Michael Coate
Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1315
From: Los Angeles, California
Registered: Feb 2001
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
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
Michael Coate
Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1315
From: Los Angeles, California
Registered: Feb 2001
posted 01-25-2008 02:31 AM
quote: Dick VaughanThis 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.
Dick Vaughan
Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 948
From: Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK
Registered: Jul 2000
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.
Ken Lackner
Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1439
From: Lithia Springs, GA, USA
Registered: Sep 2001
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.
quote: Michael CoateWell, 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.
Michael Coate
Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1315
From: Los Angeles, California
Registered: Feb 2001
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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