The Web Film Release Schedule (USA)
1996 Film Releases
Copyright © 1996 Eric G. Carter
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January 5

• 12 MONKEYS (Universal) (wide)
• NIXON <Hollywood/Cinergi> (Buena Vista) (wider)
• OMAHA (THE MOVIE) (Slamdance) (Phoenix - Valley Arts)
• THE POSTMAN (IL POSTINO) (re-issue) (250 prints..widest in foreign film history) (Miramax)
• ROUJIN-Z (Kit Parker) (NY)
• SENSE AND SENSIBILITY <Columbia> (Sony Pictures) (wider)
• TWO BITS (Miramax) (wide)

January 12

• BIO-DOME (MGM/UA)
• CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY (Miramax) (wider)
• DEAD MAN WALKING <Polygram> (Gramercy) (wider)
• DON'T BE A MENACE To South Central While Drinking Your Juice In The Hood (Miramax)
• DUNSTON CHECKS IN <Fox Family Films> (20th Fox)
• EYE FOR AN EYE (Paramount)
• FRENCH TWIST (Miramax) (NY, LA)
• FRESH KILL (Strand) (limited)
• GEORGIA (Miramax) (wider)
• HEAT (Warner Brothers) (wider)
• THE LAWNMOWER MAN 2: BEYOND CYBERSPACE (New Line)
• NICO ICON (Roxie) (NY, LA)
• OMAHA (THE MOVIE) (Slamdance) (Atlanta - Cinefest, Cincinnati - The Movies )
• OTHELLO <Castle Rock/Columbia> (Sony Pictures) (wider)
• SENSE AND SENSIBILITY <Columbia> (Sony Pictures) (wider)
• TWO IF BY SEA (Warner Brothers)

January 17

• HALF MOON (First Run)(NY - Film Forum)
• LAST SUMMER IN THE HAMPTONS (Rainbow) (NY, Miami and other key cities)

January 19

• EDEN VALLEY (MD Wax/Courier)(limited)
• FRENCH TWIST (Miramax) (wider)
• FROM DUSK 'TIL DAWN <Dimension>(Miramax)
• MR. HOLLAND'S OPUS <Hollywood> (Buena Vista) (wide)
• OMAHA (THE MOVIE) (Slamdance) (Santa Fe - United Artists/Vargas Theatre)
• TWO BITS (Miramax) (wider)

January 24

• THE WHITE BALLOON (October) (NY)

January 26

• ANGELA (Tree Farm) (NY)
• ANGELS AND INSECTS (Samuel Goldwyn) (NY)
• BED OF ROSES (New Line)
• BIG BULLY (Warner Brothers)
• THE JOURNEY OF AUGUST KING (Miramax) (Top 20 Markets)
• ONCE UPON A TIME...WHEN WE WERE COLORED (Republic) (limited)
• RESTORATION (Miramax) (wider)
• SCREAMERS <Triumph> (Sony Pictures)
• SEXUAL LIFE OF THE BELGIANS (First Look) (NY)
• THINGS TO DO IN DENVER WHEN YOU'RE DEAD (Miramax) (limited)

February 2

• ANTONIA'S LINE (First Look)(NY,LA)
• BLACK SHEEP (Paramount)
• THE JUROR <Columbia> (Sony Pictures)
• RESTORATION
• THINGS TO DO IN DENVER WHEN YOU'RE DEAD (Miramax) (wider)
• VUKOVAR (Tara)(NY,DC)
• WHITE SQUALL <Hollywood> (Buena Vista)

February 9

• ANGELS AND INSECTS (Samuel Goldwyn) (LA)
• BEAUTIFUL GIRLS (Miramax)
• THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY (Warner Brothers) (re-issue)
• BROKEN ARROW (20th Fox)
• HATE (Gramercy) (NY)
• HEIDI FLEISS - THE HOLLYWOOD MADAM (InPictures) (NY - Quad)
• A MIDWINTER'S TALE <Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (NY)
• PIE IN THE SKY (Las Vegas, Seattle)
• SHOPPING (Concorde/New Horizons)(NY)

February 14

• ANTONIA'S LINE (First Look)(wider)
• NUEBA YOL (Kit Parker) (NY)

February 16

• ANTONIA'S LINE (First Look)(wider)
• APOLLO 13 (Universal) (re-issue) (LA)
• BABE (Universal) (wider)
• BEAUTIFUL GIRLS (Miramax) (wider)
• BRAVEHEART (Paramount) (re-issue) (800 screens)
• CITY HALL <Castle Rock/Columbia> (Sony Pictures)
• FRENCH TWIST (Miramax) (wider)
• HAPPY GILMORE (Universal)
• HEADLESS BODY IN TOPLESS BAR (Northern Arts) (NY)
• A MIDWINTER'S TALE <Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (LA)
• MR. WRONG <Touchstone> (Buena Vista)
• THE MUPPET TREASURE ISLAND <Walt Disney> (Buena Vista)
• THE POSTMAN (IL POSTINO) (Miramax) (wider) (72 -> 147 screens)
• TAXI DRIVER (Sony Repertory) (re-issue)(restored image, now in Dolby SR) (key cities)
• YANKEE ZULU (CFP) (4 cities)

February 21

• BOTTLE ROCKET <Columbia> (Sony Pictures) (NY, LA)

February 23

• ANNE FRANK REMEMBERED <Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures)(NY)
• APOLLO 13 (Universal) (re-issue) (NY)
• BABE (Universal) (re-issue) (1,000 screens)
• BEFORE AND AFTER <Hollywood/Caravan> (Buena Vista)
• BOTTLE ROCKET <Columbia> (Sony Pictures) (wider) (limited)
• HATE (Gramercy) (LA)
• MARY REILLY <TriStar> (Sony Pictures)
• RUMBLE IN THE BRONX (New Line)
• UNFORGETTABLE (MGM/UA)
• THE YOUNG POISONER'S HANDBOOK (CFP) (NY)

February 28

• TARGET (Filmopolis)(NY)

March 1

• 301-302(Arrow) (Seattle)
• BLOODSPORT II (FM) (regional)
• DOWN PERISCOPE (20^th Fox)
• FROM THE JOURNALS OF JEAN SEBERG (Planet Pics) (NY - Film Forum)
• MAN OF THE YEAR (7th Art) (LA)
• THE NEON BIBLE (Strand) (NY,LA)
• ONCE UPON A TIME...When We Were Colored (Republic)(wider)(15 -> 50 screens)
• UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL <Touchstone> (Buena Vista)
• THE YOUNG POISONER'S HANDBOOK (CFP) (LA)

March 8

• ALL THINGS FAIR (P.F.M.) (limited)
• THE BIRDCAGE <UA> (MGM/UA)
• CHUNGKING EXPRESS (Miramax Rolling Thunder) (NY,LA)
• FARGO <Polygram> (Gramercy) (NY,LA)
• THE FLOWER OF MY SECRET <Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (NY)
• HEAVY METAL <Sony Repertory> (Sony Pictures) (re-issue) (39 cities)
• HELLRAISER: BLOODLINE (Miramax)
• HOMEWARD BOUND II: LOST IN SAN FRANCISCO <Walt Disney> (Buena Vista)
• IF LUCY FELL <TriStar/MPCA> (Sony Pictures)
• THE STAR MAKER (Miramax) (NY,LA)

March 15

• THE CELLULOID CLOSET <Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures)
• CHUNGKING EXPRESS (Miramax Rolling Thunder) (wider)
• ED (Universal)
• EXECUTIVE DECISION (Warner Brothers)
• FARGO <Polygram> (Gramercy) (wider)
• LAND AND FREEDOM (Gramercy) (NY - Lincoln Plaza)
• MAN OF THE YEAR (7th Art) (NY)
• THE STAR MAKER (Miramax) (wider)
• TARANTELLA (Tara) (limited)
• TWO MUCH <Touchstone> (Buena Vista) (limited)

March 22

• DIABOLIQUE (Warner Brothers)
• FLIRTING WITH DISASTER (Miramax) (NY,LA)
• FRISK (Strand) (NY,LA,SF)
• GIRL 6 <Fox Searchlight> (20^th Fox)
• IT'S MY PARTY <UA>(MGM/UA) (NY, LA, SF)
• JACK AND SARAH (Gramercy) (limited)
• LAND AND FREEDOM (Gramercy) (Chicago, Philadelphia)
• LITTLE INDIAN, BIG CITY (Buena Vista)
• RACE THE SUN <TriStar> (Sony Pictures)
• RUMPELSTILTSKIN (Republic) (regional)
• YANKEE ZULU (CFP) (wider)

March 29

• ALL DOGS GO TO HEAVEN 2 <UA> (MGM/UA)
• CARRIED AWAY (Fine Line) (limited)
• THE DARK SIDE OF THE HEART (Film Tonic)(limited)
• DENISE CALLS UP <Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (NY)
• GHOST IN THE SHELL (Manga) (NY)
• A FAMILY THING <UA> (MGM/UA) (limited)
• FLIRTING WITH DISASTER (Miramax) (wider)
• LAND AND FREEDOM (Gramercy) (LA)
• OLIVER AND COMPANY <Walt Disney> (Buena Vista) (re-issue)
• One Way Out (Arrow) (NY)
• SGT. BILKO <Imagine> (Universal)

April 3

• FAITHFUL (New Line)
• PRIMAL FEAR <Rysher>(Paramount)
• A THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE <Savoy> (New Line)

April 5

• COLD FEVER (Artistic License) (NY)
• FLIRTING WITH DISASTER (Miramax) (wider)
• THE LAST SUPPER <Triumph/The Vault> (Sony Pictures) (NY)
• THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG (Zeitgeist) (NY) (re-issue)

April 12

• FEAR (Universal)
• JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH <Walt Disney> (Buena Vista)
• JANE EYRE (Miramax) (limited)
• THE KIDS IN THE HALL - BRAIN CANDY <Lakeshore Entertainment> (Paramount)(limited)
• LOADED (Miramax) (NY,LA)
• NELLY AND MONSIEUR ARNAUD (Artificial Eye) (NY)
• RUDE (KJM3)

April 19

• AUGUST (Samuel Goldwyn)(NY,LA)
• CELTIC PRIDE <Caravan/Hollywood> (Buena Vista)
• FOR THE MOMENT (John Aaron Releasing) (NY)
• THE HORSEMAN ON THE ROOF (Miramax) (NY,LA)
• THE KIDS IN THE HALL - BRAIN CANDY <Lakeshore Entertainment> (Paramount) (wider)
• LOADED (Miramax) (wider)
• LOTTO LAND (CFP) (NY)
• MA MAISON PREFEREE (Filmopolis) (NY)
• THE MONSTER (CFP) (NY)
• MRS. WINTERBOURNE <TriStar> (Sony Pictures)
• MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATRE 3000 <Universal> (Gramercy) (limited)
• THE SUBSTITUTE <Live> (Orion)

April 26

• BUTTERFLY KISS (CFP) (NY)
• CEMETERY MAN (October) (NY,LA)
• IN A STRANGE CITY (Filmopolis) (limited)
  
• MULHOLLAND FALLS (MGM/UA)
• NELLY AND MONSIEUR ARNAUD (Artificial Eye) (LA)
• THE QUEST (Universal)
• SUNSET PARK <TriStar> (Sony Pictures)
• THE TRUTH ABOUT CATS AND DOGS (20^th Fox)

May 1

• I SHOT ANDY WARHOL (Samuel Goldwyn) (NY)

May 3

• 301-302(Arrow) (NY)
• BARB WIRE <Polygram> (Gramercy)
• CAPTIVES (Miramax)(NY, LA)
• THE CRAFT <Columbia> (Sony Pictures)
• THE GREAT WHITE HYPE (20^th Fox)
• I SHOT ANDY WARHOL (Samuel Goldwyn) (NY)
• LAST DANCE <Touchstone> (Buena Vista)
• HOMAGE (Arrow) (limited)
• OPEN SEASON >Republic;> (Legacy) (LA)
• THE PALLBEARER (Miramax)

May 10

• AUGUST (Samuel Goldwyn)(wider)
• BOYS (Buena Vista) (limited)
• COLD COMFORT FARM <Universal> (Gramercy) (limited)
• DEAD MAN (Miramax) (NY,LA)
• HEAVEN'S PRISONERS <Savoy> (New Line)
• OF LOVE AND SHADOWS (Miramax) (LA)
• OPEN SEASON <Republic> (Legacy) (NY)
• ORIGINAL GANGSTAS (Orion)
• SOMEONE ELSE'S AMERICA (October)
• TWISTER <Amblin> (Warner Brothers)
• UNDER THE DOMIM TREE (Strand) (NY)

May 17

• FLIPPER <Bubble Factory> (Universal)
• I SHOT ANDY WARHOL (Samuel Goldwyn) (LA)
• POWER 98 (Curb) (limited)
• UNDER THE DOMIM TREE (Strand) (LA)
• WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY - 25th ANNIVERSARY (Warner Brothers) (re-issue) (regional)

May 22

• A BOY CALLED HATE (Dove) (NY)
• MISSION:IMPOSSIBLE (Paramount) (1600+ theatres begin evening of May 21)
• SGT. KABUKIMAN NYPD (Troma) (NY - Film Forum)

May 24

• A BOY CALLED HATE (Dove) (LA, SF)
• DEAD MAN (Miramax)(wider)
• GUIMBA THE TYRANT (Kino) (NY)
• A MODERN AFFAIR (Tara) (Boston)
• SPY HARD <Hollywood> (Buena Vista)
• TWO DEATHS (Castle Hill) (NY)
• WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE <Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (NY, LA, SF)

May 31

• THE ARRIVAL <Live>(Orion)
• DRAGONHEART (Universal)
• EDDIE <Hollywood/Island/Polygram> (Buena Vista)

June 5

• HEAVY (CFP) (NY)

June 7

• DESOLATION ANGELS (McCann & Co.) (NY)
• KASPAR HAUSER (Leisure Time) (limited)
• THE PHANTOM (Paramount)
• THE ROCK <Hollywood> (Buena Vista)

June 12

• STEALING BEAUTY <Fox Searchlight> (20^th Fox) (NY)

June 14

• CABLE GUY <Columbia> (Sony Pictures)
• MOLL FLANDERS (MGM/UA) (limited)
• THE SEARCH FOR ONE-EYE JIMMY (Northern Arts) (NY - Cinema Village)
• SWITCHBLADE SISTERS (Miramax) (re-issue) (NY, LA)

June 19

• A PERFECT CANDIDATE (7th Art) (NY - Film Forum)

June 21

• ERASER (Warner Brothers)
• THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME <Walt Disney>(Buena Vista)
• LONE STAR <Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (limited)
• MAGIC HUNTER (Shadow) (NY)
• THE SEARCH FOR ONE-EYE JIMMY (Northern Arts) (LA, Seattle, Cleveland)
• STEALING BEAUTY <Fox Searchlight> (20^th Fox) (LA)
• SWITCHBLADE SISTERS (Miramax) (re-issue) (wider - top 10 markets)

June 28

THE LOW LIFE (CFP) (NY)
• MAYBE...MAYBE NOT <Live> (Orion Classics) (NY)
• THE NUTTY PROFESSOR <Imagine> (Universal)
• PURPLE NOON (Miramax Zoe) (NY,LA) (re-issue)
• RENDEZVOUS IN PARIS (Artificial Eye) (NY)
• STEALING BEAUTY <Fox Searchlight> (20th Fox)(wider)
• STRIPTEASE <Columbia/Castle Rock> (Sony Pictures)

July 3

• THE HIPPIE REVOLUTION (re-issue) (Roxie) (limited)
• INDEPENDENCE DAY (20^th Fox) (theatres permitted to show film beginning 6PM July 2nd)
• PHENOMENON <Touchstone> (Buena Vista)
• PURPLE NOON (Miramax Zoe) (re-issue) (wider)

July 10

• HARRIET THE SPY <Nickelodeon> (Paramount)

July 12

• COURAGE UNDER FIRE <Fox 2000> (20th Fox)
• IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES (20th Anniversary) (Kino) (NY - Cinema Village)
• LOVER'S KNOT (Legacy) (limited)
• THE LOW LIFE (LA - Nuart) (CFP)
• A MAN, A BEAR (Dena Film) (LA)
• MAYBE...MAYBE NOT <Live> (Orion Classics) (Toronto)
• THE VISITORS (Miramax) (NY, LA)
  

July 17

• KAZAAM <Touchstone/Interscope> (Buena Vista)
• MULTIPLICITY <Columbia> (Sony Pictures)
• WALKING AND TALKING (Miramax) (NY,LA)

July 19

• BYE-BYE (Turbulent Arts) (NY - Quad Cinema)
• CELESTIAL CLOCKWORK (October) (limited)
• FLED (MGM)
• THE FRIGHTENERS (Universal)
• MAYBE...MAYBE NOT <Live> (Orion Classics) (wider - 25 additional markets)
• TRAINSPOTTING (Miramax)(NY,LA)
• THE VISITORS (Miramax) (wider - Top 10 Markets)

July 24

• A TIME TO KILL (Warner Brothers)

July 26

• THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO (New Line)
• BYE-BYE (Turbulent Arts) (Boston - Coolidge Corner)
• JOE'S APARTMENT <Geffen/MTV> (Warner Brothers)
• KINGPIN <Rysher> (MGM/UA)
• MANNY & LO <Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (NY, LA)
• PICNIC (restored) <Columbia> (Sony Pictures) (NY - Film Forum)
• THE POMPATUS OF LOVE (In Pictures) (NY,LA)
• STONEWALL (Strand) (NY, LA, SF, Provincetown)
• SUPERCOP (Miramax)
• TRAINSPOTTING (Miramax)(wider - Top 20 markets)
• WALKING AND TALKING (Miramax) (wider - Top 10 markets)

August 1

• CYCLO (CFP) (LA)

August 2

• CHAIN REACTION (20th Fox)
• CYCLO (CFP) (SF)
• EMMA (Miramax)(NY, LA)
• MATILDA <TriStar> (Sony Pictures)
• PHAT BEACH <Live> (Orion) (select cities)
• STONEWALL (Strand) (San Diego, Washington, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago)
• THE TIN DRUM (re-issue) (Kino) (NY)
• TRAINSPOTTING (Miramax)(wider - Top 50 Markets)
• WALKING AND TALKING (Miramax) (wider - Top 20 markets)

August 7

• FLIRT (CFP)(NY)

August 9

• BASQUIAT (Miramax)(NY, LA)
• EMMA (Miramax)(wider - Top 20 Markets)
• JACK <Hollywood> (Buena Vista)
• JOHN CARPENTER'S ESCAPE FROM L.A. (Paramount)
• WALKING AND TALKING (Miramax) (wider - Top 20 markets)

August 14

• ALASKA <Castle Rock/Columbia> (Sony Pictures)
• HOUSE ARREST <Rysher/Savoy> (MGM/UA)
• SMALL FACES (October) (NY)

August 16

• BASQUIAT (Miramax)(wider - Top 10 Markets)
• EMMA (Miramax)(wider - nationwide)
• THE FAN
• KANSAS CITY (Fine Line)
• TALES FROM THE CRYPT PRESENTS BORDELLO OF BLOOD (Universal)
• TIN CUP (Warner Brothers)
• THE WIFE (Artistic License) (NY)

August 21

• GIRLS TOWN (October) (NY,LA)

August 23

• BASQUIAT (Miramax)(wider - Top 20 Markets)
• BYE-BYE (Turbulent Arts) (SF - Lumiere)
• CARPOOL (Warner Brothers) (plus animated short SUPERIOR DUCK)
• FLIRT (CFP)(LA)
• FOXFIRE (Samuel Goldwyn) (limited - top 20 markets)
• FREEWAY (Roxie) (limited)
• THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU (New Line)
• MADAGASCAR SKIN (International Film) (NY)
• SHE'S THE ONE <Fox Searchlight> (20th Fox) (select cities)
• SMALL FACES (October) (LA)
• SOLO <Triumph> (Sony Pictures)
• THE SPITFIRE GRILL <Columbia/Castle Rock> (Sony Pictures) (limited - 10 markets)
• STONEWALL (Strand) (Seattle, Atlanta)
• A VERY BRADY SEQUEL (Paramount)

August 25

• MADAGASCAR SKIN (International Film) (LA)

August 29

• SYNTHETIC PLEASURES (Caipirnha) (LA)

August 30

• CRIME STORY (Miramax) (re-issue)(select cities)
• THE CROW: CITY OF ANGELS <Dimension>(Miramax)
• ERASER (Warner Brothers) (wider)
• FIRST KID <Caravan/Hollywood> (Buena Vista)
• FREEBIRD: THE MOVIE (Cabin Fever) (limited)
• THE GREEN HOUSE (Castle Hill) (NY)
• SHE'S THE ONE <Fox Searchlight> (20th Fox) (wider)
• STONEWALL (Strand) (Sacramento, Denver, Houston, Santa Cruz)
• THE STUPIDS <Imagine/Savoy> (New Line)
• SYNTHETIC PLEASURES (Caipirnha) (SF)
• THE TRIGGER EFFECT <Amblin/Universal> (Gramercy) (limited)

September 3

• STONEWALL (Strand) (Portland OR, Indianapolis)

September 6

• THE BIG SQUEEZE (First Look) (NY)
• BOGUS (Warner Brothers)
• BULLETPROOF (Universal)
• KILLER: A JOURNAL OF MURDER (Legacy) (LA, SF, Seattle, Portland, Boston, Chicago)
• MABOROSI (Milestone) (NY)
• A MODERN AFFAIR (Tara) (D.C.)
• THE SPITFIRE GRILL <Columbia/Castle Rock> (Sony Pictures) (wide)
• SWEET NOTHING (Warner Brothers) (NY, LA)

September 13

• AMERICAN BUFFALO (Orion) (limited - top 20 markets)
• AMERICAN STRAYS (Unapix) (limited)
• BROTHER OF SLEEP <Sony Classics> (NY)
• BYE-BYE (Turbulent Arts) (LA)
• FEELING MINNESOTA (Fine Line)
• FLY AWAY HOME <Columbia> (Sony Pictures)
• GRACE OF MY HEART (Gramercy) (limited - top 25 markets)
• THE POSTMAN (IL POSTINO) (Miramax) (wider)
• MAXIMUM RISK <Columbia> (Sony Pictures)
• A MODERN AFFAIR (Tara) (NY,LA)
• THE RICH MAN'S WIFE <Caravan/Hollywood> (Buena Vista)
• STONEWALL (Strand) (Dallas)
• SYNTHETIC PLEASURES (Caipirnha) (NY, San Diego)

September 18

• DADETOWN (Castle Hill) (NY - Film Forum)

September 20

• BIG NIGHT (Samuel Goldwyn) (NY, LA)
• EVERYTHING RELATIVE (Tara) (LA)
• THE FIRST WIVES CLUB (Paramount)
• GIANT - 40th Anniversary (Warner Brothers) (re-issue) (Dallas)
• HUSTLER WHITE (Strand) (NY,LA)
• LAST MAN STANDING (New Line)
• PARADISE LOST (Creative Thinking) (NY)
• STONEWALL (Strand) (Austin, Miami Beach, Kansas City)
• SURVIVING PICASSO (Warner Brothers) (NY, LA, Toronto)
• SWEET NOTHING (Warner Brothers) (wider)

September 25

• CAUGHT <Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (NY)

September 27

• 2 DAYS IN THE VALLEY <Rysher>(MGM/UA)
• BEAUTIFUL GIRLS (Miramax) (re-issue) (NY, LA, Boston)
• BIG NIGHT (Samuel Goldwyn) (wider - limited)
• CAUGHT <Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (LA)
• CURDLED <Dimension> (Miramax) (NY, LA, Miami)
• ED'S NEXT MOVE (Orion Classics) (LA, Ann Arbor, Austin, Madison)
• ENTERTAINING ANGELS (Paulist Pictures) (NY - Sony Lincoln Square)
• EXTREME MEASURES <Columbia/Castle Rock> (Sony Pictures)
• GIANT - 40th Anniversary (Warner Brothers) (re-issue) (NY, LA, Toronto)
• GLORY DAZE (7th Art) (limited)
• GRACE OF MY HEART (Gramercy) (wider)
• LAST CALL (7th Art) (NY)
• THE LEOPARD SON (DCP) (17 markets)
• THE LINE KING: AL HIRSCHFELD (Castle Hill) (NY)
• LISTEN (Devin) (limited)
• LOSER (Movieworld Ent.) (Northern California)
• SOMEBODY TO LOVE (Legacy) (LA, Portland, Minneapolis, Miami)
• STONEWALL (Strand) (Cleveland, Baltimore, Hartford, Durham)

September 28

• SECRETS AND LIES (October) (NY)

October 2

• PREDICTIONS OF FIRE (Artistic License) (NY - Film Forum)
• STREET CORNER JUSTICE (Sunset Int'l) (limited)

October 4

• BIRD OF PREY (Northern Arts) (LA - Music Hall)
• BOUND (Gramercy) (select cities)
• CURDLED (Miramax) (wider - Top 10 Markets)
• D3: THE MIGHTY DUCKS <Walt Disney> (Buena Vista)
• ED'S NEXT MOVE (Orion Classics) (SF)
• GET OVER IT (Strand) (LA - Laemmle Grande)
• GIANT - 40th Anniversary (Warner Brothers) (re-issue) (wider)
• THE GLIMMER MAN (Warner Brothers)
• INFINITY (First Look) (limited - top 25 markets)
• SECRETS AND LIES (October) (LA)
• SMALL WONDERS (Miramax) (NY)
• STONEWALL (Strand) (Detroit)
• SURVIVING PICASSO (Warner Brothers) (wider)
• THAT THING YOU DO (20th Fox)

October 6

• VERTIGO (Restoration Re-issue) (Universal) (NY - Ziegfeld) (Super VistaVision )

October 9

• MICROCOSMOS (Miramax Zoe) (NY)
• THE PROPRIETOR (Warner Brothers) (NY, LA)
• VERTIGO (Restoration Re-issue) (Universal) (DC - Uptown) (Super VistaVision )

October 11

• BEAUTIFUL THING <Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (NY)
• BITTER SUGAR (First Look) (Miami)
• THE CHAMBER (Universal)
• THE GHOST AND THE DARKNESS (Paramount)
• THE GRASS HARP (Fine Line) (limited)
• L5: FIRST CITY IN SPACE (IMAX 3D) (NY - Sony IMAX, LA - Edwards IMAX: Irvine)
• THE LINE KING (Castle Hill) (LA)
• THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT (New Line)
• LOOKING FOR RICHARD? <Fox Searchlight> (20th Fox) (NY)
• LOVE IS ALL THERE IS (Samuel Goldwyn) (NY, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Miami)
• MICHAEL COLLINS (Warner Brothers) (limited - 6 cities)
• MICROCOSMOS (Miramax Zoe) (LA)
• THREE LIVES AND ONLY ONE DEATH (New Yorker) (NY)
• TREES LOUNGE <Live> (Orion Classics) (NY)

October 16

• GET ON THE BUS <Columbia> (Sony Pictures)
• NIKI DE SAINT PHALLE (David A. Hess) (limited)
• SNOWRIDERS (Tara) (Portland)
• VERTIGO (Restoration Re-issue) (Universal) (LA - GCC Avco) (Super VistaVision )

October 17

• VERTIGO (Restoration Re-issue) (Universal) (Chicago - McClurg Court) (Super VistaVision )

October 18

• CURTIS'S CHARM (Strand) (NY)
• ED'S NEXT MOVE (Orion Classics) (wider - 10 markets)
• GIANT - 40th Anniversary (Warner Brothers) (re-issue) (wider)
• I SHOT A MAN IN VEGAS (Arrow) (limited)
• JUDE (Gramercy) (NY, LA)
• NOT BAD FOR A GIRL (Horizon) (limited)
• SLEEPERS (Warner Brothers)
• SNOWRIDERS (Tara) (Houston)
• SWINGERS (Miramax)(NY, LA)
• TO GILLIAN ON HER 37TH BIRTHDAY <Triumph> (Sony Pictures) (limited)
• YOU'LL NEVER MAKE LOVE IN THIS TOWN AGAIN (Dove) (NY)

October 19

• VERTIGO (Restoration Re-issue) (Universal) (SF - Castro) (Super VistaVision )

October 25

• THE ASSOCIATE <Touchstone/Interscope> (Buena Vista)
• HIGH SCHOOL HIGH <TriStar> (Sony Pictures)
• LOOKING FOR RICHARD? <Fox Searchlight> (20th Fox) (wider)
• MICHAEL COLLINS (Warner Brothers) (wide)
• THE NORMAL LIFE (Fine Line) (Chicago)
• NORTH STAR (Warner Brothers) (Austin, Sacramento)
• PALOOKAVILLE (Orion) (NY, LA, SF, Boston)
• THE PROPRIETOR (Warner Brothers) (wider)
• SLEEPOVER (Artistic License) (LA - Laemmle Grande)
• STEPHEN KING'S THINNER (Paramount)
• THE SUNCHASER (Warner Brothers) (NY,LA,Toronto)
• SWINGERS (Miramax)(wider)
• TO GILLIAN ON HER 37TH BIRTHDAY <Triumph> (Sony Pictures) (wider)
• TREES LOUNGE <Live> (Orion Classics) (wider)
• TWELFTH NIGHT (Fine Line) (NY, LA, Toronto)
• VERTIGO (Restoration Re-issue) (Universal) (Toronto - York, Seattle - Cinerama, Boston - Harvard Square) (Super VistaVision )
• WHEN WE WERE KINGS (Gramercy) (NY, LA) (1 week Oscar qualification)

October 30

• A SINGLE GIRL (Strand) (NY - Film Forum)

November 1

• BAD MOON (Warner Brothers)
• DEAR GOD (Paramount)
• THE FUNERAL (October) (NY)
• JUDE (Gramercy) (Boston, Seattle)
• LARGER THAN LIFE <UA> (MGM/UA)
• LOOKING FOR RICHARD <Fox Searchlight> (20th Fox) (wider)
• MERCY (Unapix) (NY)
• MOTHER NIGHT (Fine Line) (NY,LA,Toronto)
• THE NORMAL LIFE (Fine Line) (NY)
• SURVIVING PICASSO (Warner Brothers) (wider)
• UNHOOK THE STARS (Miramax) (NY, LA) (2 weeks only Academy Award qualification)
• VERTIGO (Restoration Re-issue) (Universal) (Baltimore - Senator) (Super VistaVision )
• WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO AND JULIET (20th Fox) (wide)

November 6

• SET IT OFF (New Line)

November 7

• PARALLEL SONS (Greycat) (LA - Nuart)

November 8

• BREATHING ROOM (Arrow) (NY)
• THE FUNERAL (October) (wider)
• THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS <Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (re-issue) (NY)
• HYPE! (CFP) (NY, Seattle)
• MAD DOG TIME <UA> (MGM/UA)
• PALOOKAVILLE (Orion) (wider)
• PARIS WAS A WOMAN (Zeitgeist) (NY - Quad)
• THE PROPRIETOR (Warner Brothers) (wider)
• RANSOM <Touchstone> (Buena Vista)
• SANTA WITH MUSCLES (Legacy) (9 markets)
• THE SECRET AGENT <Fox Searchlight> (20th Fox) (NY, LA)
• SURVIVING PICASSO (Warner Brothers) (wider)
• TWELFTH NIGHT (Fine Line) (wider - key cities)
• VERTIGO (Restoration Re-issue) (Universal) (DC moveover - Wisconsin Ave) (Super VistaVision )

November 13

• ANNA (New Yorker) (NY - Film Forum)
• BREAKING THE WAVES (October) (NY, LA)

November 14

• BLUE JUICE (Filmopolis) (LA - Nuart)

November 15

• THE ENGLISH PATIENT (Miramax) (NY, LA, Toronto)
• THE MIRROR HAS TWO FACES <TriStar/Phoenix> (Sony Pictures)
• THE PROPRIETOR (Warner Brothers) (wider)
• SPACE JAM (Warner Brothers)
• VERTIGO (Restoration Re-issue) (Universal) (Austin - Arbor, Boca Raton - Shadow Wood, NY moveover - Chelsea) (Super VistaVision )

November 20

• BREAKING THE WAVES (October) (wider - limited)

November 22

• BITTER SUGAR (First Look) (NY, LA)
• THE ENGLISH PATIENT (Miramax) (wider)
• FAR HARBOR (Castle Hill) (NY)
• HYPE! (CFP) (wider)
• JINGLE ALL THE WAY (20th Fox)
• SHINE (Fine Line) (NY, LA, Toronto)
• STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT (Paramount)
• TWELFTH NIGHT (Fine Line) (wider)
• VERTIGO (Restoration Re-issue) (Universal) (Portland - Broadway, Detroit - Main Art, Atlanta - Phipps Plaza) (Super VistaVision )
• THE WAR AT HOME (Buena Vista) (NY, LA)

November 27

• 101 DALMATIANS <Walt Disney> (Buena Vista) (live-action)
• THE CRUCIBLE (20th Fox) (NY)
• THE ENGLISH PATIENT (Miramax) (wider)
• RIDICULE (Miramax) (NY, LA)
• SLING BLADE (Miramax) (NY, LA, Chicago)
• THREE LIVES AND ONLY ONE DEATH (New Yorker) (NY)
• ZERO KELVIN (Kino) (NY)

November 29

• A LEAP OF FAITH (Cinema Parallel) (NY)
• TROMEO AND JULIET (Troma) (LA)

December 6

• ADRENALINE: FEAR THE RUSH (Legacy)(NY, LA, 2 other markets)
• DAYLIGHT (Universal)
• EVERYONE SAYS I LOVE YOU (Miramax) (NY, LA) (1 week Oscar qualification)
• FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN (First Look) (NY - Quad)
• THE LINE KING: AL HIRSCHFELD (Castle Hill) (LA)
• LOSER (Movieworld Ent.) (LA)
• LOSING CHASE (CFP) NY, LA, Denver, Dallas-Ft. Worth, St. Louis, Chicago, Minneapolis)
• RIDICULE (Miramax) (wider - top 10 markets)
• SANTA WITH MUSCLES (Legacy) (limited in balance of country)
• SUBSTANCE OF FIRE (Miramax) (NY, LA) (1 week only)

December 13

• ALBINO ALLIGATOR (Miramax) (LA) (1 week Oscar qualification)
• CITIZEN RUTH (Miramax) (NY,LA, Omaha)
• THE CRUCIBLE (20th Fox) (LA, adds Chelsea in NY)
• JERRY MAGUIRE <TriStar> (Sony Pictures)
• MARS ATTACKS! (Warner Brothers)
• THE PREACHER'S WIFE <Touchstone> (Buena Vista)
• SLING BLADE (Miramax) (wider - top 10 markets)

December 18

• EVA PERON (David Lamping Co.) (LA - Mann Plaza) (one week Academy qualifying run)
• IN LOVE AND WAR (New Line) (LA)
• MARVIN'S ROOM (Miramax) (NY, LA)

December 20

• BEAVIS AND BUTTHEAD DO AMERICA (Paramount)
• THE CRUCIBLE (20th Fox) (wider - top 50 markets)
• GHOSTS OF MISSISSIPPI <Castle Rock/Columbia> (Sony Pictures) (limited - 9 cities)
• LA CEREMONIE (New Yorker) (NY,LA)
• MY FELLOW AMERICANS (Warner Brothers)
• ONE FINE DAY <Fox 2000> (20th Fox)
• RIDICULE (Miramax) (wider - Top 25 markets)
• SCREAM<Dimension> (Miramax)
• SLING BLADE (Miramax) (wider - top 50 markets)
• THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD <Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (Seattle)

December 23

• THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD <Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (LA)

December 24

• I'M NOT RAPPAPORT <Universal> (Gramercy) (LA)
• PORTRAIT OF A LADY <Polygram> (Gramercy) (LA)

December 25

• THE ENGLISH PATIENT (Miramax) (wide)
• THE EVENING STAR <Rysher>(Paramount)
• EVITA <Hollywood/Cinergi> (Buena Vista) (NY - Sony Lincoln Square, LA - Cinerama Dome)
• HAMLET <Castle Rock/Columbia> (Sony Pictures) (NY, LA, Toronto)
• LES VOLEURS (THIEVES) <Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (NY)
• MESSAGE TO LOVE (Strand) (NY)
• MICHAEL <Turner> (New Line)
• MOTHER (Paramount)(NY,LA)
• THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT <Columbia> (Sony Pictures) (LA)
• RIDICULE (Miramax) (wider - Top 40 markets)
• SHINE (Fine Line) (wider)
• SOME MOTHER'S SON <Columbia/Castle Rock> (Sony Pictures) (LA)
• THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD <Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (LA)

December 26

• I'M NOT RAPPAPORT <Universal> (Gramercy) (NY)
• SOME MOTHER'S SON <Columbia/Castle Rock> (Sony Pictures) (limited - NY, Toronto + additional markets)

December 27

• LES VOLEURS (THIEVES) <Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (LA)
• THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT <Columbia> (Sony Pictures) (limited - NY + additional markets)
• PORTRAIT OF A LADY <Polygram> (Gramercy) (NY)
• WALKABOUT (Director's Cut) (Films Inc.) (NY)
• THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD <Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (NY)

1997 - 2000 Film Release Schedule

Top Sixty Weekend Films

Top 10 Grossing Cinema Engagements


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