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Author Topic: IMAX distribution and 8:70 Jan Hackett Expert Film Handler Posts: 148 From: Albuquerque, NM, USA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 06-10-2002 09:25 PM                     Is it really truly true that IMAX only distributes its prints in 15:70 and ONLY to IMAX screens? IMAX screens do play non IMAX distributed prints in 15:70 so why do they not reciprocate? What is the cost to convert a 15:70 print to 8:70? Has IMAX always done this if true? I need to know...I want to play Space Station so bad I could die........... What's up? ------------------ Jan Hackett Theater Operations Manager Extreme Screen Dynatheater NM Museum of Natural History Foundation  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 06-10-2002 09:32 PM                     I have seen no information that would indicate that Imax has changed their position on the issue. Please don't die ... we like you. Especially since you're buyin' at GSTA!  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-10-2002 11:13 PM                     Well if IMAX screens don't play non IMAX distributed prints then most would be black The majority of prints playing IMAX theatres are Macgillvary Freeman or Destination cinema, SOny Classics or NWave  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 06-11-2002 01:34 AM                     We currently have 7 films in our library: 3 Imax, 2 Disney, 1 MacFree, and 1 RBFC. For the institutional theater going for the student attendance, I think Imax, MacFree and Destination have the best libraries, with Imax being the largest.  |  IP: Logged Jan Hackett Expert Film Handler Posts: 148 From: Albuquerque, NM, USA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 06-11-2002 12:10 PM                     OK Adam I won't die...just cause I promised to buy you beer...I hope Gordon has a nice Pub picked out...The kind with the HUGE beer mugs. BTW are IMAX theaters expensive to run? Just curious....and don't you think it would be more profitable if IMAX distributed their prints to Non-IMAX? ------------------ Jan Hackett Theater Operations Manager Extreme Screen Dynatheater NM Museum of Natural History Foundation  |  IP: Logged Mike Williams Master Film Handler Posts: 255 From: Knoxville, TN Registered: Feb 2002 posted 06-11-2002 12:36 PM                     Probably not for them. I bet they prefer you just pay a lot of money and become IMAX first. Then you can lease (rent) their movies from them.  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 06-11-2002 03:44 PM                     I would imagine that between the corporate sponsors, theater sponsors and grants from places like the National Science Foundation, many large format films could sit on the shelf without drawing royalties and not lose money. (Notice that I said "many" ...) Particularly if Imax produced the film, seeing how they manufacture their own LF cameras and own their own post house. Because of that, I don't see Imax being concerned about how many non-Imax theaters they're giving the cold shoulder.  |  IP: Logged

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