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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
1987
February 12:
OVER THE TOP
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Cannon/Warner Bros.
“Some fight for money. Some fight for glory. He’s fighting for his son’s love.”
Manhattan: [Loews] 84th Street Six
Manhattan: [B.S. Moss] Criterion Center
March 6:
LETHAL WEAPON
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Warner Bros.
“Two cops. Glover carries a weapon. Gibson is one!”
Manhattan: [Loews] 84th Street Six
Manhattan: [B.S. Moss] Criterion Center
June 3:
THE UNTOUCHABLES
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Paramount
Manhattan: [Loews] 34th Street Showplace
Manhattan: [Loews] 84th Street Six
Manhattan: [Guild] Embassy 1
Manhattan: [Loews] New York Twin
Includes (World?) Premiere on June 2 (theatre ?)
June 12:
PREDATOR
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
20th Century Fox
“The Hunt Has Begun”
Manhattan: [Trans-Lux] Gotham
June 12:
THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Guber-Peters/Kennedy-Miller/Warner Bros.
“Three Beautiful Women. One Lucky Devil.”
Manhattan: [Loews] 84th Street Six
Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] Beekman
Manhattan: [B.S. Moss] Criterion Center
Manhattan: [City] Gramercy
June 24:
SPACEBALLS
Spherical (Super 1.85) Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Brooksfilms/MGM-UA
“May The Schwartz Be With You”
Manhattan: [Loews] Paramount
Manhattan: [Loews] Tower East
July 1:
ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Touchstone/Silver Screen Partners III/Buena Vista
“She thought babysitting was easy until she started hanging-out with the Andersons.”
Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] Bay
Manhattan: [Guild] Embassy 2
July 1:
INNERSPACE
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Amblin/Guber-Peters/Warner Bros.
“An Adventure Of Incredible Proportions”
Manhattan: [Loews] 84th Street Six
Manhattan: [B.S. Moss] Criterion Center*
*Includes 70mm Sneak Preview on June 20
July 31:
THE LOST BOYS
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Warner Bros.
“Sleep all day. Party all night. Never grow old. Never die. It’s fun to be a vampire.”
Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] Coronet
Manhattan: [B.S. Moss] Criterion Center
August 5:
STAKEOUT
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Touchstone/Silver Screen Partners II/Buena Vista
“It’s a tough job but somebody’s got to do it!”
Brooklyn: [Cineplex Odeon] Kingsway Fiveplex
Brooklyn: [UA] Movies at Sheepshead Bay
Levittown: [Loews] Nassau Sixplex
Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] 23rd Street West Triplex
Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] Bay
Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] Beekman
Manhattan: [Guild] Embassy 2
Paramus: [Cineplex Odeon] Route 4 Tenplex
Queens: [UA] Continental Triplex
Secaucus: [Loews] Meadow Six
Staten Island: [UA] Movies at Staten Island
August 7:
WHO’S THAT GIRL
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Warner Bros.
“A funny thing happened on the way to the bus station”
Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] Ziegfeld
Includes World Premiere on Aug. 6
November 6:
CRY FREEDOM
Spherical (Super-35) Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Marble Arch/Universal
“The Most Talked About Film Of The Year.”
Manhattan: [Loews] 84th Street Six
Manhattan: [Loews] New York Twin
Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] Ziegfeld
November 13:
THE RUNNING MAN
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Taft/Keith Barish/TriStar
“It is the year 2019. ‘The Running Man’ is a deadly game no one has ever survived. But… Schwarzenegger has yet to play.”
Manhattan: [Loews] 34th Street Showplace
Manhattan: [Guild] Embassy 2
Manhattan: [Loews] Orpheum Twin
Manhattan: [Loews] New York Twin
November 20:
THE LAST EMPEROR
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Hemdale/Columbia
“A True Story.”
Manhattan: [City] Cinema I
Additional 70mm Engagement
Manhattan: [City] 57th Street Playhouse (Dec. 17)
November 25:
3 MEN AND A BABY
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Touchstone/Silver Screen Partners III/Buena Vista
“They changed her diapers. She changed their lives.”
Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] Bay
Manhattan: [Guild] Embassy 1
Additional 70mm Engagement
Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] 23rd Street West Triplex (Jan. 15, 1988)
December 9:
EMPIRE OF THE SUN
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Amblin/Warner Bros.
“To survive in a world at war, he must find a strength greater than all the events that surround him.”
Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] Beekman
Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] National Twin
Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] Regency
Expanded Release on Dec. 11
Brooklyn: [UA] Movies at Sheepshead Bay
Paramus: [Cineplex Odeon] Route 4 Tenplex
Queens: [UA] Continental 3
Secaucus: [Loews] Meadow Six
Staten Island: [UA] Movies at Staten Island
Woodbury: [UA] Cinema 150
December 23:
GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Touchstone/Silver Screen Partners III/Buena Vista
Manhattan: [Loews] 84th Street Six
Expanded Release on Jan. 15, 1988
Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] Ziegfeld
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