Screen Source presents:
1998 USA Theatrical Film Release Schedule
Legend: <Production Company> (Releasing Company)
(opening location / details)
Note: release dates are extremely subject to change.
January 2
DECONSTRUCTING
HARRY (Fine Line) (wider)
WAG THE DOG (New Line)
(wider - limited)
January 7
ARGUING THE WORLD (First Run) (NY - Film Forum)
January 9
THE BOXER (Universal)
(wide)
THE EDUCATION OF LITTLE TREE (Paramount) (wider)
FIRESTORM
(20th Fox)
GOOD
WILL HUNTING (Miramax) (wide)
WAG THE DOG (New Line)
(wide)
WELCOME
TO SARAJEVO (Miramax) (wider - limited)
January 16
AFTERGLOW
<Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (wider - limited)
AMISTAD (Dreamworks)
(wider)
DON'T LOOK BACK (re-issue) (Artistic License) (NY - Film Forum)
THE
DRESS (Attitude) (NY - Lincoln Plaza, Quad)
FALLEN <Turner>
(Warner Brothers)
THE FULL
MONTY <Fox Searchlight> (20th Fox) (wide)
FULL SPEED (A TOUTE VITESSE) (Strand) (NY, LA)
GONIN (Phaedra) (NY - Cinema Village)
HALF
BAKED (Universal)
HARD RAIN <Mutual>
(Paramount)
ILLTOWN (TSG) (NY - Village East)
KUNDUN
<Touchstone> (Buena Vista) (wide)
LIVE FLESH <Goldwyn/Ciby2000>
(MGM) (NY - Lincoln Plaza, Angelika)
STAR KID (Trimark)
THE WINTER
GUEST (Fine Line) (wider - limited)
January 21
FALLEN ANGELS
(Kino) (NY)
January 23
THE
GINGERBREAD MAN (Polygram) (NY, LA)
ILLTOWN (TSG) (LA)
OSCAR
AND LUCINDA <Fox Searchlight> (20th Fox) (wider - limited)
PHANTOMS
<Dimension> (Miramax)
SLAPPY
AND THE STINKERS <TriStar/Bubble Factory> (Sony Pictures) (regional)
SPICE
WORLD <Columbia> (Sony Pictures)
SWEPT
FROM THE SEA <TriStar> (Sony Pictures) (limited)
January 30
THE APOSTLE
(October Films) (regular run)
DECEIVER (MGM)
DEEP RISING <Cinergi/Hollywood>
(Buena Vista)
DESPERATE
MEASURES <TriStar;Mandalay/Bedford Falls> (Sony Pictures)
FOUR
DAYS IN SEPTEMBER (Miramax) (NY, LA)
GREAT EXPECTATIONS (20th Fox)
ILLTOWN (Shooting Gallery) (limited)
KILLING TIME (Lions Gate) (limited) (8 markets) {400 theatres}
LIVE FLESH <Goldwyn>
(MGM) (LA, SF, San Diego)
TRUE FRIENDS (2nd Generation Films) (LA - Music Hall, Whittier
Village, AMC Burbank 8) (four-wall engagement)
ZERO EFFECT
<Columbia/Castle Rock> (Sony Pictures) (limited)
February 6
BLUES BROTHERS
2000 (Universal)
FOUR
DAYS IN SEPTEMBER (Miramax) (wider - limited)
GENERAL CHAOS (Island Digital) (limited)
NIL
BY MOUTH <Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (NY - Angelika, LA)
OSCAR
AND LUCINDA <Fox Searchlight> (20th Fox) (wider)
THE NEXT STEP (Phaedra) (NY - Village East)
PAUL MONETTE (First Run) (NY, Boston)
RATCHET (Phaedra)
(NY - Village East)
THE
REPLACEMENT KILLERS <Columbia> (Sony Pictures)
STEPHEN KING'S THE NIGHT FLIER (New Line) {136 theatres}
ZERO EFFECT
<Columbia/Castle Rock> (Sony Pictures) (wider)
February 11
TOKYO FIST (Island Digital)
(SF)
February 13
AFTERGLOW
<Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (wider)
THE APOSTLE
(October Films) (wider - adds 400 theatres)
AYN RAND: A SENSE OF
LIFE (Strand) (NY - Quad)
THE BORROWERS (Polygram)
HURRICANE STREETS
(MGM) (limited)
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
<New Regency>(Warner Brothers) (wider) {adds 800 theatres}
THE ONLY THRILL (Prestige) (Austin, Dallas, Houston) {6 theatres}
PRINCE VALIANT (20th Fox) (limited)
SPHERE (Warner
Brothers)
THE WEDDING SINGER
(New Line)
THE
WINGS OF THE DOVE (Miramax) (wide)
February 18
MOON OVER BROADWAY (Artistic License) (NY - Film Forum)
February 20
THE BREAK (Castle Hill) (NY - Quad)
COMRADES, ALMOST A LOVE STORY (NY - Cinema Village)
DANGEROUS BEAUTY
<New Regency> (Warner Brothers) (NY, LA, SF, Boston, Toronto)
THE FULL
MONTY <Fox Searchlight> (20th Fox) (wider - adds 500 theatres)
A FURTHER GESTURE (Castle Hill) (NY)
I LOVE YOU, DON'T
TOUCH ME! <Goldwyn> (MGM) (limited)
LEATHER JACKET LOVE STORY
(Goldeco) (NY - Quad)
LOVE
WALKED IN <TriStar> (Sony Pictures) (limited)
MRS.
DALLOWAY (First Look) (NY - Lincoln Plaza, Angelika, LA, Toronto)
OSCAR
AND LUCINDA <Fox Searchlight> (20th Fox) (wide)
PALMETTO
<Columbia/Castle Rock> (Sony Pictures)
SENSELESS
<Dimension> (Miramax)
ULEE'S GOLD <Orion>
(MGM) (re-issue) {adds 150 theatres}
February 27
BURN HOLLYWOOD BURN
<Hollywood/Cinergi> (Buena Vista) (NY, LA, Chicago, Cleveland, Seattle,
SF, San Diego, Boston, Philadelphia, D.C.)
CAUGHT UP (Live)
DANGEROUS BEAUTY
<New Regency> (Warner Brothers) (wider - limited)
DARK CITY (New Line)
KISSING
A FOOL (Universal)
KRIPPENDORF'S TRIBE
<Touchstone> (Buena Vista)
KURT AND COURTNEY (N. Broomfield) (SF - Roxie)
THE REAL BLONDE (Paramount)
TEMPTING FATE (Polygram) (limited)
March 6
THE BIG LEBOWSKI (Gramercy)
COMRADES, ALMOST A LOVE STORY (LA - Grande 4 Plex)
EVEREST
(IMAX) (NY - Sony IMAX, LA - Edwards Spectrum 21 Irvine, Boston)
HUSH (Sony
Pictures)
THE LEADING MAN (Northern Arts) (limited)
LONERS ON WHEELS (New Road) (LA - Monica 4 Plex)
LOVE & DEATH ON LONG ISLAND (Lions Gate) (NY, LA)
MEN
WITH GUNS <Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (NY - Angelika, Lincoln
Plaza)
MOON OVER BROADWAY (Artistic License) (LA - Music Hall)
MRS. DALLOWAY (First Look) (wider)
NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND (Northern Arts) (NY - Anthology
Film Archives)
NUEBA YOL 3 (Kit Parker) (wider)
THE ONLY THRILL (Legacy) (LA)
RIDE
<Dimension> (Miramax) (select markets)
THE SADNESS OF SEX (Tara) (NY - Quad)
SHAMPOO HORNS (Esicma) (NY - Quad)
TWILIGHT (Paramount)
U.S. MARSHALS (Warner
Brothers)
March 13
4 FACES OF EVE (Margin) (LA)
CHAIRMAN
OF THE BOARD (Trimark) (select cities)
DANGEROUS BEAUTY
<New Regency> (Warner Brothers) (wide)
LOVE & DEATH ON LONG ISLAND (Lions Gate) (wider)
THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK
<UA> (MGM) {3101 theatres}
MEAN STREETS (25th Anniversary) (Warner Brothers) (NY, LA)
THE ONLY THRILL (Legacy) (wider)
POST COITUM (New Yorker) (NY - Lincoln Plaza, Quad)
March 20
COURTING COURTNEY (Broken Twig) (LA)
FIREWORKS (HANA-BI) (Milestone) (NY - Film Forum, LA - Nuart,
SF, Chicago, Boston, Seattle)
MENDEL (First Run) (NY)
MR. NICE GUY
(New Line)
NIAGARA NIAGARA (Live) (NY, LA)
POST COITUM (New Yorker) (LA)
PRIMARY COLORS
<Mutual> (Universal)
A RAT'S TALE (Legacy) (NY, LA, Chicago, 4 other markets)
TASTE
OF CHERRY (Zeitgeist) (NY - Lincoln Plaza, Quad)
WIDE
AWAKE (Miramax) (NY - Sony Lincoln Square, Cinema 2, LA) {29 theatres}
WILD
THINGS <Columbia> (Sony Pictures)
March 25
FROZEN (Int'l Film Circuit) (NY, LA)
JAMES ELLROY: DEMON DOG (First Run) (NY)
A
PRICE ABOVE RUBIES (Miramax) (NY - Paris, Angelika)
March 27
BARNEY'S GREAT ADVENTURE
<Geffen> (Polygram) (NY - Radio City Music Hall)
CHARACTER
<Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (NY - Cineplex Regency, LA)
EDEN
(Legacy) (NY, LA - Laemmle's Monica)
EVEREST (IMAX) (Cleveland
- Cleveland Clinic OMNIMAX)
FIREWORKS (HANA-BI) (Milestone) (wider)
GENEALOGIES OF A CRIME (Strand) (NY)
GREASE (20th Anniversary)
(re-issue) (Paramount) {1500 theatres}
JAMES ELLROY: DEMON DOG (First Run) (LA, Boston)
MEET THE DEEDLES
<Walt Disney> (Buena Vista)
THE
NEWTON BOYS (20th Fox)
NO LOOKING BACK (Gramercy) (NY - Sony Lincoln Square, Sony
Village VII, LA, other select cities)
A
PRICE ABOVE RUBIES (Miramax) (LA)
THE PROPOSITION
(Polygram) (limited)
RIDE
<Dimension> (Miramax) (wide)
TASTE OF CHERRY (Zeitgeist) (LA - Music Hall)
April 1
WHO THE HELL IS JULIETTE? (Kino) (NY)
April 3
BARNEY'S GREAT ADVENTURE
<Geffen> (Polygram) (wide)
THE BUTCHER BOY <Geffen>
(Warner Brothers) (NY, LA, Toronto)
FOLLOW THE BITCH (Gurney) (NY, LA)
LOST IN SPACE
(New Line) {3,306 theatres -- new record!)
MERCURY RISING
(Universal)
POINT OF ORDER (New Yorker) (NY)
A
PRICE ABOVE RUBIES (Miramax) (wider, Top 40 Markets)
SHOCK CORRIDOR (re-issue) (Roxie) (LA)
THE
SPANISH PRISONER (Sony Classics) (NY, LA)
WARNER BROTHERS 75th ANNIVERSARY
FILM RETROSPECTIVE (NY - Sony Lincoln Square, LA - Chinese, SF - Castro)
WIDE
AWAKE (Miramax) (wider)
April 8
THE PLAYERS CLUB
(New Line)
April 10
3 NINJAS:HIGH
NOON AT MEGA MOUNTAIN <TriStar> (Sony Pictures)(regional)
THE
BIG ONE (Miramax) (NY, LA)
THE BUTCHER BOY (Warner
Brothers) (wider)
CITY OF ANGELS
<Turner> (Warner Brothers)
CROCODILE TEARS (Ted Sod) (Seattle)
ENTER THE DRAGON (25th Anniversary) (Warner Brothers) (NY -
Cinema Village)
I THINK I DO
(Strand) (NY - Quad, Washington, SF)
JUNK MAIL (Lions Gate) (NY)
MY GIANT <Columbia/Castle
Rock> (Sony Pictures)
NEIL SIMON'S THE ODD COUPLE
II (Paramount)
NO LOOKING BACK (Gramercy) (wider)
SONATINE <Rolling Thunder> (Miramax) (NY - Angelika,
LA)
SPECIES II (MGM)
STOLEN MOMENTS (First Run) (NY - Quad)
April 15
I THINK I DO
(Strand) (LA - Showcase)
TWENTYFOURSEVEN (October Films) (limited)
April 17
THE
BIG ONE (Miramax) (wider)
BLUE SKIES ARE A LIE (Wunder Hund) (LA)
CHINESE BOX (Trimark)
(NY, LA, SF)
GREY GARDENS (Rialto) (NY)
HOMEGROWN
(Sony Pictures) (test engagement - Seattle)
MAJOR LEAGUE: BACK TO
THE MINORS (Warner Brothers)
NIGHTWATCH
<Dimension> (Miramax)
THE
OBJECT OF MY AFFECTION (20th Fox)
PAULIE <Mutual>
(Dreamworks)
SOUR GRAPES
<Columbia/Castle Rock> (Sony Pictures) (NY, LA, Chicago)
SUICIDE KINGS (Artisan)
WILD MAN BLUES (Fine
Line) (NY, LA)
WIDE
AWAKE (Miramax) (wider)
April 22
HEALING BY KILLING (New Yorker) (NY)
April 24
THE BIG
HIT <TriStar> (Sony Pictures)
DEJA VU (Rainbow) (NY)
IN GOD'S
HANDS <Triumph> (Sony Pictures) (LA, San Diego, Hawaii)
JUNK MAIL (Lions Gate) (LA)
LOS LOCOS (Legacy) (LA, Houston, Atlanta)
MARIUS & JEANNETTE (New Yorker) (NY)
MIDAQ ALLEY (Northern Arts) (NY - Cinema Village)
ROJA (THE ROSE) (Phaedra) (LA)
SCREAM 2
<Dimension> (Miramax) (wide - reissue)
SLIDING
DOORS <Paramount/Mirage/Intermedia> (Miramax) (Top 40 Markets)
TARZAN AND THE LOST
CITY (Warner Brothers)
THE
TRUCE (Miramax) (NY, LA)
TWO GIRLS
AND A GUY <Fox Searchlight> (20th Fox) (limited)
May 1
AFRICA'S ELEPHANT
KINGDOM <Discovery Channel Pictures> (IMAX) (LA - California Science
Center IMAX)
BLACK DOG (Universal)
CHINESE BOX (Trimark)
(wider)
DANCER,
TEXAS POP. 81 <TriStar> (Sony Pictures) (regional)
DIDN'T DO IT FOR LOVE (First Run) (NY)
A
FRIEND OF THE DECEASED <Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (NY - Lincoln
Plaza, Quad)
GO NOW (Gramercy) (NY - Regency)
HE GOT GAME(Buena Vista)
LES
MISERABLES <Columbia> (Sony Pictures)
PARALLEL SONS <Eureka> (Greycat) (NY - The Screening
Room)
THE PROPOSITION (Polygram) (wide)
SHOOTING
FISH <Fox Searchlight> (20th Fox) (limited)
SLIDING
DOORS (Miramax) (wide)
STILL BREATHING
(October Films) (Portland, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, Nashville)
THE UGLY (Trimark) (NY)
WILDE <Sony Classics>
(Sony Pictures) (NY - Paris, Quad)
May 6
THE KINGDOM PART 2 (October Films) (NY - Film Forum)
May 8
ARTEMISIA
<Miramax Zoe> (Miramax) (NY - Angelika, Cinema 2, LA - Goldwyn Pavilion,
South Coast Village) {5 theatres}
CHINESE BOX (Trimark)
(wider)
CLOCKWATCHERS
(Artistic License) (NY - Angelika)
DEEP IMPACT <Dreamworks>
(Paramount) {3156 theatres}
HOMEGROWN
<TriStar> (Sony Pictures) (wider)
THE KINGDOM PART 2 (October Films) (LA - Nuart)
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT'S LITTLE MEN (Legacy) (13 select cities)
{111 theatres}
MARJAN (Turbulent Arts) (LA)
SHOPPING FOR FANGS (Margin) (LA, SF)
WOO (New Line)
{615 theatres}
May 15
BULWORTH
(20th Fox) (NY - Ziegfeld, LA - AMC Century 14)
GO NOW (Gramercy) (LA)
THE HANGING
GARDEN (MGM) (limited)
THE HORSE WHISPERER
<Touchstone/Wildwood> (Buena Vista) {2039 theatres}
IT'S IN THE WATER (Herd) (2 markets)
LAWN DOGS (Strand) (NY,
LA, SF, Boston, Chicago,Louisville, Lexington, Seattle)
THE LIFE OF JESUS (LA VIE DE JESUS) (Fox Lorber) (NY - Cinema
Village)
OFF THE MENU: THE LAST DAYS OF CHASEN'S (Northern Arts) (LA)
PLUMP FICTION <Rhino> (Legacy) (LA) (with short SWING
BLADE)
QUEST FOR CAMELOT
<WB Family Films> (Warner Brothers) {3107 theatres}
SHOPPING FOR FANGS
(Margin) (NY - Village East)
THE UGLY (Trimark) (LA)
May 20
GODZILLA <TriStar>
(Sony Pictures) {3310 theatres, 7363 screens} (starts screening May 19th after
7PM)
May 22
BULWORTH
(20th Fox) (wide) {1800 theatres}
FEAR AND LOATHING
IN LAS VEGAS <Rhino> (Universal) {1126 theatres}
THE
OPPOSITE OF SEX <TriStar> (Sony Pictures) (LA - Sunset 5, Monica,
South Coast Village, Town Center 5, Esquire) {5 theatres}
STILL BREATHING
(October Films) (wider)
TOKYO FIST (Island Digital)
(SNY - Cinema Village)
UNDER THE SKIN (Arrow) (NY - Angelika) {3 theatres}
May 27
THE DISENCHANTED (First Run) (NY - Film Forum)
GO NOW (Gramercy) (LA)
I
GOT THE HOOK-UP <Dimension> (Miramax) {655 theatres}
May 29
ALMOST HEROES <Turner>
(Warner Brothers) {2048 theatres}
BROADWAY DAMAGE
(Jour de Fete) (NY - Quad)
DAY AT THE BEACH (Arrow) (NY - Angelika)
HOPE
FLOATS (20th Fox) {2367 theatres}
INSOMNIA (First Run/Castle Hill) (NY - Lincoln Plaza, Quad)
{2 theatres}
THE LAST DAYS OF
DISCO <Castle Rock> (Gramercy) (15 markets) {22 theatres}
LITTLE BOY BLUE (Castle Hill) (LA)
THE
OPPOSITE OF SEX <TriStar> (Sony Pictures) (NY - Regency, Eastside,
Angelika)
THE UGLY (Trimark) (wider - limited)
YELLOW (Phaedra) (LA)
June 5
A PERFECT MURDER
(Warner Brothers) {2845 theatres}
BEYOND
SILENCE (Miramax) (NY - Angelika, Lincoln Plaza, LA - Goldwyn Pavilion,
South Coast Plaza)
CHARLIE HOBOKEN (Northern Arts) (NY - Village East)
KURT AND COURTNEY (Roxie) (NY - Cinema Village)
THE LAST DAYS OF
DISCO <Castle Rock> (Gramercy) (wider)
MR. JEALOUSY (Lions Gate) (NY - 62nd & Broadway, Angelika,
LA) {6 theatres}
THE TRUMAN SHOW (Paramount)
{2315 theatres}
June 12
SIX DAYS, SEVEN NIGHTS
<Touchstone/Caravan> (Buena Vista) {2550 theatres}
THE BEYOND
(re-issue) <Rolling Thunder> (Cowboy Booking) (NY - Angelika, LA plus
5 cities at Midnight) {7 theatres}
BEYOND
SILENCE (Miramax) (Chicago, Philly, SF Bay, Boston, DC, DFW, MSP, Sea-Tac)
{13 theatres}
CAN'T
HARDLY WAIT <Columbia> (Sony Pictures) {1987 theatres}
COUSIN
BETTE <Fox Searchlight> (20th Fox) (limited) {13 theatres}
DIRTY WORK (MGM)
{1776 theatres}
HIGH
ART (October Films) (NY - Angelika, LA) {4 theatres}
THE LAND GIRLS <Scott Free> (Gramercy) (NY - Paris, LA,
SF) {3 theatres}
PASSION IN
THE DESERT (Fine Line) (NY, LA, Denver) {15 theatres}
UN AIR DE FAMILLE
(Family Resemblances) (Leisure Time/Cinema Village) (NY - Lincoln Plaza, Quad,
LA - Music Box) {28 theatres}
WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES (Fine Line) (NY)
June 19
BEYOND
SILENCE (Miramax) (Detroit, Houston, Atl, Cleve, S. Florida, Tampa, St.L,
Pgh, Sacto, Phoenix, W.Palm Bch)
DREAM FOR AN INSOMNIAC (Lions Gate) (limited)
HAV
PLENTY (Miramax) (select cities) {413 theatres}
HENRY
FOOL <Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (NY - Angelika, Lincoln Plaza)
{2 theatres}
LITTLE BOY BLUE (Castle Hill) (NY - Quad)
MARIE
BAIE DES ANGES <Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (NY, LA)
MR. JEALOUSY (Lions Gate) (wider)
MULAN <Walt Disney>
(Buena Vista) {2888 theatres}
OFF THE MENU: THE LAST DAYS OF CHASEN'S (Northern Arts) (NY
- Quad)
UNDER HEAVEN (Banner) (SF, Seattle)
THE X-FILES: FIGHT
THE FUTURE (20th Fox) {2626 theatres}
June 24
I WENT
DOWN (Artisan) (NY - Beekman, Village East)
June 26
BEYOND
SILENCE (Miramax) (Balto, Den, SD, HFD, NHaven, Orlando, Daytona, Indy,
Portland, Milw, Cincy, KC, Charlotte, Raleigh-Durham, Nash, Salt Lk, Colum.,
San Ant., Buff, N.O., Austin)
BUFFALO 66 (Lions Gate) (NY)
CARLA'S SONG (Shadow) (NY)
DEAR JESSE (Cowboy Booking) (NY)
DR. DOLITTLE (20th
Fox)
GONE WITH THE WIND
(New Line) (New Technicolor Prints, 1.33 matte, anamorphic print) {250 prints}
THE LAND GIRLS <Scott Free> (Gramercy) (wider)
MEN (Unapix) (LA)
OUT OF SIGHT <Jersey>
(Universal)
PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (Director's Cut, re-issue) (Kit Parker)
(NY - Film Forum, LA, Seattle, Cambridge)
SMOKE
SIGNALS (Miramax) (NY, LA)
VOYAGE TO THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD (Strand) (NY)
July 1
ARMAGEDDON (Buena Vista)
{3,090 theatres, expands to 3,127 on 7/3)
I WENT
DOWN (Artisan) (wider - limited)
NIGHTS OF CABIRIA (re-issue) (Rialto) (NY - Lincoln Plaza,
LA)
July 2
MARK TWAIN'S AMERICA IN 3-D <Ogden Entertainment> (Sony
Classics) (LA - UltraScreen at Ontario Mills, Chicago) [15/70 3-D]
July 3
BUFFALO 66 (Lions Gate) (wider - Upstate NY, NY Metro)
DAVID SEARCHING (Jour De Fete) (LA)
NIGHTS OF CABIRIA (re-issue) (Rialto) (LA)
SMOKE
SIGNALS (Miramax) (wider)
TALK TO ME (Northern Arts) (NY)
July 10
BUFFALO 66 (Lions Gate) (LA - Nuart, SF, Philadelphia, DC)
HANDS ON A HARDBODY (Legacy) (Austin)
HOME BEFORE DARK (Hazelwood Film) (NY - Quad)
THE LAND GIRLS <Scott Free> (Gramercy) (wider)
LETHAL WEAPON 4 (Warner Brothers)
MADELINE
<TriStar> (Sony Pictures)
PI (Artisan) (NY -
Angelika)
SMALL SOLDIERS
<Universal/Amblin> (Dreamworks)
SMOKE
SIGNALS (Miramax) (wider)
WHATEVER
<Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (NY)
WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES (Fine Line) (LA)
July 15
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT
MARY (20th Fox) {2000+ theatres}
July 17
THE LAND GIRLS <Scott Free> (Gramercy) (wider)
MARK TWAIN'S AMERICA IN 3-D <Ogden Entertainment> (Sony
Classics) (NY - Sony IMAX) [15/70 3-D]
THE
MASK OF ZORRO <TriStar/Amblin> (Sony Pictures)
POLISH
WEDDING <Fox Searchlight> (20th Fox) (limited)
THE
THIEF (Stratosphere)(NY - Lincoln Plaza, LA)
WHATEVER
<Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (LA)
July 22
LOLITA (Samuel
Goldwyn) (LA - Landmark Fine Arts) (1 week only for Oscar consideration)
THE
SALTMEN OF TIBET (Zeitgeist) (NY)
July 24
BILLY'S HOLLYWOOD SCREEN
KISS (Trimark) (NY, LA, SF)
DISTURBING
BEHAVIOR (MGM) {1800 theatres}
EAST
PALACE, WEST PALACE (Strand) (NY)
MAFIA!
(Buena Vista)
PI (Artisan) (wider)
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN <Paramount/Amblin> (Dreamworks)
WESTERN (New Yorker) (NY)
July 29
CITIZEN KANE (Warner Brothers Repertory) (LA - Landmark Cecchi
Gori Fine Arts)
THE NEGOTIATOR
<Regency/Taurus> (Warner Brothers)
THE PARENT TRAP <Walt
Disney> (Buena Vista)
July 31
BASEKETBALL (Universal)
BLOOD OF HIS OWN (Tozart Entertainment)
EVER AFTER
<Fox Family Films > (20th Fox)
FULL
TILT BOOGIE (Miramax) (NY, LA, Dallas, Seattle, Austin)
THE
GOVERNESS <Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (NY - The Paris, LA)
KILLER CONDOM
(Troma) (NY - Cinema Village)
OUT
OF THE PAST (Zeitgeist) (with short DOTTIE
GETS SPANKED) (NY)
PI (Artisan) (wider)
SEVENTH
HEAVEN (Zeitgeist) (NY)
VOYAGE TO THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD (Strand) (LA)
August 5
HALLOWEEN:
H20 - 20 YEARS LATER <Dimension> (Miramax) {2000+ theatres}
KRZYSZTOF KIESLOWSKI: I'M SO-SO (First Run) (NY - Film Forum)
August 7
BILLY'S HOLLYWOOD SCREEN KISS (Trimark) (wider)
GADJO DILLO (Lions Gate) (NY - Lincoln Plaza, Cinema Arts,
Claridge Cinemas)
FIRST LOVE, LAST RITES (Strand) (NY - Eastside Playhouse, Quad,
LA - Laemmle Sunset 5, UA Warner Center, AMC Avant Garde, Edwards University)
SAFE MEN (October Films) (limited)
SEVENTH
HEAVEN (Zeitgeist) (LA)
SNAKE EYES (Paramount)
UNMADE BEDS (Chelsea) (NY - The Screening Room)
August 14
AIR
BUD: GOLDEN RECEIVER <Dimension> (Miramax)
THE AVENGERS (Warner
Brothers)
THE BEST MAN (IL TESTIMONE DELLO SPOSO) (October Films) (NY
- Eastside Playhouse, Quad, LA)
THE CHAMBERMAID
ON THE TITANIC (Samuel Goldwyn) (NY - Cinema 2, Quad)
HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER 2 (Margin) (NY - Angelika)
HOW STELLA GOT HER GROOVE
BACK (20th Fox)
REGENERATION (Alliance) (NY - Lincoln Plaza, LA)
RETURN TO PARADISE
(Polygram)
SLUMS
OF BEVERLY HILLS <Fox Searchlight> (20th Fox) (limited)
THE
YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT (re-issue) (Miramax Zoe) (NY - Film Forum)
August 19
FREE TIBET (TSG) (Detroit)
YOUR FRIENDS
AND NEIGHBORS (Gramercy) (NY, LA, 28 other markets)
August 21
BLADE (New Line)
DANCE
WITH ME <Columbia> (Sony Pictures)
DEAD MAN ON CAMPUS
<MTV/Pacific Western> (Paramount)
THE EEL (New Yorker) (NY - Lincoln Plaza, Quad)
NEXT
STOP, WONDERLAND (Miramax) (NY, LA, Boston)
STRIKE
<Reedeemable> (Miramax) (Seattle)
WRONGFULLY ACCUSED
<Morgan Creek> (Warner Brothers)
August 28
54
(Miramax)
A
MERRY WAR (First Look) (NY - Lincoln Plaza, First & 62nd, Chicago)
I MARRIED A STRANGE PERSON (Lions Gate) (NY - Angelika, LA)
NEXT
STOP, WONDERLAND (Miramax) (wider - Top 40 Markets)
SEE
THE SEA (Zeitgeist) (NY - Quad)
WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE?
(Warner Brothers)
YOUR FRIENDS
AND NEIGHBORS (Gramercy) (wider)
September 4
BROTHER (Kino) (LA - Music Hall)
FIRELIGHT <Hollywood/Wind Dancer/Miramax> (Buena Vista)
(limited)
THE JEW IN THE LOTUS (Blind Dog) (LA - Laemmle Grand Four-Plex)
KNOCK
OFF <Tristar> (Sony Pictures)
LIKE IT IS (First Run) (select cities)
MODULATIONS (Strand)
(NY, LA, SF)
NEXT
STOP, WONDERLAND (Miramax) (wide)
PHOENIX (Trimark) (NY, LA, Chicago, Des Moines)
YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS (Gramercy) (wide)
September 11
ALL THE RAGE (Jour De Fete) (LA)
THE CHAMBERMAID
ON THE TITANIC (Samuel Goldwyn) (LA)
CHICAGO CAB (Castle Hill) (Seattle)
CUBE (Trimark) (NY,
LA)
DIGGING TO CHINA (Legacy) (limited)
EAST
PALACE, WEST PALACE (Strand) (LA)
FREE TIBET (TSG) (NY, LA) (one week only)
LET'S
TALK ABOUT SEX (Fine Line) (limited)
OUT
OF THE PAST (Zeitgeist) (with short DOTTIE
GETS SPANKED) (LA - Laemmle Grand Four-Plex)
ROUNDERS
(Miramax)
THE
SALTMEN OF TIBET (Zeitgeist) (LA)
SIMON BIRCH <Hollywood/Caravan>
(Buena Vista) (limited)
TOUCH OF EVIL (40th Anniversary re-issue) <Universal>
(October Films) (NY, LA)
WITHOUT LIMITS
(Warner Brothers) (NY, LA, Toronto)
THE
YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT (re-issue) (Miramax Zoe) (LA)
YOUR FRIENDS
AND NEIGHBORS (Gramercy) (wider)
September 16
PERMANENT MIDNIGHT
(Artisan) (NY)
September 18
CHICAGO CAB (Castle Hill) (NY - Quad)
ESMERALDA COMES BY NIGHT (Fine Line) (LA, San Diego)
ILL-GOTTEN GAINS (Spats) (3 markets)
LILIAN'S STORY (Phaedra) (Kansas City)
THE MIRROR (Cowboy) (Boston)
ONE TRUE THING (Universal)
PERMANENT MIDNIGHT
(Artisan) (wider)
RUSH HOUR <Caravan>
(New Line)
SIX-STRING
SAMURAI <Palm Pictures> (First Look) (LA)
A SOLDIER'S
DAUGHTER NEVER CRIES <Merchant/Ivory>(October Films) (NY, LA)
SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY (Artistic License) (NY)
September 23
THE
BRANDON TEENA STORY (Zeitgeist) (NY - Film Forum)
THE
CURVE (Trimark) (limited)
SHADRACH
<Initial Entertainment/Columbia> (Sony Pictures) (NY)
September 25
CLAY
PIGEONS <Scott Free/Universal> (Gramercy) (NY, LA & 38 markets)
DIRTY LAUNDRY (Artistic License) (NY, LA)
HIT ME (Castle Hill) (NY)
JUST WRITE (Heartland)
(LA, Chicago, Dallas, Milwaukee, Des Moines, Indianapolis, Minneapolis)
THE LAST BIG THING
(Stratosphere) (NY)
LOLITA (Samuel
Goldwyn) (NY, LA)
MONUMENT AVENUE (Lions Gate) (NY, Boston)
PECKER (Fine
Line) (limited)
PERMANENT MIDNIGHT
(Artisan) (wider)
RONIN <UA> (MGM)
SHADRACH
<Initial Entertainment/Columbia> (Sony Pictures) (LA)
SKIN AND BONE (Jour De Fete) (NY)
URBAN
LEGEND <Phoenix> (Sony Pictures)
September 26
AFRICA'S ELEPHANT
KINGDOM <Discovery Channel Pictures> (IMAX) (NY)
October 2
ANTZ (Dreamworks)
THE BICYCLE THIEF (re-issue) (Kino) (limited)
BIKER DREAMS (Castle Hill)
DEE SNIDER'S
STRANGELAND (Artisan)
THE
IMPOSTORS <Fox Searchlight> (20th Fox) (limited)
LA SEPARATION (Phaedra) (NY)
LOLITA (Samuel
Goldwyn) (wider)
MONUMENT AVE. (Lions Gate) (LA, wider)
A NIGHT AT THE ROXBURY
(Paramount)
THE SOULER OPPOSITE
(Movie Studio Apartment) (LA - Laemmle Monica)
WHAT DREAMS MAY COME
<Interscope> (Polygram)
October 7
LOVE
IS THE DEVIL: STUDY FOR A PORTRAIT OF FRANCIS BACON (Strand) (NY - Film
Forum)
October 9
THE CELEBRATION
(October Films) (NY, LA)
BAD MANNERS (Phaedra) (NY, LA, SF)
CLAY
PIGEONS <Scott Free> (Gramercy) (wide)
DETROIT
9000 (re-issue) (Miramax) (NY)
HOLY MAN <Touchstone>
(Buena Vista)
THE INHERITORS (Stratosphere) (NY)
THE
MIGHTY (Miramax) (NY, LA)
ONE TOUGH COP (Stratosphere)
SLAM (Trimark)
(NY - Lincoln Plaza, Angelika)
THE SOULER OPPOSITE
(Movie Studio Apartment) (NY - Village East)
WITHOUT LIMITS
(Warner Brothers) (wider)
October 11
HAPPINESS (Good
Machine Releasing) (NY)
October 16
THE ALARMIST (Lions Gate) (NY, LA)
BELOVED <Harpo/Touchstone>(Buena
Vista)
BRIDE OF CHUCKY
(Universal)
HANDS ON A HARDBODY (Legacy) (LA)
HAPPINESS (Good
Machine Releasing) (LA)
LA
SENTINELLE (Strand) (NY)
THE
MIGHTY (Miramax) (wider - Top 40 Markets)
PRACTICAL MAGIC
(Warner Brothers)
REACH THE ROCK <Universal> (Gramercy) (NY, LA, Chicago)
RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER (Legacy) (limited) {25 - 50
markets}
SOME NUDITY REQUIRED (Seventh Art) (LA - Laemmle Monica)
October 21
SLAM (Trimark)
(LA)
October 23
APT
PUPIL <TriStar/Phoenix> (Sony Pictures)
THE CRUISE (Artisan)
(NY)
HAPPINESS (Good
Machine Releasing) (wider - limited) (15 markets)
HAPPINESS (Behaviour
Entertainment) (Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver)
HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION (Cinema Guild) (LA)
THE LAST DAYS (October Films) (LA) (one week only)
LIFE
IS BEAUTIFUL (LA VITA E BELLA) <Cecchi Gori> (Miramax) (NY - Paris,
Angelika, LA)
LOVE
IS THE DEVIL: STUDY FOR A PORTRAIT OF FRANCIS BACON (Strand) (LA)
THE
MIGHTY (Miramax) (wide)
ORGAZMO <Rogue>
(October Films) (limited - 30 markets, 100+ prints)
PLEASANTVILLE
(New Line)
SOLDIER (Warner Brothers)
T-REX:
BACK TO THE CRETACEOUS (IMAX) [IMAX 3D] (NY - Sony IMAX, LA - Edwards 3D
IMAX, Irvine & Ontario)
UNMADE BEDS (Chelsea) (LA - Nuart)
WITHOUT LIMITS
(Warner Brothers) (wider)
October 28
AMERICAN HISTORY X (New
Line) (NY, LA)
October 30
AMERICAN HISTORY X (New
Line) (wider - limited) {5 add'l cities}
THE CELEBRATION (October Films) (wider)
HANDS ON A HARDBODY (Legacy) (wider)
JOHN
CARPENTER'S VAMPIRES <Columbia> (Sony Pictures) {1500 theatres}
LIFE
IS BEAUTIFUL (LA VITA E BELLA) <Cecchi Gori> (Miramax) (wider - Top
20 Markets)
LIVING OUT LOUD <Jersey
Films> (New Line) (NY, LA)
TALK
OF ANGELS (Miramax) (NY, LA)
A WOMAN CALLED SADA ABE (Phaedra) (LA)
November 4
BELLY (Artisan)
GODS AND MONSTERS
(Lions Gate) (NY - Quad, Lincoln Plaza, LA - Monica, Sunset 5, Westside Pavilion,
Town Center)
A PLACE CALLED CHIAPAS (Nettie Wild) (NY - Film Forum)
November 6
THE ALARMIST (Lions Gate) (wider)
THE BIG CHILL (15th Anniv. re-issue) <Columbia> (Sony
Repertory) (limited)
CROSSING FIELDS
(Sterling) (NY - Thalia)
THE CRUISE (Artisan)
(wider)
HAPPINESS (Behaviour Entertainment) (wider - all major Canadian
markets)
ELIZABETH (Gramercy)
(NY, LA)
LIFE
IS BEAUTIFUL (LA VITA E BELLA) <Cecchi Gori> (Miramax) (wider - Top
40 Markets)
LIVING OUT LOUD <Jersey
Films> (New Line) (wider) {adds 500 theatres}
THE SIEGE (20th Fox)
T.REX:
BACK TO THE CRETACEOUS [IMAX 3D] (Chicago - Navy Pier IMAX, Regal IMAX Lincolnshire)
VELVET
GOLDMINE (Miramax) (limited)
THE WATERBOY
<Touchstone> (Buena Vista)
WILLIAMSTOWNE (Woodleaf) (LA)
THE WIZARD OF OZ: SPECIAL
EDITION <MGM/Turner> (Warner Brothers) (re-issue)
November 13
AMERICAN HISTORY X (New
Line) (wider)
AUTUMN SUN (Capitol) (LA)
DANCING
AT LUGHNASA <Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (NY, LA)
THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION, PART III (Penelope) (LA)
HARD CORE
LOGO <Rolling Thunder> (Miramax) (NY, LA)
I'LL
BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS <Walt Disney> (Buena Vista)
I
STILL KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER (Sony Pictures) <Columbia>
MEET JOE BLACK (Universal)
RIVER RED (Castle Hill)
(NY)
TEN BENNY (Artistic License) (NY - Angelika, LA)
THURSDAY (Legacy) (LA, Philadelphia)
T.REX:
BACK TO THE CRETACEOUS [IMAX 3D] (Nyack NY - IMAX at Palisades, Indianapolis
- IMAX 3D White River S.P., Orlando, Muvico IMAX 3D, Myrtle Beach - IMAX Discovery
Theater, Toronto - Cinesphere IMAX )
WELCOME TO WOOP WOOP
<Goldwyn> (MGM) (NY - UA Union Square 14, LA, SF, Toronto)
WHATEVER IT TAKES (First Look) (LA)
November 15
T.REX:
BACK TO THE CRETACEOUS [IMAX 3D] (Phoenix - IMAX Theatre Tempe, Palm Springs
- Desert IMAX Cathedral City, Las Vegas - Luxor IMAX)
November 18
STOREFRONT HITCHCOCK <Orion> (MGM) (NY)
November 20
A BUG'S LIFE <Pixar/Walt
Disney> (Buena Vista) (LA - El Capitan)
AMERICAN HISTORY X (New
Line) (wider)
CELEBRITY
(Miramax) (limited)
CENTRAL
STATION <Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (NY, LA) (NY)
ELIZABETH
(Gramercy) (wider - Top 30 Markets)
ENEMY OF THE STATE
<Bruckheimer/Touchstone> (Buena Vista)
GODS AND MONSTERS
(Lions Gate) (wider)
THE RUGRATS MOVIE
<Nickolodeon> (Paramount)
SAVIOR (Lions Gate) (NY, LA, Chicago)
SUE <Amko> (Castle Hill) (NY)
WAKING
NED DEVINE (Fox Searchlight) (NY, LA, Toronto)
November 25
A BUG'S LIFE <Pixar/Walt
Disney> (Buena Vista) (wide)
BABE: PIG IN THE CITY
(Universal)
ELIZABETH (Gramercy)
(wide)
HOME FRIES (Warner
Brothers)
RINGMASTER (Artisan)
(1400 theatres)
THE
LAST EMPEROR (Director's Cut, 1 hour new footage - 219 minutes) (Artisan)
(LA, Chicago, San Francisco)
STEAM:
THE TURKISH BATH (Strand) (NY, LA)
VERY BAD THINGS
(Polygram)
THE
VIETNAM CHALLENGE (Seventh Art) (Chicago)
December 4
HALLELUJAH! - Ron Athey: A Story of Deliverance (Artistic License)
(NY, LA)
HARD CORE LOGO <Rolling Thunder> (Miramax) (wider)
HI-LIFE (Lions Gate) (NY - The Screening Room)
JERRY
AND TOM (Lions Gate) (Toronto)
THE
LAST EMPEROR (Director's Cut, 1 hour new footage - 219 minutes) (Artisan)
(NY - Film Forum)
LITTLE
VOICE (Miramax) (NY, LA, SF, Chicago)
PSYCHO (remake) <Imagine>
(Universal)
SHATTERED
IMAGE (Lions Gate) (limited)
December 11
DIDN'T DO IT FOR LOVE (Artisan) (LA)
DIVORCE IRANIAN STYLE (Women Make Movies) (NY - Film Forum)
JACK FROST (Warner
Brothers)
THE OGRE (Kino)
(NY)
RED MEAT (Peninsula) (LA)
RUSHMORE <Touchstone>
(Buena Vista) (NY, LA) (1 week only)
SHAKESPEARE
IN LOVE (Miramax) (NY, LA)
A SIMPLE PLAN (Paramount)
(NY - 1st & 62nd, Sony Lincoln Sq., Loews Village 7, LA - AMC Century 14,
Broadway S.M., GCC Beverly Center, other major markets) {31 theatres}
STAR TREK:INSURRECTION
(Paramount)
STILL
CRAZY <TriStar> (Sony Pictures) (LA) (1 week only)
WAKING
NED DEVINE (Fox Searchlight) (wider)
December 15
JINNAH (Sladek) (LA)
December 16
SKIN AND BONE (Jour De Fete) (LA)
TANGO
<Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (LA)
December 18
A SIMPLE PLAN (Paramount)
(wider)
DISH DOGS (Prosperity) (limited)
THE EMPEROR'S SHADOW (Fox Lorber) (limited)
THE
GENERAL <Sony Classics> (Sony Pictures) (NY - Angelika, Lincoln Plaza,
LA)
GEORGE B. (Wunderhund) (limited)
OUTSIDE OZONA <Columbia> (Sony Pictures) (limited)
THE PRINCE OF EGYPT
(Dreamworks) {3,118 theatres}
YOU'VE GOT MAIL (Warner
Brothers)
December 23
DAY OF THE BEAST (Trimark)
(LA)
THE SWINDLE (New Yorker) (NY)
THE THEORY OF FLIGHT
(Fine Line) (NY - Regency, Beekman, Village East, LA - Showcase, Edwards Town
Center)
THE THIN RED
LINE <Fox 2000/Phoenix> (20th Fox) (NY - Ziegfeld, UA Union Square
14, LA)
December 25
A CIVIL ACTION <Touchstone>
(Buena Vista) (NY, LA)
DOWN
IN THE DELTA <Showtime> (Miramax) (select cities)
THE
FACULTY <Dimension> (Miramax) {3000+ theatres}
HURLYBURLY
<Storm Entertainment> (Fine Line) (NY, LA)
LITTLE
VOICE (Miramax) (wider - limited)
MIGHTY JOE YOUNG
<Walt Disney> (Buena Vista)
PATCH ADAMS (Universal)
SHAKESPEARE
IN LOVE (Miramax) (wider)
STEPMOM
<TriStar> (Sony Pictures)
THE THIN RED
LINE <Fox 2000/Phoenix> (20th Fox) (SF, Orange County)
December 30
AFFLICTION
(Lions Gate) (NY, LA)
ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE
(Trimark) (LA)
THE HI-LO COUNTRY
(Gramercy) (NY, LA)
HILARY
AND JACKIE (October Films) (NY, LA)
PLAYING
BY HEART (Miramax) (LA) (1 week only)
Updated: December 28, 1998
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