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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
1988
February 12:
SHOOT TO KILL
Spherical (Super-35) Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Touchstone/Silver Screen Partners III/Buena Vista
“It’s about staying alive.”
Manhattan: [Guild] Embassy 1
Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] Regency
May 20:
WILLOW
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Lucasfilm Ltd./Imagine/MGM-UA
“A world where heroes come in all sizes and adventure is the greatest magic of all.”
Hawthorne: [National Amusements] All Westchester Saw Mill Multiplex (THX)
Levittown: [Loews] Nassau Six
Manhattan: [Guild] 50th Street
Manhattan: [Loews] 34th Street Showplace
Manhattan: [Loews] Paramount
Manhattan: [Loews] Tower East
Paramus: [Cineplex Odeon] Route 4 Tenplex
Secaucus: [Loews] Meadow Plaza Eightplex
Valley Stream: [National Amusements] Sunrise Multiplex
Yonkers: [GCC] Central Plaza
June 10:
THE PRESIDIO
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Paramount
Manhattan: [Loews] 34th Street Showplace
Manhattan: [Loews] 84th Street Six
Manhattan: [Guild] Embassy 2
Manhattan: [Loews] New York Twin
June 22:
WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Amblin/Touchstone/Buena Vista
“It’s the story of a man, a woman, and a rabbit in a triangle of trouble.”
Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] Coronet
Manhattan: [City] Gramercy
Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] Ziegfeld
Includes World Premiere on June 21 at Radio City Music Hall
Additional 70mm Engagement
Manhattan: [Guild] Embassy 1 (Aug. 12)
July 15:
DIE HARD
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
20th Century Fox
“40 Stories Of Sheer Adventure!”
Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] Baronet
Manhattan: [UA/B.S. Moss] Criterion Center
August 12:
TUCKER: THE MAN AND HIS DREAM
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Lucasfilm Ltd./Paramount
Manhattan: [Loews] 34th Street Showplace
Manhattan: [Loews] 84th Street Six
Manhattan: [Loews] New York Twin
August 19:
THE BIG BLUE (“Le Grand Bleu”)
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Gaumont/Weintraub/Columbia
“Between what you know and what you wish, lies the secret of…The Big Blue”
Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] 23rd Street West Triplex
Manhattan: [Loews] 84th Street Six
September 2:
THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Cineplex Odeon/Universal
“An extraordinary story based on the highly acclaimed novel by Nikos Kazantzakis.”
Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] Ziegfeld
Film originally released in 35mm on Aug. 12
September 23:
GORILLAS IN THE MIST: THE ADVENTURE OF DIAN FOSSEY
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Warner Bros./Universal
Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] Beekman
Includes World Premiere on Sep. 14
October 7:
ALIEN NATION
Spherical (Super-35) Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
20th Century Fox
“Prepare Yourself”
Manhattan: [UA/B.S. Moss] Criterion Center
November 23:
COCOON: THE RETURN
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
20th Century Fox
“Journey to the most wonderful place in the universe… Home.”
Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] Bay
Manhattan: [Trans-Lux] Gotham
Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] Ziegfeld
December 21:
BEACHES
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Touchstone/Silver Screen Partners IV/Buena Vista
“Once in a lifetime you make a friendship that lasts forever.”
Manhattan: [City] Cinema I
Manhattan: [City] Gramercy
Additional 70mm Engagements
Manhattan: [Guild] 50th Street (Jan. 27, 1989)
Manhattan: [Guild] Embassy 2 (Mar. 10, 1989)
Manhattan: [City] 57th Street Playhouse (June 16, 1989)
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