List of 70 mm films
The following movies were filmed using 65mm or 70mm negative stock. Titles are followed by the photographic process employed.
Releases produced in Todd-AO, Todd-70, Super Panavision 70, Panavision System 65, Dimension 150, Arri 765 and Superpanorama 70 were photographed with spherical optics on 65 mm film with five perforations per frame, yielding an aspect ratio of 2.20:1.
Sovscope 70 and DEFA 70 releases were identical with the exception that they were photographed on 70 mm negative stock.
MGM Camera 65 releases employed the same film format, but the use of 1.25X anamorphic optics yielded a super-wide aspect ratio of approximately 2.75:1.
70 mm Cinerama releases were projected with special optics onto a deeply curved screen in an attempt to mimic the effect of the original 3-strip Cinerama process.
Hi Fi Stereo 70 was a 3-D process. Two anamorphic images, one for each eye, were captured side by side on 65 mm film. A special lens on a 70 mm projector added polarization and merged the two images on the screen. A similar Soviet system known as Stereo 70 did not employ anamorphics, resulting in an aspect ratio of 1.37:1.
Stereospace 2000 and Kodak-Disney 3D used dual 65 mm cameras operating at 30fps.
Standard 70 mm theater prints were 70 mm wide, with the extra space used to accommodate the 6-channel magnetic soundtracks, consisting of five full-range channels arrayed behind the screen, with the sixth channel providing surround effects.
Far and Away, Baraka and Hamlet employed a modified arrangement of speakers, with left, centre and right channels behind the screen, left and right surround channels and a low-frequency effects channel. More recent 70 mm releases have used standard 5.1 DTS sound.
This list does not include any of the hundreds of 35 mm films which have been optically enlarged to 70 mm for deluxe exhibition, including such titles as Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Ghostbusters.
Also not included are 70 mm releases which originated on horizontal 35 mm negative such as Vistavision and Technirama, nor films made in the Showscan process. For films shot in the IMAX 70mm format, see List of IMAX films.
American 65/70 mm films
Oklahoma! – Todd-AO @ 30 frame/s; this production also shot in 35 mm CinemaScope @ 24 frame/sAround the World in 80 Days – Todd-AO; shot twice, with cameras running at 30 and 24 frame/s, respectivelyRaintree County – MGM Camera 65; exhibited only in 35 mm CinemaScope since all the 70 mm cinemas were bookedSouth Pacific – Todd-AOBen-Hur – MGM Camera 65Porgy and Bess – Todd-AOThe Big Fisherman – Super Panavision 70Scent of Mystery – Todd-70 and Smell-O-Vision. Todd-Belock 8-channel Sound, which used a control signal to "steer" the single surround channel to three surround tracks. This title was later re-edited, optically converted to 3-strip Cinemiracle and re-released without the odors as Holiday in Spain in 1961. It was exhibited in both Cinerama and Cinemiracle.Can-Can – Todd-AOThe Alamo – Todd-AOExodus – Super Panavision 70West Side Story – Panavision 70Mutiny on the Bounty – Ultra Panavision 70It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World – Ultra Panavision 70; shown in 70 mm CineramaCleopatra – Todd-AO The Fall of the Roman Empire – Ultra Panavision 70My Fair Lady – Super Panavision 70Cheyenne Autumn – Super Panavision 70The Sound of Music – Todd-AO Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines – Todd-AO The Agony and the Ecstasy – Todd-AOThe Greatest Story Ever Told – Ultra Panavision 70; shown in 70 mm CineramaThe Hallelujah Trail – Ultra Panavision 70; shown in 70 mm CineramaBattle of the Bulge – Ultra Panavision 70; shown in 70 mm CineramaLord Jim – Super Panavision 70Khartoum – Ultra Panavision 70; shown in 70 mm CineramaGrand Prix – Super Panavision 70 ; shown in 70 mm CineramaThe Bible: In The Beginning – Dimension 150 Doctor Dolittle – Todd-AO2001: A Space Odyssey – Super Panavision 70; some shots in Todd-AO; aerial shots from the stargate sequence in Superpanorama 70. Shown in 70 mm CineramaIce Station Zebra – Super Panavision 70 ; shown in 70 mm CineramaStar! – Todd-AOHello, Dolly! – Todd-AOKrakatoa, East of Java – Todd-AO and Super Panavision 70 shown in 70 mm CineramaAirport – Todd-AOPatton – Dimension 150Song of Norway – Super Panavision 70, shown in 70 mm Cinerama, advertised as "On the Cinerama screen" in some countriesThe Last Valley – Todd-AO Tron – Super Panavision 70. Live-action all filmed in color 65mm; CGI sequences filmed in 65mm B&W and composited to a VistaVision intermediate then optically printed back to 70mm IP.Far and Away – Panavision System 65; segments in Arri 765 and VistaVisionBaraka – Todd-AO, documentaryHamlet – Panavision System 65; segments in Arri 765Samsara – Panavision System 65, documentary The Hateful Eight - Ultra Panavision 70Other countries
Lawrence of Arabia – Super Panavision 70Flying Clipper – Traumreise unter weissen Segeln – Superpanorama 70. A re-edited version was shown as Mediterranean Holiday in 70 mm Cinerama and in Wonderama in the USAShéhérazade – Superpanorama 70La Tulipe noire/The Black Tulip – Superpanorama 70; shown in 70 mm CineramaOld Shatterhand – Superpanorama 70Onkel Toms Hütte /La Case de l'Oncle Tom/Uncle Tom's Cabin – Superpanorama 70Der Kongress amüsiert sich/Congress of Love – Superpanorama 70El Fantástico Mundo del Dr Coppelius /Dr. Coppelius – Superpanorama 70Pampa Salvaje/Savage Pampas – Superpanorama 70Play Time – filmed with 65 mm Mitchell cameras, with an aperture masked for a non-standard aspect ratio of approximately 1.7:1Con la muerte a la espalda/With Death On Your Back – Hi-Fi Stereo 70La Marca del Hombre Lobo – Hi Fi Stereo 70. Re-edited with new footage and released in the US in 35 mm 3D as Frankenstein's Bloody Terror.Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – Super Panavision 70Ryan's Daughter – Super Panavision 70Liebe in drei Dimensionen/Love in 3D – TriaramaAkira - Animated in 1.85:1 and photographed in 65mm.Map of the Human Heart – Panavision System 65. Released in 35mm only.As Wonderland Goes By - Panavision System 65Death on the Nile - Panavision System 6570mm releases from 3-strip negative
To Be Alive! converted from 3 x 35mm to Ultra PanavisionCinerama's Russian Adventure optically converted from Kinopanorama to 70 mm CineramaThis Is Cinerama – optically converted from Cinerama to 70 mm CineramaList of Short Subjects
The Miracle of Todd-AO – Todd-AO @ 30 frame/sThe March of Todd-AO – Todd-AOThe Tale of Old Whiff – Todd-70 and Smell-O-Vision. Released with Scent of Mystery. Todd-Belock 8-channel Sound, which used a control signal to "steer" the single surround channel to three surround tracks.Man in the 5th Dimension – Todd-AO. Shown at NYC World's Fair.Fortress of Peace – Superpanorama 70The Artist Who Did Not Want To Paint – Todd-AO. Prologue to The Agony and the Ecstasy.Delifini prikhodyat k lyudyam/Dolphins Come to the People – Kinopanorama 70. 20m short, optically converted to 3-strip Kinopanorama.Defa 70 – DEFA-70 demo filmSky over Holland – Superpanorama 70A Place to Stand. Produced for the Ontario Pavilion at Expo 67 in Montreal. Winner of the Best Live Action Short Subject Oscar at the 1968 Academy Awards.Multiple Man Where the North Begins Festival Seasons of the Mind Probes in Space – Todd-AO. The camera was fitted with the fisheye lens used for Cinerama 360.Auto-E-Motion – Super Panavision 70. BMW promotional film.Cinespace 70 by Todd-AO – Cinespace 70. A demo film to showcase the merits of filming using Todd-AO's new Cinespace 70 cameras. The negative specifications were identical to Todd-AO but the frame rate was increased to 30fps.Warriors of the Wasteland - Super Panavision 70 Året gjennom Børfjord/A Year Along the Abandoned Road – Super Panavision 70Dead Sea – Panavision System 65 Tour Eiffel – Arri 765Svalbard - Arctic Seasons – Filmed with Mitchell 65mm cameras Le mariage de Fanny/Fanny's Wedding – Superpanorama 70The Testaments of One Fold and One Shepherd – Arri 765 Tanakh bibelen al-quran – Superpanorama 70Daughter of Dismay – Mitchell 8/65 cameraPartial list of Special Venue Films
Journey to the Stars – Cinerama 360. 24fps. Shown at the Seattle World's Fair.To the Moon and Beyond – Cinerama 360. 18fps. Shown in the Transportation and Travel Pavilion at the New York World's Fair. Later reduced to 35mm, renamed Cosmos and shown in a traveling inflatable theater.Motion – Superpanorama 70Harmony: Nature and Man – Dimension 150. Shown in the Washington State Pavilion at the 1970 Osaka World's Fair.Voyage to the Outer Planets – A multimedia presentation which included sequences filmed in standard 65mm and in Dynavision.The Circus – Todd-AO. Shot with the camera on its side and projected onto a tall narrow screen.Cosmos – Dynavision. Shown at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center in San Diego.Alaska The Great Land – 70mm Omnivision ; Alaska Experience TheatreSymbiosis – Super Panavision 70 at 30fps. Disney Epcot short subject. Employed an unusual 12-channel sound system designed for the special theater in which it was shown.Magic Journeys – Kodak-Disney 3DHawaii Island of the Gods – 70mm Omnivision ; Hawaii Experience Theatre.Water, The Source of Life – Stereospace 2000. Made for the United States Pavilion at the 1984 World's Fair in New Orleans.Earth Song - Erika's Dream – Stereospace 2000. Made for the 3D Fantasium exhibit of the Sumitomo Pavilion at Expo '85 in Tsukuba, Japan.Captain EO – Kodak-Disney 3DNorway – The Film – Super Panavision 70. Epcot short subject.Muppet*Vision 3D – Dual camera 70mm 3D.Honey, I Shrunk the Audience! – Kodak-Disney 3DT2 3D: Battle Across Time – 3 x dual camera 65mm 3D @ 30fpsThe Witness – Arri 765 ; shown at Mashantucket Pequot MuseumIt's Tough to Be a Bug! – Dual camera 70mm 3D.100% – Arri 765. 10-minute short shown in a transportable theatre at NASCAR races.Films partially shot in 65 mm
How the West Was Won – Ultra Panavision 70 Az aranyfej/The Golden Head – Chase sequence filmed in Superpanorama 70; the bulk was shot in Super Technirama 70. Shown in 70 mm Cinerama.Mackenna's Gold – Super Panavision 70The Horsemen – Super Panavision 70Close Encounters of the Third Kind – Super Panavision 70 - special effects shots only. Star Trek: The Motion Picture – special effects shots onlyThe Empire Strikes Back – selected special effects workBlade Runner – special effects shots onlyBrainstorm – Super Panavision 70. Virtual reality sequences only.Ghostbusters – special effects shots only2010 - Special effects shots only.Masters of the Universe – special effects shots onlyDie Hard – special effects shots onlyThe Judas Project – special effects shots onlyAlien 3 – Panavision System 65. Special effects shots only.Little Buddha – Arri 765, Buddha flashback scenes onlyContact – background platesPanic Room – opening title sequence.Spider-Man 2 – selected special effects shots onlyThe New World – Panavision System 65. "Hyper-reality" scenes only.The Prestige – Panavision System 65. Selected wide shots only.Sunshine – Arri 765; "Earth Room" scene onlyThe Dark Knight - selected scenesThe International – Arri 765; selected scenesStephen Hawking's Beyond the Horizon – Arri 765; dialogue scenes onlyShutter Island - Arri 765 and Panavision System 65; certain flashback scenesInception – Panavision System 65; selected scenesUnknown - Arri 765; selected scenesThe Tree of Life - Panavision System 65; selected scenesSnow White & the Huntsman - Panavision System 65; selected wide shots and second unit workThe Dark Knight Rises - Panavision System 65; selected scenesTo the Wonder - selected scenesThe Master - Panavision System 65 Gravity - Arri 765; final sceneJurassic World - Panavision System 65; select scenesBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice - Panavision System 65; select scenesDunkirk - Panavision System 65 Murder on the Orient Express - Panavision System 65Christopher Robin - Panavision System 65 and Ultra Panavision 70; select scenesThe Nutcracker and the Four Realms - Panavision System 65The Death and Life of John F. Donovan - selected scenesApollo 11 - Todd-AO, documentaryTenet - Panavision System 65 No Time to Die - Arri 765 and Panavision System 65; some scenesNope - Panavision System 65 White Noise - Arri 765; some scenesOppenheimer - Panavision System 65- Sinners - Ultra Panavision 70