Clearview Cinemas' Legendary Ziegfeld Theatre Rolls Out Red Carpet for Opening Night of 'Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith'

Clearview Cinemas' Legendary Ziegfeld Theatre Rolls Out Red Carpet for Opening Night of 'Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith'

NEW YORK, May 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Clearview Cinemas today announced that it will roll out the red carpet at its legendary Ziegfeld Theatre for the opening night of "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith" on Wednesday, May 18, starting at 10:00 p.m. EDT. Showtime begins at 12:01 a.m. on Thursday, May 19.

The first guests to walk the red carpet for this midnight show will be participants of the NYLine Stand-A-Thon. For this fundraising event, which has attracted people from 9 different countries, the participants will have spent 19 days in front of the Ziegfeld Theatre waiting for opening night, while raising money and awareness for the Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation.

Specific opening night details include:

WHEN: Wednesday, May 18, at 10:00 p.m. - Rolling out the red carpet for
the opening of "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith"

WHERE: Clearview's Ziegfeld Theatre - 141 West 54th Street, New York, NY

MEDIA: Please call Beth Simpson Crimmins at 908-918-2020 to be included
on approved media list. There will be a media check-in desk
located at the front of the theater where press will be required
to pick up their press credential before covering the event.

After opening night, the Ziegfeld Theatre will feature a marathon showing of "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith," continuing to run the movie 24-hours-a-day, through Sunday, May 22, 2005.

Clearview Cinemas

A subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corporation since 1998, Clearview Cinemas was formed in 1994 and currently operates 54 movie theatres with 266 screens in the New York metropolitan area, including the famous Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City. Clearview Cinemas operates theatres in New Jersey, Manhattan, Westchester, Rockland County, Long Island and Pennsylvania. More information can be found at http://www.clearviewcinemas.com/.

NYLine / Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation

NYLine is an all-volunteer organization that uses the excitement surrounding new "Star Wars" films to raise funds and awareness for the Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation. Its "Stand-A-Thons" outside NYC's Ziegfeld Theatre before the 1999 and 2002 premieres raised more than $33,000. NYLine will celebrate the release of "Star Wars: Episode III" this spring, returning to the pavement to raise money for our Fun Center program.

Source: Clearview Cinemas

CONTACT: Beth Simpson Crimmins, +1-908-918-2020

Web site: http://www.clearviewcinemas.com/

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