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Read a brief synopsis on the film of your choice in our educational Library. Any of these films can be booked for a group over 250 students. Film subject to change without notice.

THE ALPS
Centered in the heart of Europe, the Alps are home to some of the most famous peaks in the world including the Matterhorn, the Eiger, Monch, and Jungfrau. Each year they attract a pilgrimage of climbers who set out to test their strength and endurance on the peaks’ craggy slopes. Featuring dramatic footage shot under extreme filmmaking conditions, The Alps: Giants of Nature follows the footsteps of some of the most famous climbing pioneers and explore the beauty and uniqueness of this landscape.
 
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CYBERWORLD 3D
CYBERWORLD 3D. A feast for the senses, Cyberworld is the first-ever fully animated 3D film. Visit the eight exhibits in the Galleria Animatica with tour guide Phig, the feisty female host. There is a trio of wacky computer bugs who live by consuming the complex computer code that flows through the structure of the Galleria. The bugs threaten the integrity of Phig and all Galleria exhibits. You'll see many familiar characters along the way, including Homer & Bart Simpson and characters from the film "Antz". The film presents numerous creative and technical challenges for students.
Curriculum: Computer Studies, Science, Social Studies, Visual/Language Arts
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DESTINY IN SPACE
DESTINY IN SPACE gives the viewers an exciting glimpse into the future of space exploration. Featuring never-before-seen giant-screen images of the space shuttle in orbit around the Earth and thrilling fly-overs of Mars and Venus, the film focuses on the dramatic partnership of humans and robots working in space. An IMAX camera deployed via satellite provides rare views of the shuttle, in its entirety, orbiting 200 miles above Earth. Audiences are with the astronauts as they work in Spacelab and outside the shuttle in the hazardous vacuum of space, performing a spectacularly successful servicing mission of the Hubble Space Telescope.
Curriculum: Science, Geography, Geology and Math
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DOLPHINS
Dolphins chronicles the exploits of two young dolphin researchers as they travel form the Bahamas to Patagonia studying the communication and social habits of these captivating and much loved "ambassadors of the sea." From the people who brought you Everest and Adventures in Wild California - Academy Award Nominee
Curriculum: Biology, Marine Science, Environmental Studies
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DOLPHINS & WHALES 3D
Dive into a new immersive and highly emotional adventure with Jean-Michel Cousteau’s DOLPHINS AND WHALES 3D, which will take you from the dazzling coral reefs of the Bahamas to the warm depths of the waters of the exotic Kingdom of Tonga for a close encounter with the surviving tribes of the ocean. Stunning images captured for the very first time in 3D will allow you to discover their lives and habitats as never-before-seen. An unforgettable voyage with these graceful, majestic yet endangered sea creatures.
Curriculum: Science, Oceanography, Biology, Social Studies
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EXTREME
EXTREME combines incredible extreme sport action with narration from the athletes and an eclectic, contemporary soundtrack as it explores the paradox of human nature: facing fear from the edge of life. EXTREME shares an understanding of those who have made their passion a lifestyle and provides a unique glimpse into the relationship between nature and humanity - of an earth at its most surreal and athletes who continuously strive to feel her magnanimous, powerful shapes. 
Curriculum: Lifestyle Studies, Geography, Science and Physical Education
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HUBBLE 3D
Hubble 3D has been made by the same filmmaking team behind Space Station 3D. It chronicles the amazing saga of the greatest success in space since the Moon Landing. Featuring stunning on-orbit coverage of the telescope's final repair and jaw-dropping IMAX 3D flights through distant galaxies, Hubble's astonishing legacy will be captured for generations to come.
Curriculum: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
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HURRICANE ON THE BAYOU
A powerfully moving large format film unlike any other, Hurricane on the Bayou carries audiences behind today’s news headlines on a journey deep into the soul-stirring heart of Louisiana – before, during and after the unprecedented devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Unfolding against the poignant backdrop of the most costly natural disaster in America’s history, MacGillivray Freeman’s IMAX® cameras follow a group of four musicians, both legendary and rising, as they explore the electrifying culture of New Orleans: speed through the beautiful, alligator-filled bayous on airboats; recount their heart-wrenching, personal stories of Katrina; and most of all, bring the focus to the rapidly disappearing wetlands that are New Orleans’ first line of defense against deadly storms. 
Curriculum: Geography, Environmental studies, Natural Sciences
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THE HUMAN BODY
Three years in the making, The Human Body reveals the incredible story of life. In astonishing detail, this large format film presents a look at the biological processes that go on without our control and often without our notice. Throughout the film we follow a family from dawn to dusk as they go about their daily routines. But this is no ordinary story. This is the tale of what takes place beneath the skin - a tale that allows us to see the extraordinary accomplishments of our everyday lives.  
Curriculum: Biology, Nutrition, Life Sciences
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INTO THE DEEP
INTO THE DEEP, in IMAX 3D, takes viewers deep sea diving, with only 3D glasses for a diver's mask. Visit the kelp forest growing in the shallow waters of southern California's Channel Islands. Viewers will feel like they are ocean dwellers as they frolic with playful sea lions and come face-to-face with the colorful garibaldi fish, exotic sea urchins, sharks, opalescent squid, and giant schools of Spanish mackerel who live in the interwoven community of life beneath the sea.   
Curriculum: Biology, Marine Science, Environmental Studies
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JOURNEY INTO AMAZING CAVES
All over our planet there are landscapes that hold caves beneath them. Follow two cavers that share a passion for exploration as they embark on an adventure to explore caves in canyon walls, in glaciers and beneath the rainforests of Mexico.
Curriculum: Geology, Natural Sciences, geography
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LEWIS & CLARK: GREAT JOURNEY WEST
It was the dawn of a nation - a time before the American West became known as the frontier, and little was known about what lay within. Two captains, courageous in spirit and unyielding in their dedication to their mission, led 31 people, including one woman and her infant son, to the Pacific Ocean and back. Audiences will experience the danger and beauty of the unknown West as it unfolded before the eyes of Lewis and Clark.
Curriculum: History, Geography
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LIONS 3D
An epic drama unfolds in this award-winning giant-screen film from National Geographic and Tim Liversedge Productions, newly transformed into 3D for IMAX. This is the powerful story of a lion king who must wage the battle of his life against a young nomadic lion determined to oust him from his throne. At stake is a valuable waterhole deep in Botswana’s Kalahari Desert, a precious pool of water in a stark and thirsty land. Here the lion king reigns with two lionesses and his litter of cubs, all of whose fate lies in the outcome of this titanic struggle between two Kalahari giants.  
Curriculum: Geography, Science, Animal Sciences
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MAGNIFICENT DESOLATION: WALKING ON THE MOON 3D
The IMAX® space legacy continues with MAGNIFICENT DESOLATION: WALKING ON THE MOON 3D, which will take audiences to the surface of the Moon to walk alongside the extraordinary Apollo astronauts who have stepped upon its surface. With never before seen photographs, CGI renditions of the lunar landscape and previously unreleased NASA footage, audiences will be immersed in the life-changing experiences of these astronauts by showcasing what they saw, heard, felt, thought and did while on the lunar surface.
Curriculum: history, geography, civilization studies, social studies
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MUMMIES: SECRETS OF THE PHARAOHS

Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs follows researchers and explorers as they piece together the archeological and genetic clues of Egyptian mummies. These relics of the past create a window into the fascinating and mysterious world of the pharaohs. In addition to increasing our understanding of the culture, religion, medicine, and daily life thousands of years ago, scientists today are reconstructing mummy DNA and deciphering ancient texts to gain insight into modern human genetics and advance medical treatments. To unwrap the secrets of the pharaohs is to perhaps glimpse the future of our own civilization.

Curriculum: History, geography, civilization studies, social studies
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MYSTERY OF THE NILE

On Christmas day of 2003, Pasquale Scaturro and a team of explorers set out on an epic quest to become the first to complete a full descent of the world's greatest river, the Blue Nile and the Nile, from source to sea. Four months later, on April 28 at 7:01am, Pasquale and his expedition partner Gordon Brown, reached the mouth of the Nile at the Mediterranean Sea, becoming the first in history to complete this 3,250-mile journey.

Their amazing journey is the basis for the film for IMAX® theaters, Mystery of the Nile.

Curriculum: History, geography, civilization studies, social studies
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SANTA VS. THE SNOWMAN 3D
SANTA VS. THE SNOWMAN 3D The story of a lonely Snowman who at first is swept away by the magical wonders of Santa's Village, only to ultimately wage war on Santa because he's jealous of all the attention Santa gets during Christmas time. An epic-scale polar war then develops. The hilarious battle features such holiday defense mechanisms as hot chocolate squirt guns, giant Igloo Robot Walkers and even a 50 foot toy soldier manned by Santa himself. A holiday classic in 3D!
Curriculum: Great end of year holiday treat!
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Sharks 3D
Presented by Jean-Michel Cousteau, SHARKS 3D is a breathtaking new three-dimensional film experience that offers audiences an astonishing up-close encounter with the Lions and Tigers of the Ocean. Come face-to-face with a multitude of shark species, including the Great White, Hammerhead, and Whale Shark. Witness them as they really are: not wicked man-eating creatures, but wild, fascinating and endangered animals that have been in existence a million years before dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Join the expert team of ocean explorers that brought you OCEAN WONDERLAND 3D on this unique round-the-globe expedition documenting the life of the ultimate predator.
Curriculum:Oceanography, Marine Life, Biology
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UNDER THE SEA 3D
UNDER THE SEA 3D will transport moviegoers to some of the most exotic and isolated undersea locations on Earth, including Southern Australia, New Guinea and others in the Indo-Pacific region, allowing them to experience face-to-face encounters with some of the most mysterious and stunning creatures of the sea. It will offer a uniquely inspirational and entertaining way to explore the impact that global climate change has had on ocean wilderness.
Curriculum: Science, Oceanography, Biology, Social Studies
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WILD OCEAN 3D
Each year an unbelievable feeding frenzy takes place in the oceans of South Africa as billions of sardines migrate up the Kwazulu-Natal Coast. WILD OCEAN 3D captures spectacular breaching whales, feeding sharks, diving gannets, and massive bait balls inside and up close on the giant screen.
Curriculum:Oceanography, Marine Life, Biology
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