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IMAX to convert Smithsonian to laser projection
By Associated Press on January 15, 2013
WASHINGTON — IMAX Corp. is beginning an initiative to transition museum-based theaters to new laser digital projection, beginning with the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.
IMAX is announcing plans Tuesday to upgrade the Smithsonian's three theaters in 2014. New technology uses lasers instead of light bulbs to light giant movie screens.
IMAX CEO Richard Gelfond says the company invested $50 million to develop laser projection. He says IMAX's roots are in museums, and it aims to keep that business as film becomes...
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'Les Miserables' will open in select IMAX theaters Christmas Day
By Solvej Schou on December 04, 2012
To quote Les Miserables, “I dreamed a dream” that the ambitious movie adaptation of the stage musical would show in IMAX theaters, and it’s happening! Universal Pictures announced Tuesday that the Tom Hooper-directed film, starring Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Sacha Baron Cohen, Amanda Seyfried, and Helena Bonham Carter, among others, will be digitally remastered to begin a limited domestic IMAX run in New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, and Montreal the same day as its nationwide domestic release on Dec. 25. The movie will roll out in IMAX theaters internationally starting Jan. 10, 2013. Read More
Striving for the ‘Business Class’ of Cinema
By Paul Beckett on November 29, 2012
Think of IMAX as IMX.T +1.55% the “business class” of cinema, says the company’s chief executive, Richard Gelfond.
India, of course, is legendary for its voracious appetite for economy-class cinema, as it were. But the Canada-based company, known for its big-screen, high-end movie-going experience, is trying to offer an...
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey IMAX 12:01 Participating Theatres
By IMAX on November 28, 2012
Calling all HOBBIT fans! Attend an IMAX midnight show of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey to receive an exclusive collector’s series of four character prints (while supplies last). The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is the first in a trilogy of films adapted from the enduringly popular masterpiece, The Hobbit, by J.R.R.Tolkien. Find a list of participating theatres below. Return to movie page US/CANADA Alabama Rave Patton Creek... Read More
High Frame Rate Theatres playing The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
By IMAX on November 07, 2012
Select IMAX® 3D theatres will play The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in HFR. A list of theatres is featured below. US/Canada AlaskaRegal Tikahtnu Commons Stadium 16 & IMAX - Anchorage AlbertaScotiabank Chinook & IMAX - Calgary CaliforniaEdwards Aliso Viejo Stadium 20 & IMAX - Aliso ViejoAMC Burbank 16 & IMAX - Burbank AMC Century City 15 &... Read More
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