SUBSEQUENT / ADDITIONAL 70MM ENGAGEMENTS
- 1981-06-26 … Chicago, IL – Esquire (13)
- 1981-07-03 … Ottawa, ON – Nelson (35)
- 1981-07-03 … Toronto, ON – University (22)
- 1981-07-31 … Lakewood, CA – Lakewood Center 4-plex (9)
- 1981-08-21 … Des Moines, IA – River Hills (15)
- 1981-09-25 … Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood (7)
- 1981-10-09 … Sainte-Foy, QC – Canadien (10)
- 1981-11-06 … Los Angeles, CA – National (4)
- 1981-11-13 … Los Angeles, CA – Chinese Triplex (5)
- 1981-11-20 … Lakewood, CA – Lakewood Center 4-plex (9)
- 1981-11-20 … San Francisco, CA – Royal (4)
- 1981-12-04 … San Jose, CA – Century 25 Twin (56*)
- 1981-12-11 … Lynnwood, WA – Grand Alderwood 5-plex (31*)
- 1981-12-11 … Montreal, QC – Imperial (9) [Version Francaise]
- 1981-12-11 … Montreal, QC – York (7)
- 1981-12-25 … Cleveland, OH – Colony (4)
- 1981-12-25 … Houston, TX – Westchase 5-plex (25) [70mm from Week 5]
- 1981-12-26 … Atlanta, GA – Fox (5 days) [venue anniversary celebration]
- 1982-01-01 … Nashville, TN – Belle Meade (11)
- 1982-01-22 … Los Angeles, CA – Century Plaza Twin (3)
- 1982-01-29 … Knoxville, TN – Capri Triplex (7)
- 1982-02-05 … Atlanta, GA – Phipps Plaza Triplex (5)
- 1982-02-12 … Montreal, QC – Palace 6-plex (14) [Version Francaise]
- 1982-02-12 … Windsor, ON – Centre (5)
- 1982-02-17 … Chicago, IL – State Lake (1)
- 1982-02-26 … Chicago, IL – McClurg Court (1)
- 1982-02-26 … Huntsville, AL – Madison Twin (15)
- 1982-03-05 … Toronto, ON – Cumberland 4-plex (1) [La Reserve]
- 1982-03-26 … San Francisco, CA – Cinema 21 (6)
- 1982-04-02 … Los Angeles, CA – Cinerama Dome (10)
- 1982-04-02 … Philadelphia, PA – Mark I (4)
- 1982-04-16 … Corte Madera, CA – Cinema (4)
- 1982-04-16 … Portland, OR – Music Box (6)
- 1982-06-11 … Los Angeles, CA – Picwood (5)
- 1982-07-16 … Atlanta, GA – Fox (4 days) [Family Film Festival]
- 1982-07-16 … Kansas City, MO – Bannister Mall 5-plex (2)
- 1982-07-16 … Las Vegas, NV – Cinedome 6-plex (4)
- 1982-07-16 … Los Angeles, CA – Avco Center Triplex (3)
- 1982-07-16 … Montreal, QC – Le Parisien 5-plex (5) [Version Francaise]
- 1982-07-16 … New York, NY – Ziegfeld (3)
- 1982-07-16 … Renton, WA – Roxy (2) [w/ Raise the Titanic]
- 1982-07-16 … San Antonio, TX – Galaxy 10-plex (3)
- 1982-07-16 … Seattle, WA – Crest 4-plex (4)
- 1982-07-16 … Washington, DC – MacArthur (3)
- 1982-07-23 … Atlanta, GA – Columbia (1)
- 1982-08-06 … New York, NY – Embassy I (3)
- 1982-08-13 … Winnipeg, MB – Towne 8-plex (4)
- 1982-08-20 … Los Angeles, CA – Cinerama Dome (5)
- 1982-08-20 … San Francisco, CA – Alexandria Triplex (3)
- 1982-09-01 … Philadelphia, PA – SamEric Triplex (1)
- 1982-09-03 … Burnaby, BC – Lougheed Mall Triplex (1)
- 1982-09-03 … Catonsville, MD – Westview 6-plex (1)
- 1982-09-03 … Towson, MD – Hillendale Twin (1)
- 1982-09-24 … Los Angeles, CA – Chinese Triplex (7)
- 1983-03-25 … Atlanta, GA – Fox (1)
- 1983-03-25 … Calgary, AB – Palace (3)
- 1983-03-25 … Los Angeles, CA – Bruin (1)
- 1983-03-25 … Los Angeles, CA – Chinese Triplex (1)
- 1983-03-25 … Montreal, QC – Imperial (2) [Version Francaise]
- 1983-03-25 … New York, NY – Astor Plaza (3)
- 1983-03-25 … Riverside, CA – Canyon Crest 5-plex (6)
- 1983-03-25 … San Diego, CA – Valley Circle (1)
- 1983-03-25 … Toronto, ON – Hollywood Twin (2)
- 1983-03-25 … Toronto, ON – Uptown 5-plex (3)
- 1983-03-25 … Tucson, AZ – Foothills 4-plex (5)
- 1983-04-01 … Los Angeles, CA – Fox (2)
- 1983-04-08 … Toronto, ON – Palace Triplex (1)
- 1983-04-15 … Edmonton, AB – Londonderry Twin (2)
- 1983-04-15 … Huntsville, AL – Madison Twin (2)
- 1983-04-22 … Sacramento, CA – Century 6-plex (5)
- 1983-04-22 … San Francisco, CA – Regency II (1)
- 1983-04-22 … San Jose, CA – Town & Country (3)
- 1983-05-13 … Calgary, AB – Chinook (1)
- 1983-05-20 … Calgary, AB – Palace (1)
- 1983-05-20 … Los Angeles, CA – Chinese Triplex (3)
- 1983-05-30 … Seattle, WA – Cinerama [SIFF 70mm marathon]
- 1983-06-10 … Seattle, WA – Crest 4-plex (1)
- 1983-06-17 … Chicago Ridge, IL – Chicago Ridge Mall Triplex (1)
- 1983-07-01 … Wichita, KS – Mall [Fri/Sat midnight]
- 1983-07-08 … New York, NY – Paramount (2)
- 1983-08-12 … Cleveland, OH – Colony (1)
- 1983-08-31 … Cleveland, OH – Colony (1)
- 1983-09-02 … Calgary, AB – North Hill (6)
- 1983-09-02 … San Francisco, CA – Cinema 21 (3)
- 1983-09-07 … Philadelphia, PA – SamEric Triplex (1)
- 1983-09-09 … Edmonton, AB – Meadowlark (1)
- 1983-09-16 … Los Angeles, CA – Chinese Triplex (2)
- 1983-09-16 … Los Angeles, CA – National (2)
- 1983-09-27 … Ottawa, ON – National Arts Centre Opera (2 days)
- 1983-??-?? … Los Angeles, CA – USC Norris
- 1985-01-16 … Toronto, ON – Cinesphere (12 days) [annual 70mm Film Festival]
- 1986-05-09 … Washington, DC – Cinema (2) [w/ …Temple of Doom]
- 1988-04-08 … Edmonton, AB – Meadowlark (1) [70mm series]
- 1989-02-24 … San Antonio, TX – Rivercenter IMAX (1) [70mm Film Festival]
- 1990-06-03 … Los Angeles, CA – Fairfax Triplex [Classic Film Festival]
- 1990-06-12 … Los Angeles, CA – Beverly Connection 6-plex [Paramount Tribute] (THX)
- 1990-06-26 … Santa Monica, CA – Criterion 6-plex*** [Lucasfilm THX Film Fest] (THX)
- 1991-09-23 … Vancouver, BC – CN IMAX (4 days) [Indiana Jones festival]
- 1992-12-26 … Vancouver, BC – Caprice [Indiana Jones festival]
- 1993-08-14 … Toronto, ON – Uptown 5-plex [Saturday Latenite Special]
- 1993-10-02 … Vancouver, BC – Capitol 6-plex [Saturday Latenite]
- 1994-01-08 … Boston, MA – Wang Center*** [Indiana Jones triple feature]
- 1995-01-06 … Toronto, ON – Cinesphere [annual Film Festival]
- 1996-04-26 … Toronto, ON – Eglinton [venue anniversary fest; w/ …Last Crusade] (THX)
- 1996-05-24 … Los Angeles, CA – Plaza [Fri-Sun midnight]
- 1996-06-10 … Toronto, ON – Cinesphere (3 days) [annual winter Film Festival]
- 1996-09-20 … Chicago, IL – Navy Pier IMAX [Fri-Sun late night]
- 1996-11-01 … Chicago, IL – Navy Pier IMAX (1) [late night]
- 1999-12-24 … Addison, TX – Granada Prestonwood 5-plex [Fr-Sat-Sun midnight series]
- 2001-02-16 … Seattle, WA – Cinerama (1) [Indiana Jones festival]
- 2001-03-09 … Seattle, WA – Cinerama [Indiana Jones triple feature]
- 2001-03-30 … Washington, DC – Uptown (1)
***70mm presentation unconfirmed/conflicting source material or eyewitness account
The listing does not include any international 70mm engagements, nor does it include any of the movie’s countless 35mm engagements.
IMAGES:
Selected images copyright/courtesy Los Angeles Times, Lucasfilm Ltd., Paramount Home Entertainment, Paramount Pictures, Popcorn Palaces: The Art Deco Movie Theater Paintings of Davis Cone, The San Diego Union, Schauburg Archive.
SOURCES/REFERENCES:
The references for this project were interviews conducted by the author, the motion picture Raiders of the Lost Ark, regional newspaper coverage, Blockbuster: How the Jaws and Jedi Generation Turned Hollywood Into a Boom-Town aka How Hollywood Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Summer (Tom Shone, Simon & Schuster/Scribner, 2004), and trade reports published in Billboard, Boxoffice, The Hollywood Reporter, and Variety. All figures and data pertain to North America (i.e. United States and Canada) except where stated otherwise. This work includes some repurposed/previously published material.
SPECIAL THANKS:
Ioan Allen, Mark A. Altman, Steven Awalt, David Ayers, Don Beelik, Tim Bishop, Jeff Bond, Herbert Born, Laurent Bouzereau, Jim Bowers, Neil S. Bulk, Jon Burlingame, John Cork, Nick Coston, Stephen Danley, Daren Dochterman, David C. Fein, Joe Fordham, Caseen Gaines, Gary Gerani, Beverly Gray, Sheldon Hall, Zaki Hasan, John Hazelton, Scott Higgins, Bill Hunt, William Kallay, Michael Kaminski, James Kendrick, Julie Kirgo, Michael Klastorin, Peter Krämer, Bill Kretzel, Charles de Lauzirika, Steve Lee, Stephen Leigh, Eric Lichtenfeld, Van Ling, Dan Madsen, Stan Malone, Scott Mantz, Alison Martino, Mike Matessino, Joseph McBride, Scott Mendelson, Brad Miller, David Miller, F. Hudson Miller, W.R. Miller, Ray Morton, M. David Mullen, Gabriel Neeb, Mark O’Connell, Lee Pfeiffer, Saul Pincus, Jonathan Rinzler, Scott Rogers, Michael Rubin, Steven Jay Rubin, Chris Salewicz, Paul M. Sammon, Jay Allen Sanford, Bruce Scivally, John Scoleri, Gianluca Sergi, Tamir Sharif, Tom Shone, Grant Smith, Cliff Stephenson, Craig Stevens, Michel Stradford, Pete Vilmur, John Wilson, Richard Woloski, Sarah Woloski, and a special thank-you to the librarians who assisted with research.
IN MEMORIAM:
- Richard Amsel (promotional material illustrator), 1947-1985
- Douglas Twiddy (Production Supervisor), 1919-1990
- Ronald Lacey (“Toht”), 1935-1991
- Tutte Lemkow (“Imam”), 1918-1991
- Denholm Elliott (“Marcus Brody”), 1922-1992
- John Rees (“Sergeant”), 1927-1994
- Ishaq Bux (“Omar”), 1917-2000
- Anthony Chinn (“Mohan”), 1930-2000
- Paul Beeson (Additional Photography), 1921-2001
- Peter Diamond (Stunt Arranger), 1929-2004
- Mary Selway (Casting), 1936-2004
- Pat Roach (“Giant Sherpa” and “1st Mechanic”), 1937-2004
- William Hootkins (“Major Eaton”), 1948-2005
- Don Fellows (”Col. Musgrove”), 1922-2007
- Patrick Durkin (“Australian Climber”), 1936-2009
- Bill Varney (Re-Recording Mixer), 1934-2011
- Ralph McQuarrie (Illustrator), 1929-2012
- Michael Moore (Second Unit Director), 1914-2013
- Terry Richards (“Arab Swordsman”), 1932-2014
- Bill Reimbold (“Bureaucrat”), 1926-2014
- Tony Vogel (“Tall Captain”), 1942-2015
- Douglas Slocombe (Director of Photography), 1913-2016
- Pamela Mann (Continuity), 1927-2020
- Mike Fenton (Casting), 1935-2020
- Jonathan Rinzler (co-author, The Complete Making of Indiana Jones), 1962-2021
- Michael Coate
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