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Author Topic: AMC Imax in Columbus Mark Lensenmayer Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1605 From: Upper Arlington, OH Registered: Sep 1999 posted 08-23-2005 09:12 AM                     Thanks for the information, Joseph. I'll check my records. Cedar Point staff told me it was #3. Planet Hollywood and All-Star Cafe thought that the atmosphere would overcome the food. But, in the restaurant business, food is why people come back. And the food at both of those restaurants was food people didn't want to eat again. Also, far too pricy for what you got. I think the entire chain went under. That type of celebrity restaurant was a trend for awhile. People would go thinking that the celebrities actually ate there. The space is now a local chain restaurant with very good food.  |  IP: Logged Joseph L. Kleiman Master Film Handler Posts: 380 From: Sacramento, CA Registered: Apr 2005 posted 08-23-2005 10:40 AM                     There is the possibility that the Cedar Point system was the same one that played Expo 74 in Spokane. If it was, it would have been manufactured around the same time as the Circus World system and could be serial #3. I'm looking into it.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-23-2005 11:14 AM                     Expo 74 was an aircooled machine the one at cedar point was watercooled  |  IP: Logged Joseph L. Kleiman Master Film Handler Posts: 380 From: Sacramento, CA Registered: Apr 2005 posted 08-23-2005 11:28 AM                     And now my research is done . Thanks Gordon. Were all of the temporary systems air cooled?  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-23-2005 12:51 PM                     nope a lot were water cooled  |  IP: Logged Joseph L. Kleiman Master Film Handler Posts: 380 From: Sacramento, CA Registered: Apr 2005 posted 08-23-2005 01:09 PM                     I thought so...that's why this caught me off guard.  |  IP: Logged Joshua Waaland Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 800 From: Cleveland, Ohio Registered: Dec 1999 posted 08-23-2005 11:55 PM                     Well it seems I have a thing for living next to amusement parks. Now I live near Geauga Lake (formerly Six Flags and Geauga Lake and Sea World). Cedar Point bought it last year. They have a theater in the park that just re-opened this year I heard. It was on the Sea World side of the lake and used to run a pirate film with Leslie Nielsen in it I think. I remember there was a point in the film where you got sprayed with water. I think it was an Iwerks theater. Can anyone confirm? I think I am going there next month. My wife works for Progressive and they rent the whole place for the company picnic. I would hate to see that bill! Anyhow if no one knows for sure I will try to find out when I go there. I hate that all the nearby large venue theaters go under. I enjoy them.  |  IP: Logged Joseph L. Kleiman Master Film Handler Posts: 380 From: Sacramento, CA Registered: Apr 2005 posted 08-24-2005 01:52 AM                     The film was called Pirates 4D, was produced by Busch Entertainment and distributed by Iwerks. It played in 5/70. The film originally played at Sea World Ohio, Sea World California, and Busch Gardens Williamsburg and continues to play at various locations throughout the world. It was also featured as part of Crest National's digital 3D presentation during LFCA.  |  IP: Logged Dick Vaughan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1032 From: Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK Registered: Jul 2000 posted 08-24-2005 03:14 AM                        #3 was the Circus World projector. When it was taken out of service we were offered it for display here at the Museum in Bradford but , sadly, we couldn't afford the shipping costs at the time. I believe it now forms part of the collection of the Canada Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa.  |  IP: Logged Dan Suomi Film Handler Posts: 53 From: Aurora/Oswego, IL Registered: Jul 2004 posted 08-24-2005 04:02 PM                        What does this all have to do with AMC IMAX in Columbus.  |  IP: Logged Joseph L. Kleiman Master Film Handler Posts: 380 From: Sacramento, CA Registered: Apr 2005 posted 08-24-2005 04:13 PM                     I know it's a bit OT - but somehow this has morphed into a discussion about IMAX and Iwerks theaters in Ohio. If anyone goes to the Easton theater this morning, could you post your comments about how this theater compares with a traditional IMAX theater? Thanks.  |  IP: Logged Mark Lensenmayer Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1605 From: Upper Arlington, OH Registered: Sep 1999 posted 08-24-2005 04:39 PM                     Theatre opens Friday. I plan to attend the first available screening. Wow...saw first Imax at Cedar Point in 1975. 30 years of Imax. (Digression:ON) First film was MAN BELONGS TO THE EARTH. Still my very favorite Imax film, mainly due to the incredible soundtrack by Don Ellis. I've never heard a track use multiple channels so well. Saw it 4 times in one day. Even sat in the first row. Remember, the 70's was the day of the shoebox theatre, and seeing an Imax screen for the first time was quite an incredible site. The incredible steadiness of the image still impresses me. (Digression: OFF)  |  IP: Logged Joseph L. Kleiman Master Film Handler Posts: 380 From: Sacramento, CA Registered: Apr 2005 posted 08-25-2005 07:46 AM                     Has the Easton opening been delayed? The press release has not yet been issued and the AMC website, AMC Columbus phone line, and movietickets.com have no mention of any IMAX films opening at the theater tomorrow.  |  IP: Logged Mark Lensenmayer Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1605 From: Upper Arlington, OH Registered: Sep 1999 posted 08-25-2005 03:34 PM                     Movietickets.com has updated the Easton Website. Easton Imax will be showing NASCAR 3D: THE IMAX EXPERIENCE during the day and BATMAN BEGINS in the evening starting on 8/26.  |  IP: Logged Jeffry L. Johnson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 809 From: Cleveland, Ohio, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 08-25-2005 04:49 PM                        quote: Joshua Waaland It was on the Sea World side of the lake and used to run a pirate film with Leslie Nielsen in it I think. I remember there was a point in the film where you got sprayed with water. I think it was an Iwerks theater. Can anyone confirm? I think there are two, maybe three, sprays of water. The projectors are Ballantyne. The prints (left eye and right eye) run in Iwerks loop cabinets.  |  IP: Logged

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