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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
1992
January 31:
SHINING THROUGH
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
20th Century Fox
Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] Ziegfeld
Includes New York Premiere on Jan. 27
February 21:
“Tribute To Industrial Light And Magic”
RETURN OF THE JEDI (Feb. 23 & 25)
TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (Feb. 23 & 25)
STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME (Feb. 25)
Manhattan: [Lincoln Center] Walter Reade
The Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Tribute to Industrial Light and Magic also included seminars on Sound Design (featuring Gary Rydstrom on Feb. 21 & 22) and Visual Effects (featuring Scott Ross on Feb. 28 & 29) and 35mm screenings of “Star Wars” (Feb. 22, 26 & 29) and “Raiders Of The Lost Ark” (Feb. 22, 26 & 29)
March 13:
HOWARDS END
Spherical (Super-35) Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Merchant Ivory/Sony Pictures Classics
“Based on the Novel by E.M. Forster”
Manhattan: [Loews] Fine Arts
Includes World Premiere on Feb. 27 at the Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall (in 35mm?)
Additional 70mm Engagement
Manhattan: [City] Village East (Oct. 30)
May 15:
LETHAL WEAPON 3
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Warner Bros.
“The magic is back again.”
Manhattan: [Loews] 19th Street East VI
Manhattan: [Loews] 34th Street Showplace
Manhattan: [Loews] 84th Street VI
Manhattan: [UA] Criterion Center
Manhattan: [Loews] New York Twin
Manhattan: [Loews] Orpheum VII (THX)
May 22:
ALIEN 3
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo SR
20th Century Fox
Manhattan: [UA] Criterion Center
May 22:
FAR AND AWAY
Panavision Super 70 / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Imagine/Universal
“Filmed For The First Time In Panavision Super 70mm”
Commack: [National Amusements] Commack Multiplex**
Hawthorne: [National Amusements] All Westchester Saw Mill Multiplex (THX)
Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] Chelsea** (THX)
Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] Coronet**
Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] Ziegfeld*/**
Middletown: [UA] Movies at Middletown Sevenplex
Paramus: [Cineplex Odeon] Route 4 Tenplex**
Queens: [Cineplex Odeon] Fresh Meadows**
Ridgefield Park: [Loews] Ridgefield Park Tenplex**
Rockville Centre: [Cineplex Odeon] Fantasy**
Secaucus: [Loews] Meadow Plaza 8**
Wayne: [Loews] Wayne Eight**
*Includes 70mm Sneak Preview screening on May 9
**Includes 70mm Sneak Preview screening on May 16
Additional 70mm Engagement
Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] Baronet (June 12)
June 5:
PATRIOT GAMES
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Paramount
Manhattan: [Loews] 34th Street Showplace
Manhattan: [Loews] 84th Street VI
Manhattan: [Loews] Astor Plaza
Manhattan: [UA] East 85th Street
Manhattan: [Loews] New York Twin
Manhattan: [Loews] Village VII (THX)
Additional 70mm Engagements
Manhattan: [City] Murray Hill (July 10)
Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] Worldwide (July 10) (THX)
September 25:
THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
20th Century Fox
Manhattan: [Crown] Gotham
October 9:
1492: CONQUEST OF PARADISE
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Paramount
“Centuries before the exploration of space, there was another voyage into the unknown.”
Manhattan: [Loews] 19th Street East VI
Manhattan: [Loews] 84th Street VI
Manhattan: [Loews] Astor Plaza
Manhattan: [UA] East 85th Street
Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] First & 62nd
November 25:
THE BODYGUARD
Spherical Blow-Up* / Six-Track Dolby Stereo*
Warner Bros.
“Never let her out of your sight. Never let your guard down. Never fall in love.”
Manhattan: [UA] Criterion Center
Manhattan: [Loews] New York Twin
*70mm presentation unconfirmed — 70mm presentation noted in newspaper advertisements only in advance of release
December 25:
HOFFA
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Jersey/20th Century Fox
“He did what he had to do.”
Brooklyn: [UA] Movies at Sheepshead Bay
Coram: [UA] Movies at Coram
Garden City: [Loews] Roosevelt Field Eightplex
Greenwich: [Crown] Plaza
Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] Chelsea (THX)
Manhattan: [Crown] Gotham
Manhattan: [Loews] Orpheum (THX)
Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] Ziegfeld*
Paramus: [Cineplex Odeon] Route 4 Tenplex
Queens: [UA] Continental 3
Ridgefield Park: [Loews] Ridgefield Park
Spring Valley: [UA] Movies at Spring Valley
Staten Island: [UA] Movies at Staten Island
Wayne: [Loews] Wayne
Woodbury: [UA] The Syosset
Yonkers: [GCC] Central Plaza 4
*Includes World Premiere on Dec. 15
Additional 70mm Engagement
Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] Worldwide (Jan. 29, 1993) (THX)
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