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Catch the Ultimate Wave in February 2010

Monday, October 19 by Julie Brown

What better cinema backdrop for the giant waves of Tahiti than the World's Biggest Cinema Screen! Nine-time world champion surfer, Kelly Slater, and his big wave companion, Raimana Van Bastolaer, have completed principal photography for Ultimate Wave Tahiti, the first 3D IMAX film to combine extreme surfing footage with the fascinating story of the science of waves.

Scheduled for worldwide release next February, Ultimate Wave Tahiti 3D was primarily shot in the big wave environment known to surfers around the world as Teahupoo. Directed by award-winning director Stephen Low and his team of in-water and airborne cameramen, Ultimate Wave Tahiti 3D captures the power, majesty and danger exhibited by ocean waves reaching their crescendo. Newly developed camera equipment was used to bring the theatre-goer into the heart of these giant waves, capturing for the first time the energy and sounds familiar only to a handful of surfing's best.

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Space Walking with Astronauts - Are you crazy?

Thursday, October 1 by Julie Brown

Due out in 2010, Hubble 3D is the latest and possibly last of the IMAX space films of its era.

As the Space Shuttle program comes to an end next year, so too draws to a close the incredible era of taking the giant IMAX cameras into space on board the Shuttles and having astronauts act as camera operators and directors of photography for some of the biggest films ever made for the silver screen. Toni Myers is directing Hubble 3D and she gave this insight into the filming mission carried out in May this year.

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A new Christmas Carol 3D trailer - watch it now!

Thursday, October 1 by Julie Brown

“It’s as if Charles Dickens wrote this story to be a movie—it’s so visual and cinematic. It’s the greatest time-travel story ever written and I wanted to do the movie the way I believe it was originally envisioned by the author.” ~ Robert Zemeckis, Director/Producer/Screenwriter.

Thought to be one of the greatest Christmas stories ever told and enjoyed by millions each year at the holidays, “A Christmas Carol” was originally published by Charles Dickens himself in 1843. The novella was an immediate and enduring success.

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