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FILM LIBRARY

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 50.

These films are also available to the general public only when booked on our current schedule. Visit our Tickets & Showtimes page and use the "Search" option to review showtimes and purchase tickets.

 

ADVENTURES IN WILD CALIFORNIA
ADVENTURES IN WILD CALIFORNIA, in IMAX, a virtual expedition and celebration of California's wild nature. A call to preserve and protect its wild places for future generations of adventurers. Swim with the sea otter pups at the Monterey Bay Aquarium and learn how their program rescues and rehabilitates the orphaned pups back into the wild.
Curriculum: Geography, Social Studies, Science, Math, English, Environ. Studies
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DEEP SEA 3D
A new and enthralling undersea experience from the makers of Into the Deep, will offer audiences astonishing up-close encounters with some of the most strange and exotic creatures on the planet, from the bizarre rainbow nudibranch to the giant Pacific octopus. Every animal here is dependent on another for survival, so the cooperation that exists between these ocean dwellers is the key to a flourishing neighborhood.

Curriculum: Science, Oceanography, Biology, Social 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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EVEREST
EVEREST is a story of amazing adventure - taking you along on an inspirational and spellbinding ascent with an international team of climbers who find hope, beauty and triumph in the wake of tragedy. Over creaking ice falls, across quaking chasms, up dangerous, towering cliffs, through a harrowing rescue of fellow mountaineers, and into the mystical danger zone of oxygen-thin altitude, the IMAX film crew captures the spirit of determination, optimism, and camaraderie that leads to miraculous accomplishment. Everest, featuring music by George Harrison, carries you to the top of the world, and to the peak of human achievement, on a journey that you will never forget. (45 min.) 
Curriculum: Lifestyle Studies, Geography, Science and Physical Education
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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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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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LEWIS & CLARK: GREAT JOURNEY WEST (Returning July 2010)

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.

Coming back to this theatre Spring 2010.

Curriculum: History, Geography
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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, 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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MYSTERIES OF EGYPT
MYSTERIES OF EGYPT takes you on a journey back 5,000 years into the secret afterworld of the Egyptian Pyramids. Buried beneath 2.3 million tonnes of stone, untouchable for centuries, their fabulous treasures and mysterious ways are unveiled. Discover who built the mammoth pyramids, and why; meet the ancient Gizas, Tutankhamen, Rames III and Cheops.
Curriculum: History, geography, civilization studies, social studies
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SPACE STATION 3D
Transport your students two hundred miles above the Earth to the International Space Station in the first ever IMAX 3D space film. Space Station 3D takes students to the heart of the action as the daring astronaut construction crews put together the largest and most complex structure ever assembled in space. Inside, you will float alongside the first people to inhabit the new station while they set up house, add new modules and perform scientific experiments, all while experiencing the thrill of life in zero-gravity.
Curriculum: Science, Geography, Geology, Math
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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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