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Michael Coate
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posted 01-23-2008 02:43 AM

Good, reliable information on this new U2 concert film seems hard to come by. It appears to come out today exclusively in IMAX 3-D, with digital 3-D presentations opening in February.

I see nothing on the IMAX website regarding this movie, yet, amazingly, it appears to be playing in over 50 IMAX venues.

So, here's what I have for the North American venues opening the film on January 23. In a few days, I'll revise the post and add the digital-presentation locations.

ARIZONA
Tempe: Harkins Arizona Mills 24

BRITISH COLUMBIA
Vancouver: Canada Place

CALIFORNIA
Dublin: Regal Hacienda Crossings Stadium 20
Fresno: Regal Edwards Fresno Stadium 21
Irvine: Regal Edwards Irvine Spectrum Stadium 21
Los Angeles: National Amusements The Bridge: Cinema de Lux
Ontario: Regal Edwards Ontario Palace Stadium 22
Sacramento: Esquire IMAX
San Diego: Regal Edwards Mira Mesa Stadium 18
San Francisco: AMC Loews Metreon 15
Universal City: AMC Loews Universal CityWalk Stadium 19

COLORADO
Colorado Springs: Cinemark 17 at Carefree Circle
Denver: Regal UA Colorado Center Stadium 9

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington: National Museum of Natural History

FLORIDA
Fort Lauderdale: Autonation IMAX
Orlando: Regal Pointe Orlando Stadium 20
Tampa: Regal Channelside Cinemas
West Palm Beach: Muvico Parisian 20

GEORGIA
Buford: Regal Mall of Georgia Stadium 20

ILLINOIS
Chicago: Navy Pier IMAX
Lincolnshire: Regal Lincolnshire Stadium 20
Woodridge: Cinemark at Seven Bridges

INDIANA
Indianapolis: Indiana State Museum
Indianapolis: Kerasotes ShowPlace 16

IOWA
Davenport: Putnam Museum

KANSAS
Olathe: AMC Studio 30

KENTUCKY
Louisville: National Amusements Cinema de Lux 20: Stonybrook

MANITOBA
Winnipeg: Portage Place

MARYLAND
Baltimore: Maryland Science Center

MASSACHUSETTS
Boston: New England Aquarium
Natick: Verizon IMAX Theater at Jordan’s Furniture
Reading: Verizon IMAX Theater at Jordan’s Furniture

MICHIGAN
Dearborn: Henry Ford IMAX
Lansing: Celebration! Cinema Lansing
Ypsilanti: National Amusements Showcase Cinemas Ann Arbor

MINNESOTA
Apple Valley: Great Clips IMAX Theatre at the Minnesota Zoo

MISSOURI
Sappington: Wehrenberg Ronnies 20 Cine

NEVADA
Las Vegas: Regal Red Rock Stadium 16

NEW YORK
New Rochelle: Regal New Roc City Stadium 18
New York: AMC Loews Lincoln Square 13
West Nyack: Palisades Center
White Plains: National Amusements City Center 15: Cinema de Lux

NORTH CAROLINA
Raleigh: Wachovia IMAX Theatre at Marble Kids Museum

NOVA SCOTIA
Halifax: Empire IMAX

OHIO
Springdale: National Amusements Springdale 18: Cinema de Lux

OKLAHOMA
Tulsa: Cinemark at The Tulsa

OREGON
Tigard: Regal Bridgeport Village Stadium 18

PENNSYLVANIA
Harrisburg: Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts
King of Prussia: Regal UA King of Prussia Stadium 16

RHODE ISLAND
Providence: National Amusements Providence Place Cinemas 16

TENNESSEE
Chattanooga: Tennessee Aquarium
Knoxville: Regal Pinnacle Stadium 18
Nashville: Regal Opry Mills Stadium 20

TEXAS
Austin: Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum
Dallas: Cinemark 17
Houston: Regal Edwards Marq*E Stadium 23
San Antonio: Santikos Palladium 19

UTAH
Sandy: Megaplex 17 at Jordan Commons

VIRGINIA
Hampton: Virginia Air & Space Center

WASHINGTON
Seattle: Pacific Science Center Boeing & Eames

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Dick Vaughan
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posted 01-23-2008 09:34 AM

quote: Michael Coate
I see nothing on the IMAX website regarding this movie, yet, amazingly, it appears to be playing in over 50 IMAX venues.

This is probably because U2:3D is not a release co-ordinated by IMAX. Distribution is being handled by National Geographic.

We get the movie in 4 weeks time. It will open in the UK February 22nd

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Ken Lackner
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posted 01-23-2008 09:49 AM

quote:

FLORIDA
Fort Lauderdale: Autonation IMAX
Orlando: Regal Pointe Orlando Stadium 20
Tampa: Regal Channelside Cinemas
West Palm Beach: Muvico Parisian 20

Wow. Wherever you got this from, they seriously need to update their listings. Channelside hasn't been Regal for at least a couple years.

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Michael Coate
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posted 01-25-2008 02:31 AM

quote: Dick Vaughan
This is probably because U2:3D is not a release co-ordinated by IMAX.

Well, the DMR stuff wasn't released by IMAX, either! You'd think IMAX Corp. would be eager to slap "The Imax 3-D Experience" onto the title and promote the hell out of it.

quote: Ken Lackner
Wherever you got this from, they seriously need to update their listings. Channelside hasn't been Regal for at least a couple years.

This is simply an oversight on my part. Looks like I never removed "Regal" from my master list, which I use as the starting point for all of these listings. I'm allowed to make an occasional mistake, aren't I?!

For continued discussion of this film (unless your comments are IMAX-specific) and for updated versions of the list of theaters showing it (including the digital presentations), see this thread instead.

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Dick Vaughan
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posted 01-25-2008 04:15 AM

quote: Michael Coate
Well, the DMR stuff wasn't released by IMAX, either! You'd think IMAX Corp. would be eager to slap "The Imax 3-D Experience" onto the title and promote the hell out of it.

The difference is that all the titles shown on IMAX.com have been converted in to their DMR versions with the help of the DKP70mm ,a subsidiary of Imax Corp. The big "I" has also negotiated with the various studios to bring those titles in to their theatres.

The U2 film passed through RPG and of course National Geographic did the deal.

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Paul Linfesty
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posted 01-25-2008 09:44 AM

Actually, it IS listed on the IMAX site:

Link

[ 01-25-2008, 07:39 PM: Message edited by: Adam Martin ]

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Ken Lackner
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posted 01-25-2008 11:26 AM

quote:

This is simply an oversight on my part. Looks like I never removed "Regal" from my master list, which I use as the starting point for all of these listings. I'm allowed to make an occasional mistake, aren't I?!

Of course. I did not know you maintained this list. I thought you copied it from another site. Which is why I said wherever you got it from needs to update their list, not you need to update your list.

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Bobby Henderson
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posted 01-25-2008 11:31 AM

quote: Michael Coate
Well, the DMR stuff wasn't released by IMAX, either! You'd think IMAX Corp. would be eager to slap "The Imax 3-D Experience" onto the title and promote the hell out of it.

The IMAX brand name is in the U23D trailer: "In Digital and IMAX Theaters." If the movie had been released with no formal affiliation with IMAX the tagline would have just said "In Digital and Large Format Theaters" instead.

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Paul Linfesty
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posted 01-25-2008 01:44 PM

quote:
Well, the DMR stuff wasn't released by IMAX, either!

Interestingly, the IMAX site does indicate that all of the DMR'd titles are "produced/distributed by IMAX Corporation"

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Michael Coate
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posted 01-25-2008 08:15 PM

quote: Bobby Henderson
The IMAX brand name is in the U23D trailer: "In Digital and IMAX Theaters."

IMAX was not mentioned in the trailer I saw. Only reference was to the company 3eality Digital. Of course, this was last year when the movie's release was scheduled for, I think, November or December, so maybe a newer trailer was made.

Whatever the case, since the intent of the producers is to showcase their product in 3D to as large an audience as possible, I think making 15/70 prints and booking in IMAX theaters, as with "Beowulf," was an afterthought once it was realized that there simply are not that many 3D-capable venues.

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Adam Martin
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posted 01-25-2008 09:46 PM

Unnecessary dual threads

Please combine the 3D and LF discussion.

P.S. Imax Corporation operates the Arizona Mills Imax, not Harkins (Harkins operates the separate 24-plex).

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