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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
1976
May 16:
THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT, PART II
Various Formats / Six-Track Stereo
MGM/United Artists
“The greatest entertainment since ‘That’s Entertainment!’”
Manhattan: [Walter Reade] Ziegfeld
Totowa: [UA] Cinema 46
Woodbury: [UA] Cinema 150
June 23:
LOGAN’S RUN
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Stereo
MGM/United Artists
“Spectacular 70mm And Stereophonic Sound”
Manhattan: [Loews] Astor Plaza
Manhattan: [Loews] Orpheum
Upper Montclair: [UA] Bellevue
July 28:
THE RETURN OF A MAN CALLED HORSE
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Stereo
United Artists
“Spectacular 70mm And Stereophonic Sound”
Manhattan: [Walter Reade] Ziegfeld
Upper Montclair: [UA] Bellevue
Woodbury: [UA] Cinema 150
Includes Special Preview Screenings on July 23 (Astor Plaza), July 24 (Orpheum) and July 25 (Bellevue)
September 1:
GONE WITH THE WIND (Re-Issue)
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Stereo
MGM /United Artists
“In the splendor of 70mm. wide screen and full stereophonic sound!”
Manhattan: [UA] Rivoli
Upper Montclair: [UA] Bellevue
Woodbury: [UA] Cinema 150
[Also see 1967 & 1974 entries and 1970 & 1975 special series entries]
September 22:
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (Re-Issue)
Super Panavision 70 / Six-Track Stereo
MGM/United Artists
“For a perfect experience take…the ultimate trip”
Manhattan: [UA] Rivoli
Upper Montclair: [UA] Bellevue
Woodbury: [UA] Cinema 150
[Also see 1968, 1974, 1978 & 2001 entries and 1970 & 1975 special series entries]
October 5:
DERSU UZALA
Sovscope 70 / Six-Track Stereo
Mosfilm
Manhattan: [Walter Reade] Ziegfeld
Screened once in 70mm during the New York Film Festival — Subsequent area engagements in 35mm
December 25:
A STAR IS BORN
Spherical Blow-Up
Warner Bros.
“They had everything in a world where everything isn’t always enough.”
*Six-Track Dolby Stereo
**Six-Track Stereo
Manhattan: [Walter Reade] Ziegfeld*
Syosset: [UA] Syosset**
Includes New York Premiere on Dec. 23 (Ziegfeld)
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