The New Neon Movies has enjoyed working with John Harvey and the Cinerama Preservation Society, Inc. to bring true 3 projector Cinerama back to the USA since it returned this historic wonder to the public August 29, 1996. But after over three years of showings, the building will be remodelled to allow live events. This will free up the giant, deeply curved Cinerama screen, the three 35mm Cinerama projectors and unique Cinerama 7-channel stereo sound system for use in other locations around the country.
Plans are in work now for the screen and equipment to appear in at least two major showcases.
We'll provide more details as they develop. Wall of the Neon Theatre in 1996 where support for Cinerama is visible in the form of thousands of letters written to the owners of the theatre in order to convince them that a three month run was economically feasible. Pacific Theatres has announced its plans for the renovation and enhancement of the popular Cinerama Dome Theatre on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. On the last weekend in July, Hollywood's favorite bigscreen theatre celebrated the beginning of its renovation and development project. John Sittig, of Pacific Theatres and Cinerama Inc, announced that Pacific intends to install a new louvered Cinerama screen and three restored Cinerama projectors, for periodic screenings of original Cinerama films.