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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
1983
February 11:
LET’S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Stereo
Embassy
“…live it!”
Brooklyn: [RKO Century] Kingsway Quad
Levittown: [Loews] Nassau Quad
Manhattan: [Loews] Astor Plaza
Manhattan: [Loews] Orpheum
Paramus: [RKO Century] Route 17 Twin
Valley Stream: [Redstone] Sunrise Multiplex
March 25:
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (Re-Issue)
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Lucasfilm Ltd./Paramount
“Who says there’s never a good guy around when you need one? Indiana Jones is back!”
Manhattan: [Loews] Astor Plaza
Additional 70mm Engagement
Manhattan: [Loews] Paramount (July 8)
[Also see 1981 & 1982 entries]
May 6:
ROCKY III (Re-Issue)
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
United Artists/MGM-UA
“Go for it…again”
Manhattan: [RKO Century] Cinerama Twin
[Also see 1982 entry]
May 13:
BLUE THUNDER
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
RASTAR/Columbia
“He’s Out There…”
Manhattan: [Loews] 34th Street Showplace
Manhattan: [Loews] Orpheum
Manhattan: [Loews] State*
*Includes 70mm Sneak Preview screenings on Apr. 29 & May 7
Additional 70mm Engagement
Manhattan: [Loews] New York Twin (June 8)
May 20:
OKLAHOMA! (Re-issue)
Todd-AO / Six-Track Stereo
Magna/Samuel Goldwyn
“The Music. The Magic. The Memories. The Movie.”
Manhattan: [Cinema 5] Cinema I
[Also see 1955, 1962 & 1967 entries and 1978 “Broadway Comes To Broadway” entry]
May 25:
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Lucasfilm Ltd./20th Century-Fox
“The Saga Continues.”
Brooklyn: [RKO Century] Kingsway Quad
East Meadow: [UA] Meadowbrook Quad
Edison: [GCC] Menlo Park Twin
Garden City: [RKO Century] Roosevelt Field Triplex
Hicksville: [RKO Century] Twin South
Manhattan: [Loews] 34th Street Showplace
Manhattan: [Loews] Astor Plaza*
Manhattan: [Loews] Orpheum Twin
Orange: [Redstone] Showcase
Paramus: [RKO Century] Route 4 Sevenplex
Sayreville: [Redstone] Amboy Multiplex
Stamford: [Tran-Lux] Ridgeway
Valley Stream: [Redstone] Sunrise Multiplex
Yonkers: [GCC] Central Plaza Twin
*Includes Gala Benefit Premiere on May 23
Additional 70mm Engagement
Manhattan: [RKO Century] Warner Twin (Dec. 23)
[Also see 1985 re-issue entry & 1992 ILM Tribute entry]
June 3:
WARGAMES
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
MGM-UA
Levittown: [Loews] Nassau Quad
Manhattan: [Loews] New York Twin
Manhattan: [RKO Century] Warner Twin
Paramus: [RKO Century] Route 17 Twin
Valley Stream: [RKO Century] Green Acres
Includes 70mm Sneak Preview screening at the Ziegfeld Theatre on May 13
June 10:
OCTOPUSSY
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
EON/DANJAQ/MGM-UA
“James Bond’s all time high.”
Manhattan: [Walter Reade] Bay
Manhattan: [RKO Century] National Twin
Valley Stream: [Redstone] Sunrise Multiplex
Woodbury: [UA] Cinema 150
June 17:
SUPERMAN III
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Warner Bros.
Manhattan: [B.S. Moss] Criterion Center
Manhattan: [Cinema 5] Murray Hill
Paramus: [RKO Century] Route 17 Twin
Syosset: [UA] Syosset
Totowa: [UA] Cinema 46
July 15:
STAYING ALIVE
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Paramount
“Tony Manero knows the old days are over. But nobody’s gonna tell him he can’t feel that good again.”
Levittown: [Loews] Nassau Six
Manhattan: [Walter Reade] Ziegfeld
Paramus: [RKO Century] Route 4 Sevenplex
Sayreville: [Redstone] Amboy Multiplex
Valley Stream: [Redstone] Sunrise Multiplex
Wayne: [Loews] Wayne Six
July 29:
KRULL
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Columbia
“A world light-years beyond your imagination.”
Manhattan: [Loews] 34th Street Showplace
Manhattan: [Loews] New York Twin
Manhattan: [Loews] State Twin
July 29:
STAR WARS / THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (Double Feature Re-Issue)
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Lucasfilm Ltd./20th Century-Fox
“Together! For the first time, the moviegoing experience of a lifetime! [Four] metropolitan area theatres have been selected to play this exciting program!”
Manhattan: [RKO Century] Warner Twin
Paramus: [RKO Century] Route 17 Twin
Syosset: [UA] Syosset
Totowa: [UA] Cinema 46 Triplex
[Also see 1977, 1979, 1981 & 1982 “Star Wars” entries and 1980, 1981 & 1982 “Empire” entries and 1985 Triple Feature/“Return Of The Jedi” re-issue entry and 1992 ILM Tribute entry]
August 5:
THE STAR CHAMBER
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
20th Century-Fox
Manhattan: [Loews] Paramount
Manhattan: [Loews] Tower East
September 30:
BRAINSTORM
Spherical Blow-Up & Super Panavision 70 / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
MGM-UA
“…The Ultimate Experience”
Bay Shore: [UA] Cinema
Edison: [GCC] Menlo Park
Manhattan: [Walter Reade] Ziegfeld
Paramus: [RKO Century] Route 4 Sevenplex
Secaucus: [Loews] Meadow Six
Totowa: [UA] Cinema 46 Triplex
Valley Stream: [Redstone] Sunrise Multiplex
Woodbury: [UA] Cinema 150
Yonkers: [GCC] Central Plaza Twin
Expanded Release on Oct. 21
Cedar Grove: [Colonial] Cinema 23
East Meadow: [UA] Meadowbrook Quad
October 7:
NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Taliafilm/Warner Bros.
“Sean Connery Is James Bond”
Manhattan: [B.S. Moss] Criterion Center
Manhattan: [Cinema 5] Murray Hill
October 21:
THE RIGHT STUFF
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Ladd/Warner Bros.
“How the future began.”
Hicksville: [RKO Century] Hicksville Twin South*
Manhattan: [Walter Reade] Bay*
Manhattan: [Cinema 5] Beekman*
Manhattan: [RKO Century] Warner Twin*
Paramus: [RKO Century] Route 4 Sevenplex*
Sayreville: [Redstone] Amboy Multiplex*
Totowa: [UA] Cinema 46*
Valley Stream: [Redstone] Sunrise Multiplex
*Includes 70mm Sneak Preview screening on Oct. 15
Additional 70mm Engagements
Brooklyn: [RKO Century] Kingsway Quad (Dec. 9)
Manhattan: [B.S. Moss] Criterion Center (Dec. 9)
Manhattan: [B.S. Moss] Movieland (Feb. 17, 1984)
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