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Author Topic: CDS-Equipped Theatres Michael Coate Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1904 From: Los Angeles, California Registered: Feb 2001 posted 08-02-2003 12:14 AM                     Theatres That *Were* Equipped To Play Cinema Digital Sound (CDS) 1990-91 NORTH AMERICA California: Century City: AMC Century 14 (2 screens) Corte Madera: Pacific's Cinema Emeryville: UA Emery Bay Hollywood: Mann's Chinese Hollywood: Pacific's Cinerama Dome La Mesa: Pacific's Grossmont Trolley Lakewood: Pacific's Lakewood Center Lakewood: Pacific's Regency 8 Marina del Rey: UA Cinema Newport Beach: Edwards Newport Pasadena: Pacific's Hastings San Diego: UA Horton Plaza San Francisco: UA Coronet San Francisco: UA Galaxy San Rafael: Regency Santa Ana: AMC MainPlace West Hollywood: GCC Beverly Connection Westwood: GCC Avco (2 screens) Westwood: Mann's National Westwood: Pacific's Crest Westwood: UA Coronet Maryland: Bethesda: UA Theatres Bethesda New York: Manhattan: Cineplex Odeon Ziegfeld Manhattan: Loew's 84th Street 6 Manhattan: UA Gemini Twin EUROPE Belgium: Brussels: Kinepolis Denmark: Copenhagen: Imperial ***** Theatres That *Are* Equipped To Play Cinema Digital Sound Texas: Dallas: Brad Miller's Screening Room ***** The above list should account for most of the CDS-equipped theatres. Do any of you projectionists remember handling any CDS presentations at a theatre not on this list? If so, please keep the thread active and add to it.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 08-02-2003 01:04 AM                     United Artist's Plaza - Dallas, TX United Artist's Hulen - Fort Worth, TX  |  IP: Logged Stephen Furley Film God Posts: 3059 From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England Registered: May 2002 posted 08-02-2003 02:56 AM                     How many films were released in it?  |  IP: Logged Mike Olpin Chop Chop! Posts: 1852 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Jan 2002 posted 08-02-2003 03:16 AM                     Films in CDS (crappy dropout silence) 1990 Days of Thunder Dick Tracy Edward Scissorhands Flatliners 1991 Doors, The Final Approach For the Boys Hudson Hawk Terminator 2 1992 Universal Soldier ------------ Anyone know what screen(s) CDS was installed in for UA Horton Plaza 7 (now a 14) & Pacific Grossmont Trolley 8? BTW, I can't stand the AMC Century City 14. I can't believe that so many people (in hollywood!) would want to wacth a movie in such small thatres with tiny screens, awfull sound, and projectionists who cant seem to focus for ****. AMC should bulldoze that sucker and rebuild a nice theatre in its place.  |  IP: Logged Dick Vaughan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1032 From: Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK Registered: Jul 2000 posted 08-02-2003 03:34 AM                        At least one theatre in the UK was equipped with CDS . Not at work so can't be certain but West Thurrock seems to lurk in the back of my mind and I think that they had a CDS print of T2 for several years.  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 08-02-2003 04:26 AM                        quote: Films in CDS (crappy dropout silence) CDS actually stands for "Cinema Digital Sound". Unfortunately, I have never heard it in action. It was never installed in Germany, alhough there were some demos in Munich. I hear it sounded really good. It was ultimately unsuccessful - but it was, if not the first digital sound ever reproduced in a movie theatre, the first attempt to introduce a digital system for everyday purposes, and as such a memorable effort which should command a little more respect.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 08-02-2003 05:22 AM                        United Artists Continental Denver, CO  |  IP: Logged Richard Fowler Film God Posts: 2392 From: Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA Registered: Jun 2001 posted 08-02-2003 06:25 AM                     U.A. Cinema at the Falls - Miami, Florida  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 08-02-2003 07:00 AM                        New York City - Criterion Theatre (Times Square)  |  IP: Logged Peter Hall Master Film Handler Posts: 314 From: London, UK Registered: Dec 2000 posted 08-02-2003 07:09 AM                        I believe that both the UCI and the Warner site in Thurrok had CDS installed - trials were done at the old Odeon Marble Arch however I am unsure if anything screened there. I think that Terminator 2, Dick Tracey and The Doors were the only films shown in it At least one processor remains - with a Penthouse inspired by the JJ Mag unit ? Peter  |  IP: Logged Bill Langfield Master Film Handler Posts: 280 From: Prospect, NSW, Australia Registered: Apr 2001 posted 08-02-2003 07:21 AM                        Ok, so HOW does (did) CDS work? Was it like SR-D/SDDS printed on the film or like DTS on a seperate device? Was it 'stereo', 4 track, EX etc ?? I had never heard of it before. Bill.  |  IP: Logged Stephen Furley Film God Posts: 3059 From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England Registered: May 2002 posted 08-02-2003 07:27 AM                     Perer (Hall), A CDS reader was on display in the Projected Picture Trust section at Bletchley Park a rew years ago, but I haven't seen it recently. The PPT have an old Gaumont (eclipse?) projector from the late '20s, with both turntable and optical sond head. For a display at Grip House Studios Dion Hanson added to it a RCA mag penthouse, DTS code reader and three digital heads, CDS, Dolby and SDDS, and then bolted the top spool box back on top! I took a picture of it, but I can't find it now. ps. I was at the David Lean last night; I hate that acop. Luckily I had about half an hour before the first show to master the art of starting a machine without the **** thing tripping.  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 08-02-2003 07:34 AM                        I'm sure I saw Terminator 2 at the Odeon Leicester Square in 70mm CDS...  |  IP: Logged Bernard Tonks Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 619 From: Cranleigh, Surrey, England Registered: Apr 2001 posted 08-02-2003 09:31 AM                     List of films released in the USA in CDS-70mm. Dick Tracy Days Of Thunder Flatliners Edward Scissorhands Terminator 2: Judgement Day  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-02-2003 09:46 AM                     There is or was a 8 perf 70 projector (modified DP70) that used CDS in all its venues I think it was called VistaScope  |  IP: Logged

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