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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
1993
May 28:
CLIFFHANGER
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo SR
Carolco/Le Studio Canal +/Pioneer/RCS/TriStar
“Hang On”
Manhattan: [Loews] 84th Street VI
Manhattan: [UA] Criterion Center
Manhattan: [UA] Gemini Twin
Manhattan: [Loews] Village VII (THX)
June 18:
LAST ACTION HERO
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo SR
Columbia
“The Greatest Adventure On Both Sides Of The Screen!”
Manhattan: [Loews] 34th Street Showplace
Manhattan: [Cinpeplex Odeon] Baronet
Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] Coronet
Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] National Twin
Manhattan: [Loews] Orpheum VII (THX)
Paramus: [Cineplex Odeon] Route 4 Tenplex
Queens: [UA] Continental 3
Woodbury: [UA] The Syosset
All engagements included 70mm Sneak Preview screening on June 17
July 9:
IN THE LINE OF FIRE
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo SR
Castle Rock/Columbia
Manhattan: [Guild] 50th Street
Manhattan: [Loews] New York Twin
October 1:
BARAKA
Todd-AO / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Magidson/Samuel Goldwyn
“A World Beyond Words—Photographed in 70mm in 24 Countries”
Manhattan: [City] Village East
October 3:
SHORT CUTS
Spherical (Super-35) Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Fine Line/Spelling/Avenue/New Line
“From two American masters comes a movie like no other.”
Manhattan: [City] Cinema 1
U.S. Premiere Engagement — Also shown Oct. 1 as Opening Night screening of the 1993 New York Film Festival
October 8:
GETTYSBURG
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo SR
Turner/New Line
“Same Land. Same God. Different Dreams.”
Manhattan: [Loews] Columbus Circle
Additional 70mm Engagement
Manhattan: [Loews] Orpheum VII (Oct. 22) (THX)
November 5:
THE REMAINS OF THE DAY
Spherical (Super-35) Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo
Merchant Ivory/Columbia
“From the Creators of ‘Howards End’”
Manhattan: [Loews] Paris
Additional 70mm Engagement
Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] Ziegfeld (Mar. 18, 1994)
December 10:
GERONIMO: AN AMERICAN LEGEND
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Dolby Stereo SR
Columbia
Manhattan: [Loews] 84th Street VI
Manhattan: [Cineplex Odeon] National Twin
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