Screen Source presents:
1997 USA Theatrical Film Release Schedule

Legend: <Production Company> (Releasing Company)
(opening location / details)
Note: release dates are extremely subject to change.
January 1
THE CRUCIBLE (20th Fox) (wide)
EVITA <Hollywood/Cinergi>
(Buena Vista) (Atlanta (Phipps Plaza), Baltimore (GCC Towson), Boston (Sony
Cheri), Chicago (Sony Pipers Alley), Dallas (GCC Northpark West), Denver (Mayan),
Detroit (Main Art), Honolulu (Waikiki), Houston (Cineplex Spectrum), Kansas
City (Glenwood), Miami (AMC Cocowalk), Philadelphia (UA Riverview), Phoenix
(Cine Capri), Sacramento (Century Complex), San Diego (AMC Mission Valley 20),
San Francisco (Regency 1), Seattle (Harvard Exit), Toronto (Eglinton), Washington
(Uptown))
January 3
EVERYONE
SAYS I LOVE YOU (Miramax) (LA)
GHOSTS OF MISSISSIPPI <Castle
Rock/Columbia> (Sony Pictures)(wider)
TROUBLESOME CREEK (Artistic License) (Boston)
January 9
SCREWED (Cinema Village Releasing) (NY)
January 10
CITIZEN
RUTH (Miramax) (wider - Top 10 markets)
EVERYONE
SAYS I LOVE YOU (Miramax) (NY)
EVITA <Hollywood/Cinergi>
(Buena Vista) (wide)
FARMER & CHASE (Arrow) (NY,SF)
INSIDE
(Strand) (NY, LA, DC)
JACKIE CHAN'S FIRST STRIKE
(New Line) {1000 theatres}
MARVIN'S
ROOM (Miramax) (wider - Top 10 markets)
MOTHER (Paramount){adds
152 theatres} (wider)
THE
PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT <Columbia> (Sony Pictures){adds 1200 theatres}
(wide)
THE RELIC (Paramount)
{2095 theatres}
SHINE (Fine Line) (wider)
TURBULENCE <Rysher/UA>(MGM)
January 17
ALBINO
ALLIGATOR (Miramax) (wider - Top 10 Markets)
BEVERLY
HILLS NINJA <TriStar> (Sony Pictures){1800 theatres}
EVERYONE
SAYS I LOVE YOU (Miramax) (selected cities) {250 theatres}
METRO
<Caravan/Touchstone> (Buena Vista) {1800 theatres}
PORTRAIT
OF A LADY <Polygram> (Gramercy) {adds 500-600 theatres (wider)
SHINE (Fine Line) (wider)
January 23
A TICKLE IN THE HEART (Kino) (NY - Walter Reade)
January 24
ALBINO
ALLIGATOR (Miramax) (Seattle)
ANGEL DUST (Northern Arts) (limited)
ANGEL BABY (CFP)(NY, LA, Seattle, Boston)
FIERCE CREATURES
(Universal)
HAMLET
<Castle Rock/Columbia> (Sony Pictures)(70mm engagements: Atlanta - Tara,
Boston - Kendall Square, Chicago - Fine Arts, Denver - Esquire, Detroit - Main
Art, Montreal - Le Faubourg, Newport Beach - Big Newport, Phoenix - Camelview,
Sacramento - Tower, Seattle - Guild, Vancouver - Varsity)
I'M
NOT RAPPAPORT <Universal> (Gramercy) (top 15 markets, wider NY, LA)
IN LOVE AND WAR (New
Line) (wide) {1600 theatres}
KOLYA
(Miramax) (NY, LA)
PREFONTAINE
<Hollywood> (Buena Vista) {200 theatres} (limited)
REGGIE'S PRAYER (Arrow) (limited)
ZEUS AND ROXANNE (MGM)
{1500 theatres}
January 29
GRIDLOCK'D
(Gramercy) {1000 theatres}
SAINT CLARA (Kino) (January 29) (NY - Film Forum)
January 31
JOHNS (First Look)
(NY,LA, SF, San Diego, Atlanta, Seattle) {10+ theatres}
MEET WALLY SPARKS
(Trimark) {1500+ theatres}
PRISONER OF
THE MOUNTAINS <Orion Classics> (Metromedia) (NY, Toronto)
STAR WARS: THE SPECIAL EDITION
<Lucasfilm>(20th Fox) {1850 - 2000 theatres}
THE SHADOW
CONSPIRACY <Hollywood/Cinergi> (Buena Vista) {800 theatres}
WAITING FOR GUFFMAN <Castle
Rock/Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures)(NY,LA)
February 7
THE BEAUTICIAN AND THE
BEAST (Paramount) {1750 theatres)}
DANTE'S PEAK (Universal)
THE
ENGLISH PATIENT (Miramax) (wider){adds 400+ screens}
FARMER CHASE (Arrow) (NY,SF)
HOTEL DE LOVE (Live) (select markets) (Top 5 markets)
KOLYA
(Miramax) (wider - Top 10 Markets)
MARGARET'S MUSEUM (CFP) (NY, Boston, Portland)
THE
PEST <TriStar/Bubble Factory> (Sony Pictures){1200 theatres}
PRISONER OF
THE MOUNTAINS <Orion Classics> (Metromedia) (wider - Top 10 markets)
SLING
BLADE (Miramax) (wider - Top 10 markets)
SUBURBIA <Sony
Classics/Castle Rock> (Sony Pictures) (NY, LA)
VISITING DESIRE (B. Production) (NY - Cinema Village)
February 12
DANGEROUS
GROUND (New Line) {800 theatres}
February 14
ABSOLUTE POWER <Malpaso/Castle
Rock> (Sony Pictures){2000+ theatres}
BOYFRIENDS (First Run Features) (NY - Cinema Village)
THE
ENGLISH PATIENT (Miramax) (wider){adds 400+ screens}
FOOLS
RUSH IN <Columbia> (Sony Pictures){1500 theatres}
THE
GRADUATE (30th Anniversary re-issue) (Strand) (NY - Film Forum, SF - Castro)
HAMLET
<Castle Rock/Columbia> (Sony Pictures)(adds 34 markets)
KOLYA
(Miramax) (wider - Top 20 Markets)
VEGAS VACATION (Warner
Brothers)
SHINE (Fine Line) (wider)
{adds 500 theatres}
THAT
DARN CAT <Walt Disney> (Buena Vista){1850 theatres}
TOUCH <UA> (MGM)
(limited) {50 theatres}
UNFORGOTTEN (Castle Hill) (NY - Angelika 57)
UNHOOK
THE STARS (Miramax) (limited - Top 10 markets)
WHEN
WE WERE KINGS (Gramercy) (NY, LA, add'l 15 markets)
February 21
BLOOD AND WINE <Fox Searchlight> (20th Fox) (top 10 markets)
BREAKING
THE WAVES (October) (wider)
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK:
SPECIAL EDITION <Lucasfilm> (20th Fox) {2100 theatres)
HOTEL DE LOVE (Live) (select markets) (wider: adds 400 runs)
LOST HIGHWAY (October)(NY,
LA)
MARGARET'S MUSEUM (CFP) (LA, Chicago)
MARVIN'S
ROOM (Miramax) (wider - Top 60 markets) {250+ theatres}
MESSAGE
TO LOVE (Strand) (LA - Nuart, SF - Red Vick)
ROSEWOOD
<Peters> (Warner Brothers) {980 theatres}
SALUT COUSIN (Seventh Art) (NY)
SECRETS
AND LIES (October) (wider) {adds 250 theatres|
February 26
BOOTY
CALL <Columbia> (Sony Pictures){1200 theatres}
February 28
DONNIE
BRASCO <Mandalay/TriStar> (Sony Pictures){1500 theatres}
HARD 8 <Goldwyn> (Metromedia) (top 15 markets)
KAMA SUTRA (Trimark)
(NY, LA) {10 theatres}
LE SAMOURAI (restored) (Artificial Eye) (NY, LA, SF)
LOST HIGHWAY (October)(wider)
MARVIN'S
ROOM (Miramax) (wide} {adds 700+ theatres}
SLING
BLADE (Miramax) (wider: adds 100 theatres)
SMILLA'S SENSE OF SNOW <Fox Searchlight> (20th Fox) (NY,
LA)
TROMEO AND JULIET (Troma) (NY)
March 5
THE DAYTRIPPERS
(CFP) (NY)
RHYME
& REASON <Miramax> (Top 40 Markets) {200+ theatres}
THE WATERMELON WOMAN (First Run) (NY - Film Forum)
March 7
BOYS
LIFE 2 (Strand) (NY, SF)
THE
EIGHTH DAY (Gramercy) (NY, LA)
FLIPPING (Dove)
(NY, LA)
GENTLEMEN
DON'T EAT POETS (Live) (NY)
GOOD LUCKM (East West)
(NY, LA, 6 other markets)
HOWARD STERN'S PRIVATE
PARTS (Paramount){2100 theatres} (675 theatres open on 3/6 at 10PM)
JERUSALEM (First Look) (LA)
JUNGLE 2 JUNGLE
(Buena Vista) {2000 theatres}
KAMA SUTRA (Trimark)
(wider: adds 90 theatres)
SUDDEN MANHATTAN (Phaedra) (NY - Sony Lincoln Square)
March 14
BLOOD AND WINE <Fox Searchlight> (20th Fox) (wider)
CITY
OF INDUSTRY <Orion> (Metromedia) (top 20 markets) {400 theatres}
THE DAYTRIPPERS
(CFP) (Boston)
DRUNKS (Northern Arts) (NY)
GENTLEMEN DON'T EAT POETS (Live) (LA)
LOVE JONES (New Line)
{800 theatres}
RETURN OF THE JEDI: SPECIAL
EDITION <Lucasfilm> (20th Fox) {2000 theatres) (may
open the 14th)
SLING
BLADE (Miramax) (wider)
SMILLA'S SENSE OF SNOW <Fox Searchlight> (20th Fox) (wider
- adds 5 markets)
THE
SUBSTANCE OF FIRE (Miramax){adds 10 theatres} (Top 10 markets)
March 19
GRAY'S ANATOMY (Northern Arts) (NY - Film Forum)
March 21
CITIZEN
RUTH (Miramax) (wider - Top 20 markets)
CRASH (Fine Line)(selected
cities) {400 theatres}
THE DAYTRIPPERS
(CFP) (LA)
THE
GODFATHER (25th Anniversary) (NY, SF, LA, Chi, Boston, DC, Dallas, Seattle,
Denver, Atlanta, Houston Portland, Phoenix, San Diego, Minneapolis, Toronto,
Montreal, Vancouver, Miami, Detroit)
LIAR,
LIAR (Universal){2844 theatres}
MANDELA (Manga Ent.) (NY, LA, Chicago)
THE QUIET ROOM
(Fine Line) (NY)
RHYME
& REASON <Miramax> (wider)
SELENA (Warner
Brothers)
SMILLA'S SENSE OF SNOW <Fox Searchlight> (20th Fox) (wider)
TANGO FEROZ (Tara) (LA - Grande 4-Plex)
March 26
CATS DON'T DANCE
(with PULLET SURPRISE short) (Warner Brothers) {1252 theatres}
THE
DEVIL'S OWN <Columbia> (Sony Pictures){2445 theatres}
March 28
B.A.P.S.
(New Line) {1204 theatres}
THE DAYTRIPPERS
(CFP) (adds top 10 markets)
KILLING GRANDPA (Tara) (LA - Grande 4-Plex)
LOVE
AND OTHER CATASTROPHES <Fox Searchlight> (20th Fox) (NY)
THE 6th MAN
<Touchstone/Mandeville> (Buena Vista) {1227 theatres}
TURBO: A POWER RANGERS
ADVENTURE (20th Fox) {2113 theatres}
April 2
A MONGOLIAN TALE (New Yorker) (NY - Lincoln Plaza & Quad)
April 4
ANNA KARENINA
(Warner Brothers) (NY, LA, Toronto) {5 theatres}
CHASING
AMY (Miramax) (NY)
CHILDHOOD'S END (Lipsky) (NY - Quad)
DAS
BOOT (Director's Cut - 210 minutes) <Columbia> (Sony Pictures) (limited
- 10 markets) {13 theatres}
DOUBLE
TEAM <Mandalay/TriStar> (Sony Pictures){1800 theatres}
GOOD LUCK (East West) (wider)
INVENTING THE ABBOTTS <Fox 2000> (20th Fox) {800 theatres}
RESISTANCE (Phaedra) (LA - Grande 4-Plex)
THE SADNESS OF SEX (Tara) (LA - Los Feliz)
THE SAINT (Paramount)
{2307 theatres}
SUDDEN MANHATTAN (Phaedra) (wider - LA, SF, Chicago, Boston,
Philadelphia)
THAT OLD FEELING
<Bubble Factory> (Universal)
April 9
SCHIZOPOLIS (Northern Arts) (NY)
April 11
ANACONDA
<Columbia> (Sony Pictures){2000 theatres}
CADILLAC RANCH (Legacy) (Dallas)
CHASING
AMY (Miramax) (wider - adds top 20 markets) {adds 25+ theatres}
COSI
(Miramax) (NY,LA)
GRIND (Castle Hill) (NY - Quad)
GROSSE POINTE BLANK
<Caravan/Hollywood> (Buena Vista) {1200 theatres}
KEYS TO TULSA (Gramercy) (limited)
LOVE
AND OTHER CATASTROPHES <Fox Searchlight> (20th Fox) (LA)
NO ORDINARY LOVE (Phaedra) (LA - Music Hall)
PARADISE
ROAD <Fox Searchlight> (20th Fox) (NY, LA)
PINK FLAMINGOS
(25th Anniversary) (re-issue) (Fine Line) (top 10 markets)
SCREAM<Dimension>
(Miramax)(re-issue) {1500 theatres}
WITHOUT AIR (Phaedra) (LA - Grande 4-Plex)
April 16
GAMERA: GUARDIAN OF THE UNIVERSE (1995 - 30th Anniversary remake)
(NY - Film Forum)
April 18
ANNA KARENINA
(Warner Brothers) (wider NY, LA, Toronto + adds nine cities) {adds 30 theatres
in new marktes}
CADILLAC RANCH (Legacy) (LA)
CAMP STORIES (Artistic License) (NY - Cinema 3rd Ave.)
DEAD MEN CAN'T DANCE (Live)(8 - 10 markets) {50 theatres}
EIGHT HEADS
IN A DUFFEL BAG <Orion> (Metromedia) {1500 theatres}
HOLLOW
REED (CFP) (NY)
KISSED <Goldwyn>
(Metromedia) (NY, LA, SF, Seattle)
MCHALE'S
NAVY <Bubble Factory> (Universal){1578 theatres}
MURDER AT 1600 (Warner
Brothers) {1950 theatres}
PARADISE
ROAD <Fox Searchlight> (20th Fox) (wider)
TRAVELLER (October)
(NY, LA, Dallas, Austin, Houston)
April 23
A
CHEF IN LOVE <Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (LA) {5 theatres}
April 25
ALL OVER
ME (Fine Line) (NY, LA, SF)
A BROTHER'S KISS
(First Look) (NY) {9 theatres}
CHASING
AMY (Miramax) (wider) {adds 250+ theatres}
A
CHEF IN LOVE <Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (NY)
FEMALE PERVERSIONS
(October) (NY, LA)
FLAMENCO (New Yorker) (NY - Lincoln Plaza, Cinema Arts Centre)
I WAS A JEWISH SEX WORKER (Greycat) (LA - Music Hall)
LOLITA (re-issue) (Warner Classics) (NY - Film Forum)
NOTHING
PERSONAL (Trimark) (NY - Village East)
PARADISE
ROAD <Fox Searchlight> (20th Fox) (wider)
ROMY
AND MICHELLE'S REUNION <Touchstone> (Buena Vista) {1602 theatres}
SHILOH (Legacy) (NY, LA, Chicago, Boston, Indianapolis, Seattle,
St. Louis)
VOLCANO <Fox 2000>
(20th Fox) {2773 theatres}
April 30
IRMA
VEP (Zeitgeist) (NY)
NOTHING
PERSONAL (Trimark) (LA)
May 1
CHILDREN
OF THE REVOLUTION (Miramax) (NY, LA)
May 2
ANNA KARENINA
(Warner Brothers) (wider - adds Top 20 markets) {19 theatres}
AUSTIN POWERS (New
Line) {2187 theatres}
BREAKDOWN
<DeLaurentiis> (Paramount) {2108 theatres}
BROKEN
ENGLISH <Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (NY)
COMMANDMENTS <Universal> (Gramercy) {269 theatres}(limited
- top 15 markets)
THE DESIGNATED MOURNER (First Look) (NY)
DIARY OF A SEDUCER (Leisure Time) (NY - Lincoln Plaza)
HOLLOW
REED (CFP) (LA, SF)
THE QUIET ROOM
(Fine Line) (LA)
RIPE
(Trimark) (NY)
TRUTH
OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. <Triumph> (Sony Pictures) (NY, LA, Toronto)
THE TURNING (Phaedra) (LA)
WARRIORS OF VIRTUE
(MGM) {2101 theatres}
May 9
CHILDREN
OF THE REVOLUTION (Miramax) (wider - Top 10 markets)
FATHER'S
DAY <Silver/Northern Lights> (Warner Brothers) {2482 theatres}
FETISHES (Cinema Village Rel.) (NY, LA, SF)
THE FIFTH ELEMENT
<Columbia> (Sony Pictures) {2500 theatres}
FOUR MILLION HOUSEGUESTS
<ABC> [IMAX 3D] (NY - Sony IMAX)
NOWHERE
(Fine Line) (NY, LA)
TRUTH
OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. <Triumph> (Sony Pictures) (Dallas, Houston)
TWIN TOWN (Gramercy) (NY)
UNDERWORLD
(Trimark) (NY, LA, Boston)
May 14
BROTHERS IN TROUBLE (First Run) (NY - Film Forum)
SPRUNG (Trimark)
{700 theatres}
May 16
AFRICA: THE SERENGETI [IMAX](Cleveland Clinic OMNIMAX)
CHILDREN
OF THE REVOLUTION (Miramax) (wider - Top 20 markets)
IRMA VEP (Zeitgeist) (LA - Music Hall)
LA PROMESSE (New Yorker) (NY - Lincoln Plaza, Quad)
LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION!
(Fine Line) (NY, LA, SF)
NIGHT FALLS ON MANHATTAN (Paramount) {700 theatres}
THE
SECOND JUNGLE BOOK <TriStar> (Sony Pictures) (limited)
TWIN TOWN (Gramercy) (LA)
THE VAN
<Fox Searchlight/BBC Films> (20th Fox) (NY)
May 23
ADDICTED TO LOVE
(Warner Brothers) {2007 theatres}
BRASSED
OFF (Miramax) (NY, LA)
CHILDREN
OF THE REVOLUTION (Miramax) (wider - Top 40 markets)
DESIGNATED MOURNER (First Look) (LA)
THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC
PARK (Universal){3280 theatres}
(select houses begin the night of the 22nd, including around-the-clock performances
at New York's Sony 84th St., Houston's Cineplex Spectrum and LA's Universal
City and Galaxy Cinemas)
PONETTE (Arrow) (NY - Angelika, Cinema 3rd Ave)
SHILOH (Legacy) (wider) (adds 10 markets) {adds 80 theatres}
May 30
GONE FISHIN'
<Hollywood/Caravan> (Buena Vista) {1841 theatres}
LA PROMESSE (New Yorker) (LA)
MONDO (Shadow) (NY)
RIPE
(Trimark) (LA)
ROUGH MAGIC <Savoy/Goldwyn> (Metromedia) (limited)
'TIL THERE WAS YOU (Paramount) (select markets) {700 theatres}
TRIAL &
ERROR (New Line) {2298 theatres}
TWIN TOWN (Gramercy) (wider - Top 15 markets)
THE VAN
<Fox Searchlight/BBC Films> (20th Fox) (LA, wider in NY)
June 6
BLISS
<Triumph> (Sony Pictures) (limited)
BRASSED
OFF (Miramax) (wider)
BUDDY
<Columbia> (Sony Pictures){1500 theatres}
CON AIR <Touchstone/Simpson-Bruckheimer>
(Buena Vista) {2400 theatres}
THE PILLOW BOOK (CFP)
(NY, LA, SF)
TIMOTHY LEARY'S DEAD (Strand) (NY - Quad, LA - Sunset 5)
June 13
BUTCH CAMP (Billings) (Chicago - Pipers Alley)
END OF SUMMER (JGM Enterprises) (NY - Angelika 57, Quad)
M (re-issue) (Kino) (NY - Film Forum)
THE NEXT STEP (Phaedra) (LA - Monica 4-Plex)
SPEED 2: CRUISE
CONTROL (20th Fox) {2615 theatres}
SQUEEZE
(Miramax) (NY, LA, Boston) {4 theatres}
TEMPTRESS
MOON (Miramax) (NY, LA) (5 theatres}
ULEE'S GOLD <Orion>
(Metromedia) (NY, LA) {7 theatres}
WEDDING BELL BLUES (Legacy) (NY, LA, Boston, Seattle) {11 theatres}
June 15
HERCULES
<Walt Disney> (Buena Vista) (NY - New Amsterdam) (12-day exclusive)
June 18
FOR ROSEANNA (Fine Line)(NY
- Eastside Playhouse)
June 20
BATMAN AND ROBIN
(Warner Brothers) {2934 theatres}
DREAM
WITH THE FISHES <Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (NY, LA) {7 theatres}
FALL (5Minutes) (NY - Angelika)
HERCULES
<Walt Disney> (Buena Vista) (Chicago - Chicago Theatre) (7-day exclusive)
LAST TIME I COMMITTED SUICIDE (Roxie) (NY, LA) {4 theatres}
MURDER
AND MURDER (Zeitgeist) (NY - Walter Reade)
MY
BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING <TriStar> (Sony Pictures){2134 theatres}
THE PILLOW BOOK (CFP)
(wider) {adds 40 theatres}
TEMPTRESS
MOON (Miramax) (wider - Top 25 markets) {adds 29 theatres}
TETSUO 2: BODY HAMMER (Manga) (Chicago - Pipers Alley)
ULEE'S GOLD <Orion>
(Metromedia) (wider) {adds 26 theatres}
UNDERGROUND (New Yorker) (NY - Anthology Film Archives)
WHEN
THE CAT'S AWAY <Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (NY - Quad & Lincoln
Plaza)
June 25
EAST SIDE STORY (Kino) (NY - Film Forum)
GABBEH (New Yorker) (NY) {2 theatres}
HEAD ABOVE WATER
(Fine Line) (limited - 8 markets including NY, LA) {10 theatres}
HERCULES
<Walt Disney> (Buena Vista) (LA - El Capitan)
June 26
GABBEH (New Yorker) (LA) {3 theatres}
June 27
CONTEMPT (Strand) (re-issue) (NY - Film Forum & Walter
Reade)
FACE/OFF (Paramount)
{2621 theatres}
FALL (5Minutes) (LA)
HERCULES
<Walt Disney> (Buena Vista) (wide) {adds 2870 theatres}
THE INNOCENT SLEEP (Castle Hill) (NY, LA) {3 theatres}
LATE BLOOMERS (Strand) (Dallas, Austin, Houston) {3 theatres}
THE PILLOW BOOK (CFP)
(wider) {adds 8 theatres}
TETSUO 2: BODY HAMMER (Manga) (NY)
ULEE'S GOLD <Orion>
(Metromedia) (wider) {adds 70 theatres}
July 2
MEN IN BLACK <Columbia/Amblin>
(Sony Pictures){3020 theatres} (many theatres will screen beginning evening
of July 1)
OUT TO SEA (20th Fox) {1734 theatres}
WILD AMERICA <Morgan
Creek> (Warner Brothers) {1812 theatres}
July 3
WHEN
THE CAT'S AWAY <Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (LA)
July 4
CONTEMPT (Strand) (re-issue) (LA)
END OF SUMMER (JGM Enterprises) (LA)
FOREVER MOZART (New Yorker) (NY - Walter Reade)
FOR ROSEANNA (Fine Line)(LA)
GUANTANAMERA (CFP) (Miami, Ft. Lauderdale)
July 9
4 LITTLE GIRLS (Green Valley Films) (NY - Film Forum)
July 11
BRILLIANT LIES (Castle Hill) (NY - Quad)
CONTACT (Warner
Brothers) {1923 theatres}
SHALL
WE DANCE? (Miramax) (NY, LA)
SHOOTING PORN (Caryn Horwitz Prod.) (NY - Cinema Village)
A SIMPLE WISH (Universal){1600
theatres}
THIS WORLD, THEN THE FIREWORKS <Largo/Orion Classics>
(Metromedia) (NY, LA)
THRILL RIDE: THE SCIENCE
OF FUN <Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) [IMAX 2D] (NY - Sony IMAX)
July 16
GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE
<Walt Disney> (Buena Vista) {2000 theatres}
July 18
CAFE SOCIETY (no distrib) (NY - The Screening Room)
KISS ME GUIDO (Paramount) (NY - Sony Lincoln Square, Village
VII, Nat. Am. Cross County Multiplex, LA - Laemmle Sunset 5, SF - Landmark Embarcadero
Center)
LATE BLOOMERS (Strand) (NY, LA)
MRS.
BROWN (Miramax) (NY, LA)
NOTHING TO LOSE
<Touchstone>(Buena Vista) {1600 theatres}
OPERATION
CONDOR <Dimension> (Miramax) {1000+ theatres}
THE SWAN PRINCESS: ESCAPE FROM CASTLE MOUNTAIN (Legacy) (NY,
LA, Dallas, Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta)
July 23
STAR
MAPS <Fox Searchlight> (20th Fox) (limited - 9 markets including NY,
LA)
July 25
AIR
FORCE ONE <Columbia/Beacon> (Sony Pictures) {2919+ theatres}
ALIVE AND KICKING (First Look) (NY, LA)
ANTHEM
(Fine Line) (LA - Nuart)
A BOX OF MOONLIGHT (Trimark) (NY)
BRILLIANT LIES (Castle Hill) (LA)
DAY FOR NIGHT (re-issue) (Kit Parker) (NY - Paris Theatre)
GOOD BURGER (Paramount)
{1887 theatres}
GUANTANAMERA (CFP) (NY)
LOVE
SERENADE (Miramax) (NY, LA)
MRS.
BROWN (Miramax) (wider - adds top 20 markets)
SHALL
WE DANCE? (Miramax) (wider - adds top 25 markets)
THE WINNER (Live) (NY, LA, SF)
July 30
187 (Warner Brothers)
{875 theatres}
August 1
AIR
BUD (Buena Vista) <Walt Disney>
A BOX OF MOONLIGHT (Trimark) (LA)
BUTCH CAMP (no distrib) (LA - Beverly Center, University 6)
IN
THE COMPANY OF MEN <Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (NY - Angelika
Film Center, Sony 84th St., LA)
MRS.
BROWN (Miramax) (wider - adds top 40 markets)
PICTURE PERFECT
(20th Fox)
SHALL
WE DANCE? (Miramax) (wider - adds top 40 markets)
SPAWN (New Line)
{2000 theatres}
August 6
DEF
JAM'S HOW TO BE A PLAYER (Gramercy) (751 theatres)
HAMSUN (First Run) (NY - Film Forum)
August 8
A BOX OF MOONLIGHT (Trimark) (LA)
CAREER
GIRLS (October) (NY, LA)
CONSPIRACY THEORY
(Warner Brothers) {2806 theatres}
FREE WILLY 3: THE RESCUE (Warner Brothers) (1258 theatres)
LOVE JONES (New Line)
(re-issue)
LOVE
SERENADE (Miramax) (wider - adds top 25 markets)
MOLOM: A LEGEND OF MONGOLIA (Castle Hill) (NY)
SOUL IN THE HOLE (Northern Arts) (NY)
STAR MAPS <Fox Searchlight> (20th Fox) (wider)
August 13
THE FULL
MONTY <Fox Searchlight> (20th Fox) (NY, LA, SF)
August 15
CAREER
GIRLS (October) (wider)
CONSPIRATORS OF PLEASURE (Zeitgeist) (NY)
COP
LAND (Miramax) {2233 theatres}
THE DELTA (Strand) (NY - Quad, LA - Music Hall)
EVENT HORIZON
(Paramount) (2311 theatres)
MON HOMME (Artificial Eye) (NY)
PAPERBACK ROMANCE <Goldwyn> (MGM) (NY, LA)
STEEL
(Warner Brothers) (1260 theatres)
TETSUO 2: BODY HAMMER (Manga) (LA - Nuart)
August 20
CONSPIRATORS OF PLEASURE (Zeitgeist) (NY - Film Forum)
August 22
THE DELTA (Strand) (LA)
DIRTY DANCING (10th Anniversary) (re-issue) (Live) (top 25
markets) (45 theatres)
FIRE
(Zeitgeist) (NY - Quad)
THE
FULL MONTY <Fox Searchlight> (20th Fox) (wider - Boston, Chicago,
San Diego, Philadelphia, DC)
G.I. JANE <Hollywood>
(Buena Vista) (1955 theatres)
LEAVE
IT TO BEAVER (Universal)(1880 theatres)
MASTERMINDS
<Columbia> (Sony Pictures){1200 theatres}
MIMIC <Dimension>
(Miramax) {2255 theatres}
MONEY TALKS (New Line)
{2005 theatres}
PIPPI LONGSTOCKING (Legacy) (limited)
A SMILE LIKE YOURS (Paramount)
SUNDAY (CFP) (NY, LA)
August 27
HOODLUM <UA>
(MGM)
SHE'S
SO LOVELY (Miramax) (NY - Cinema 1)
August 29
EAST SIDE STORY (Kino) (LA)
EXCESS
BAGGAGE <Columbia> (Sony Pictures){1500 theatres}
KULL
THE CONQUEROR (Universal)
SHE'S
SO LOVELY (Miramax) (selected) {500+ theatres}
TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE NEXT GENERATION (CFP) (limited)
TROJAN EDDIE (Castle Hill) (NY - Quad)
September 3
FAMILY NAME (Opelika) (NY - Film Forum)
September 5
CATHERINE'S GROVE (Ditocco) (limited)
FIRE DOWN BELOW
(Warner Brothers)
THE
FULL MONTY <Fox Searchlight> (20th Fox) (wider)
GRAVESEND (Manga) (NY)
JULIAN PO
(Fine Line) (limited)
LATIN BOYS GO TO HELL (Strand) (LA - Sunset 5)
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA <Columbia Repertory> (Sony Pictures)
(NY - Paris Theatre)
MOUTH
TO MOUTH (Miramax) (NY, LA)
September 10
CAPITANE CONAN (Kino) (NY - Anthology Film Archives)
MY MOTHER'S COURAGE (National Center for Jewish Film) (NY -
Film Forum)
September 12
AMAZON (Ogden) (LA - Cal. Museum of Science & Industry)
[IMAX 2D]
BANDWAGON (CFP)
(NY - Angelika, Chapel Hill, Charlotte, Durham, Raleigh)
CHAIRMAN
OF THE BOARD (Trimark) {test - Wisconsin}
CRACKING UP (Phaedra) (LA)
DELIQUENT
(Rice Arts) (NY, LA)
DIFFERENT
FOR GIRLS (First Look) (NY, LA, SF) (14 theatres)
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF GARCIA LORCA <TriStar> (Sony Pictures)(14
major markets, incl. NY & LA)
THE END
OF VIOLENCE (MGM) (limited) (5 theatres)
THE
FULL MONTY <Fox Searchlight> (20th Fox) (wider)
THE GAME (Polygram)
JOUR DE FETE (Miramax Zoe) (re-issue) (NY - Film Forum, LA)
(previously unseen color version)
LATIN BOYS GO TO HELL (Strand) (NY - Quad)
RIDING THE RAILS (Artistic License) (NY - Cinema Village)
A SELF-MADE HERO (Strand) (NY - Lincoln Plaza, Quad)
YO SOY DEL SON A LA SALSA (Creative Entertainment) (NY)
September 17
THE LONG WAY HOME (Seventh Art Releasing) (NY - Quad, LA)
MY
SEX LIFE: OR HOW I GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT (Zeitgeist) (NY - Walter Reade)
THE MYTH OF
FINGERPRINTS <Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (NY)
September 19
AARON'S MAGIC VILLAGE (CFP) (limited)
CONSPIRATORS
OF PLEASURE (Zeitgeist) (LA)
EYE OF GOD (Castle Hill) (LA)
FOLLOW THE BITCH (Gurney) (San Diego)
GOING ALL THE WAY (Gramercy) (NY, LA)
GRAVESEND (Manga) (wider)
IN AND OUT <Spelling>
(Paramount)
INTIMATE
RELATIONS <Fox Searchlight> (20th Fox) (NY - Angelika, LA)
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
<New Regency>(Warner Brothers) (800 theatres)
LATIN BOYS GO TO HELL (Strand) (SF - Castro)
NENETTE ET BONI (Strand) (LA - Nuart)
RATCHET (Phaedra) (LA)
REPULSION <Columbia Repertory> (re-issue) (Sony Pictures)
(NY - Film Forum)
A THOUSAND ACRES
<Touchstone> (Buena Vista)
WES CRAVEN'S WISHMASTER
(Live) (2500 theatres)
September 24
100 PROOF (None) (NY - Film Forum)
September 26
THE
ASSIGNMENT <Triumph> (Sony Pictures) (regional)
THE EDGE (20th
Fox)
FOREVER MOZART (New Yorker) (LA)
KICKED
IN THE HEAD (October)
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
<New Regency>(Warner Brothers) (wider)
THE LAY OF THE LAND (Northern Arts) (NY, LA)
MY NEW PARTNER AT THE RACES (Interama) (NY - Anthology Film
Archives)
THE MYTH OF
FINGERPRINTS <Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (LA)
THE PEACEMAKER
(Dreamworks)
A SELF-MADE HERO (Strand) (LA - Music Hall)
SOUL FOOD (20th Fox)
STACCATO PURR OF THE EXHAUST (Skunkboy Ink) (LA)
STAG (CFP)(limited)
September 27
THE ICE STORM
<Fox Searchlight> (20th Fox)(NY - Cinema 1, Lincoln Plaza, Angelika)
October 3
FAST,
CHEAP & OUT OF CONTROL <Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (NY - Film
Forum, LA)
FORGOTTEN SILVER (First Run) (NY - Quad)
GOING ALL THE WAY (Gramercy) (wider)
THE ICE STORM
<Fox Searchlight> (20th Fox)(LA - Laemmle's Royal, Edwards' South Coast
Village)
JAMES DEAN RACE WITH DESTINY (Showcase/Capstone) (regional)
KISS THE GIRLS (Paramount)
THE LOCUSTS <Orion
Classics> (MGM) (NY, LA)
THE LOVE MASTER (Rocket Releasing) (LA)
THE
MATCHMAKER (Gramercy)
MRS.
BROWN (Miramax) (wider)
NENETTE ET BONI (Strand) (NY - Quad)
PROJECT GRIZZLY (First Run) (LA)
A SELF-MADE HERO (Strand) (LA)
U-TURN
<TriStar> (Sony Pictures){1500 theatres}
October 5
WASHINGTON
SQUARE <Hollywood/Caravan> (Buena Vista) (NY)
October 8
DEEP CRIMSON (New Yorker) (NY - Film Forum)
GANG RELATED
<Orion> (MGM)
SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET <Mandalay/TriStar> (Sony Pictures){NY
- Sony Lincoln Square, LA, Toronto}
YEAR
OF THE HORSE (October)(NY - Angelika)
October 10
DANCEHALL QUEEN (Island Digital Media) (NY)
GOING ALL THE WAY (Gramercy) (wider)
THE
HOUSE OF YES (Miramax) (NY, LA)
LILIES (Turbulent
Arts) (NY, SF)
LOVE ALWAYS (Legacy)
(limited)
MOST WANTED (New Line)
{2000 theatres}
NAPOLEON <Goldwyn>
(MGM) (limited)
ROCKET MAN <Walt
Disney> (Buena Vista)
SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET <Mandalay/TriStar> (Sony Pictures){wide}
{2103 theatres)
THE
SWEET HEREAFTER (Alliance)(Canada only)
TIMELESS (Phaedra) (LA)
WASHINGTON
SQUARE <Caravan> (Buena Vista) (wider - Boston, SF, Chicago, Toronto,
LA, DC)
October 12
BOOGIE NIGHTS (New
Line) (NY)
HAPPY TOGETHER (Kino) (NY - Cinema Village)
October 15
TELLING LIES IN AMERICA (Banner) (NY)
October 17
BOOGIE NIGHTS (New
Line) (wider NY - Sony State, Village East, LA - Regent, AMC Century 14, AMC
Santa Monica, Beverly Ctr., Irvine Spectrum, Chicago, Toronto)
BREAKING UP (Warner Brothers) (Atlanta, Austin)
CHAMPIONS FOREVER: THE LATIN LEGENDS (American Home Ent.) (LA)
THE DELTA (Strand) (SF - Castro)
DEVIL'S ADVOCATE
(Warner Brothers)
EYE OF GOD (Castle Hill) (NY)
GUMMO (Fine
Line)(NY, LA, Toronto)
THE
HOUSE OF YES (Miramax) (wider - Top 20 Markets)
I
KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER <Mandalay> (Sony Pictures) {1500 theatres}
THE ICE STORM
<Fox Searchlight> <Fox Searchlight> (20th Fox)(LA)
KISS AND TELL (Phaedra) (LA)
LILIES (Turbulent
Arts) (LA)
MISSION
TO MIR </Lockheed/Smithsonian> (IMAX) (NY - Sony IMAX) [IMAX 2D]
PLAYING GOD <Touchstone>
(Buena Vista)
SHALL
WE DANCE? (Miramax) (wider)
TUDJMAN (Blackstone) (LA - Laemmle Monica 4-Plex) (one-week
Academy consideration)
WASHINGTON
SQUARE <Caravan> (Buena Vista) (wider - Atlanta, Minn, Seattle, Cleveland,
Montreal, St. Louis, Denver, Phila, Vancouver, Detroit, Sacto, Miami, SD)
YEAR
OF THE HORSE (October)(LA - Laemmle's Sunset 5)
October 22
BUGIS STREET (Margin)
(SF)
October 24
4 LITTLE GIRLS (Green Valley Films) (LA - Laemmle's Music Hall,
Magic Johnson, Atlanta - Magic Johnson)
BEAUMARCHAIS: THE SCOUNDREL (New Yorker) (NY - Lincoln Plaza,
LA - Laemmle's Music Hall, Landmark's Nuwilshire, Edwards Town Center, Laemmle's
Town Center 5, Laemmle's Esquire)
FAIRYTALE: A TRUE
STORY (Paramount)
GATTACA <Columbia>
(Sony Pictures){1200 theatres}
THE
HOUSE OF YES (Miramax) (wider - Top 40 Markets)
A LIFE LESS ORDINARY
(20th Fox)
TELLING LIES IN AMERICA (Banner) (LA)
TWILIGHT OF THE GOLDS (CFP) (limited)
WASHINGTON
SQUARE <Caravan> (Buena Vista) (wider - Dallas, Houston)
WONDERLAND (Fox Lorber) (NY - Cinema Village, Cinema Arts Ctr.,
LA - Grande 4-Plex)
Z (re-issue) (Fox Lorber) (Boston)
October 29
BUSCANDO UN SUENO (Nova) (NY)
HABIT (Glass Eye Pix) (LA)
October 31
BOOGIE NIGHTS (New
Line) (wide)
CRITICAL
CARE (Live)(limited)
DEEP CRIMSON (New Yorker) (LA)
GRIZZLY MOUNTAIN (Legacy) (limited) (400 theatres)
HAPPY TOGETHER (Kino) (LA)
THE ICE STORM
<Fox Searchlight> (20th Fox)(wider)
I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU NOT (CFP) (limited)
NUEBA YOL 3 (Kit Parker) (NY) {21 theatres}
RED CORNER (MGM)
SEVEN NOTES IN BLACK <Rolling Thunder> (Miramax) (NY,
LA)
SWITCHBACK
<Rysher> (Paramount)
THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS <Columbia> (Sony Pictures)(limited)
{65 theatres}
November 5
THE KNOWLEDGE OF HEALING (IN Pictures) (NY - Film Forum)
November 7
BEAN (Gramercy)
COLD AROUND THE HEART (20th Fox) (NY - Village East)
THE DELI (Golden Monkey) (NY - Sutton)
EVE'S
BAYOU (Trimark)
IN COLD BLOOD <Columbia Repertory> (Sony Pictures) (new
35mm print) (NY - Film Forum)
MAD CITY (Warner
Brothers)
SICK: THE LIFE AND DEATH
OF BOB FLANAGAN, SUPER MASOCHIST (CFP) (NY - Angelika, LA - Nuart, SF)
STARSHIP TROOPERS
<TriStar/Touchstone> (Sony Pictures) {3000 theatres}
TELLING LIES IN AMERICA (Banner) (wider)
THE
WINGS OF THE DOVE (Miramax) (NY, LA)
November 14
ANASTASIA <Fox Family
Films/Fox Animation> (20th Fox) (NY - Ziegfeld: in Dolby Digital) (in Cinemascope!)
BUGIS STREET (Margin)
(NY - Village East)
CRITICAL
CARE (Live)(wide)
HABIT (Glass Eye Pix)
(NY - Cinema Village)
THE ICE STORM
<Fox Searchlight> (20th Fox)(wide)
THE JACKAL (Universal)
KISS
OR KILL (October) (NY - Lincoln Plaza, Quad, LA)
THE LITTLE MERMAID
<Walt Disney> (Buena Vista) (re-issue) (17 days only!)
THE MAN WHO KNEW
TOO LITTLE <New Regency> (Warner Brothers)
THE MOUSE (Strand) (NY - Quad, LA)
NICK AND JANE (CFP)
(NY, LA, Dallas, Chicago)
ONE NIGHT STAND
(New Line) {700 theatres}
SICK: THE LIFE AND DEATH
OF BOB FLANAGAN, SUPER MASOCHIST (CFP) (wider)
SLAVES TO THE
UNDERGROUND (First Look) (NY - Quad, LA, Seattle)
THE
TANGO LESSON <Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (NY)
THE
WINGS OF THE DOVE (Miramax) (wider - Top 20 Markets)
November 21
ANASTASIA <Fox Animation>
(20th Fox) (wide) (in Cinemascope!) {2480 theatres]
BUGIS STREET (Margin)
(LA, Seattle)
JOHN GRISHAM'S THE RAINMAKER
(Paramount)
MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN
OF GOOD AND EVIL <Silver> (Warner Brothers) {824 theatres}
MORTAL
KOMBAT: ANNIHILATION (New Line) {2000 theatres}
THE SWEET HEREAFTER
(Fine Line)(NY, LA)
THE
WINGS OF THE DOVE (Miramax) (wider){500 theatres}
"Z"(re-issue) (Fox Lorber) (LA)
November 26
ALIEN:RESURRECTION
(20th Fox)
BENT <Goldwyn>
(MGM) (NY, LA, SF, Toronto)
FLUBBER <Walt Disney>
(Buena Vista)
THE
IMAX NUTCRACKER [IMAX 3D] {22 N. American theatres, 1 in Australia}
WELCOME
TO SARAJEVO (Miramax) (NY - Sony Lincoln Square, Angelika, LA, SF) (2 weeks
only!)
November 28
NEVER MET PICASSO (Turbulent Arts) (LA, Boston)
December 3
OFFICE KILLER (Strand) (NY - Film Forum)
December 5
DOGS (Phaedra) (LA)
GOOD
WILL HUNTING (Miramax) (NY, LA)
HUGO POOL (Northern Arts) (NY, LA, Boston, Philadelphia)
OFFICE KILLER (Strand) (LA)
OTHER VOICES, OTHER ROOMS (Artistic License) (NY)
TWISTED (Leisure Time) (NY - Quad)
December 10
AMISTAD (Dreamworks)
(NY - Sony Lincoln Square, Coronet, LA) {6 theatres}
December 12
AMISTAD (Dreamworks)
(wider - Top 50 markets) {322 theatres}
DECONSTRUCTING
HARRY (Fine Line) (NY - Lincoln Plaza, Cinema 1 Sony 19th St., Village East,
LA, Toronto) {10 theatres}
FOR RICHER OR POORER
<Bubble Factory> (Universal){1,904 theatres}
HOME ALONE 3 (20th Fox){2,145
theatres}
LES BOYS (CFP)
(Quebec only)
LET'S KILL ALL
THE LAWYERS, THE MOVIE (Barrister) (LA - Laemmle's Monica)
THE MOTHER AND THE WHORE (re-issue) (Artificial Eye) (re-issue)
(NY)
SCREAM 2
<Dimension> (Miramax) {2,663 theatres, 4,107 prints}
December 17
THE APOSTLE
(October) (NY, LA) (Academy Award Consideration) (one week only!) (reopens January
30)
GUY (Gramercy) (LA)
WILL
IT SNOW FOR CHRISTMAS? (Zeitgeist) (NY - Film Forum)
December 19
AMISTAD (Dreamworks)
(wider - adds 158 theatres)
ARTEMISIA (Miramax) (NY, LA)
THE LITTLE MERMAID
<Walt Disney> (Buena Vista) (re-issue)
MOUSEHUNT (Dreamworks)
{2,152 theatres}
TITANIC <Lightstorm/20th
Fox/Paramount> (Paramount) {2674 theatres, 3700+ prints}
(DTS 70mm houses: Loews Astor Plaza - NY, Mann Village - LA, Mann Chinese -
Hollywood, Century 22A&B - San Jose, GCC Northpark - Dallas)
TOMORROW NEVER DIES
<UA> (MGM) {2,807 theatres}
WILL IT SNOW FOR CHRISTMAS? (Zeitgeist) (LA)
December 23
AS
GOOD AS IT GETS <TriStar> (Sony Pictures){NY - Sony Lincoln Square,
LA, Toronto}
December 25
AN AMERICAN
WEREWOLF IN PARIS <Hollywood/Cometstone> (Buena Vista)IMG SRC="sdds.gif">
{1,728 theatres}
AMISTAD (Dreamworks)
(wider - 712 theatres) {712 theatres}
AS
GOOD AS IT GETS <TriStar> (Sony Pictures){wide} {1,572 theatres}
DECONSTRUCTING
HARRY (Fine Line) (wider: limited)
THE EDUCATION OF LITTLE TREE (Paramount) (NY - 62nd & Broadway,
LA - Mann Regent)
JACKIE
BROWN (Miramax) {1,370 theatres}
KUNDUN
<Touchstone> (Buena Vista) (NY - Sony Lincoln Square, LA - AMC Century
14) (wider: January 16)
MR. MAGOO <Walt Disney>
(Buena Vista) {1,857 theatres}
THE POSTMAN (Warner
Brothers) {2,207 theatres}
THE SWEET HEREAFTER
(Fine Line)(wider: limited)
THE
TANGO LESSON <Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (LA, SD)
WAG THE DOG (New Line)
(NY - Sony Lincoln Square, Cinema 1, LA, SD) (limited: January 2, wide: January
9)
THE WINTER
GUEST (Fine Line) (NY - The Paris, LA - Music Hall, Town Center, Toronto)
December 26
AFTERGLOW
<Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (NY - Regency, Angelika, LA - NuWilshire,
Sunset 5, Esquire, Town Center)
MA
VIE EN ROSE (MY LIFE IN PINK) <Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures)(NY -
Lincoln Plaza, Quad, LA - S.G. Pavilion, Sunset 5)
December 31
THE BOXER (Universal)
(limited - six markets, NY - Beekman) (wide: January 9)
O AMOR NATURAL (First Run/Icarus) (NY - Film Forum)
OSCAR
AND LUCINDA <Fox Searchlight> (20th Fox)(NY - Lincoln Plaza, 72nd
St. East, Angelika, LA - S.G. Pavilion, Sunset 5)
Updated: December 1, 1997
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