Unrolling the Giant IMAX® Screen at Science North in Sudbury

Science North staff joined together to unroll the giant 5-storey IMAX screen, in the Science North IMAX Theatre on Wednesday, February 18, 2009.

The specially designed screen filledl the entire theatre from wall-to-wall, draping over the entire seating area and down into the pit. This elaborate exercise was necessary to prepare the screen before it could be raised into position. This was one of the final stages in the completion of the IMAX Theatre, which is scheduled to officially open to the public on Saturday, February 28th

Visit sciencenorth.ca/imax.

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[wakeupfist]

Even at this point in time I'm an "IMAX-virgin". I would like that "virginity" to belong to a movie that was actually shot in IMAX, not shot regular 35mm and blown up to 70mm.

[1981z28camaro]

Wonder what Material that is? if it's StewertFilm Screen, that should cost roughly, $1,000,000,000,000 lol

[PrashantSinghs]

@wakeupfist mi4 is the way to go,then comes the dark knight rises !

[Toadmushroom95]

WHOA! that is one huge piece of a cinema screen I've ever seen! what did the screen look like? who made it?

[HappyFunRun]

I want THAT under the christmas three!

[XHDxReplayX]

FUUUUUUCK YEAH :D Morocco mall ( casablanca) will have an IMAX 3D Cinema :D *excited*

[DoNultima]

I wish Norway had IMAX...

[BreakWatcher]

@wakeupfist then nolan's batman films

[dragoon0248]

@wakeupfist The Dark Knight had some awesome IMAX shots. It was worth the extra! :)

[mgulukota]

The IMAX at Jordans Furniture in Natick and Reading Massachusetts has the same HUGE IMAX screen but the seats are all Tempur-Pedic! You have to walk through a few showrooms of furniture to get to the theatre itself, but it's worth it for the IMAX, the really comfortable Tempur-Pedic, (it is a furniture store after all), seats, and the fact that there is a personal subwoofer in every seat rather than there being a central subwoofer for the whole theatre. it really immerses you!

[wakeupfist]

@rolig95

Yeah, I was referring to Avatar.

[wakeupfist]

@sajeevan1983

"Dark Knight" featured IMAX shots but it wasn't shot entirely in IMAX.

While I love the "Pirates of the Caribbean" films they were not shot 70mm, so it's not really an IMAX experience per se.

As for "Avatar", the image quality of the live action parts won't match that of a 70mm IMAX camera (although the Miles Cameron Fusion System offers other benefits) but since it's rich with beautiful high-res CGI, I would deem it IMAX 3D worthy.