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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
1984
March 30:
GREYSTOKE: THE LEGEND OF TARZAN LORD OF THE APES
Spherical (Super-35) Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Warner Bros.
Manhattan: [Cinema 5] Beekman
Manhattan: [B.S. Moss] Criterion Center
Manhattan: [Cinema 5] Murray Hill
Additional 70mm Engagements
Manhattan: [Walter Reade] Bay (June 1)
Manhattan: [Cinema 5] Cinema I (Sep. 28)
May 23:
INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Lucasfilm Ltd./Paramount
“If adventure has a name…it must be Indiana Jones.”
Bronx: [Redstone] Whitestone Multiplex
Commack: [Redstone] Commack Multiplex
Edison: [GCC] Menlo Park
Garden City: [RKO Century] Roosevelt Field Triplex
Levittown: [Loews] Nassau Six
Manhattan: [Loews] 34th Street Showplace
Manhattan: [Loews] Astor Plaza
Manhattan: [Loews] Orpheum Twin
Paramus: [RKO Century] Route 4 Tenplex
Sayreville: [Redstone] Amboy Multiplex
Secaucus: [Loews] Meadow Six
Stamford: [Trans-Lux] Ridgeway
Valley Stream: [Redstone] Sunrise Multiplex
Wayne: [Loews] Wayne Six
West Orange: [GCC] Essex Green (THX)
June 1:
STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Paramount
“Join The Search.”
Levittown: [Loews] Nassau Six
Manhattan: [Loews] 34th Street Showplace
Manhattan: [Loews] Orpheum Twin
Manhattan: [Loews] State Twin
Paramus: [RKO Century] Route 4 Tenplex
Valley Stream: [Redstone] Sunrise Multiplex
June 1:
STREETS OF FIRE
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Universal
“A Rock & Roll Fable.”
Manhattan: [UA] Gemini Twin
Manhattan: [RKO Century] National Twin
June 8:
GHOST BUSTERS
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Columbia
“They’re Here To Save The World.”
Brooklyn: [RKO Century] Kingsway Fiveplex
Manhattan: [Loews] New York Twin
Manhattan: [Loews] State Twin
Paramus: [RKO Century] Route 4 Tenplex
Additional 70mm Engagement
Manhattan: [Guild] Embassy 1 (Sep. 21)
[Also see 1985 re-issue entry]
June 8:
GREMLINS
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Amblin/Warner Bros.
“Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous.”
Manhattan: [Walter Reade] Bay
Manhattan: [RKO Century] Warner Twin
July 13:
THE LAST STARFIGHTER
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Lorimar/Universal
“He didn’t find his dreams…his dreams found him.”
Commack: [Redstone] Commack Multiplex
Manhattan: [UA] Gemini Twin
Manhattan: [UA] Rivoli Twin (HPS-4000)
Nanuet: [UA] Route 59
Totowa: [UA] Cinema 46 Triplex
Valley Stream: [Redstone] Sunrise Multiplex
Woodbury: [UA] Cinema 150
September 19:
AMADEUS
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Saul Zaentz/Orion
“The Man…The Music…The Madness…The Murder…The Motion Picture…”
Manhattan: [Loews] Paramount
Manhattan: [Loews] Tower East
Includes New York Premiere on Sep. 12 (theatre ?)
October 19:
THE RAZOR’S EDGE
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Columbia
“The Adventure Of One Man’s Search For Himself.”
Manhattan: [Walter Reade] Ziegfeld
December 7:
2010
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
MGM-UA
“The Year We Make Contact”
Bronx: [Redstone] Whitestone Multiplex
Levittown: [Loews] Nassau Six
Manhattan: [Loews] 34th Street Showplace
Manhattan: [Loews] Astor Plaza
Manhattan: [Loews] New York Twin
Paramus: [RKO Century] Route 17 Triplex
Queens: [UA] Continental Triplex
Sayreville: [Redstone] Amboy Multiplex
Secaucus: [Loews] Meadow Six
Stamford: [Trans-Lux] Ridgeway
Trumbull: [Trans-Lux] Cinema
Valley Stream: [Redstone] Sunrise Multiplex
Wayne: [Loews] Wayne Six
Yonkers: [GCC] Central Plaza Twin
December 14:
THE COTTON CLUB
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
PSO/Orion
“Where deals were made, lives were traded and the legends of jazz lit up the night.”
Manhattan: [Loews] 34th Street Showplace
Manhattan: [Loews] 83rd Street Quad
Manhattan: [Loews] Orpheum Twin
Manhattan: [Loews] State Twin
Includes World Premiere on Dec. 10 (theatre ?)
December 14:
DUNE
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Universal
“A World Beyond Your Experience, Beyond Your Imagination.”
Hicksville: [Town & Country] Mid-Plaza Cinema 6
Manhattan: [Loews] 83rd Street Quad
Manhattan: [UA] Gemini Twin
Manhattan: [B.S. Moss] Movieland
Manhattan: [Cinema 5] Murray Hill
Nanuet: [UA] Route 59
Secaucus: [Loews] Meadow Sixplex
Valley Stream: [Redstone] Sunrise Multiplex
Wayne: [Loews] Wayne Sixplex
December 14:
STARMAN
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Columbia
Brooklyn: [RKO Century] Kingsway Fiveplex
Cedar Grove: [Colonial] Cinema 23
East Meadow: [UA] Meadowbrook Quad
Hicksville: [Town & Country] Mid-Plaza Cinema 6
Manhattan: [Walter Reade] 23rd Street West Triplex
Manhattan: [Walter Reade] Bay
Manhattan: [Walter Reade] Coronet
Manhattan: [UA] United Artists Twin (HPS-4000)
Paramus: [RKO Century] Route 4 Tenplex
Additional 70mm Engagement
Manhattan: [Guild] Embassy 1 (Jan. 18, 1985)
December 19:
THE RIVER
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Universal
“An Epic Love Story Of Today”
Manhattan: [Cinema 5] Beekman
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