AOTC to get IMAX release.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2002-09-10 04:49am

It looks like AOTC is set to be released in IMAX format on November 1st. According to the article on Cinescape.com it's supposed to hit 70 theaters.

Pretty cool.

http://www.cinescape.com/0/editorial.as ... j_id=36117

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2002-09-10 04:51am

If it doesn't come to one of the local IMAX theatres, I'm going to kill many, many people.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2002-09-10 04:53am

Robert Treder wrote:If it doesn't come to one of the local IMAX theatres, I'm going to kill many, many people.

70 theaters is a pretty good release. It's more than they are starting Apollo 13 off at (20). Hopefully it will make the rounds so more people can see it in superhuge format.

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2002-09-10 04:59am

Yeah, I'm pretty sure I'll be able to see it. There are two IMAX theatres within a few miles of me, including one of the dome theatres (I so hope that one gets it).

And if neither of those get it, the Sony Metreon definitely will, and then I bet there's at least one other one in the area that I don't even know about.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2002-09-10 05:03am

The IMAX closest to me is a couple of hours away, up in the Phoenix area.

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2002-09-10 05:09am

Up in the Phoenix area? You live pretty far south, I gather.

Yeah, my sister lives in Flagstaff, she'd have to go either to Phoenix or Vegas to see it. But she's not crazy like me, so she won't be doing that.

EDIT: I just read you location tag on the left. Put me in a pink Cadillac and call me Elvis; I should've noticed. There're no IMAX theatres in Tucson? That's a damned shame.

Post by **Vympel** » 2002-09-10 06:22am

*on knees*

there's IMAX in Australia, do we get it ...... ?!

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2002-09-10 08:55am

Cool, we've got a few IMAX places in town, including the Omnimax dome thing. Ahhh, it's nice to live in a big city sometimes.

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2002-09-10 09:28am

Damn blasted midwest, Say are there any in the Great Lakes Area or down in Flordia?(Both of which I'll be going soon)

Luke Starkiller · Post by **Luke Starkiller** » 2002-09-10 11:30am

Ack! It says "about 70 screens around the country."

Does that mean it will only be in the US?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2002-09-10 11:45am

Shit, there's an IMAX theatre in Cedar Rapids (hometown and 45 minutes away), but they only play "educational" stuff like Mt. Everest and sharks and shit.

God damn it!!

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2002-09-10 01:22pm

Luke Starkiller wrote:Ack! It says "about 70 screens around the country."

Does that mean it will only be in the US?

It probably means the reporter isn't aware that there are inhabited land masses outside the United States.

PS. We have no less than five IMAX theatres here in Toronto. If at least one of them doesn't carry it, I will be very pissed off.

Ted · Post by **Ted** » 2002-09-10 01:26pm

Darth Wong wrote:
Luke Starkiller wrote:Ack! It says "about 70 screens around the country."

Does that mean it will only be in the US?
It probably means the reporter isn't aware that there are inhabited land masses outside the United States.

PS. We have no less than five IMAX theatres here in Toronto. If at least one of them doesn't carry it, I will be very pissed off.

Yeah, plus IMAX is a Canadian invention.

Post by **Colonel Olrik** » 2002-09-10 01:29pm

We only have one Imax and it has stopped working

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2002-09-10 01:44pm

Mr Bean wrote:Damn blasted midwest, Say are there any in the Great Lakes Area or down in Flordia?(Both of which I'll be going soon)

I'm pretty sure there's one in Orlando but it's probably at Epcot Center and I'm not sure they would play AOTC.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2002-09-10 01:47pm

Robert Treder wrote:Up in the Phoenix area? You live pretty far south, I gather.

Yeah, my sister lives in Flagstaff, she'd have to go either to Phoenix or Vegas to see it. But she's not crazy like me, so she won't be doing that.

EDIT: I just read you location tag on the left. Put me in a pink Cadillac and call me Elvis; I should've noticed. There're no IMAX theatres in Tucson? That's a damned shame.

It's not really suprising. Despite our population I doubt enough people would go to an IMAX theater to support it.

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2002-09-10 02:05pm

Darth Wong wrote:
PS. We have no less than five IMAX theatres here in Toronto. If at least one of them doesn't carry it, I will be very pissed off.

That many huh? I was aware of 3 or 4, but sheesh, this must be about the greatest concentration of IMAX theatres in any city. Mmmm, Padme's tits'll be like 15m across!

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2002-09-10 02:08pm

Tsyroc wrote:I'm pretty sure there's one in Orlando but it's probably at Epcot Center and I'm not sure they would play AOTC.

Yeah, I was wondering about that. One of the IMAX theatres around here is at Paramount's Great America, so I don't think they'll be showing it. Plus, the admission there is upwards of forty bucks.

But that doesn't matter; I want to see it on the dome! *salivates uncontrollably*

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2002-09-10 02:11pm

One of the IMAX theatres is a dome at the Museum of Science and Industry, so I doubt they'll do it. The commercial one may very well, though.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2002-09-10 02:34pm

aerius wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:PS. We have no less than five IMAX theatres here in Toronto. If at least one of them doesn't carry it, I will be very pissed off.
That many huh? I was aware of 3 or 4, but sheesh, this must be about the greatest concentration of IMAX theatres in any city. Mmmm, Padme's tits'll be like 15m across!

Heh heh ... yeah, there's one in Ontario Place, one at the Science Center, one downtown, one in Woodbridge (Hwy 400 and 7), and one in Mississauga (QEW and Winston Churchill IIRC). The one at the Science Center only plays educational/nature stuff, but the rest will play other things.

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » 2002-09-10 02:42pm

Darth Wong wrote:
Luke Starkiller wrote:Ack! It says "about 70 screens around the country."

Does that mean it will only be in the US?
It probably means the reporter isn't aware that there are inhabited land masses outside the United States.

PS. We have no less than five IMAX theatres here in Toronto. If at least one of them doesn't carry it, I will be very pissed off.

Sorry to disappoint you, but the article I read said there were no plans for international release.

This means I need a bus, a lot of gas, and directions to the Canadian denizens. For Star Wars in an IMAX theatre is worthy of a road trip if nothing else is.

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2002-09-10 02:43pm

aerius wrote:this must be about the greatest concentration of IMAX theatres in any city.

According to http://www.IMAX.com:

Toronto has three, Mississauga has one, London has one, Niagra Falls has one, Sudbury has one (though I wouldn't consider that in the Toronto area), and Woodbridge has one (though I don't know where that is).
So the Toronto area has 5 plus one in London, and one wherever Woodbridge is (intersection of Hwy 400 and Hwy 7 is in Woodbridge, from what I can tell...maybe you Ontarians know where that is).

My own Bay Area has 4.

The Los Angeles area has 5.

The New York area has 7.

I haven't checked to see if any other areas have more than that, but I'm willing to bet it's the most.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2002-09-10 02:50pm

SirNitram wrote:Sorry to disappoint you, but the article I read said there were no plans for international release.

Actually, Canada is considered "domestic" by Hollywood. I'm not sure whether we should feel flattered or annoyed by that

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2002-09-10 02:53pm

Darth Wong wrote:
SirNitram wrote:Sorry to disappoint you, but the article I read said there were no plans for international release.
Actually, Canada is considered "domestic" by Hollywood. I'm not sure whether we should feel flattered or annoyed by that

I'd suggest both.

They probably consider anything in "Region 1" domestic. Plus there are a lot of people who work in Hollywood who are from Canada.

Post by **Steve** » 2002-09-10 02:54pm

Darth Wong wrote:
SirNitram wrote:Sorry to disappoint you, but the article I read said there were no plans for international release.
Actually, Canada is considered "domestic" by Hollywood. I'm not sure whether we should feel flattered or annoyed by that

Feel annoyed, it'll keep with the pattern.