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Functions and special events on the World's Biggest Screen
Monday, February 6 by Julie Brown
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Hire the IMAX Theatre for your next private event and you'll have access to 500 stadium style seats in front of the largest cinema screen (or IMAX screen) in the world. The biggest and best blockbuster feature films are released in the IMAX format, creating a truly unique special event experience for audiences. You're not just watching a film - you're inside it!
To download your copy of The IMAX Big Screen Experience CLICK HERE
Out with the old screen and in with the new!
Monday, February 6 by Julie Brown
The world's biggest IMAX screen has (temporarily) come down in preparation for the new screen installation.
At about 8.30am this morning, a team of riggers climbed to the top of the auditorium and set the screen free from the scaffolding holding it up from behind.
Dave from IMAX in Toronto, Canada was kind enough to retrieve us a section of the old silver painted vinyl that has been part of our film backdrop for the past fifteen years.
On Thursday this week, we will watch in awe as the brand new vinyl is hoisted eight storeys high and stretched over the scaffolding before being prepared for painting. A special silver coating is required to enhance the screen's polarization for 3D films.
At about 8.30am this morning, a team of riggers climbed to the top of the auditorium and set the screen free from the scaffolding holding it up from behind.
Dave from IMAX in Toronto, Canada was kind enough to retrieve us a section of the old silver painted vinyl that has been part of our film backdrop for the past fifteen years.
On Thursday this week, we will watch in awe as the brand new vinyl is hoisted eight storeys high and stretched over the scaffolding before being prepared for painting. A special silver coating is required to enhance the screen's polarization for 3D films.
2012 School Films - Featuring Sea Rex 3D, The Last Reef 3D & To The Arctic 3D
Monday, February 6 by Julie Brown
IMAX Darling Harbour is looking forward to an exciting year of new and classic films on the giant screen. Bookings for 2012 are open now and the teachers in the know are already calling and securing their preferred date and session time for excursions. Don't leave your booking to the last minute! Call us now for bookings right through until Dec 31, 2012.
CLICK HERE to read our Term 1, 2012 School Newsletter
CLICK HERE to read our Term 1, 2012 School Newsletter
Titanic An IMAX 3D Experience will be released on 5 April. See it here at IMAX in Darling Harbour.
Monday, February 20 by Julie Brown
On April 5, 2012, IMAX in Darling Harbour will release James Cameron's blockbuster film - Titanic - starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo Di Caprio.
The film has been specially converted to IMAX 3D by James Cameron to coincide with the centenary of the ship's sinking at 2.20am on April 15, 1912.
If you haven't yet seen the famous film at the cinema, or if you like the idea of reliving the experience all over again, sharing it with others, you won't believe your eyes when you step aboard the ship on the world's biggest screen.
The film has been specially converted to IMAX 3D by James Cameron to coincide with the centenary of the ship's sinking at 2.20am on April 15, 1912.
If you haven't yet seen the famous film at the cinema, or if you like the idea of reliving the experience all over again, sharing it with others, you won't believe your eyes when you step aboard the ship on the world's biggest screen.
The curtain is raised on the installation of the new IMAX screen. Take a look behind the scenes.
Thursday, February 9 by Julie Brown
On Thursday 9 February at around 10.30am, the new giant IMAX screen was raised, replacing the old one which has served as our film backdrop for the past 15 years.
A team of 31 riggers arrived on site early in the morning to unfurl the 35 metre long vinyl sheeting and then scale the eight storey high steel frame that acts as the backbone of the screen once in place.
Metal rods were threaded onto the top of the vinyl and then ropes that dangled from the top of the frame were then tied securely along the length of the rods.
A team of 31 riggers arrived on site early in the morning to unfurl the 35 metre long vinyl sheeting and then scale the eight storey high steel frame that acts as the backbone of the screen once in place.
Metal rods were threaded onto the top of the vinyl and then ropes that dangled from the top of the frame were then tied securely along the length of the rods.
Phase One of the new IMAX screen installation begins with removal of the old one!
Monday, February 6 by Julie Brown
The world's biggest IMAX screen has (temporarily) come down in preparation for the new screen installation.
At about 8.30am this morning, a team of riggers climbed to the top of the auditorium and set the screen free from the scaffolding holding it up from behind.
Dave from IMAX in Toronto, Canada was kind enough to retrieve us a section of the old silver painted vinyl that has been part of our film backdrop for the past fifteen years.
On Thursday this week, we will watch in awe as the brand new vinyl is hoisted eight storeys high and stretched over the scaffolding before being prepared for painting. A special silver coating is required to enhance the screen's polarization for 3D films.
At about 8.30am this morning, a team of riggers climbed to the top of the auditorium and set the screen free from the scaffolding holding it up from behind.
Dave from IMAX in Toronto, Canada was kind enough to retrieve us a section of the old silver painted vinyl that has been part of our film backdrop for the past fifteen years.
On Thursday this week, we will watch in awe as the brand new vinyl is hoisted eight storeys high and stretched over the scaffolding before being prepared for painting. A special silver coating is required to enhance the screen's polarization for 3D films.
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