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Posted by Mark Ogden (Member # 43) on 01-20-2016, 06:03 PM:
 
It was announced today that Cablevision would not be allowed to renew the lease on New York City's last great single-screen movie house, the Ziegfeld Theatre, and it will close as a cinema within a few weeks. They won't be shedding any tears over it, by some reports the theatre was losing as much as a million dollars per year, additionally the place hasn't really been allowed to keep up with the latest innovations in sound either. Still, it was pretty much the last vestige of a great era of movie-going in Manhattan, nearly every NYC premiere over the last 40 or so years was held there, and until recently it was THE screen to head for for a blockbuster. I was a steady visitor since seeing Pink Floyd The Wall in 70mm there sometime in the early eighties. The theatre was still 70mm equipped, they had a preview screening of The Hateful Eight there the week before it opened. The site will be repurposed to a ballroom/concert venue. This will leave City Cinema's Paris Cinema as the only commercial single-screen theatre in NYC. Sic transit gloria Ziegfeld.


 

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Posted by Mike Schulz (Member # 4297) on 01-20-2016, 08:18 PM:
 
Although I never got the chance to visit the Ziegfeld, hearing this news certainly breaks my heart. This would be equivalent to closing The Chinese in Hollywood or The Village in Westwood (which they actually tried to do a few years ago). I'm sure it makes financial sense for the owner/operator to do this but for moviegoers in NYC it will feel like losing a good friend.

I suppose this is really good news for whichever venue all of the movie premieres will go to now.
 

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Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 01-20-2016, 11:45 PM:
 
Stunning.

What a loss.
 

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Posted by Jesse Skeen (Member # 586) on 01-21-2016, 12:21 AM:
 
If even New York can't support a theater like this, the business is in REALLY bad shape. (Correct that losing the Chinese theater in Hollywood would be one of the only worse things.) Between the closings of many good theaters and the end of film, this is an apocalyptic time. The theater is dead, long live home theater.
 

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Posted by Aron Toplitsky (Member # 6950) on 01-21-2016, 04:28 AM:
 
I am very sad to hear this! I grew up in NYC and have seen many movies at the Ziegfeld. Probably the most amazing experience was the restored 70MM directors cut of Lawrence of Arabia. I had never seen film look so amazing with such vivid color. Unfortunately the 70MM prints I've seen recently are not as good.
 

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Posted by Ben Wales (Member # 92) on 01-21-2016, 05:29 AM:
 
That is sad news to hear, went there to see "Star Wars - Phantom Menace" in 1999.
 

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Posted by Terry Monohan (Member # 8285) on 01-21-2016, 08:09 AM:
 
It may not show movies anymore but maybe The Ziegfeld Theatre will switch to live shows or music events in the future. Someone may take over the lease that runs touring stage shows and they can build out the stage. Let's hope the owners don't gut the place and put in stores or shops. Gone are the days of the large single screen theatres in NYC. The Rivoli with It's giant Todd-AO or D-150 screen, Warner Cinerama, Roxie, and so many more all gone.
 

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Posted by Mitchell Dvoskin (Member # 751) on 01-21-2016, 08:49 AM:
 
The Ziegfeld will be missed. It is the only commercial cinema in NYC that was still worth the trip in from the suburbs.

Some Memorable films that I saw at the Ziegfeld, in no particular order:

• Apocalypse Now 70mm
• Pink Floyd's The Wall 70mm
• Last Temptation Of Christ
• Star Wars Special Edition
• Porgy And Bess (original release Dye Transfer Print)
• Lawrence Of Arabia 70mm (Restored Version)
• Gandhi 70mm
• Quest For Fire 70mm

 

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Posted by Terry Monohan (Member # 8285) on 01-21-2016, 12:01 PM:
 
Found out It will be turned into a event ballroom in 2017 with no seats. At least It won't get torn down and still used for some sort of entertainment but no regular movies when It re opens. Who gets the 70mm projectors?
 

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Posted by John McConnel (Member # 2000) on 01-23-2016, 05:55 PM:
 
I saw TOMMY in 70mm 6-track at the Ziegfeld. Sound was billed as "quintaphonic", and at the sunburst, your ears were aurally assaulted and your eyes were visually assaulted! I was taken by the sound. When I returned to Oklahoma, I dusted off the magnetic sound systems in two of my small-town theatres to show it, and assaulted the eyes and ears of the country folks, who loved it. It doesn't take many watts to Altec A-4s in a small theatre to deafen you.

On an earlier trip to New York, I saw CLEOPATRA in 70mm at the Rivoli. The theatre was sold out, except for four seats on the extreme left side of the front row of the left downstairs section of seats. I was only a few feet from the left side of the screen, and it was necessary to twist and crane my neck to see the movie. My neck was sore by the end. I don't remember much about the story, but do remember Elizabeth Taylor's breasts on the huge screen -- and the sore neck.
 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 01-23-2016, 08:57 PM:
 


I've been a participant in Film-Tech's forum for a long time. So it seems fitting to put my 10,000th forum post into a thread celebrating the memory and mourning the pending demise of New York City's Ziegfeld theater.

I lived in New York City five years and during that time I watched a lot of movies at the Ziegfeld. I'm pretty sure I've seen more movies in 70mm there at that venue than any other theater. It was my favorite theater in Manhattan and during the late 1980's Manhattan had a pretty decent selection of movie theaters, many of which showed 70mm on a fairly regular basis. More often than not the Ziegfeld was the one hosting the world premiere shows.

Lawrence of Arabia in 70mm Dolby SR was fantastic there. It really made me appreciate the difference between a movie blown up from a 35mm source and something that was truly 70mm. I watched that for the first time after being kind of disappointed with a blow-up 70mm screening of Batman at Cinema One. Spartacus was arguably an even bigger thing since Robert Harris was there before the screening giving Gene Stavis' film history class from School of Visual Arts a brief yet interesting lecture about the work that went into its restoration. I'll always remember Gene sat far up front, practically in the front row and off to the far right of the screen to watch the movie while most of us students piled into the center of the seating area.

Some of the other movies in 70mm I enjoyed there: The Abyss, The Bear, Mountains of the Moon, Edward Scissorhands, Born of the Fourth of July, Days of Thunder and The Doors. I know I have watched more movies there in 70mm, but those are just the ones I can draw from memories of more than 25 years ago. I think Backdraft was the last movie I saw at the Ziegfield, also in 70mm.

The past week has been pretty rough. Some celebrities I really liked (David Bowie, Alan Rickman, Glenn Frey) died. A friend of mine, Travis Tollette, also a fellow graphic designer, died last week after developing hypothermia during a wheelchair marathon race in Wichita Falls. I attended his funeral earlier this afternoon. This guy broke his neck in an ATV race accident in Colorado in 2007 yet he found ways to keep racing, as well as become a talented graphic designer and photographer. It hurts like hell to lose an inspirational person like that.

So the news that the Ziegfeld will soon be gutted to become a place to host wedding receptions or whatever is just piling on the bad news now. That's another place of which I have great memories. That theater's end hits me the same way as the closing of the General Cinemas Northpark 1-2 in Dallas. The powers that be should have found some kind of way to keep the movie theater open. If it was losing millions of dollars I don't think they were selling it to the public in the right way. The Ziegfeld was a World Premiere class movie theater. The damned thing is a tourist attraction and a must-visit place for most serious film fans. Once the Ziegfeld is gone there really won't be much, if any justification at all to hold a movie's world premiere in New York anymore.

The movie industry really has to think long and hard about just what they're doing with movie theaters. From my point of view, they're pushing people to their living room HDTV sets more and more. The average all-digital multiplex theater is very good in some respects but very unremarkable in other respects. Venues like the Ziegfeld were one of a kind.
 

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Posted by James Wyrembelski (Member # 9037) on 01-24-2016, 09:03 PM:
 
I think the idea that it wasn't being sold to the public in the right way had more to do with it than anything else. I mean, I completely understand single screeners are so difficult. But, after reading a few other news articles on this closing I paid attention to all of the comments from locals that followed them up. It appears most were calling for more art/indie type films from this location, especially since two cineplexes nearby were always playing the same films. Even then, perhaps it still would have been a long shot. It appears they just were not interested enough in the product they decided to play, and the length of time they had to hold on to it just made it worse.

New release for weeks with one screen and competition close by just doesn't spell out to me. But, I'm not in the industry either, so what do I know? I cant imagine trying to pay the taxes alone at this location from one film for weeks. Metro area taxes boggle my mind....one of the many reasons I high tailed it right back to the rural setting.

Its a shame, but at least it won't be dozed. Perhaps a glimmer of its former glory can still be retained.
 

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Posted by Jesse Skeen (Member # 586) on 01-26-2016, 12:46 AM:
 

quote: Bobby Henderson

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The movie industry really has to think long and hard about just what they're doing with movie theaters. From my point of view, they're pushing people to their living room HDTV sets more and more.

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Ain't THAT the truth. But it doesn't make sense that the public wouldn't support a big theater when they have one available. If the studios want these sorts of theaters to survive, they should relax the amount of time they have to keep a movie and just be happy that it plays on a big screen while people do want to see it. The IMAX downtown Sacramento is a single screen and they haven't had to keep movies too long most of the time.
 

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Posted by Scott Norwood (Member # 30) on 01-28-2016, 11:49 AM:
 
Isn't the Ziegfeld the theatre used in the "splash screen" picture in Barco's Communicator software? If so, I wonder what theatre they will choose to use to replace it.

I have only been to the Ziegfeld once, but it is a beautiful theatre and it is sad to see it go. At least Radio City still exists (though primarily for performing arts uses) and the Paris (which I have not visited) is still there.
 

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Posted by Mark Ogden (Member # 43) on 01-28-2016, 03:18 PM:
 
When word began circulating that today would be the final day of business at the Ziegfeld, New York’s cinema fans came running. There were about 400-500 at the 12:45pm show. If I didn’t have a 3:00am call tomorrow, I would have gone to the last show, but I took in the matinee instead. While it has been some time since the Zieg was the absolute last word in projection and sound, it still looked and sounded great. What I have always appreciated most about this place is the audience it got, always attentive, respectful and tuned in, all true cinephiles (but for some reason at today’s show, the Dolby 7.1 “Spheres” snipe was met with a round of laughter. Go figure). Gonna miss this place.


 

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Posted by Martin Brooks (Member # 1269) on 02-13-2016, 05:19 PM:
 
I was there on the next to last day. I went to the first show because it was the only show of the day to be showing SW in 2D. I had already seen it in 3D (at a LieMax theater) and didn't want to sit through the dimness again.

I expected it to be empty and was surprised to see how crowded it was. But as the owners of many clubs I've gone to on their 'last nights' said, "if this many people showed up all the time, I wouldn't have had to close".

What was surprising to me was that Clearview did not own the building - they only owned the lease. They were supposedly told by the real-estate company that owns the land and buildings, the Fisher Brothers, that their lease wasn't being renewed, although Clearview was apparently looking for a reason to shut it down anyway, since it lost money. (Although Clearview owned the lease, it was actually operated by Bow-Tie, to whom Clearview sold its last few remaining theaters to back in June of 2013.)

This theater did not have to close. Some years back, Disney wanted to buy the theatre from Clearview to make it the east coast equivalent of the El Capitan, but Clearview refused to sell.

Especially after Bow-Tie took over the day-to-day operation, there has been absolutely no marketing of the theater. No special ads in newspapers, no film festivals, no special programming, etc.

The Ziegfeld used to be the place where you could expect to see new theater technology first. But they hadn't upgraded in years. No Dolby Atmos here. And while it was probably still the best place in NYC to see a movie in terms of the overall experience, it no longer had the largest screen - the Ziegfeld's screen was 52' and it had standard seating.

Back in the day, the Ziegfeld added special equipment for some films, notably the original release of Close Encounters... and for Apocalypse Now.

NYC certainly did not need another ballroom. The Hilton is right across the street and there are many other hotels within walking distance. Personally, I think the 'ballroom' is just an excuse to have another business fail so they can get permission to tear the building down and build another 80 story apartment building for billionaires.

And yet, in an age when far too many people are willing to watch movies on an iPad, it shouldn't be surprising that a theater like this couldn't survive.

This is bigger than the closing of one theater. Without the Ziegfeld, I don't see very many movie premieres being held in NYC anymore and without that, I think it can hurt the entire film business in the city, due to the resulting perception.

NYC was once the biggest movie-attending place in the country. Since 2001, we've lost almost 19% of the screens and almost 35% of the theaters, although we are getting three new theaters and 23 screens by 2017.
 

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Posted by Mike Rivest (Member # 5500) on 03-07-2016, 06:50 PM:
 
beautiful grand opening ad at:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/30943004@N00/19561331134/in/photolist-vNyWeU
 

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Posted by Michael Coate (Member # 757) on 06-25-2016, 03:47 AM:
 
THE ZIEGFELD, 1969-2016

Ziegfeld Theatre
141 West 54th Street
New York, NY 10019

Ownership Timeline
Walter Reade: 1969-1987
Cineplex Odeon: 1987-1998
Loews Cineplex: 1998
Clearview: 1998-1999
Bow Tie: 2013-2016

The duration of each engagement, measured in weeks, has been included in parenthesis following each title. With a few exceptions, the filmography excludes un-promoted and one-off events (i.e. trade screenings, test screenings, sneak previews, private screenings, etc.). Roadshows (i.e. reserved-seat and/or reserved-performance engagements) listed in bold.

1969-12-17 … Marooned (9 weeks) <70mm / stereo>

1970-02-18 … Gone With the Wind (1) <70mm / stereo>
1970-02-25 … Doctor Zhivago (1) <70mm / stereo>
1970-03-04 … The Bible (1) <70mm / stereo>
1970-03-11 … The Sound of Music (1) <70mm / stereo>
1970-03-18 … 2001: A Space Odyssey (6) <70mm / stereo>
1970-05-01 … War and Peace: Part I (1)
1970-05-08 … War and Peace: Part II (1)
1970-05-15 … War and Peace: Part I (1)
1970-05-22 … War and Peace: Part II (1)
1970-05-29 … Ziegfeld Girl / The Great Ziegfeld / Ziegfeld Follies (2)
1970-06-10 … The Sand Pebbles (2)
1970-06-24 … Gone With the Wind (1) <70mm / stereo>
1970-07-01 … The Boatniks (4)
1970-07-29 … Around the World in Eighty Days / West Side Story (2)
1970-08-12 … Soldier Blue (8)
1970-10-07 … A Hard Day’s Night/Help!/Yellow Submarine/Let it Be (2)
1970-10-21 … A Night at the Opera/A Day at the Circus/A Day at the Races/The Big Store (2)
1970-11-04 … VENUE CLOSED (1)
1970-11-09 … Ryan’s Daughter (33) <70mm / stereo>

1971-06-30 … Peter Rabbit and Tales of Beatrix Potter (4) <stereo>
1971-07-30 … Cleopatra (2) <70mm / stereo>
1971-08-11 … Klute (1)
1971-08-18 … The Anderson Tapes (1)
1971-08-25 … Bananas (1)
1971-09-01 … 2001: A Space Odyssey / Yellow Submarine (2)
1971-09-15 … VENUE CLOSED (14)
1971-12-22 … Star Spangled Girl (5)

1972-01-26 … VENUE CLOSED (3)
1972-02-13 … Cabaret (26)
1972-08-11 … Woodstock (1) <stereo>
1972-08-18 … War and Peace (1)
1972-08-23 … VENUE CLOSED (3)
1972-09-15 … Blackboard Jungle/Rock Rock Rock/The Wild One/Jailhouse Rock/The Thing (1)
1972-09-22 … VENUE CLOSED (3)
1972-10-15 … Fellini’s Roma (8)
1972-12-10 … Sleuth (12)

1973-03-28 … I Am a Dancer (6)
1973-05-11 … This is Cinerama (14) <70mm / stereo>
1973-08-17 … Romeo and Juliet (9)
1973-10-19 … From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (2)
1973-10-31 … VENUE CLOSED (7)
1973-12-19 … The Day of the Dolphin (16) <stereo>

1974-04-15 … Ladies & Gentlemen, the Rolling Stones (3) <Quadraphonic>
1974-05-10 … VENUE CLOSED (2)
1974-05-23 … That’s Entertainment! (18) <70mm / stereo>
1974-09-27 … 2001: A Space Odyssey (7) <70mm / stereo>
1974-11-15 … Earthquake (18) <Sensurround>

1975-03-18 … Tommy (14) <Quintaphonic>
1975-06-25 … Rollerball (8) <70mm / stereo>
1975-08-21 … The Jolson Story (2) <70mm / stereo>
1975-09-05 … 2001: A Space Odyssey (3) <70mm / stereo>
1975-09-24 … Give ’em Hell, Harry! (2)
1975-10-10 … Lisztomania (4) <Dolby>
1975-11-05 … Conduct Unbecoming (2)
1975-11-21 … The Ten Commandments (2)
1975-12-05 … VENUE CLOSED (2)
1975-12-18 … Barry Lyndon (14)

1976-03-26 … Moses (7) <Super SpectraSound>
1976-05-16 … That’s Entertainment, Part II (11) <70mm / stereo>
1976-07-28 … The Return of a Man Called Horse (8) <70mm / stereo>
1976-09-22 … VENUE CLOSED (2)
1976-10-05 … Dersu Uzala (New York Film Festival screening) <70mm / stereo>
1976-10-06 … Solaris (4)
1976-11-03 … VENUE CLOSED (7)
1976-12-25 … A Star is Born (8) <70mm / Dolby>

1977-02-16 … VENUE CLOSED (15)
1977-06-03 … The Grateful Dead Movie (3) <stereo>
1977-06-21 … New York, New York (9)
1977-08-24 … VENUE CLOSED (6)
1977-10-07 … Tommy (6) <70mm / stereo>
1977-11-15 … Close Encounters of the Third Kind (23) <70mm / Dolby>

1978-04-26 … The Last Waltz (12) <Dolby>
1978-07-19 … Revenge of the Pink Panther (4)
1978-08-16 … Grease (7) <70mm / Dolby>
1978-10-05 … The Boys from Brazil (6)
1978-11-15 … The Lord of the Rings (12) <Dolby>

1979-02-09 … Murder by Decree (5)
1979-03-14 … Hair (10) <Dolby>
1979-05-25 … The Prisoner of Zenda (4)
1979-06-22 … The Muppet Movie (3) <70mm / Dolby>
1979-07-13 … Dracula (5) <Dolby>
1979-08-15 … Apocalypse Now (12) <70mm / Dolby>
1979-11-06 … The Rose (14) <70mm / Dolby>

1980-02-15 … Saturn 3 (5) <Dolby>
1980-03-21 … Apocalypse Now (4) <70mm / Dolby>
1980-04-17 … The Watcher in the Woods (2) <Dolby>
1980-05-02 … Fantasia (2) <stereo>
1980-05-16 … Fame (5) <70mm / Dolby>
1980-06-20 … Can’t Stop the Music (6) <70mm / Dolby>
1980-08-01 … Raise the Titanic (11) <70mm / Dolby>
1980-10-17 … Times Square (6) <Dolby>
1980-11-26 … Paul McCartney & Wings: Rockshow (3) <Dolby>
1980-12-19 … The Jazz Singer (8) <70mm / Dolby>

1981-02-13 … Close Encounters of the Third Kind “The Special Edition” (4) <70mm / Dolby>
1981-03-13 … Fantasia (5) <stereo>
1981-04-17 … Lion of the Desert (7) <Dolby>
1981-06-05 … VENUE CLOSED (3)
1981-06-26 … The Great Muppet Caper (6) <Dolby>
1981-08-07 … Beatlemania (2) <Dolby>
1981-08-21 … Honky Tonk Freeway (7)
1981-10-09 … VENUE CLOSED (9)
1981-12-11 … Pennies from Heaven (9)

1982-02-12 … Quest for Fire (5) <70mm / Dolby>
1982-03-19 … Victor/Victoria (9) <Dolby>
1982-05-21 … AC/DC: Let There Be Rock (3) <Dolby>
1982-06-11 … Grease 2 (5) <70mm / Dolby>
1982-07-16 … Raiders of the Lost Ark (3) <70mm / Dolby>
1982-08-06 … Pink Floyd: The Wall (7) <70mm / Dolby>
1982-09-24 … Yes, Georgio (5) <70mm / Dolby>
1982-10-29 … Tess (1) <Dolby>
1982-11-05 … Fantasia (5) <Dolby>
1982-12-08 … Gandhi (31) <70mm / Dolby>

1983-07-15 … Staying Alive (11) <70mm / Dolby>
1983-09-30 … Brainstorm (7) <70mm / Dolby>
1983-11-18 … Yentl (13) <Dolby>

1984-02-17 … Fantasia (4) <Dolby>
1984-03-16 … A Star is Born (2) <Dolby>
1984-03-30 … Antarctica (5) <Dolby>
1984-05-04 … VENUE CLOSED (7)
1984-06-22 … The Karate Kid (12) <Dolby>
1984-09-14 … Lawrence of Arabia (2)
1984-09-28 … VENUE CLOSED (3)
1984-10-19 … The Razor’s Edge (8) <70mm / Dolby>
1984-12-14 … A Passage to India (15) <Dolby>

1985-03-29 … King David (4) <Dolby>
1985-04-26 … VENUE CLOSED (9)
1985-06-28 … St. Elmo’s Fire (2) <Dolby>
1985-07-10 … Silverado (6) <70mm / Dolby>
1985-08-23 … Ghostbusters (7) <70mm / Dolby>
1985-10-11 … Fantasia (6) <digital sound>
1985-11-22 … White Nights (10) <70mm / Dolby>

1986-01-31 … Down and Out in Beverly Hills (7) <Dolby>
1986-03-21 … Just Between Friends (4)
1986-04-18 … Absolute Beginners (6) <70mm / Dolby>
1986-05-30 … VENUE CLOSED (4)
1986-06-27 … American Anthem (3) <Dolby>
1986-07-18 … Pirates (2) <Dolby>
1986-07-30 … Flight of the Navigator (5) <Dolby>
1986-09-05 … VENUE CLOSED (3)
1986-09-26 … Paths of Glory / From Here to Eternity (1 day)
1986-09-27 … Birdman of Alcatraz / I Walk Alone (1 day)
1986-09-28 … Elmer Gantry / Along the Great Divide (1 day)
1986-09-29 … Ace in the Hole / Sweet Smell of Success (1 day)
1986-09-30 … Lust for Life / The Professionals (1 day)
1986-10-01 … Detective Story / The Crimson Pirate (1 day)
1986-10-02 … Tough Guys (7) <70mm / Dolby>
1986-11-21 … VENUE CLOSED (1)
1986-11-26 … Nutcracker (5) <70mm / Dolby>
1986-12-31 … Wisdom (3) <Dolby>

1987-01-23 … VENUE CLOSED (1)
1987-01-30 … Outrageous Fortune (6) <Dolby>
1987-03-13 … Heat (3)
1987-04-03 … VENUE CLOSED (1)
1987-04-10 … Three for the Road (1)
1987-04-17 … VENUE CLOSED (4)
1987-05-15 … Ishtar (5)
1987-06-19 … Roxanne (7) <Dolby>
1987-08-06 … Who’s That Girl (3) <70mm / Dolby>
1987-08-28 … The Fourth Protocol (6) <Dolby>
1987-10-08 … Hail! Hail! Rock ’n’ Roll (4) <Dolby>
1987-11-06 … Cry Freedom (10) <70mm / Dolby>

1988-01-15 … Good Morning, Vietnam (9) <70mm / Dolby>
1988-03-18 … D.O.A. (4) <Dolby>
1988-04-15 … Appointment with Death (2)
1988-04-29 … Powaqqatsi (8) <Dolby SR>
1988-06-22 … Who Framed Roger Rabbit (7) <70mm / Dolby>
1988-08-12 … The Last Temptation of Christ (15) <70mm / Dolby from Week #4>
1988-11-23 … Cocoon: The Return (7) <70mm / Dolby>

1989-01-13 … Talk Radio (4) <Dolby>
1989-02-08 … Lawrence of Arabia (20) <70mm / Dolby SR>
1989-06-30 … The Karate Kid Part III (6) <Dolby>
1989-08-09 … The Abyss (5) <70mm / Dolby>
1989-09-15 … Sea of Love (6) <Dolby>
1989-10-24 … The Bear (8) <70mm / Dolby>
1989-12-20 … Born on the Fourth of July (9) <70mm / Dolby SR>

1990-02-23 … Mountains of the Moon (8) <70mm / Dolby>
1990-04-20 … Chattahoochie (4) <Dolby>
1990-05-18 … Bird on a Wire (6) <Dolby>
1990-06-27 … Days of Thunder (6) <70mm / Dolby>
1990-08-10 … Flatliners (5) <70mm / Dolby>
1990-09-14 … Postcards from the Edge (5) <Dolby>
1990-10-19 … White Palace (4) <Dolby>
1990-11-16 … Home Alone (3) <Dolby>
1990-12-07 … Edward Scissorhands (9) <70mm / Cinema Digital Sound>

1991-02-08 … Sleeping with the Enemy (3) <Dolby SR>
1991-03-01 … The Doors (8) <70mm / Dolby>
1991-04-26 … Spartacus (4) <70mm / Dolby SR>
1991-05-24 … Backdraft (4) <70mm / Dolby>
1991-06-21 … Dying Young (3) <Dolby>
1991-07-12 … City Slickers (4) <Dolby SR>
1991-08-09 … Pure Luck (3) <Dolby>
1991-08-30 … The Commitments (12) <Dolby SR>
1991-11-22 … For the Boys (5) <70mm / Dolby>
1991-12-25 … The Prince of Tides (5) <Dolby>

1992-01-31 … Shining Through (3) <70mm / Dolby>
1992-02-21 … Radio Flyer (2) <Dolby SR>
1992-03-06 … The Lawnmower Man (4) <Dolby SR>
1992-04-03 … Thunderheart (2) <Dolby SR>
1992-04-15 … City of Joy (5) <Dolby>
1992-05-22 … Far and Away (6) <70mm / Dolby>
1992-07-01 … A League of Their Own (4) <Dolby SR>
1992-07-31 … Death Becomes Her (8) <Dolby SR>
1992-09-23 … Mr. Saturday Night (13) <Dolby SR>
1992-12-25 … Hoffa (5) <70mm / Dolby>

1993-01-29 … A Few Good Men (2) <Dolby SR>
1993-02-12 … Groundhog Day (5) <Dolby>
1993-03-19 … Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (5) <Dolby SR>
1993-04-23 … Benny & Joon (3) <Dolby>
1993-05-14 … Lost in Yonkers (4) <Dolby SR>
1993-06-11 … Jurassic Park (14) <DTS>
1993-09-17 … The Age of Innocence (8) <Dolby SR>
1993-11-10 … Carlito’s Way (7) <DTS>
1993-12-25 … Heaven & Earth (6) <Dolby Digital>

1994-02-04 … I’ll Do Anything (6) <Dolby SR>
1994-03-18 … The Remains of the Day (1) <70mm / Dolby>
1994-03-25 … The Paper (6) <DTS>
1994-05-06 … That’s Entertainment! III (6) <DTS>
1994-06-17 … Wolf (4) <Dolby SR>
1994-07-14 … True Lies (10) <70mm / Dolby SR>
1994-09-21 … My Fair Lady (1) <70mm / Dolby>
1994-09-30 … The River Wild (6) <DTS>
1994-11-11 … Interview with the Vampire (9) <Dolby SR>

1995-01-13 … Legends of the Fall (10) <Dolby SR>
1995-03-24 … The Shawshank Redemption (2) <Dolby>
1995-04-07 … Rob Roy (7) <DTS>
1995-05-24 … Braceheart (5) <DTS>
1995-06-30 … Apollo 13 (14) <DTS>
1995-10-07 … Strange Days (5) <Dolby Digital>
1995-11-10 … To Die For (2) <Dolby>
1995-11-22 … Casino (6) <DTS>

1996-01-05 … 12 Monkeys (6) <DTS>
1996-02-16 … City Hall (5) <Dolby>
1996-03-22 … Diabolique (3) <Dolby Digital>
1996-04-12 … Fear (5) <DTS>
1996-05-17 … Jane Eyre (2) <Dolby>
1996-05-31 … Dragonheart (2) <DTS>
1996-06-14 … Moll Flanders (3) <DTS>
1996-07-03 … Independence Day (10) <DTS>
1996-09-13 … VENUE CLOSED (3)
1996-10-06 … Vertigo (6) <70mm / Dolby>
1996-11-15 … The Mirror has Two Faces (5) <SDDS>
1996-12-20 … Ghosts of Mississippi (6) <SDDS>

1997-01-31 … Star Wars “Special Edition” (3) <DTS>
1997-02-21 … The Empire Strikes Back “Special Edition” (3) <DTS>
1997-03-14 … Return of the Jedi “Special Edition” (6) <DTS>
1997-04-25 … Volcano (4) <DTS>
1997-05-23 … The Lost World: Jurassic Park (12) <DTS>
1997-08-15 … Cop Land (6) <Dolby Digital>
1997-09-26 … The Peacemaker (5) <DTS>
1997-10-31 … Red Corner (2) <DTS>
1997-11-14 … Anastasia (6) <Dolby Digital>
1997-12-25 … The Postman (3) <SDDS>

1998-01-16 … Hard Rain (2) <DTS>
1998-01-30 … Great Expectations (7) <Dolby Digital>
1998-03-20 … Primary Colors (8) <SDDS>
1998-05-15 … Bulworth (5) <Dolby Digital>
1998-06-19 … The X-Files (5) <DTS>
1998-07-24 … Saving Private Ryan (8) <DTS>
1998-09-18 … One True Thing (2) <DTS>
1998-10-02 … What Dreams May Come (3) <DTS>
1998-10-23 … Pleasantville (3) <DTS>
1998-11-13 … Meet Joe Black (6) <DTS>
1998-12-23 … The Thin Red Line (12) <Dolby Digital>

1999-03-19 … Ravenous (1) <Dolby Digital>
1999-03-26 … Shakespeare in Love (4) <Dolby Digital>
1999-04-23 … Pushing Tin (4) <Dolby Digital>
1999-05-19 … Star War: Episode I—The Phantom Menace (18) <Dolby Digital>
1999-09-24 … Jakob the Liar (3) <SDDS>
1999-10-15 … The Story of Us (6) <DTS>
1999-11-24 … End of Days (3) <DTS>
1999-12-17 … Anna and the King (7) <Dolby Digital>

2000
SIMPATICO
DIAMONDS
THE INSIDER
AMERICAN BEAUTY
GLADIATOR
TITAN A.E.
ME, MYSELF AND IRENE
X-MEN
THE SOUND OF MUSIC <Sing-a-long>
ALMOST FAMOUS
THE CONTENDER
MEN OF HONOR
CAST AWAY

2001
HANNIBAL
THE MEXICAN
ENEMY AT THE GATES
ALONG CAME A SPIDER
DRIVEN
MOULIN ROUGE!
ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE
DR. DOLITTLE 2
A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
PLANET OF THE APES
FUNNY GIRL
DON’T SAY A WORD
BANDITS
MONSTERS, INC.
OCEAN’S ELEVEN

2002
BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF
RETURN TO NEVER LAND
WE WERE SOLDIERS
ICE AGE
HIGH CRIMES
LIFE OR SOMETHING LIKE IT
STAR WARS: EPISODE II—ATTACK OF THE CLONES
ROAD TO PERDITION
METROPOLIS
MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA <70mm-DTS>
THE RING
THE SANTA CLAUSE 2
SOLARIS
CHICAGO

2003
X2
DOWN WITH LOVE
2 FAST 2 FURIOUS
HULK
THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN
LARA CROFT TOMB RAIDER: THE CRADLE OF LIFE
OPEN RANGE
THE WAY WE WERE
BROTHER BEAR
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
THE LAST SAMURAI
COLD MOUNTAIN

2004
MYSTIC RIVER
MIRACLE
HIDALGO
THE ALAMO
MAN ON FIRE
THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW
THE TERMINAL
I, ROBOT
THE VILLAGE
COLLATERAL
VANITY FAIR
SHARK TALE
SURVIVING CHRISTMAS
THE POLAR EXPRESS
OCEAN’S TWELVE
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

2005
RAGING BULL
CONSTANTINE
ROBOTS
SAHARA
THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
STAR WARS: EPISODE III—REVENGE OF THE SITH
WAR OF THE WORLDS
THE ISLAND
THE GREAT RAID
THE SKELETON KEY
THE BAXTER
FLIGHTPLAN
ELIZABETHTOWN
RENT
THE PRODUCERS

2006
TRISTAN AND ISOLDE
ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN
SCARY MOVIE 4
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III
OVER THE HEDGE
CARS
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST
WORLD TRADE CENTER
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
CASINO ROYALE
DREAMGIRLS

2007
ZODIAC
MEET THE ROBINSONS <3-D>
SPIDER-MAN 3
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END
RATATOUILLE
HAIRSPRAY
PORGY & BESS
BLADE RUNNER
THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
BEE MOVIE
ENCHANTED
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET

2008
HANNAH MONTANA AND MILEY CYRUS: BEST OF BOTH WORLDS CONCERT <3-D>
THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
SHINE A LIGHT
IRON MAN
INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL
KIT KITTREDGE: AN AMERICAN GIRL
HANCOCK
MAMMA MIA!
TROPIC THUNDER
RIGHTEOUS KILL
THE GODFATHER/THE GODFATHER PART II
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR
QUANTUM OF SOLACE
CHE
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON

2009
CORALINE
THE JONAS BROTHERS: THE 3D CONCERT EXPERIENCE <3-D>
MONSTERS VS. ALIENS
THE SOLOIST
STAR TREK
UP
TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN
HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE
G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
FAME
AMELIA
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG
NINE

2010
SHUTTER ISLAND
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
CLASH OF THE TITANS
OCEANS
IRON MAN 2
SEX AND THE CITY 2
TOY STORY 3
INCEPTION
EAT PRAY LOVE
THE AMERICAN
WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS
METROPOLIS
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
TRUE GRIT

2011
THE KING’S SPEECH
LIMITLESS
ARTHUR
THOR
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES
SUPER 8
TRANSFORMERS: VENUE CLOSED OF THE MOON
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2
THE HELP
THE LION KING <3-D>
THE IDES OF MARCH
PUSS IN BOOTS
IMMORTALS
HUGO <3-D>
WAR HORSE

2012
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST <3-D>
THE IRON LADY
STAR WARS: EPISODE I—THE PHANTOM MENACE <3-D>
ACT OF VALOR
JOHN CARTER
THE HUNGER GAMES
ROCK FILM FESTIVAL
THE BEATLES: THE LOST CONCERT
SNOW WHITE & THE HUNTSMAN
ROCK OF AGES
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
THE VENUE CLOSED KNIGHT RISES
THE BOURNE LEGACY
SLEEPWALK WITH ME
THE MASTER <70mm / Datasat>
ARGO
LIFE OF PI
LES MISERABLES

2013
SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
LINCOLN
OZ: THE GREAT AND POWERFUL
42
THE GREAT GATSBY
MAN OF STEEL
THE LONE RANGER
MONSTER’S UNIVERSITY / THE LONE RANGER
THE WOLVERINE
ELYSIUM
ONE DIRECTION: THIS IS US
THE BIT PLAYER
PRISONERS
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE
ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET

2014
12 YEARS A SLAVE
NOAH
RIO 2
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2
X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST
JERSEY BOYS
DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
THE DROP
THE MAZE RUNNER
GONE GIRL
INTERSTELLAR <70mm / Datasat>
THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 1
EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS
INTO THE WOODS

2015
BIRDMAN
FIFTY SHADES OF GREY
THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL
THE DIVERGENT SERIES: INSURGENT
FURIOUS 7
AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON
TOMORROWLAND
JURASSIC WORLD
TERMINATOR GENISYS
ANT-MAN
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE—ROGUE NATION
THE MARTIAN
SPECTRE
STAR WARS: EPISODE VII—THE FORCE AWAKENS

The information contained in this article was principally referenced from microfilm of The New York Times, Variety and Village Voice.
 

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Posted by Michael Coate (Member # 757) on 06-27-2016, 10:44 AM:
 

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1996-10-06 … Vertigo (6) <70mm / Dolby>

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quote: Sean McKinnon

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Have you been to the old West since SVA took it over?

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