Film to be released exclusively in IMAX® theatres on April 6, 2001

January 8, 2001 (Los Angeles) - Nine out of the 15 artists from the upcoming IMAX® film, ALL ACCESS: Front Row. Backstage. LIVE! presented by CERTS®, were nominated for Grammy® Awards on January 4, 2001 by the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc. The giant screen film is a behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of a mega-concert and includes candid moments backstage with legendary artists Carlos Santana, Sting, Al Green, George Clinton and B.B. King as well as contemporary artists Dave Matthews Band, Moby, Sheryl Crow, Rob Thomas (Matchbox Twenty), Mary J. Blige, Kid Rock, Macy Gray, The Roots, Trey Anastasio (Phish) and Cheb Mami.

ALL ACCESS: Front Row. Backstage. LIVE! is presented by CERTS® in North America, directed by Martyn Atkins and produced by Jon and Peter Shapiro for Ideal Entertainment, and will be released nationally on April 6, 2001 exclusively on IMAX screens.

The ALL ACCESS Grammy-nominated artists are:

TREY ANASTASIO (Phish)
Best Rock Instrumental Performance -- First Tube

MARY J. BLIGE
Best R& B Performance By A Duo Or Group with Vocal - 911
(for Wyclef Jean Featuring Mary J. Blige)

SHERYL CROW
Best Female Rock Vocal Performance - There Goes The Neighborhood
Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals - The Difficult Kind (with Sarah McLachlan)
Best Country Collaboration With Vocals - Strong Enough (with The Dixie Chicks)

MACY GRAY
Record of the Year - I Try
Song of the Year - I Try
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance - I Try

KID ROCK
Best Hard Rock Performance - American Bad Ass

B.B KING
Best Traditional Blues Album - Let the Good Times Roll
Best Traditional Blues Album - Riding With The King (with Eric Clapton)
Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals - Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't (My Baby) (with Dr. John)

MOBY
Best Dance Recording - Natural Blues

STING
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance -- She Walks This Earth

ROB THOMAS, SONGWRITER (MATCHBOX TWENTY)
Best Rock Song - Bent
Best Rock Album -- Mad Season

The Grammy Awards will be presented on February 21, 2001.

The acts featured in ALL ACCESS won a combined total of 13 Grammy Awards in 2000, with Carlos Santana earning a record-tying eight Grammy Awards, including Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Rock Album. Additional Grammy Awards went to Sting for Best Pop Album and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Sheryl Crow for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance, B.B. King for Best Traditional Blues Album and The Roots for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group. Filming was completed at locations in Los Angeles, New Jersey, New York and Chicago.

"It's exciting that so many of the stars in ALL ACCESS have been nominated and will be at the Grammys this February," said co-Producer Jon Shapiro "and that the film displays a cross section of genres and performers that are among the best in music this year."

Added co-Producer Peter Shapiro, "We tried to have an eclectic mix of legendary and contemporary artists with staying power, so the film would be current when it's released and for years to come. I think we succeeded."

“On behalf of Certs, we congratulate the talented music artists on their recent Grammy nominations," said Candace A. Sue, Associate Product Manager for in the Adams Division of Pfizer Inc. "Just as CERTS Powerful Mints provides an intense breath freshening experience, ALL ACCESS presented by CERTS, too, will be an intense experience for music lovers."

“We are very excited that this film will provide audiences with spectacular larger-than-life performances of these Grammy-nominated stars on the giant IMAX screen,” said Michelle Hagen Vice President Worldwide Film Marketing. “Just like the Grammy nominees, all the performances in All Access are award winning.”

Presented by CERTS® in North America, directed by Martyn Atkins and produced by Jon and Peter Shapiro for Ideal Entertainment, ALL ACCESS is an IMAX Presentation in association with Newmarket of an Ideal Entertainment Production and will open throughout North America on April 6, 2001. An international release will follow a couple of months after.

CERTS® products include CERTS® Powerful Mints, CERTS® Cool Mint Drops and CERTS® Rolls. CERTS® is manufactured and marketed by Adams, the confectionery division of the Warner-Lambert Consumer Group of Pfizer Inc. Pfizer Inc discovers, develops, manufactures and markets leading prescription medicines, for humans and animals, and many of the world's best known over-the-counter brands.

Ideal Entertainment produces mainstream entertainment for motion pictures, TV, music, merchandising and the Internet. Principal Jon Shapiro was executive producer of the $200 million grossing film, Richie Rich, starring Macaulay Culkin, for Warner Bros., and is Producer of Universal Pictures' forthcoming Curious George, a live-action feature based on the classic children's books. Partner Peter Shapiro is owner of the world-renowned live music venue, Wetlands, in New York City, and co-founder of GreenOrder.COM, a new Internet venture for institutional procurement of environmentally friendly products.

Established in 1994, Newmarket Group is a vertically integrated entertainment company that specializes in the in-house development, financing and acquisition of independent feature film projects. Newmarket Group is currently producing the action comedy The Mexican, starring two-time Academy Award® nominee and Golden Globe winner Julia Roberts and Oscar® nominee and Golden Globe winner Brad Pitt, executive produced by Newmarket founders William Tyrer and Chris J. Ball and distributed in the U.S. by DreamWorks SKG. Newmarket Group has also been involved, on either A production and/or financing level, with projects including The Skulls, Cruel Intentions, Mike Leigh's Oscar-winning Topsy-Turvy and American Pie. Newmarket has also launched Saturn Home Entertainment, a home video and DVD distribution company, and maintains development and funding relationships with several major film production companies.

IMAX Corporation and its subsidiaries comprise one of the world's leading entertainment technology companies, with particular emphasis on film and digital imaging technologies, including giant-screen images, 3D presentations, digital post-production and digital projection. There were more than 220 IMAX theatres operating in 28 countries around the world as of September 30, 2000. IMAX's subsidiaries include Digital Projection International, whose primary business is the design and manufacture of high-end digital image delivery devices, Sonics Associates, a designer and manufacturer of high-end sound systems and DKP/70MM Inc., award-winning specialists in image quality control and post-production. IMAX Corporation is a publicly traded company listed on both the Toronto and Nasdaq stock exchanges. More information on the Company can be found at www.imax.com.

Contact: Monica Sheldon, mPRm Public Relations NY, 212-268-3080 Annalee Paulo, mPRm Public Relations LA, 323-933-3399 Michael Agulnek, IMAX, 310-255-5500