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Bobby Henderson
"Ask me about Trajan."

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From: Lawton, OK, USA
Registered: Apr 2001

posted 02-10-2011 12:59 AM

For the type in the credit roll to be mis-aligned there would have to be a serious problem with either the projection system or possibly the film print(s).

I've seen goofs with credits on IMAX prints before. For example, I laughed at how the credits looked for the IMAX version of Fantasia 2000. The type was digitally produced but recorded to the film print at a very crude resolution, and with little to no anti-aliasing applied. The stair-step jaggies were very clearly visible. I'm sure anyone with decent eye sight could have seen the jaggies from the back row of the theater (Cinemark Webb Chapel IMAX in Dallas).

Anyway, if the 3D for Alice in Wonderland was working during the movie and then the credits when all Jabberwonky I would have some serious suspicion about the film print and how the titles were produced for it.

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Joseph L. Kleiman
Master Film Handler

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From: Sacramento, CA
Registered: Apr 2005

posted 02-15-2011 03:07 PM

I have to agree with Gordon. I believe it's a two-projector SR.

King of Prussia has a wierd history. It opened in 2000 as a prototype joint venture between IMAX's O&O division and UA. When UA filed for bankruptcy in 2001, they disolved the partnership and installed a smaller screen with a SHOWperfect 870 projector. Then, in 2003, after Regal bought UA, a new IMAX screen and projection system replaced the 870 one.

I remember visiting in late 2001 with the GM when the trailer for Beauty and the Beast arrived. He got pissed and threw it across the lobby because Disney had sent it in 1570.

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