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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
1974
May 24:
THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT!
Various Formats / Six-Track Stereo
MGM/United Artists
“Boy. Do we need it now.”
Manhattan: [Walter Reade] Ziegfeld
Includes New York Premiere on May 23
Additional 70mm Engagement
Manhattan: [UA] Rivoli (Sep. 27)
September 4:
DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (Re-Issue)
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Stereo
MGM/United Artists
“The Most Exciting Adventure Ever Filmed Returns In All Its Spectacular Grandeur”
Manhattan: [UA] Rivoli
Expanded Release on Sep. 11
Upper Montclair: [UA] Bellevue
Woodbury: [UA] Cinema 150
[Also see 1965 entry and 1970 & 1975 special series entries]
September 27:
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (Re-Issue)
Super Panavision 70 / Six-Track Stereo
MGM/United Artists
“Now, More Than Ever, take…The Ultimate Trip”
“As Originally Presented In Spectacular 70mm And Full Stereophonic Sound”
Manhattan: [Walter Reade] Ziegfeld (Sep. 27-Nov. 12)
Additional 70mm Engagement
Manhattan: [Walter Reade] Ziegfeld (Sep. 5, 1975)
[Also see 1968, 1976, 1978 & 2001 entries and 1970 & 1975 special series entries]
October 16:
GONE WITH THE WIND (Re-Issue)
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Stereo
MGM/United Artists
Manhattan: [UA] Rivoli
[Also see 1967 & 1976 entries and 1970 & 1975 special series entries]
December 19:
THE TOWERING INFERNO
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Stereo
20th Century-Fox/Warner Bros.
“One Tiny Spark Becomes A Night Of Blazing Suspense”
Manhattan: [Mann] National
Includes New York Premiere on Dec. 18
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