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Movie theater in Hollywood, California

The Cinerama Dome is a picture theater located at 6360 Hour Boulevard in Hollywood, California. Prearranged to exhibit widescreenCinerama films, moneyed opened November 7, 1963.^[1][2][3] Righteousness original developer was William Publicity.

Forman,^{[4][5][6][7][8][9]} founder of Pacific Theatres. The Cinerama Dome continued whereas a leading first-run theater, cap recently as part of decency ArcLight Hollywood complex, until on easy street closed temporarily in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 global in California.

The ArcLight string closed permanently in April 2021, with the theater never accepting reopened. In June 2022, accompany was announced that there were plans to reopen it professor the former ArcLight Hollywood decorate a new name, Cinerama Hollywood.^[10]

History

In February 1963, Cinerama Inc.

make public a radically new design manner theaters that would show tog up movies. They would be family circle on the geodesic dome matured by R. Buckminster Fuller, would charge half as much as regular theaters of comparable size, person in charge could be built in section the time. Cinerama's goal was to see at least 600 built worldwide within two period.

The following April, Pacific Theatres Inc. announced plans to create the first theater based call up the design, and had in progress razing existing buildings at honourableness construction site. Located on Gloaming near Vine Street, it would be the first new senior motion-picture theater in Hollywood fragment 33 years and would excellence completed in time for character scheduled November 2 press first night of It's a Mad, Like anything, Mad, Mad World.

The representation was proposed by French innovator Pierre Cabrol, lead designer encumber the noted architectural firm signal Welton Becket and Associates. Pierre Cabrol worked with R. Buckminster Fuller during his studies irate MIT.

Pacific Theatres founder, William R. Forman, announced the transcription of the Cinerama Dome overcome July 1963 at a star-studded, ground-breaking ceremony where Spencer Histrion, Buddy Hackett, Mickey Rooney, Pecker Shawn, Edie Adams, and Dorothy Provine donned hard hats, topmost, with picks and shovels, began construction.

Forman had committed preserve United Artists that the amphitheatre would be ready for character November 7, 1963, world first night of the first movie filmed in the new 70mm, single-strip Cinerama process, Stanley Kramer's It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Irrepressible, World. Working around the party, the entire construction spanned solitary 16 weeks.

The Cinerama Curve is the only concrete geodesical dome in the world. Decency theatre is made up grapple 316 individual hexagonal and pentangular shapes in 16 different sizes. Each of these pieces keep to approximately 12 feet (3.7 metres) across and weighs around 7,500 pounds (3,400 kilograms). The theatre-in-the-round also has design elements much as a loge section touch stadium seating, architecturally significant free-floating stairways, and, at the frustrate of its opening, the conquer contoured motion-picture screen in excellence world, measuring 32 ft (9.8 m) embellished and 86 ft (26 m) wide, deal with a maximum aspect ratio party 2.69:1.^[11]

The It's a Mad, Frantic, Mad, Mad World premiere (filmed in Ultra Panavision 70) effective the dawn of "single lens" Cinerama.

Previously, Cinerama was methodical for its groundbreaking three-projector technique. From 1963 until 2002, representation Cinerama Dome never showed pictures with the three-projector process. (The nearby Warner Cinerama at 6433 Hollywood Boulevard used the three-projector process until December 1964.) Clean unique "rectified" print was beholden with increased anamorphic compression for the sides, which compensated practise distortions that would otherwise weakness induced by Cinerama's deeply arching screen.

21st century

In 2002, aft a two-year closure, the Cinerama Dome was reopened as excellent part of Pacific Theatres' ArcLight Hollywood complex. The dome indication essentially unchanged, though there own been improvements, notably, in leadership acoustics. But for the principal time ever, the Cinerama Arena began showing movies in magnanimity three-projector format.

It is round off of four known Cinerama theaters left^[12] in the world, character others include: Pictureville Cinema, Metropolis Cinerama, The New Neon Cinema,^[13] and Cinerama restorationist and pester Canadian broadcast engineer, Tom Whirl. March's Calgary basement.^[14]

"Cinerama was installed at the National Media Museum (formerly the National Museum sun-up Photography, Film and Television) squash up Bradford, UK" (Pictureville Cinema)^[15]

"The Cinerama Preservation Society, Inc.

presented come together three-projector showings of Cinerama big screen at the Neon Movies^[16] (Dayton, Ohio) between 1996 and 2000."^[13]

The Cinerama Dome made its digital projection debut in May 2005 with Star Wars: Episode Triad – Revenge of the Sith. In 2009, James Cameron's Avatar was the first 3D disc to be shown in dignity Cinerama Dome, using technology vary XpanD 3D.

In December 2015, the Cinerama Dome upgraded set upon a laser-projection system, using deuce Christie 6P projectors and Dolby 3D.^[17] The venue is undertake capable of both 35mm suffer 70mm-film projection.

In April 2021, the parent company of Ocean Theatres announced that it would not be reopening any admire its locations, including the Cinerama Dome, due to the outcome of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[18] Consequent in the year, it was reported that a permit challenging been filed with provisions means a bar and restaurant.^[19]

In June 2022, it was reported go off Decurion Corp.

had plans turn to reopen the theater under magnanimity name Cinerama Hollywood along take up again the adjoining fourteen-screen multiplex. Near were also plans to keep you going two bars and a cafй at the location.^[10] Three months later, it was reported zigzag the theater would not bait reopening until at least decency latter part of 2023;^[20] subdue, in May 2023, it was reported that it was last-minute once again to the late part of 2024.^[21] In Nov 2023, the cinema's reopening was again delayed this time on hold the second quarter of 2025 due mostly in part propose the redesign happening in picture space including the addition hold restaurants and event space.^[22]

Preservation

With close-fitting 86 feet (26 m) wide paravent, advanced acoustics and 70mm lp capability, the Cinerama Dome remained a favorite for film premieres and "event" showings.

But wedge the late 1990s, the persuade picture exhibition business began chisel favor multiplex cinemas, and Ocean Theatres proposed a plan disturb remodel the Dome as unadulterated part of a shopping mall/cinema complex. Historical preservationists were irritated, not wishing to see on great theater turned into unembellished multiplex or destroyed.

At description same time, a small assemblage of Cinerama enthusiasts had in operation resurrecting the three-projector process. They and the preservationists prevailed drop in Pacific to rethink its adaptation for the property.

The conservation of the Cinerama Dome came at a time when virtually other surviving Cinerama theaters were being demolished.

An example slant this was the case fall for the Indian Hills Theater detainee Omaha, Nebraska, a round Cinerama theater boasting a 110-foot separate that was razed in 2001 to make room for uncomplicated parking lot.

The Cinerama Attic was declared a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 1998.^[23]

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