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First Six Minutes of "The Dark Knight Rises" to be Shown at Select 70mm IMAX Theaters

Posted on Saturday, December 3, 2011 4:20 PM


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Warner Bros. Pictures announced this week that it will unveil a six-minute opening sequence of its upcoming Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises: The IMAX Experience, at select IMAX theaters on Friday, December 16th, 2011.

The movie opens in theaters on July 20, 2012, and is the conclusion of director Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy that started with Batman Begins in 2005, and was followed by the immensely popular The Dark Knight. When he made The Dark Knight for its 2008 opening, Nolan used IMAX cameras for certain segments of the movie, and its opening sequence was previewed in theaters in advance as well. When seen in IMAX theaters, those segments were incredible, and many hoped (ourselves included) that it would mean that more filmmakers would take the opportunity to use the high quality available in 70mm film to make movies. Sadly, the digital revolution swept through the movie camera business as well, and filming in 70mm is still a niche event.

This preview is not happening in just any IMAX theater, mind you, but a select number of them that still have 70mm film projectors instead of the newer IMAX Digital Cinema Projection systems. Nolan increased his use of the IMAX 70mm cameras for The Dark Knight Rises, so it's only fitting to see the movie in a 70mm IMAX film environment if possible. It's perhaps that thinking that has created this situation, where only a select few theaters across North America and in the UK will be able to show the preview to audiences.

Christopher Nolan stated, “Our experience on ‘The Dark Knight’ shooting and projecting IMAX 15 perf 65mm/70mm film was inspiring. The immersive quality of the image goes beyond any other filmmaking tool available, and in revisiting Gotham, we were determined to shoot even more of the movie in this unique format. Giving the fans an early look at an IMAX sequence is a great way to draw attention to what I believe will be an incredible way to experience our story when it comes out next summer.”

A few weeks ago, there were rumors of this preview happening before showings of Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol: The IMAX Experience, which makes sense, due to that movie's release on December 16th, but there is no mention in the press release about when exactly the preview screenings will be taking place. Our money is on the rumor being true, and not a separate viewing that would require separate admission and exits from the theater.

The trick for many is going to be finding an IMAX theater that hasn't been converted to the digital systems yet. At first, only the multiplex (MPX) systems that were installed into pre-existing movie theaters were converted to the smaller and cheaper digital systems, but now many venues that were dedicated builds for film-based IMAX are being converted as well. Fortunately, Warner Bros. Pictures has supplied a list of the theaters that will be showing this preview! That list appears below.

North American Locations

Market Theatre City

Austin, TX

IMAX Theater Austin Austin
Boston, MA Jordan's IMAX Natick
Boston, MA IMAX 3D Theatre in Reading Reading
Calgary, AB Scotiabank Theatre Chinook 16 + IMAX Calgary
Chantilly, VA -Washington, DC Udvar-Hazy Center IMAX Chantilly
Chicago, IL Navy Pier IMAX Theatre Chicago
Des Moines, IA SCI IMAX Dome Theater Des Moines
Detroit, MI Henry Ford IMAX Dearborn
Edmonton, AB Scotiabank Theatre Edmonton + IMAX Edmonton
Harrisburg, PA The Whitaker Center for Science & the Arts IMAX Harrisburg
Houston, TX Houston Marq*e Stadium 22 + IMAX Houston
Indianapolis White River IMAX Indianapolis
Los Angeles, CA Irvine Spectrum 20 + IMAX Irvine
Los Angeles, CA RAVE 18 + IMAX Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA Ontario Palace Stadium 22 + IMAX Ontario
Los Angeles, CA Citywalk Stadium 19 with IMAX Universal City
Madison, WI Star 18 Fitchburg with IMAX Fitchburg
Miami, FL AutoNation IMAX Fort Lauderdale
Minneapolis, MN Great Clips IMAX Apple Valley
Montreal, QC Cinema Banque Scotia Montreal + IMAX Montreal
Nashville,TN Opry Mills Stadium 20 + IMAX Nashville
New York, NY Lincoln Square 13 with IMAX New York
New York, NY Palisades IMAX West Nyack
Omaha, NE Star Cinema 16 with IMAX Council Bluffs
Orlando, FL Pointe Orlando Stadium 20 + IMAX Orlando
Ottawa, ON Silvercity Gloucester + IMAX Gloucester-Ottawa
Palm Springs (Los Angeles) Desert IMAX Theatre Cathedral City
Philadelphia, PA IMAX & the Tropicana Atlantic City
Philadelphia, PA Tuttleman IMAX - Franklin Institute Philadelphia
Phoenix, AZ Arizona Mills 25 with IMAX Tempe
Providence, RI Providence Place 16 with IMAX Providence
Quebec City, QC IMAX Le Theatre At Quebec Quebec City
Sacramento, CA Esquire IMAX Sacramento
San Antonio, TX IMAX at RiverCenter San Antonio
San Francisco, CA Metreon 16 with IMAX & ETX San Francisco
Seattle, WA Boeing IMAX - Pacific Science Center Seattle
Tampa, FL Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) Tampa
Toronto, ON Coliseum 12 Mississauga + IMAX Mississauga
Toronto, ON Scotiabank Theatre Toronto + IMAX Toronto
Toronto, ON Colossus 18 Woodbridge + IMAX Woodbridge-Vaughan
Vancouver, BC Colossus Langley + IMAX Langley
Vancouver, BC Silvercity Riverport 18 + IMAX Richmond

Four theaters in the UK will be showing the preview on December 21, 2011 as well.

UK BFI London London
UK National Media Museum IMAX Bradford Bradford
UK Glasgow Science Centre IMAX Cinema Glasgow
UK Odeon Manchester IMAX @ The Printworks Manchester

Source: Warner Bros. Pictures Press Release



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