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IMAX Clones Coming Soon
Mon, Jul 01, 02 12:59:39 AM EDT
Agis tells us that AOTC will screen on IMAX in Australia soon!

ATOC : IMAX Special Full Screen Release confirmed in AU

Well it was confirmed today that Fox did have that ace we were waiting for and the word is IMAX.

With 15 countries signed up for the Special Full Screen Release of ATOC, things are heating up once again for SW, according to fox in AU

With Australia's IMAX season begining September Holidays (maybe earlier: fox hasn't ruled that out), other countries will be opening this special release as early as end of July. Japan, South Korea has secured a mid-august release, as well as Hong Kong and China. USA is still estimating around a Labor Day weekend opening, with London's Massive IMAX Theatre , will start showing end of July, 1st week of August, with Germany, France and Spain.

News has not been confirmed regarding a special release, with additional scenes, but fox have assured us, it will be quoted "worth the wait"

However some countries IMAX theatres will not be showing the film in digital, however fox has stated that they will try to make the best possible prints of the film for IMAX release, whether filming in digital or standard IMAX modules.

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Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, that super high resolution video should look absolutely magnificent on an IMAX screen!!!

Depends, the live action was slightly out from the digital.

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You are absolutely correct: it is illegal to show anything remotely entertaining at an IMAX. However, this isn't a problem: they are showing 'Attack of the Clones'. (Sorry!)

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You can only run changeovers on the IMAX SR twin projector 3D setup like the ones here in Sunny Bradford. Trying to run changeovers on the twin rotor GT system would cause a few painful problems!

BTW as our organisation is also responsible for running both the London IMAX theatres I can say we do not have an IMAX print of Ep 2 booked in to either of them.

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Since it was filmed in 16x9 ratio to begin with, and cropped, then there is a lot more image to work with for an Imax release.

I did see the film first on a large format projection, and it was atrocious. The film actually looked better on a larger screen when I took a look see at the Villa, on thier 93 foot screen, so it must have just been the optics.

I think that they have had a lot of time to really play with the digital masters to make them look better, so who knows. I know I will go see it, and hope to hell that any additional scenes make the story better, and maybe even can make hayden cristensen look like he can act.

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