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A year-by-year, film-by-film history of 70-millimeter wide gauge exhibition in New York City & Vicinity

 

 Compiled by Michael Coate and William Kallay

 


 

1974

 

 

May 24:

THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT!

Various Formats / Six-Track Stereo

MGM/United Artists

“Boy. Do we need it now.”

 

Manhattan: [Walter Reade] Ziegfeld

 

Includes New York Premiere on May 23

 

Additional 70mm Engagement

Manhattan: [UA] Rivoli  (Sep. 27)

 

 

 

 

September 4:

DOCTOR ZHIVAGO  (Re-Issue)

Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Stereo

MGM/United Artists

“The Most Exciting Adventure Ever Filmed Returns In All Its Spectacular Grandeur”

 

Manhattan: [UA] Rivoli

 

Expanded Release on Sep. 11

Upper Montclair: [UA] Bellevue

Woodbury: [UA] Cinema 150

 

[Also see 1965 entry and 1970 & 1975 special series entries]

 

 

 

 

September 27:

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY  (Re-Issue)

Super Panavision 70 / Six-Track Stereo

MGM/United Artists

“Now, More Than Ever, take…The Ultimate Trip”

“As Originally Presented In Spectacular 70mm And Full Stereophonic Sound”

 

Manhattan: [Walter Reade] Ziegfeld  (Sep. 27-Nov. 12)

 

Additional 70mm Engagement

Manhattan: [Walter Reade] Ziegfeld  (Sep. 5, 1975)

 

[Also see 1968, 1976, 1978 & 2001 entries and 1970 & 1975 special series entries]

 

 

 

 

October 16:

GONE WITH THE WIND  (Re-Issue)

Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Stereo

MGM/United Artists

 

Manhattan: [UA] Rivoli

 

[Also see 1967 & 1976 entries and 1970 & 1975 special series entries]

 

 

 

 

December 19:

THE TOWERING INFERNO

Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Stereo

20th Century-Fox/Warner Bros.

“One Tiny Spark Becomes A Night Of Blazing Suspense”

 

Manhattan: [Mann] National

 

Includes New York Premiere on Dec. 18 

 


 

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1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

 

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