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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

 


 

1990

 

 

February 23:

MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON

Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo

Carolco/TriStar

 

Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] Ziegfeld

 

Expanded Release on Mar. 9

Manhattan: [Loews] 84th Street Six

Manhattan: [UA] Gemini Twin

 

 

 

 

March 2:

THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER

Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo

Paramount

“Join The Hunt”

 

Manhattan: [Loews] 19th Street East

Manhattan: [Loews] 34th Street Showplace

Manhattan: [Loews] 84th Street Six

Manhattan: [Loews] Astor Plaza

Manhattan: [Loews] New York Twin

 

Additional 70mm Engagement

Manhattan: [Guild] Embassy 2  (May 4)

 

 

 

 

May 25:

BACK TO THE FUTURE PART III

Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo

Amblin/Universal

“They’ve saved the best trip for last… But this time they may have gone too far.”

 

Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] Coronet

Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] National Twin

 

Engagements included a “See The Future Back-To-Back-To-Back” Triple Feature on May 24 (“Part III” in 70mm)

 

 

 

 

June 1:

TOTAL RECALL

Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo

Carolco/TriStar

“They stole his mind. Now he wants it back.”

 

Manhattan: [Loews] 19th Street East

Manhattan: [Loews] 84th Street Six

Manhattan: [UA/B.S Moss] Criterion Center

Manhattan: [UA] Gemini Twin

 

Additional 70mm Engagement

Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] Regency  (June 27)

 

 

 

 

June 15:

DICK TRACY

Spherical (Super 1.85) Blow-Up

Touchstone/Silver Screen Partners IV/Buena Vista

 

*Six-Track Dolby Stereo

**Cinema Digital Sound (CDS)

 

Bronx: [GCC] Bay Plaza 10*  (THX)

Bronx: [National Amusements] Whitestone Multiplex*

Brooklyn: [Cineplex Odeon] Kingsway Fiveplex*

Commack: [National Amusements] Commack Multiplex*

Greenwich: [Trans-Lux] Plaza*

Levittown: [Loews] Nassau Six*

Manhattan: [Guild] 50th Street*

Manhattan: [Loews] 84th Street Six**

Manhattan: [City] Cinema 1*

Manhattan: [Guild] Embassy 1**

Manhattan: [City] Gramercy*

Medford: [National Amusements] Brookhaven Multiplex*  (THX)

Morristown: [AMC] Headquarters 10*

Paramus: [Cineplex Odeon] Route 17 Triplex*

Ridgefield Park: [Loews] Ridgefield Park 10*

Secaucus: [Loews] Meadow Plaza Eightplex*

Valley Stream: [National Amusements] Sunrise Multiplex*

Wayne: [Loews] Wayne*

Yonkers: [GCC] Central Plaza 4*

 

 

 

 

June 15:

GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH

Spherical Blow-Up

Amblin/Warner Bros.

“Here they grow again.”

 

*Six-Track Dolby Stereo

**Six-Track Dolby Stereo SR

 

Manhattan: [Loews] 84th Street Six*

Manhattan: [UA/B.S. Moss] Criterion Center**

Manhattan: [City] Sutton**

 

 

 

 

June 27:

DAYS OF THUNDER

Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo

Simpson-Bruckheimer/Paramount

“You Can’t Outrun The Thunder”

 

Manhattan: [Loews] 19th Street East

Manhattan: [Loews] 34th Street Showplace

Manhattan: [Loews] 84th Street Six

Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] Ziegfeld

 

 

 

 

July 4:

DIE HARD 2

Anamorphic Blow-up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo

20th Century Fox

“Die Harder”

 

Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] Baronet

Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] Bay

Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] Coronet

Manhattan: [UA/B.S. Moss] Criterion Center

 

All engagements included 70mm Sneak Preview screening on July 3

 

 

 

 

July 18:

ARACHNOPHOBIA

Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo

Amblin/Hollywood/Buena Vista

“Eight legs, two fangs and an attitude.”

 

Commack: [National Amusements] Commack Multiplex

Levittown: [Loews] Nassau Six

Manhattan: [Loews] 19th Street East Six

Manhattan: [Loews] 84th Street Six

Manhattan: [Guild] Embassy 2

Manhattan: [City] Sutton 2

 

 

 

 

August 10:

AIR AMERICA

Spherical (Super-35) Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo

Carolco/TriStar

“Anything. Anywhere. Anytime.”

 

Manhattan: [UA] Gemini Twin

 

 

 

 

August 10:

FLATLINERS

Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo

Columbia

“Some lines shouldn’t be crossed.”

 

Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] Chelsea  (THX)

Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] Ziegfeld

 

 

 

 

August 24:

THE SOUND OF MUSIC  (Re-Issue)

Todd-AO / Six-Track Stereo

20th Century Fox

“The Hills Are Alive…Once Again!”

 

Manhattan: [Trans-Lux] Gotham

 

[Also see 1965 & 1973 entries and 1970 special series entry]

 

 

 

 

October 5:

FANTASIA  (Re-Issue)

Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo

Walt Disney/Buena Vista

“Restored To Its Original Brilliance”

 

Manhattan: [Guild] 50th Street

Manhattan: Loews] 84th Street Six

Manhattan: [City] Gramercy

Manhattan: [City] Sutton 2

 

 

 

 

November 21:

PREDATOR 2

Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo

20th Century Fox

“He’s in town with a few days to kill.”

 

Manhattan: [UA/B.S. Moss] Criterion Center

Manhattan: [Trans-Lux] Gotham

 

 

 

 

December 7:

EDWARD SCISSORHANDS

Spherical Blow-Up / Cinema Digital Sound

20th Century Fox

“A Heart-Warming, Thought-Provoking, Hedge-Trimming Comedy”

 

Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] Ziegfeld

 

 

 

 

December 12:

HAVANA

Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo

Universal

 

Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] Beekman

Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] Chelsea  (THX)

Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] Regency

 

 

 

 

December 12:

THE SHELTERING SKY

Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo

Warner Bros.

“A woman’s dangerous and erotic journey beneath…The Sheltering Sky”

 

Manhattan: [City] 57th Street Playhouse

 

 

 

 

December 21:

THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES

Spherical (Super 1.85) Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo

Warner Bros.

“Take one Wall Street tycoon, his Fifth Avenue mistress, a reporter hungry for fame, and the wrong turn in The Bronx.”

 

Manhattan: [Loews] 84th Street Six

Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] Chelsea  (THX)

Manhattan: [UA] Criterion Center

Manhattan: [City] Murray Hill

Manhattan: [City] Sutton 2

 

 

 

 

December 25:

THE GODFATHER PART III

Spherical (Super 1.85) Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo

Zoetrope/Paramount

 

Manhattan: [Loews] 19 th Street East Six

Manhattan: [Loews] 34th Street Showplace

Manhattan: [Loews] 84th Street Six

Manhattan: [Loews] Astor Plaza

Manhattan: [UA] East 85th Street

Manhattan: [Loews] New York Twin

 

Additional 70mm Engagement

Manhattan: [Guild] Embassy 1  (Feb. 14, 1991)

 


 

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