--- title: Take a Journey To The Arctic in IMAX® Theatres Starting Friday publisher: "IMAX" description: "Latest IMAX® Documentary Adventure Narrated by Meryl Streep and Featuring the Music of Paul McCartney LOS ANGELES, April 18, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --IMAX Corporation, (NYSE:IMAX; TSX:IMX) MacGillivray Freeman Films, and Warner Bros. Pictures today announced that the documentary adventure To" canonical: "https://www.imax.com/pr/take-journey-arctic-imaxr-theatres-starting-friday" date: 2012-04-18 last_updated: 2012-04-18 --- Take a Journey To The Arctic in IMAX® Theatres Starting Friday ============================================================== Wed, Apr 18, 2012 **Latest IMAX® Documentary Adventure Narrated by Meryl Streep and Featuring the Music of Paul McCartney** LOS ANGELES, April 18, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --IMAX Corporation, (NYSE:IMAX; TSX:IMX) MacGillivray Freeman Films, and Warner Bros. Pictures today announced that the documentary adventure _To The Arctic_ will debut exclusively in 50 select IMAX® theatres in North America, beginning Friday, April 20. Additional theatres will be added as the footprint expands domestically and internationally over the coming months. (Logo: [http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111107/MM01969LOGO](http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111107/MM01969LOGO) ) An extraordinary journey to the top of the world as few people have ever seen it, _To The Arctic_ tells a compelling tale of survival, with global implications. Through the power of IMAX®, audiences will be transported to one of the most remote and spectacularly beautiful places in the world and experience an emotional story of love, family and hope. _To The Arctic_ reunites Academy Award® winner Meryl Streep with Academy Award-nominated Director Greg MacGillivray. The film is their third collaboration. _To The Arctic_ also features seven classic songs from Paul McCartney's catalogue as part of the film's soundtrack, including: _I'm Carrying_; _Calico Skies_; _Mr. Bellamy_; _Bip Bop_; _Little Willow_ and _Maybe I'm Amazed_. The Beatles' _Because_ r_ounds out the soundtrack._ **About** **_To The Arctic_** Narrated by Oscar® winner Meryl Streep, the film takes audiences on a never-before-experienced journey into the lives of a mother polar bear and her twin seven-month-old cubs as they navigate the changing Arctic wilderness they call home. Captivating and intimate footage brings moviegoers up close and personal with this family's struggle to survive in a frigid environment of melting ice, immense glaciers, spectacular waterfalls, and majestic snow-bound peaks. Warner Bros. Pictures and IMAX® Filmed Entertainment present a MacGillivray Freeman Film, "To The Arctic," a One World One Ocean presentation, directed by two-time Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Greg MacGillivray ("The Living Sea," "Dolphins"). Filmed in 15/70mm IMAX®, "To The Arctic" is written and edited by Stephen Judson ("Everest"), and produced by Shaun MacGillivray ("Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk"). The musical score is by Steve Wood, with songs by Paul McCartney. The film has been rated G and has a run time of 40 minutes. [http://www.imax.com/tothearctic](http://www.imax.com/tothearctic) _To The Arctic_ is scheduled to play day-and-date at the following IMAX theatres beginning **April 20**: **UNITED STATES** **California** _Cathedral_ _City_ \- Desert IMAX Theatre _Irvine_ - Edwards Irvine Spectrum 21 & IMAX _Los Angeles_ - California Science Center IMAX Theater _Sacramento_ - Esquire IMAX Theatre _San Diego_ \- Reuben H. Fleet Science Center# _San Jose_ - Hackworth IMAX Dome at The Tech Museum# **Colorado** _Denver_ \- Denver Museum of Nature & Science IMAX **Connecticut** _Norwalk_ - IMAX Theatre at The Maritime Aquarium# **District of Columbia** _Washington_ \- National Museum of Natural History Samuel C Johnson IMAX **Florida** _Fort Lauderdale_ \- AutoNation IMAX at Museum of Discovery & Science _St. Augustine_ - World Golf Hall of Fame IMAX Theatre _Tallahassee_ \- Challenger Learning Center IMAX _Tampa_ - Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI) IMAX Dome Theatre# **Georgia** _Atlanta_ \- Rankin M. Smith IMAX Theatre# **Illinois** _Chicago_ - Navy Pier IMAX Theatre **Indiana** _Indianapolis_ - Indiana State Museum White River IMAX Theater **Iowa** _Des Moines_ \- Science Center of Iowa & Blank IMAX Dome Theater# **Kentucky** _Louisville_ - Louisville Science Center IMAX Theatre# **Louisiana** _Shreveport_ \- Sci-Port Discovery Center IMAX# **Massachusetts** _Boston_ - New England Aquarium's Simons IMAX Theatre _Boston_ \- Mugar OMNI Theater# **Minnesota** _Apple Valley_ - Minnesota Zoo Great Clips IMAX Theatre **Missouri** _Branson_ \- Branson's IMAX Entertainment Complex# _St. Louis_ - St. Louis Science Center Omnimax Theater# **Nebraska** _Omaha_ \- Lozier IMAX at Henry Doorly Zoo **New Jersey** _Atlantic City_ \- IMAX Theatre at Tropicana _Jersey City_ - Liberty Science Center IMAX Dome Theater# **New York** _New York City_ \- AMC Loews Lincoln Square 13 with IMAX _West Nyack_ \- IMAX Theater Palisades Center **North Carolina** _Charlotte_ - The Charlotte Observer OMNIMAX Theater# _Raleigh_ - Wachovia IMAX Theatre at Marbles Kids Museum **Ohio** _Cincinnati_ \- Cincinnati Museum Center OMNIMAX Theater# _Cleveland_ - Great Lakes Science Center OMNIMAX Theater# **Oregon** _Portland_ - OMNIMAX Theater at the Oregon Museum of Science & Industry# **Pennsylvania** _Pittsburgh_ \- Carnegie Science Center at Rangos OMNIMAX\*\*# **Tennessee** _Chattanooga_ - Tennessee Aquarium IMAX 3D Theater _Memphis_ \- Union Planters IMAX Theatre\*\*# **Texas** _Austin_ - The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum IMAX Theatre _Fort Worth_ \- Fort Worth Museum Omni IMAX Dome Theater# _Galveston_ - Moody Gardens 3D Theater **Utah** _Salt Lake City_ - Clark Planetarium ATK IMAX Theatre **Virginia** _Hampton_ \- Riverside IMAX Theater at the Virginia Air & Space Center _Richmond_ \- Science Museum Virginia IMAX# _Virginia Beach_ - Virginia Aquarium + Marine Science Center IMAX Theatre **Washington** _Seattle_ \- Pacific Science Center Boeing IMAX _Spokane_ \- Riverfront Park IMAX Theatre# **CANADA** **Alberta** _Edmonton_ \- TELUS World of Science IMAX Theatre# **British Columbia** _Victoria_ - National Geographic IMAX Theatre\*\*# **Manitoba** _Winnipeg_ - IMAX Theatre at Portage Place **Ontario** _Toronto_ \- Ontario Science Centre OMNIMAX Theatre# **Quebec** _Gatineau_ - Canadian Museum of Civilization IMAX Theatre _Montreal_ \- Montreal Science Centre IMAX Telus\*\* _Quebec City_ \- IMAX des Galleries de la Capitale **Saskatchewan** _Regina_ - Saskatchewan Science Centre Kramer IMAX Theatre **INTERNATIONAL** **France** _Paris_ \- La Geode OMNIMAX\*\*# **Mexico** _Tijuana_ \- Centro Cultural Tijuana\*\*# **Netherlands** _The Hague_ \- Omniversum\*\*# **Please check local listings or IMAX.com for final theatre listings, launch dates and showtimes.** **\*\* denotes later launch** **\# denotes 2D** **About IMAX Corporation** IMAX Corporation is one of the world's leading entertainment and technology companies, specializing in the creation and delivery of premium, awe-inspiring entertainment experiences. 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