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David Buckley
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 525
From: Oxford, N. Canterbury, New Zealand
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted 11-24-2015 08:45 PM
quote: Cameron Glendinning
When I visited New Zealand late last year I stumbled across what was described as the last Cinema 180 left in the world.
In the way that coffins attract that final nail...
Out with the old and in with the new
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After 32 years, Rainbow’s End is saying a fond farewell to the Cinema 180 that was housed in the iconic red dome at the Auckland theme park.
The last surviving cinema of its kind in the world, Cinema 180 opened in 1983 and was specifically built to cater for the unique 180 film system which allowed movies to be screened using a bug eye lens that projected movies onto the dome shaped screen. This coupled with Motion Master technology, meant that visitors to the Cinema 180 were given an all sensory experience.
Projectionist Tom Freeman has overseen the running of the Cinema 180 for the past 22 years and reflects that in its heyday you would get 120 people in the dome. “It was fun watching people’s reactions, with so many people inside the dome you would get some start swaying and then they would all start, it wasn’t long before many fell” says Tom.
Sadly there are no films made for the cinema 180 process anymore and the whole projection system has been sold to film buffs. This leaves a large empty space in the park, but fear not say Rainbow’s End staff, as plans are well underway for a new attraction. “We can’t reveal what the new attraction is just yet,” says CEO Chris Deere, “but rest assured it will be amazing and having visited similar attractions overseas I know it will be very well received here.”
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Martin Daian
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 227
From: Montevideo, Uruguay
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted 11-24-2015 09:46 PM
Hello David, yes, dome looks like was dismantelled, the projector lenses and films from Rainbow's end are right now for sale on ebay without any bids, starting price for $ 5000, i like to have it for my home but need to make a dome, problem also will be that the prints maybe have lots of scratches due to the quantity of times that was projected at the Rainbow's end, when i was a boy i go to see the dome here in Uruguay "Italian Park" comes and install the Siemens Dome with a kinoton projector and the show was incredible, no seats on the dome, you need to see the film stopped on the floor, some people scream on the dome for the effect caused, very nice to recreate today, but i think that if you seat the effect is not the same, Imax dome looks like be a better thing but seated, i like to see one Imax Dome anyday.
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