mr79
Mar 13 Catch 22 (35mm) CINESPHERE - to 18mr79
Mar 19 Hawaii CINESPHERE # - to 25mr79
Mar 23 >>Hurricane UNIVERSITY
‘70mm six-track Dolby stereo’
Apr 27 Days of Heaven SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT*
‘70mm & Dolby stereo’
May 25 >Alien UNIVERSITY - to 12au79
‘70mm Dolby stereo (logo)’
Aug 15 >Apocalypse Now UNIVERSITY - to 20de79
‘70mm 6-track Dolby quintaphonic system’
Sep 21 Alien EGLINTON - to 27se79
‘70mm Dolby stereo’
Nov 09 >The Rose UPTOWN 1* - to 14fe80
‘70mm Dolby stereo (logo)’
Dec 21 >The Black Hole UNIVERSITY - to 07fe80
‘70mm Dolby stereophonic sound’
Dec 21 Sleeping Beauty CINESPHERE # - to 06ja80
1980------------------------------------------------------
Jan 14 The Sound of Music CINESPHERE - to 27ja80
‘Winter Film Festival’ (11 titles in 70mm)
Jan 15 Superman SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT #
Jan 18 Doctor Zhivago EGLINTON - to 28fe80
‘MGM’s Fabulous Four’
Jan 28 Logan’s Run CINESPHERE - to 03fe80
Feb 01 Alien SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT
Feb 07 Rollerball CINESPHERE - to 10fe80
Feb 08 >The Ninth Configuration UNIVERSITY - to 06mr80
‘70mm stereophonic sound’
‘Dolby’ notation in advance ads; absent after opening
Feb 14 Alien CINESPHERE - to 17fe80
Feb 21 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang CINESPHERE - to 24fe80
Feb 28 Ben-Hur CINESPHERE - to 02mr80
Feb 29 Gone with the Wind EGLINTON - to 13mr80
‘MGM’s Fabulous Four’
Mar 06 The Wind and the Lion CINESPHERE - to 09mr80
Mar 07 2001: A Space Odyssey UNIVERSITY - to 13mr80
Mar 13 Ice Station Zebra CINESPHERE - to 16mr80
Mar 14 2001: A Space Odyssey EGLINTON - to 27mr80
‘MGM’s Fabulous Four’
Mar 17 The Alamo CINESPHERE - to 23mr80
Mar 27 Funny Girl CINESPHERE - to 30mr80
Mar 28 Ryan’s Daughter EGLINTON - to 03ar80
‘MGM’s Fabulous Four’
Apr 03 The Shoes of the Fisherman CINESPHERE - to 06ar80
Apr 11 Apocalypse Now UNIVERSITY - to 19my80
‘70mm stereophonic sound / Dolby stereo(logo)’
‘in its original version’
May 16 >Fame EGLINTON - to 18de80
May 16 1941 SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT #
May 21 >The Empire Strikes Back UNIVERSITY - to 25se80
Jun 13 >The Black Hole SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT
‘70mm Dolby magnetic sound’
Jul 01 That’s Entertainment SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT
‘70mm Classics’ series (15 titles)
Jul 04 That’s Entertainment, Part 2 SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT
Jul 08 2001: A Space Odyssey SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT - & 11jl80
Jul 10 Jesus Christ Superstar SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT #
‘stereo’
Jul 15 Doctor Zhivago SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT
Jul 18 Ryan’s Daughter SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT
Jul 22 The Alamo SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT
Jul 25 Ben-Hur SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT
Jul 29 Funny Girl SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT
Aug 01 Grand Prix SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT
Aug 05 Days of Heaven SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT
Aug 08 Alien SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT
Aug 12 Far From the Madding Crowd SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT
Aug 15 Finian’s Rainbow SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT
Aug 19 Apocalypse Now SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT - & 22au80
Aug 26 The Rose SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT - & 29au80
Sep 26 >Divine Madness UNIVERSITY - to 18de80
Nov 19 >>Heaven’s Gate UNIVERSITY
gala invitational premiere;
subsequent reserved-seat engagement cancelled
Dec 20 Sleeping Beauty CINESPHERE - to 11ja80
Dec 30 House of Wax (1953) SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT - to 02ja81
‘70mm 3D - first time in Canada’
1981------------------------------------------------------
Jan 14 >>Altered States SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT #
Jan 15 Superman CINESPHERE - to 18ja81
‘70mm Festival’ (10 titles)
‘on Toronto's largest screen plus 6 track surround sound’
Jan 22 Close Encounters of the Third Kind
CINESPHERE - to 25ja81
Jan 23 Altered States UNIVERSITY* - to 02ar81
‘70mm Dolby stereo (integrated logo) MegaSound
- the revolutionary new concept in the sensation of sound’
Jan 29 Apocalypse Now CINESPHERE - to 04fe81
Feb 05 2001: A Space Odyssey CINESPHERE - to 08fe81
Feb 12 The Rose CINESPHERE - to 15fe81
Feb 19 Tommy CINESPHERE - to 22fe81
Feb 26 Star Trek CINESPHERE - to 01mr81
Mar 05 The Black Hole CINESPHERE - to 08mr81
Mar 12 Divine Madness CINESPHERE - to 15mr81
Mar 19 Superman CINESPHERE - to 29mr81
Mar 27 Days of Heaven SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT
Apr 03 Fame UNIVERSITY - to 16ar81
Apr 24 Fame RUNNYMEDE 1* - to 14my81
70mm Dolby ad notation absent after 09my81
May 15 Apocalypse Now UPTOWN 1 - to 11je81
May 20 Spartacus SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT #
May 22 >Outland UNIVERSITY - to 02jl81
‘70mm Dolby stereo(logo) MegaSound’
Jun 05 >>Raiders of the Lost Ark
CEDARBRAE 4* # / RUNNYMEDE 1 #
EGLINTON # / UPTOWN 1 #
Jun 12 >Raiders of the Lost Ark
CEDARBRAE 4* - to 03de81 / RUNNYMEDE 1 - to 03de81
EGLINTON - to 30nv81 / UPTOWN 1 - to 02jl81
‘Toronto first time ever simultaneous premiere in
six-track 70mm Dolby stereo(logo)’
Jun 17 Lawrence of Arabia SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT #
Jun 30 Oliver SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT #
Jul 03 Raiders of the Lost Ark UNIVERSITY - to 03de81
Jul 03 Fame CUMBERLAND FOUR-LA RESERVE* - to 23jl81
‘70mm Dolby stereo(logo)’
Jul 03 Outland UPTOWN 1 - to 23jl81
Jul 07 Sweet Charity SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT
Jul 17 Woodstock SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT #
Jul 24 Outland CUMBERLAND FOUR-LA RESERVE - to 06au81
Jul 28 Hair SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT #
Aug 11 Hello Dolly SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT #
Aug 14 Tommy SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT #
Aug 26 Fiddler on the Roof SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT #
Aug 28 Divine Madness SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT
Nov 05 The Shoes of the Fisherman SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT
Nov 13 Logan’s Run SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT
Nov 20 2001: A Space Odyssey SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT
Nov 27 Apocalypse Now UPTOWN 1 - to 10de81
Nov 27 Close Encounters of the Third Kind Special Edition
SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT
1982------------------------------------------------------
Jan 06 Fame CINESPHERE - to 17ja82
‘70mm Film Festival’ (11 titles)
Jan 20 2001: A Space Odyssey CINESPHERE - to 24ja82
Jan 27 Superman CINESPHERE - to 31ja82
Feb 03 Close Encounters of the Third Kind Special Edition
CINESPHERE - to 07fe82
Feb 10 Superman II CINESPHERE - to 14fe82
Feb 12 >Quest For Fire UNIVERSITY - to 02je82
‘for this engagement only’ prices ($5.00)
Feb 17 Star Trek CINESPHERE - to 21fe82
Feb 24 Altered States CINESPHERE - to 28fe82
Mar 03 Apocalypse Now CINESPHERE - to 14mr82
Mar 05 Raiders of the Lost Ark CUMBERLAND FOUR-LA RESERVE - to 11mr82
Mar 12 The Rose CUMBERLAND FOUR-LA RESERVE - to 18mr82
Mar 15 Napoleon (Gance) O’KEEFE CENTRE - to 20mr82
roadshow orchestral accompaniment; triptych finale
Mar 18 Gone With the Wind CINESPHERE - to 21mr82
Mar 19 Close Encounters of the Third Kind
CUMBERLAND FOUR-LA RESERVE - to 25mr82
Mar 24 Alien CINESPHERE - to 28mr82
Mar 26 Apocalypse Now CUMBERLAND FOUR-LA RESERVE - to 01ar82
Mar 31 Outland CINESPHERE - to 04ar82
Apr 16 Quest For Fire RUNNYMEDE 1 / CEDARBRAE - to 03je82
‘for this engagement only’ prices ($5.00)
May 20 >Annie YORK 1* - to 23se82
‘70mm prices’ ($5.50)’ <CP>
May 21 Apocalypse Now HOLLYWOOD* - to 10je82
‘70mm Dolby stereo(logo)’
‘our newly installed ultra sound and projection system’
May 28 >Rocky III UPTOWN 1 - to 12au82
‘70mm prices ($5.50)’
Jun 03 >Star Trek II UNIVERSITY - to 09se82
Jun 04 Star Trek II RUNNYMEDE 1 / CEDARBRAE - to 09se82
Jun 04 >Poltergeist EGLINTON - to 18nv82
CUMBERLAND FOUR-LA RESERVE - to 07oc82
Jun 11 >E.T. The Extraterrestrial HYLAND 1* - to 14ar83
‘70mm Dolby stereo; 70mm prices’
Jun 11 >Grease II HOLLYWOOD - to 08jl82
Jun 25 Rocky III PALACE 1* - to 09se82
‘70mm Dolby stereo(logo); 70mm prices’
venue reopening engagement
(triplex conversion; closed since 1971)
Jul 09 >Tron HOLLYWOOD - to 23se82
Aug 13 >Pink Floyd The Wall UPTOWN 1 - to 18nv82
Sep 10 Star Trek II PALACE 1 - to 16se82
Sep 10 Rocky III RUNNYMEDE 1 - to 23se82
Sep 18 Pyramid of Roses (short) UNIVERSITY
(Festival of Festivals)
Sep 19 Apocalypse Now UNIVERSITY - to 29se82
‘regular prices’
Sep 30 Star Wars + The Empire Strikes Back
UNIVERSITY - to 20ja83
‘The biggest 70mm entertainment spectacle we have ever presented!’
Oct 08 Poltergeist
PALACE 1 / RUNNYMEDE 1 / CEDARBRAE - to 18nv82
Nov 05 Apocalypse Now HOLLYWOOD - to 02de82
‘regular prices’
Nov 19 Pink Floyd The Wall
EGLINTON / PALACE 1 / RUNNYMEDE 1 / CEDARBRAE - to 25nv82
Nov 26 Doctor Zhivago EGLINTON - to 02de82
‘70mm stereo; regular prices’
Nov 26 Spartacus PALACE 1 - to 02de82
‘70mm stereo; regular prices’
Nov 26 Tommy RUNNYMEDE 1 - to 02de82
‘70mm stereo; regular prices’
Nov 26 Close Encounters of the Third Kind
CEDARBRAE - to 02de82
‘70mm stereo; regular prices’
Dec 03 Gone With The Wind PALACE 1 - to 09de82
‘70mm stereo; regular prices’
Dec 03 Doctor Zhivago RUNNYMEDE 1 - to 07de82
‘70mm stereo; regular prices’
Dec 03 Apocalypse Now CEDARBRAE - to 09de82
‘70mm stereo; regular prices’
Dec 08 >Gandhi YORK 1 - to 12my83
Dec 17 >The Dark Crystal VARSITY 2* - to 27ja83
‘70mm Dolby stereo; 70mm prices’
Dec 23 Sleeping Beauty CINESPHERE # - to 02ja83
Dec 26 Napoleon ROY THOMPSON HALL - to 04ja83
roadshow orchestral accompaniment; triptych finale
1983------------------------------------------------------
Jan 05 Rocky III CINESPHERE - to 09ja83
‘70mm Film Festival’
Jan 12 2001: A Space Odyssey CINESPHERE - to 16ja83
Jan 19 Superman CINESPHERE - to 23ja83
Jan 21 Star Wars + The Empire Strikes Back
PALACE 1 / RUNNYMEDE 1 / CEDARBRAE - to 27ja83
Jan 26 Superman II CINESPHERE - to 30ja83
Jan 28 Fame RUNNYMEDE 1 / CEDARBRAE - to 03fe83
Feb 02 Pink Floyd The Wall CINESPHERE - to 06fe83
Feb 09 Star Trek II CINESPHERE - to 13fe83
Feb 16 Apocalypse Now CINESPHERE - to 27fe83
Mar 02 Tron CINESPHERE - to 06mr83
Mar 04 Apocalypse Now UPTOWN 1 - to 17mr83
Mar 09 Quest for Fire CINESPHERE - to 13mr83
Mar 11 >Let’s Spend the Night Together VARSITY 2 - to 31mr83
Mar 16 Alien CINESPHERE - to 20mr83
Mar 23 The Exorcist CINESPHERE - to 27mr83
‘First Canadian 70mm showing’
Mar 25 Raiders of the Lost Ark
UPTOWN 1 - to 14ar83 / HOLLYWOOD - to 07ar83
Mar 30 Blade Runner CINESPHERE - to 03ar83
Apr 01 Let’s Spend the Night Together FAIRLAWN II* - to 14ar83
Apr 01 Around the World in 80 Days UNIVERSITY - to 21ar83
Apr 06 Star Wars CINESPHERE - to 10ar83
Apr 08 Raiders of the Lost Ark PALACE 1 - to 14ar83
Apr 13 The Empire Strikes Back CINESPHERE - to 17ar83
Apr 15 E.T. The Extraterrestrial PALACE 1 - to 05my83
Apr 22 Around the World in 80 Days HOLLYWOOD - to 12my83
Apr 22 Blade Runner + The Road Warrior UNIVERSITY - to 05my83
May 06 2001: A Space Odyssey + Rollerball UNIVERSITY - to 12my83
May 06 Rocky III PALACE 1 - to 12my83
May 07 >>Blue Thunder YORK 1
May 13 Around the World in 80 Days UNIVERSITY - to 19my83
May 13 Gandhi FAIRLAWN II - to 08de83
May 13 >Blue Thunder YORK 1 - to 30je83
May 20 Fame + The Rose UNIVERSITY - to 23my83
May 25 >Return of the Jedi
CEDARBRAE / RUNNYMEDE 1 / TOWNE & COUNTRYE* - to 06oc83
UNIVERSITY - to 08se83
CUMBERLAND FOUR-LA RESERVE - to 04au83
May 27 Fame + The Rose UPTOWN 1 - to 02je83
Jun 03 >War Games UPTOWN 1 - to 29se83
Jun 10 >Octopussy EGLINTON - to 29se83
Jun 16 >Superman III PALACE 1 - to 28jl83 / HOLLYWOOD - to 14jl83
Jul 15 >Staying Alive HOLLYWOOD - to 15se83
Jul 29 Return of the Jedi PALACE 1 - to 29se83
Jul 29 >Krull YORK 1 - to 01se83
Sep 16 >Star Chamber YORK 1 - to 22se83
Sep 18 Return of the Jedi UNIVERSITY - to 20oc83
Sep 30 >Brainstorm EGLINTON / UPTOWN 1 - to 20oc83
Sep 30 MARKET SQUARE 6-plex venue opening engagement
70mm capability advertised
Oct 05 Camelot SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT #
Oct 12 Hello Dolly SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT #
Oct 19 The Sound of Music SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT #
Oct 21 >The Right Stuff UNIVERSITY - to 29mr84
EGLINTON / CEDARBRAE / RUNNYMEDE 1 - to 08de83
Oct 21 Return of the Jedi UPTOWN 1 - to 15de83
Oct 21 Brainstorm CUMBERLAND FOUR - to 22nv83
TOWNE & COUNTRYE - to 17nv83
Oct 21 The Dark Crystal PALACE 1 - to 27oc83
Oct 26 Around the World in 80 Days SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT #
Nov 11 Brainstorm PALACE 1 - to 17nv83
Dec 02 Pink Floyd The Wall VARSITY 2 - to 08de83
Dec 09 Brainstorm MARKET SQUARE*/** - to 15de83
Dec 14 Staying Alive CINESPHERE - to 18de83
‘70mm Film Festival’
(first use of Dolby Stereo logo in advertising)
Dec 21 Tron CINESPHERE - to 24de83
Dec 26 Superman III CINESPHERE - to 01ja84
1984------------------------------------------------------
Jan 04 Pink Floyd The Wall CINESPHERE - to 08ja84
Jan 11 Blue Thunder CINESPHERE - to 15ja84
Jan 18 Octopussy CINESPHERE - to 22ja84
Jan 25 Star Trek II CINESPHERE - to 29ja84
Feb 01 Apocalypse Now CINESPHERE - to 12fe84
Feb 15 Brainstorm CINESPHERE - to 19fe84
Feb 22 Blade Runner CINESPHERE - to 26fe84
Feb 29 War Games CINESPHERE - to 04mr84
Mar 07 Poltergeist CINESPHERE - to 11mr84
Mar 14 Star Wars CINESPHERE - to 18mr84
Mar 21 The Empire Strikes Back CINESPHERE - to 25mr84
Mar 23 Apocalypse Now CUMBERLAND FOUR - to 29mr84
Mar 28 Return of the Jedi CINESPHERE - to 01ar84
Mar 30 >Greystoke EGLINTON - to 07je84
Mar 30 The Right Stuff CUMBERLAND FOUR - to 22my84
Apr 06 SHOWCASE [former NEW YORKER]
venue opening engagement (Canadian Odeon)
Apr 13 Greystoke UNIVERSITY - to 20my84
May 11 Tron HYLAND I - to 17my84
May 21 Greystoke EATON CENTRE* - to 26jl84
May 22 >>Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom - preview UNIVERSITY
May 23 >Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom
CEDARBRAE / RUNNYMEDE 1 / TOWNE & COUNTRYE - to 18oc84
UNIVERSITY - to 05se84
CUMBERLAND FOUR-LA RESERVE - to 16au84
GLENWAY* - to 16au84 venue opening engagement
Jun 01 >Streets of Fire UPTOWN 1 / PALACE 1 - to 21je84
Jun 01 >Star Trek III HOLLYWOOD - to 13se84
IMPERIAL SIX* - to 02au84
Jun 08 Greystoke FAIRLAWN II** - to 05jl84
Jun 08 >Ghostbusters YORK 1 - to 18oc84
Jun 08 >Gremlins EGLINTON - to 30au84
Jul 13 >The Last Starfighter VARSITY - to 30au84
Sep 06 >Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
CUMBERLAND FOUR - to 15se84
Sep 07 Star Trek III PALACE 1 - to 13se84
Sep 14 Annie GLENWAY - to 20se84
Sep 16 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom UNIVERSITY - to 04oc84
Sep 16 Ben-Hur CUMBERLAND FOUR - to 27se84
Sep 19 Amadeus YORK 1 - to 18ar85
Oct 05 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
PALACE 1 / IMPERIAL SIX - to 25oc84
Oct 19 Ghostbusters CUMBERLAND FOUR - to 22nv84
Nov 10 Sound of Music UNIVERSITY #
(20th Century Fox 50th Anniversary Salute matinee)
Nov 10 Hello Dolly EGLINTON #
(20th Century Fox 50th Anniversary Salute matinee)
Nov 17 Star Wars + The Empire Strikes Back + Return of the Jedi
CINESPHERE - & 18nv84 (United Way benefit)
Nov 21 EGLINTON venue closed - to 22nv84
‘installation of new 70mm projection equipment’
Nov 23 >Gandhi
CUMBERLAND FOUR / RUNNYMEDE 1 / CEDARBRAE / GLENWAY - to 29nv84
Nov 23 The Road Warrior + Blade Runner UNIVERSITY - to 06de84
Nov 30 Doctor Zhivago TOWNE & COUNTRYE / RUNNYMEDE 1 - to 06de84
Dec 07 >2010 UNIVERSITY - to 07mr85
CEDARBRAE / RUNNYMEDE 1 - to 07fe85
TOWNE & COUNTRYE - to 31ja85 / GLENWAY - to 24ja85
CUMBERLAND FOUR-LA RESERVE - to 10ja85
Dec 07 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom HOLLYWOOD - to 13de84
Dec 14 >Dune IMPERIAL SIX / PALACE 1 - to 22ja85
HOLLYWOOD* - to 24ja85
‘First time in Canada: dual auditorium 70mm presentation’
(two-auditorium showtimes advertised to 16de84 only;
different second attraction commenced 21de84)
Dec 14 >Starman UPTOWN 1 - to 21mr85
Dec 14 >The Cotton Club YORK* - to 07fe85
(first simultaneous 70mm presentations at YORK twin;
cinemas not distinguished in advertising)
Dec 19 >The River VARSITY - to 31ja85
Dec 28 Ghostbusters CINESPHERE - to 01ja85
‘FORD 70mm Film Festival’ (8 of 10 titles in 70mm)
1985------------------------------------------------------
Jan 02 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom CINESPHERE - to 13ja85
Jan 16 Raiders of the Lost Ark CINESPHERE - to 27ja85
Jan 25 Dune CUMBERLAND FOUR - to 31ja85
Jan 30 Purple Rain - ‘35mm blow-up’ CINESPHERE - to 03fe85
Feb 06 Apocalypse Now CINESPHERE - to 17fe85
Feb 20 Pink Floyd The Wall CINESPHERE - to 24fe85
Feb 27 Flashdance - ‘35mm blow-up’ CINESPHERE - to 03mr85
Mar 06 The Right Stuff CINESPHERE - to 10mr85
Mar 08 2010 IMPERIAL SIX - to 21mr85
Mar 13 Star Trek III CINESPHERE - to 17mr85
Mar 20 The Last Starfighter CINESPHERE - to 24mr85
Mar 28 Star Wars + The Empire Strikes Back + Return Of The Jedi
UPTOWN 1 (Canadian Childrens Fund benefit)
Mar 29 Return Of The Jedi
UPTOWN 1 / IMPERIAL SIX / PALACE 1 / RUNNYMEDE 1 /
CEDARBRAE / TOWNE & COUNTRYE / GLENWAY - to 18ar85
Apr 03 Greystoke SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT #
Apr 12 >Ladyhawke UNIVERSITY - to 13je85
Apr 26 The Cotton Club SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT #
May 31 Pink Floyd The Wall UPTOWN 1 - to 06je85
Jun 07 >The Goonies IMPERIAL SIX - to 09jl85 / HOLLYWOOD - to 25jl85
Jun 07 Napoleon SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT #
Jun 14 Quest for Fire UPTOWN 2* - to 20je85
Jun 21 >Return to Oz HOLLYWOOD - to 22jl85
Jun 21 >Lifeforce VARSITY - to 18jl85
Jun 21 >Cocoon
CEDARBRAE / RUNNYMEDE 1 / TOWNE & COUNTRYE - to 10oc85
UPTOWN 1 - to 12se85
Jun 28 Cocoon UPTOWN 2 - to 09jl85
Jul 03 EGLINTON venue closed; renovations - & 04jl85
Jul 05 Cocoon EGLINTON (THX*) - to 10oc85
‘Toronto's First THX’
Jul 05 >Back to the Future HYLAND - to 21nv85
Jul 10 >Silverado YORK (THX*) - to 12se85
DON MILLS*/** - to 15au85 / SHOWCASE* - to 14au85
HUMBER*/** - to 08au85 / ALBION*/** - to 16jl85
Jul 10 >Mad Max Beyond the Thunderdome
UPTOWN 2 - to 12se85 / IMPERIAL SIX - to 29au85
Jul 19 E.T. The Extraterrestrial HYLAND* - to 15au85
(first simultaneous 70mm presentations at HYLAND twin;
cinemas not distinguished in advertising)
Jul 19 >Rambo First Blood Part II VARSITY - to 25jl85
Jul 20 >>The Black Cauldron HOLLYWOOD
Jul 24 >The Black Cauldron SQUARE ONE* - to 12se85
CEDARBRAE* - to 12se85
(first simultaneous 70mm presentations at CEDARBRAE 6-plex;
cinemas not distinguished in advertising)
HOLLYWOOD / PALACE 1 / GLENWAY - to 05se85
CUMBERLAND FOUR-LA RESERVE - to 29au85
Aug 16 >Year of the Dragon UNIVERSITY - to 04se85
Sep 05 Year of the Dragon CUMBERLAND FOUR - to 14se85
Sep 06 >The Black Cauldron IMPERIAL SIX - to 12se85
Sep 13 Cocoon UPTOWN 2 / SQUARE ONE - to 10oc85
Sep 15 Year of the Dragon UNIVERSITY - to 26se85
Sep 27 Year of the Dragon IMPERIAL SIX - to 10oc85
Oct 11 >American Flyers EGLINTON - to 31oc85
Nov 01 American Flyers UPTOWN 1 - to 07nv85
Nov 06 Amadeus SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT #
Nov 08 Cocoon IMPERIAL SIX - to 14nv85
Nov 08 American Flyers UPTOWN 2 - to 14nv85
Nov 22 >White Nights HYLAND - to 13fe86
Nov 22 FAIRLAWN venue closed
Nov 27 >Rocky IV
IMPERIAL SIX** / RUNNYMEDE 1 / CEDARBRAE - to 30ja86
HOLLYWOOD - to 16ja86 / UPTOWN 1 - to 09ja86
CUMBERLAND FOUR-LA RESERVE - to 02ja86
Dec 04 >Young Sherlock Holmes
UNIVERSITY / CEDARBRAE / TOWNE & COUNTRYE /
SQUARE ONE - to 16ja86
Dec 11 >A Chorus Line YORK - to 06fe86
Dec 20 >Out of Africa VARSITY - to 17ar86
CANADA SQUARE THX* - to 10ar86 venue opening engagement
Dec 26 >Revolution EGLINTON - to 30ja86
Dec 26 E.T. The Extraterrestrial CINESPHERE - to 05ja86
‘FORD 70mm Film Festival’ (10 of 10 titles in 70mm)
1986------------------------------------------------------
Jan 03 Out of Africa CANADA SQUARE THX* - to 06fe86
(first simultaneous 70mm presentations at CANADA SQUARE;
cinemas not distinguished in advertising)
Jan 08 Back to the Future CINESPHERE - to 19ja86
Jan 10 Rocky IV UPTOWN 2 - to 30ja86 / PALACE 1 - to 16ja86
Jan 17 Rocky IV SQUARE ONE - to 06fe86
TOWNE & COUNTRYE - to 30ja86
Jan 17 Young Sherlock Holmes GLENWAY - to 30ja86
UNIVERSITY - to 23ja86
Jan 22 Rambo II CINESPHERE - to 26ja86
Jan 24 >The Clan of the Cave Bear
CUMBERLAND FOUR-LA RESERVE - to 06fe86
Jan 24 Young Sherlock Holmes HOLLYWOOD - to 06fe86
Jan 29 Ghostbusters CINESPHERE - to 02fe86
Feb 05 Star Wars CINESPHERE - to 09fe86
Feb 07 A Chorus Line CANADA SQUARE - to 13fe86
Feb 07 Cocoon HOLLYWOOD - to 13fe86
Feb 12 The Empire Strikes Back CINESPHERE - to 16fe86
Feb 14 White Nights CANADA SQUARE - to 20fe86
Feb 19 Return of the Jedi CINESPHERE - to 23fe86
Feb 21 The Rose + Sweet Charity UNIVERSITY - to 27fe86
‘Two wild and crazy gals in 70mm stereo’
Feb 21 Back to the Future CANADA SQUARE - to 05mr86
Feb 26 Cocoon CINESPHERE - to 02mr86
Mar 05 Amadeus CINESPHERE - to 09mr86
Mar 07 Sleeping Beauty UNIVERSITY - to 03ar86
Mar 12 2010 CINESPHERE - to 16mr86
Mar 19 Fiddler on the Roof SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT #
Mar 21 Days of Heaven SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT #
- weekly to 25ar86
Apr 04 Star Wars + The Empire Strikes Back + Return of the Jedi
UNIVERSITY - to 17ar86
‘The Star Wars Trilogy back to thrill you again in 70mm’
Apr 18 >Absolute Beginners VARSITY - to 08my86
May 02 Oliver! SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT #
- weekly to 27je86
May 10 >>Top Gun UNIVERSITY / CEDARBRAE / RUNNYMEDE 1
May 16 >Top Gun
RUNNYMEDE 1 / CEDARBRAE / TOWNE & COUNTRYE - to 17jl86
UNIVERSITY - to 16jl86
SQUARE ONE - to 10jl86 / EGLINTON - to 01jl86
CUMBERLAND FOUR-LA RESERVE - to 10je86
May 21 The River SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT #
May 22 >Cobra HOLLYWOOD - to 26je86
May 31 IMPERIAL SIX venue closed
Jun 04 Return to Oz SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT #
Jun 06 >Space Camp HOLLYWOOD - to 25je86
Jun 18 Cocoon SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT #
Jun 27 Space Camp PALACE 1 - to 01jl86
Jul 02 >Big Trouble in Little China HOLLYWOOD - to 14au86
Jul 02 Top Gun PALACE 1 - to 31jl86
Jul 17 Top Gun UPTOWN 2 - to 04de86
Jul 18 >Aliens CEDARBRAE - to 09oc86
TOWNE & COUNTRYE / SQUARE ONE - to 02oc86
RUNNYMEDE 1 - to 25se86 / UNIVERSITY** - to 03se86
Aug 01 >Howard the Duck HYLAND - to 28au86
Aug 04 PROMENADE venue opening engagement; 70mm capability advertised
Aug 29 Top Gun CEDARBRAE - to 04de86
GLENWAY - to 02oc86 / PALACE 1 - to 25se86
Sep 04 Aliens UPTOWN 1 - to 09oc86
Sep 10 Out of Africa SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT #
Sep 13 UNIVERSITY venue closed
Oct 03 >Tough Guys HOLLYWOOD - to 12nv86
Oct 17 >The Color of Money HOLLYWOOD - to 18de86
Oct 27 DON MILLS venue closed
Nov 14 >The Mission EGLINTON - to 19my87
Nov 26 >Star Trek IV SHERATON CENTRE II* - to 26fe87
PALACE 1** / CEDARBRAE / RUNNYMEDE 1 - to 26fe87
SHERATON CENTRE I* / GLENWAY - to 12fe87
TOWNE & COUNTRYE - to 18de86
Dec 19 Star Trek IV YORKDALE SIX 1* - to 16ar87
YORKDALE SIX 2* - to 23de86
multiplex expansion venue opening engagement
Dec 19 The Mission SQUARE ONE - to 12fe87 / CEDARBRAE - to 26fe87
Dec 19 >Little Shop of Horrors HOLLYWOOD - to 19mr87
Dec 26 Star Wars + The Empire Strikes Back CINESPHERE - to 28de86
‘FORD 70mm Film Festival’ (13 of 13 titles in 70mm)
Dec 29 Return of the Jedi CINESPHERE - to 04ja87
1987------------------------------------------------------
Jan 07 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom CINESPHERE - to 11ja87
Jan 14 Apocalypse Now CINESPHERE - to 18ja87
Jan 21 Alien CINESPHERE - to 25ja87
Jan 28 Aliens CINESPHERE - to 01fe87
Feb 04 Amadeus CINESPHERE - to 08fe87
Feb 04 Lawrence of Arabia SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT #
Feb 11 Out of Africa CINESPHERE - to 15fe87
Feb 11 Dr. Zhivago SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT #
Feb 18 Gone With the Wind CINESPHERE - to 22fe87
Feb 18 Ryan’s Daughter SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT #
Feb 25 Star Trek II + Star Trek III CINESPHERE - to 01mr87
Feb 27 Star Trek IV CUMBERLAND FOUR - to 05mr87
Mar 04 Top Gun CINESPHERE - to 15mr87
Mar 18 Back to the Future CINESPHERE - to 22mr87
Mar 20 The Mission SHERATON CENTRE - to 16ar87
Apr 17 PALACE venue closed
May 11 VARSITY venue closed; renovations - to 11je87
May 20 SUSSEX CENTRE 4 venue opening engagement
70mm THX capability advertised
May 26 Funny Girl SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT #
Jun 03 >The Untouchables
SUSSEX CENTRE 1* (THX) / CEDARBRAE - to 17se87
YORKDALE SIX 1 - to 27au87 / CAPITOL* - to 04au87
UPTOWN 1 / RUNNYMEDE 1 - to 30jl87
TOWNE & COUNTRYE - to 23jl87 / YORKDALE SIX 2 - to 30je87
UPTOWN 2 - to 25je87
Jun 11 Ben-Hur SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT #
Jun 26 >Spaceballs UPTOWN 2 - to 30jl87
Jul 01 >Innerspace HOLLYWOOD - to 06au87
Jul 31 The Untouchables UPTOWN 2 - to 09se87
Aug 05 >Stakeout CEDARBRAE - to 24nv87
SQUARE ONE - to 19nv87 / SHERATON CENTRE - to 12nv87
TOWNE & COUNTRYE - to 05nv87 / CAPITOL - to 21oc87
Aug 28 The Untouchables YORKDALE SIX 2 - to 08oc87
Nov 06 >Cry Freedom YORK - to 15de87
Nov 20 >The Last Emperor SHOWCASE - to 12my88
(engagement continued with 35mm print to 16je88)
Nov 25 >Three Men and a Baby HOLLYWOOD - to 17mr88
CEDARBRAE / SQUARE ONE - to 14ja88
Dec 11 >Empire of the Sun EGLINTON - to 10mr88
SHERATON CENTRE - to 11fe88 / SUSSEX CENTRE 1 - to 04fe88
CEDARBRAE - to 28ja88 / TOWNE & COUNTRYE - to 21ja88
RUNNYMEDE 1 - to 14ja88
Dec 11 PANTAGES Theatre venue opening engagement
(former IMPERIAL balcony)
70mm THX capability advertised
Dec 16 Cry Freedom CANADA SQUARE - to 03mr88
Dec 23 >Good Morning, Vietnam UPTOWN 1 - to 05my88
1988------------------------------------------------------
Jan 02 The Sound of Music CINESPHERE - to 03ja88
‘FORD 70mm Film Festival’ (13 of 14 titles in 70mm)
Jan 06 Star Trek IV CINESPHERE - to 10ja88
Jan 13 Pink Floyd The Wall CINESPHERE - to 17ja88
Jan 15 Good Morning, Vietnam SQUARE ONE - to 24my88
CEDARBRAE - to 19my88 / YORKDALE SIX - to 05my88
RUNNYMEDE 1** - to 28ar88
Jan 15 Three Men and a Baby YORKDALE SIX 2 - to 25fe88
Jan 20 Top Gun CINESPHERE - to 31ja88
Feb 03 Stakeout CINESPHERE - to 07fe88
Feb 03 Fiddler on the Roof SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT #
Feb 10 Amadeus CINESPHERE - to 14fe88
Feb 12 The Untouchables UPTOWN 2 - to 25fe88
Feb 17 Apocalypse Now CINESPHERE - to 21fe88
Feb 24 Innerspace CINESPHERE - to 26fe88
Feb 27 Spaceballs CINESPHERE - to 28fe88
Mar 02 The Mission CINESPHERE - to 06mr88
Mar 09 Aliens CINESPHERE - to 13mr88
Mar 14 Return of the Jedi CINESPHERE - to 20mr88
Mar 16 Back to the Future CINESPHERE - to 20mr88
Mar 23 Platoon - ‘35mm blow-up’ CINESPHERE - to 27mr88
Mar 23 Gone with the Wind SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT #
Apr 27 Back to the Future SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT #
May 06 Good Morning, Vietnam UPTOWN 2 - to 12my88
May 13 Good Morning, Vietnam HOLLYWOOD - to 26my88
May 20 >Willow EGLINTON - to 11au88
CUMBERLAND FOUR / CEDARBRAE / TOWNE & COUNTRYE /
SUSSEX CENTRE 1 - to 28jl88
May 25 REGENT venue opening engagement; 70mm capability advertised
Jun 10 The Presidio YORKDALE SIX - to 21jl88
Jun 22 Who Framed Roger Rabbit? HOLLYWOOD - to 29se88
Jun 24 Willow GLENWAY** - to 28jl88
Jul 07 Grand Prix SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT # - & 31au88
Jul 15 >Die Hard PANTAGES*/** - to 25au88
Aug 19 >The Big Blue VARSITY - to 07se88
Aug 19 Willow HOLLYWOOD / SHERATON CENTRE - to 25au88
Aug 26 Die Hard EATON CENTRE** - to 30au88
Aug 26 PANTAGES venue closed
12se89 - reopen; restored theatrical venue
01se01 - rename: CANON THEATRE
Sep 02 >The Last Temptation of Christ YORK - to 06oc88
(replaced 35mm print opened 12au88)
Sep 02 Die Hard HYLAND - to 20oc88
Sep 07 Cry Freedom SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT #
Sep 15 >>Gorillas in the Mist HYLAND (Festivals of Festivals)
Sep 23 >Gorillas in the Mist VARSITY - to 10nv88
Nov 23 >Cocoon The Return YORK - to 20de88
Dec 09 FAIRVIEW 6-plex venue opening engagement
70mm THX capability advertised
Dec 23 >Beaches EGLINTON - to 20ar89
1989------------------------------------------------------
Jan 04 Three Men and a Baby CINESPHERE - to 08ja89
‘FORD 70mm Film Festival’ (14 of 16 titles in 70mm)
Jan 11 Empire of the Sun CINESPHERE - to 13ja89
Jan 14 The Last Emperor CINESPHERE - to 15ja89
Jan 18 Who Framed Roger Rabbit? CINESPHERE - to 22ja89
Jan 25 Gorillas in the Mist CINESPHERE - to 29ja89
Feb 01 Die Hard CINESPHERE - to 12fe89
Feb 15 Top Gun CINESPHERE - to 19fe89
Feb 22 Good Morning, Vietnam CINESPHERE - to 26fe89
Mar 01 The Mission CINESPHERE - to 03mr89
Mar 03 ALBION venue closed
Mar 04 Amadeus CINESPHERE - to 05mr89
Mar 08 Platoon - ‘35mm blow-up’ CINESPHERE - to 10mr89
Mar 11 The Untouchables CINESPHERE - to 12mr89
Mar 15 Dirty Dancing - ‘35mm blow-up’ CINESPHERE - to 19mr89
Mar 17 >Lawrence of Arabia YORK - to 18my89
Mar 20 Willow CINESPHERE - to 27mr89
Mar 22 Pink Floyd The Wall CINESPHERE - to 26mr89
Mar 29 Die Hard CINESPHERE - to 02ar89
Apr 01 Who Framed Roger Rabbit? CINESPHERE - to 02ar89
May 19 Lawrence of Arabia CANADA SQUARE** - to 29je89
May 24 >Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
SHERATON CENTRE - 28se89
VICTORIA TERRACE (PARADISE)* - to 21se89
venue opening engagement
SUSSEX CENTRE 1 / TOWNE & COUNTRYE** - to 21se89
EGLINTON - to 14se89
Jun 09 >Star Trek V
HOLLYWOOD / YORKDALE SIX - to 13jl89
UPTOWN 1 - to 22je89
Jun 23 >Batman YORKDALE SIX - to 12oc89
SQUARE ONE - 28se89
REGENT* / CEDARBRAE - to 21se89
UPTOWN 1 - to 07se89
Jun 23 Star Trek V UPTOWN 2 - to 29je89
Jun 30 Star Trek V SHERATON CENTRE** - to 13jl89
Jul 07 >Lethal Weapon 2 CEDARBRAE - to 05oc89
CAPITOL - to 28se89
Jul 14 Star Trek V CUMBERLAND FOUR - to 27jl89
Aug 09 The Abyss HYLAND - to 12oc89
Sep 08 Batman UPTOWN 2 - to 28se89
Sep 07 >>In Country
HOLLYWOOD NORTH # / HOLLYWOOD SOUTH # / EGLINTON #
(Festival of Festivals)
Sep 10 >>The Bear CINESPHERE # (Festival of Festivals)
Sep 15 >In Country EGLINTON - to 26oc89
Sep 15 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade HOLLYWOOD - to 12oc89
Sep 22 >Black Rain UPTOWN 1 - to 02nv89
Sep 22 Batman HOLLYWOOD - to 28se89
Sep 29 Lethal Weapon 2 CUMBERLAND FOUR - to 05oc89
Oct 18 Gorillas in the Mist SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT #
Oct 25 ET SCIENCE CENTRE/OFT** #
Oct 27 >The Bear EGLINTON - to 13de89
Nov 03 Black Rain UPTOWN 2 - to 07de89
Nov 17 >Valmont YORK - to 18ja90
Nov 22 Back to the Future Part II HYLAND - to 01fe90
Nov 24 Lawrence of Arabia CINESPHERE - to 26nv89
‘GM Big Screen Classics’ (3 of 5 titles in 70mm)
Dec 01 Doctor Zhivago CINESPHERE
Dec 02 The Sound of Music CINESPHERE
Dec 14 >Glory EGLINTON - to 01mr90
Dec 15 >The Little Mermaid
YORKDALE SIX / CEDARBRAE / SQUARE ONE - to 08fe90
Dec 20 >Born on the Fourth of July YORK - to 08mr90
Dec 22 >Always SHOWCASE - to 01fe90
Dec 27 Batman CINESPHERE - to 07ja90
‘GM 70mm Film Festival’ (16 of 16 titles in 70mm)
1990------------------------------------------------------
Jan 10 Top Gun CINESPHERE - to 14ja90
Jan 17 Star Trek V CINESPHERE - to 21ja90
Jan 24 In Country CINESPHERE - to 26ja90
Jan 27 Die Hard CINESPHERE - to 28ja90
Jan 31 Lethal Weapon 2 CINESPHERE - to 04fe90
Feb 07 Who Framed Roger Rabbit? CINESPHERE - to 11fe90
Feb 14 Beaches CINESPHERE - to 18fe90
Feb 21 Black Rain CINESPHERE - to 25fe90
Feb 28 Dead Poets Society CINESPHERE - to 02mr90
Mar 02 >The Hunt For Red October EGLINTON - to 31my90
Mar 02 Glory HOLLYWOOD - to 05ar90
Mar 03 Amadeus CINESPHERE - to 04mr90
Mar 07 The Abyss CINESPHERE - to 11mr90
Mar 12 The Bear CINESPHERE - to 18mr90
Mar 14 Lawrence of Arabia CINESPHERE - to 18mr90
Mar 21 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade CINESPHERE - to 25mr90
Mar 28 The Little Mermaid CINESPHERE - to 30mr90
Mar 31 Top Gun CINESPHERE - to 01ar90
Apr 06 Glory CUMBERLAND FOUR - to 26ar90
May 25 >Back To The Future Part III HYLAND - to 19jl90
Jun 01 >Total Recall UPTOWN 1 - to 14je90
Jun 01 >Mountains Of The Moon EGLINTON - to 26je90
Jun 15 >Gremlins 2: The New Batch CEDARBRAE - to 17jl90
HOLLYWOOD / YORKDALE SIX / SQUARE ONE** - to 12jl90
Jun 15 >Dick Tracy YORKDALE SIX / REGENT - to 09au90
VICTORIA TERRACE / SUSSEX CENTRE 1 - to 26jl90
UPTOWN 1 - to 17jl90
Jun 15 >Total Recall UPTOWN 2 - to 17jl90
Jun 27 >Days of Thunder EGLINTON - to 09au90
Jul 03 >Die Hard 2 HYLAND - to 13se90
Jul 18 >Arachnophobia UPTOWN 1 / CEDARBRAE** - to 09au90
Jul 18 Dick Tracy UPTOWN 2 - to 09au90
Aug 10 Arachnophobia UPTOWN 2 - to 16au90
Oct 05 Fantasia EGLINTON - to 20de90
Dec 07 >The Rookie UPTOWN 1 - to 20de90
Dec 12 >Havana YORK - to 17ja91
Dec 12 >The Sheltering Sky CUMBERLAND FOUR - to 31ja91
Dec 14 >Edward Scissorhands HYLAND - to 14fe91
Dec 21 The Rookie YORKDALE SIX** - to 03ja91
Dec 25 >The Godfather III EGLINTON - to 21fe91
1991------------------------------------------------------
Jan 30 Lawrence of Arabia CINESPHERE - to 03fe91
‘GM 70mm Film Festival’ (9 of 11 titles in 70mm)
Feb 06 The Hunt for Red October CINESPHERE - to 10fe91
Feb 13 Total Recall CINESPHERE - to 17fe91
Feb 20 Die Hard 2 CINESPHERE - to 24fe91
Feb 22 Days of Thunder CINESPHERE - to 03mr91
Mar 01 >The Doors UPTOWN 1 - to 11ar91
Mar 06 Top Gun CINESPHERE - to 10mr91
Mar 20 Back to the Future Part II CINESPHERE - to 24mr91
Mar 27 Pink Floyd The Wall CINESPHERE - to 29mr91
Mar 30 Dick Tracy CINESPHERE - to 31mr91
Apr 12 The Doors UPTOWN 2 - to 25ar91
(last UPTOWN advertising specifying ‘1’ or ‘2’)
Apr 26 >Spartacus YORK - to 05je91
May 24 Backdraft HYLAND - to 25jl91
Jun 19 >>The Rocketeer CINESPHERE #
‘special’ sneak preview
Jun 21 >The Rocketeer EGLINTON - to 25jl91
Jun 21 TOWNE & COUNTRYE renamed: CENTERPOINT
23ar99 - venue closed
Nov 29 >For the Boys HYLAND - to 09ja92
Dec 06 >Star Trek VI EGLINTON - to 06fe92
1992------------------------------------------------------
Jan 12 Lawrence of Arabia CINESPHERE # - to 09fe92
‘GM Film Festival’
(14 of 15 titles likely in 70mm; format not advertised)
Jan 15 Terminator 2 CINESPHERE # - to 25ja92
Jan 24 Apocalypse Now SHOWCASE** - to 13fe92
Jan 29 Top Gun CINESPHERE # - to 08fe92
Feb 12 Backdraft CINESPHERE# - to 22fe92
Feb 14 Apocalypse Now HYLAND - to 20fe92
Feb 16 Spartacus CINESPHERE # - to 08mr92
Feb 23 SHOWCASE venue closed
Feb 26 Apocalypse Now CINESPHERE # - to 29fe92
Mar 04 The Doors CINESPHERE # - to 07mr92
Mar 11 The Godfather III CINESPHERE # - to 14mr92
Mar 15 Amadeus CINESPHERE # - to 05ar92
Mar 16 The Bear / Terminator II CINESPHERE # - to 20mr92
Mar 18 The Rocketeer CINESPHERE # - to 20mr92
Mar 21 Edward Scissorhands CINESPHERE #
Mar 25 Star Trek VI CINESPHERE # - to 04ar92
May 09 >>Far and Away YORK / FAIRVIEW* - & 16my92
May 15 >Howard’s End VARSITY - to 09jl92
May 15 >Lethal Weapon 3 HOLLYWOOD** - to 09jl92 / UPTOWN - to 29je92
May 22 >Far and Away YORK - to 09jl92 / FAIRVIEW - to 01jl92
Jun 05 >Patriot Games
EGLINTON / SUSSEX CENTRE 1** - to 16jl92
VICTORIA TERRACE** - to 09jl92
Jul 17 Patriot Games CAPITOL** - to 13au92
Sep 15 >>Baraka CUMBERLAND FOUR (Festival of Festivals)
Sep 18 >>Baraka UPTOWN 1 (Festival of Festivals)
Sep 25 >The Last of the Mohicans HYLAND - to 19nv92
Oct 09 >1492: Conquest of Paradise EGLINTON - to 05nv92
Nov 18 >Malcolm X EGLINTON - to 15de92
Dec 25 >Hoffa YORK - to 21ja93 / FAIRVIEW** - to 14ja93
1993------------------------------------------------------
Jan 06 1492: Conquest Of Paradise CINESPHERE - to 08ja93
‘Film Festival’ (10 of 11 titles in 70mm)
Jan 09 Far and Away CINESPHERE - to 10ja93
Jan 13 Lethal Weapon 2 CINESPHERE - to 24ja93
Jan 27 Patriot Games CINESPHERE - to 31ja93
Feb 03 Lawrence of Arabia CINESPHERE - to 07fe93
Feb 13 Top Gun CINESPHERE - to 14fe93
Feb 17 The Last of the Mohicans CINESPHERE - to 21fe93
Feb 24 Apocalypse Now CINESPHERE - to 28fe93
Feb 27 Star Trek IV / Star Trek VI CINESPHERE - to 28fe93
May 28 Cliffhanger HYLAND - to 06jl93
Jun 17 >Last Action Hero HYLAND - to 08jl93
Jun 19 Pink Floyd The Wall UPTOWN ‘Saturday Latenite Special’
Jul 10 Apocalypse Now UPTOWN #
Jul 17 Streets of Fire UPTOWN
Jul 31 The Doors UPTOWN
Aug 07 2001: A Space Odyssey UPTOWN #
Aug 14 Raiders of the Lost Ark UPTOWN #
Sep 04 Alien UPTOWN #
Oct 08 >Gettysburg HYLAND - to 11nv93
Oct 08 >Short Cuts VARSITY** - to 11nv93
Nov 05 >Baraka REGENT** - to 25nv93
Nov 05 >The Remains of the Day YORK - to 20ja94
Nov 26 Baraka CUMBERLAND FOUR** - to 21de93
Dec 10 >Geronimo: An American Legend HYLAND** - to 06ja94
1994------------------------------------------------------
Jan 05 Apocalypse Now CINESPHERE - to 07ja94
‘Film Festival’ (7 of 17 titles in 70mm)
Jan 08 Gettysburg CINESPHERE - to 09ja94
Jan 19 Lawrence of Arabia CINESPHERE - to 23ja94
Feb 02 Cliffhanger CINESPHERE - to 06fe94
Feb 05 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade UPTOWN #
Feb 18 The Remains of the Day YORK - to 03mr94
Feb 19 Star Trek VI CINESPHERE - to 20fe94
Mar 05 Top Gun CINESPHERE - to 06mr94
Mar 12 Pink Floyd The Wall UPTOWN #
Mar 16 Last Action Hero CINESPHERE - to 18mr94
Jul 02 Pink Floyd The Wall UPTOWN #
Jul 09 Baraka UPTOWN #
Jul 14 >True Lies YORK - to 15se94
Jul 23 Batman UPTOWN #
Aug 06 Alien UPTOWN #
Aug 12 Aliens UPTOWN #
Sep 03 Divine Madness UPTOWN #
Sep 10 >>My Fair Lady - world premiere UPTOWN**
(Toronto International Film Festival)
Sep 16 >My Fair Lady YORK** - to 06oc94
Oct 08 Star Trek UPTOWN #
Oct 15 Star Trek II UPTOWN #
Oct 22 Star Trek III UPTOWN #
Oct 29 Star Trek IV UPTOWN #
Nov 05 Star Trek V UPTOWN #
Nov 12 Star Trek VI UPTOWN #
1995------------------------------------------------------
Jan 06 Raiders of the Lost Ark CINESPHERE
‘Film Festival’ (6 of 27 titles in 70mm)
Jan 07 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom CINESPHERE
Jan 08 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade CINESPHERE
Jan 11 True Lies CINESPHERE - to 15ja95
Feb 01 Cliffhanger CINESPHERE - to 03fe95
Feb 25 Top Gun CINESPHERE - to 26fe95
May 03 True Lies CINESPHERE - to 05my95
1996------------------------------------------------------
Jan 03 Die Hard CINESPHERE
‘Film Festival’ (5 of 32 titles in 70mm)
Jan 04 Die Hard 2 CINESPHERE
Apr 26 Raiders of the Lost Ark / Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
EGLINTON
‘60th Anniversary Big Screen Festival’ (5 of 24 titles in 70mm)
Apr 27 Outland EGLINTON
Apr 28 Gremlins EGLINTON
May 01 Ben-Hur EGLINTON**
May 15 Top Gun CINESPHERE - to 19my96
May 29 Lawrence of Arabia CINESPHERE - to 02je96
Jun 10 Raiders of the Lost Ark CINESPHERE - to 12je96
Jul 11 Top Gun CINESPHERE - to 14jl96
Oct 25 >Vertigo YORK - to 21nv96
‘DTS’
Nov 15 Star Trek / Star Trek II / Star Trek III / Star Trek IV /
Star Trek V / Star Trek VI / (Star Trek Generations)
CINESPHERE # - to 24nv96
Dec 25 >Hamlet YORK - to 20fe97
Dec 26 Top Gun CINESPHERE - to 30de96
‘Film Festival’ (2 of 14 titles in 70mm)
1997------------------------------------------------------
Feb 01 Lawrence of Arabia CINESPHERE - & 02fe97
May 16 SQUARE ONE venue closed
Jun 19 Titanic CINESPHERE - to 15oc98
Oct 08 Top Gun CINESPHERE - to 10oc97
‘Film Festival’ (2 of 22 titles in 70mm)
Oct 11 Lawrence of Arabia CINESPHERE - to 12oc97
Oct 27 SHERATON CENTRE venue closed
Dec 12 VARSITY venue reconfigured as 8-plex
1998------------------------------------------------------
Feb 07 Lawrence of Arabia CINESPHERE - & 08fe98
May 01 CAPITOL commence repertory programming (Festival Cinemas)
Dec 03 CAPITOL venue closed
Dec 26 Top Gun CINESPHERE - to 30de98
‘Film Festival’ (1 of 13 titles in 70mm)
1999------------------------------------------------------
Feb 05 HOLLYWOOD venue closed
Mar 01 RUNNYMEDE venue closed
May 07 Lawrence of Arabia EGLINTON # - to 13my99
(Columbia Pictures 75th Anniversary)
May 14 Close Encounters of the Third Kind EGLINTON # - to 16my99
(Columbia Pictures 75th Anniversary)
Jun 26 YORKDALE SIX venue reconfigured as SILVERCITY 10-plex
Oct 27 Titanic CINESPHERE - to 02nv99
2000------------------------------------------------------
Jan 21 Lawrence of Arabia CINESPHERE** - to 01fe00
Dec 08 GLENWAY venue closed
2001------------------------------------------------------
Feb 16 HYLAND venue closed
Feb 16 FAIRVIEW venue closed (Cineplex Odeon)
18jl02 - reopen (Rainbow Cinemas)
Feb 16 PROMENADE venue closed
Mar 10 MARKET SQUARE venue closed (Cineplex Odeon)
18je03 - reopen (Rainbow Cinemas)
Mar 14 EATON CENTRE venue closed
Apr 06 SUSSEX CENTRE venue closed
Jul 16 CANADA SQUARE venue closed (Cineplex Odeon)
26oc01 - reopen (Famous Players)
Aug 24 Lawrence of Arabia YORK** - to 26au01
(70mm print not advertised)
Aug 27 YORK venue closed
2002------------------------------------------------------
Mar 22 EGLINTON venue closed
Oct 18 VICTORIA TERRACE venue closed
2003------------------------------------------------------
Apr 18 CEDARBRAE venue closed
Jul 25 HUMBER venue closed
Sep 14 UPTOWN venue closed
2010------------------------------------------------------
Sep 23 TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX venue opening engagements
Cinema 1 70mm capability
Dec 09 2001: A Space Odyssey
TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX*- to 05ja11
Dec 23 Playtime TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX – to 29de10
Dec 30 Lawrence of Arabia TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX – to 05ja11
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Jul 28 West Side Story
TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX - to 03au11
‘Summer in 70mm’
Aug 04 Lawrence of Arabia TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX – to 10au11
Aug 12 Spartacus TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX – to 17au10
Dec 25 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX
Dec 25 2001: A Space Odyssey
TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX - to 04ja12