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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
1980
February 15:
SATURN 3
Spherical Blow-Up* / Six-Track Dolby Stereo*
Lord Grade/ITC/Associated Film
“On Saturn 3, the ultimate man-made robot possesses everything… Violence, Evil, Lust.”
Manhattan: [Walter Reade] Ziegfeld
*70mm presentation unconfirmed — 70mm presentation noted in newspaper advertisements only in advance of release and during first weekend
May 16:
FAME
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
MGM/United Artists
“It’s going to take everything they’ve got…”
Manhattan: [Walter Reade] Ziegfeld
Includes World Premiere on May 12
Additional 70mm Engagement
Manhattan: [RKO] Cinerama 2 (June 20)
May 21:
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Lucasfilm Ltd./20th Century-Fox
“The Star Wars Saga Continues”
Edison: [GCC] Menlo Park
Lawrence: [RKO] Lawrence
Levittown: [Loews] Nassau Quad
Manhattan: [Loews] Astor Plaza
Manhattan: [Cinema 5] Murray Hill
Manhattan: [Loews] Orpheum
Paramus: [RKO] Paramus
Stamford: [Trans-Lux] Ridgeway
Yonkers: [GCC] Central Plaza
Expanded Release on June 18
Manhattan: [Loews] New York Twin
[Also see 1981, 1982 & 1983 re-issue entries and 1985 Triple Feature/“Return Of The Jedi” re-issue entry]
June 13:
THE ISLAND
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Universal
“For three hundred years, a terrifying secret has been kept from the outside world.”
Manhattan: [UA] Gemini 2
Manhattan: [UA] Rivoli
June 20:
THE BLUE LAGOON
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Stereo
Columbia
“A story of natural love.”
Manhattan: [Cinema 5] Paramount
June 20:
CAN’T STOP THE MUSIC
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
EMI/Associated Film
“The Movie Musical Event of the 80’s!”
Manhattan: [Walter Reade] Ziegfeld
June 27:
SUPERMAN (Re-Issue)
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Warner Bros.
“Need a lift? See him fly again.”
Manhattan: [Loews] State 1
[Also see 1978 entry]
August 1:
RAISE THE TITANIC
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Lord Grade/Associated Film
“Now—you will be there when we…Raise The Titanic”
Manhattan: [Walter Reade] Ziegfeld
Syosset: [UA] Syosset
Upper Montclair: [UA] Bellevue
August 8:
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (Re-Issue)
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
EMI/Columbia
“The Special Edition”
Manhattan: [Loews] New York Twin
Paramus: [RKO] Stanley-Warner Paramus
Additional 70mm Engagement
Manhattan: [Walter Reade] Ziegfeld* (Feb. 13, 1981)
*“Now you can see ‘The Special Edition’ as it was meant to be seen. 70mm—Dolby Sound—The Ziegfeld.”
[Also see 1977 entry]
August 8:
TWINKLE, TWINKLE, “KILLER” KANE
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Stereo
Ninth Configuration Co./United Film
“Don’t blink for a second because nothing is what it seems.”
Manhattan: [UA] Gemini 2
Re-titled, re-edited, re-issue of “The Ninth Configuration”
September 25:
DIVINE MADNESS
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Ladd/Warner Bros.
Manhattan: [B.S. Moss] Criterion Center
Manhattan: [Loews] New York Twin
Additional 70mm Engagement
Manhattan: [Cinema 5] Paramount (Nov. 7)
November 19:
HEAVEN’S GATE
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Reserved-Performance Engagement
United Artists
“What One Loves About Life Are The Things That Fade”
Manhattan: [Cinema 5] Cinema I
Includes World Premiere on Nov. 18
[Also see 1981 entry]
December 19:
THE JAZZ SINGER
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
EMI/Associated Film
“A movie that will make you care, make you sing, and make you cheer.”
Manhattan: [Walter Reade] Ziegfeld
December 25:
ALTERED STATES
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo and Megasound
Warner Bros.
“Presented In Megasound—A Revolutionary New Concept In The Sensation Of Sound”
Manhattan: [Loews] Astor Plaza
Manhattan: [UA] Gemini
Includes 70mm Sneak Preview screenings on Nov. 7 (Ziegfeld) and Dec. 12 (Astor Plaza & Gemini)
Expanded Release on Jan. 16, 1981
Sayreville: [Redstone] Amboy Sixplex
Syosset: [UA] Syosset
Upper Montclair: [UA] Bellevue
Valley Stream: [Redstone] Sunrise Sixplex
Expanded Release on Jan. 22, 1981
Manhattan: [Cinema 5] Murray Hill
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