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Author Topic: Double screen IMAX auditorium? Matthew Bailey Master Film Handler Posts: 461 From: Port Arthur,TX Registered: Sep 2000 posted 12-14-2005 06:42 PM                     I saw this on TV earlier this month or last month. It's a double screen IMAX auditorium in which the bottom screen can be seen through a glass floor in the seating area. The bottom screen & projector are angled at 45 degrees & the film travels through plastic tubes in the floor of the upper booth to the bottom projector & back up. This is at a France theme park called Futuroscope. CLICK HERE Scroll down to bottom of page to see diagram.  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Jorgenson Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1002 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: Feb 2005 posted 12-14-2005 07:14 PM                        there's a diagram of sorts near the bottom of page two of this thread  |  IP: Logged Stephen Furley Film God Posts: 3059 From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England Registered: May 2002 posted 12-15-2005 08:43 AM                     Sounds like the thing they call 'Le tapis magique' (magic carpet)  |  IP: Logged Dick Vaughan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1032 From: Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK Registered: Jul 2000 posted 12-15-2005 09:46 AM                        Mais oui  |  IP: Logged Brian Michael Weidemann Expert cat molester Posts: 944 From: Costa Mesa, CA United States Registered: Feb 2004 posted 12-16-2005 05:48 PM                        In the diagram enlargement, it does indicate that the two projectors are IMAX, however, it says this at the bottom of the Wings of Courage page: quote: In 3D; 106 m² flat-screen cinema, 2 x 35 mm projectors, 4 perforations That doesn't sound like IMAX to me. Whereas, on the Young Black Stallion and Space Station 3D pages, it reads, respectively: quote: IMAX: 600 m² flat-screen cinema;70 mm film, 15 perforations. quote: IMAX Dome: 180° screen, 900 m²; 70 mm double projector, 15 perforations; 2 “fish-eye” lenses.  |  IP: Logged Dick Vaughan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1032 From: Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK Registered: Jul 2000 posted 12-16-2005 06:30 PM                        Brian the magic carpet is definitely 1570 . Seen it been there bought the tee shirt  |  IP: Logged Brian Michael Weidemann Expert cat molester Posts: 944 From: Costa Mesa, CA United States Registered: Feb 2004 posted 12-17-2005 05:56 AM                        Cool. Their page, then, is just a bit misleading, I guess.  |  IP: Logged Joseph L. Kleiman Master Film Handler Posts: 380 From: Sacramento, CA Registered: Apr 2005 posted 12-17-2005 02:51 PM                     The description is correct. The current version of Wings of Courage being shown is 35mm dual-strip 3D on a single screen. The web programmers screwed up by putting up the Magic Carpet diagram.  |  IP: Logged

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