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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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