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Author Topic: 15/70 Multiplex Theatres Frederick Lanoy Film Handler Posts: 88 From: North of France Registered: Aug 2009 posted 08-20-2011 11:58 AM                     IMAX 15 / 70 scenes of The Dark Knight on a true IMAX screen were truly amazing to me. Really great. Digital IMAX has not the potential to show this kind of quality. I don't say it's crap but it's definitly not the same world. The next Mission : Impossible and the next Batman will have some scenes shoot in IMAX 15/70 so i guess Hollywood knows the potential of the format. I hope i'll be able to see the next Batman in 15/70. It won't be in France where there are only Digital IMAX on medium multiplex screen.  |  IP: Logged Aaron Garman Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: Toledo, OH USA Registered: Mar 2003 posted 08-20-2011 12:22 PM                     Tom, you haven't seen the full potential of 15/70 until you've seen The Dark Knight in it. It was truly remarkable, and blows away anything the current IMAX Digital can do. Too big? That's just bonkers! AJG  |  IP: Logged Ron Lacheur Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 650 From: British Columbia, Canada Registered: Feb 2002 posted 08-21-2011 12:27 AM                     I did see Tron at an ex-Famous Players IMAX and was blown away but how good the image looked. It was taller than the standard letterboxed films if memory serves well, which could be responsible for the image looking " too big ".  |  IP: Logged System Notices Forum Watchdog / Soup Nazi Posts: 215 Registered: Apr 2004 posted 03-25-2013 08:31 PM                 It has been 582 days since the last post.  |  IP: Logged Sam King Expert Film Handler Posts: 120 From: Los Angeles, CA Registered: Oct 2006 posted 03-25-2013 08:31 PM                     1. I am pretty sure that AMC Universal Citywalk 19 in SoCal still has 15/70 in their IMAX. 2. Edwards Irvine Spectrum 21 now has digital on their (approx) 64x86 IMAX screen. Don't know if that's in addition to the GT or if it has replaced it.  |  IP: Logged Terry Lynn-Stevens Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1081 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Registered: Dec 2012 posted 04-05-2013 11:52 AM                     In Toronto Ontario Canada, two 15/70 theatres appear to have gone liemax. The Scotiabank and Colossus in Vaughn are both showing JP3D.  |  IP: Logged Victor Liorentas Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 800 From: london ontario canada Registered: May 2009 posted 04-05-2013 12:38 PM                     I heard from a good source that Scotiabank still has 15/70 but maybe they have both?  |  IP: Logged Terry Lynn-Stevens Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1081 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Registered: Dec 2012 posted 04-05-2013 12:47 PM                     I guess it is possible that they have both, but I was under the impression that the Scotiabank screen was too large for digital. I know they have both at the Coliseum in Mississauga, but that screen is not all that large. Perhaps JP3 got a 15/70 release? Henry Ford is playing it as well  |  IP: Logged Kurt Zupin Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 989 From: Maricopa, Arizona Registered: Oct 2004 posted 04-09-2013 03:19 AM                     JP 3D did get a 15/70 release. Very limited number of prints, not sure on total but its not more then 20.  |  IP: Logged Terry Lynn-Stevens Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1081 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Registered: Dec 2012 posted 02-03-2014 01:27 AM                     quote: Victor Liorentas I heard from a good source that Scotiabank still has 15/70 but maybe they have both? So I was wrong about Scotibank, while they have in fact transitioned to digital IMAX, the 15/70 projectors are still in the booth. Here is a pic of an IMAX purpose built location owned by Cineplex. Picture was taken today.  |  IP: Logged Terry Lynn-Stevens Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1081 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Registered: Dec 2012 posted 03-04-2014 05:55 PM                     Such sad news: Only One 70mm IMAX Theater Remains in Los Angeles and It’s Going Away Too Los Angeles film fans used to have two choices when they wanted to see old-school 70mm film IMAX. There was the Universal CityWalk location and The Bridge, which then became the Rave. Unfortunately, the Rave 18 was recently purchased by Cinemark and that company has “decided to go in a different direction with this auditorium,” according to IMAX. That means the AMC Universal CityWalk is the only 70mm IMAX screen left the movie capital of the world. However, that too will soon change, eventually leaving the city without a film projection IMAX theater. In its place will be a much more advanced laser projection system. Read more below. Adam Davis, the executive director of corporate communications at IMAX, said while Cinemark’s decision to go away from IMAX makes the CityWalk location the only 70mm one left the city, their new laser technology (which we detailed here) will eventually replace that as well: AMC’s Universal CityWalk will continue to have both IMAX 70mm film and IMAX digital projection systems until we launch our next-generation laser projection system. We’re developing this new system from the ground up. We believe this new dual 4K laser technology – which represents the largest R&D investment in the Company’s history – will be far superior to anything currently in the market and for years to come, delivering an experience that will be more visceral, brighter, razor-sharp and in fuller lifelike colors than anything available today. hat change won’t be coming until 2015 at the very earliest. The TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX is one of the largest and most technologically advanced theaters in the world. So even though it’s not film, IMAX is positioning it as something even better. In fact, laser is evolutionary, offering double the contrast of even IMAX film projection. However, until fans can see laser with their own eyes, the struggle will be winning over people who are beholden to celluloid. Part of that change could happen this November when IMAX releases Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar in IMAX. The filmmaker is a devotee of film and shot the movie on IMAX film. But with only one theater able to screen it like that in Los Angeles, and laser projection coming in 2015, his reaction will be a major turning point. There’s a chance Interstellar could be the last feature film ever shot and projected on 70mm IMAX, at least in Los Angeles. Other cities could have the option of seeing it in various museums and other large format IMAX screens. And while the closure of the Rave/Cinemark leaves only two large-format IMAX screens in Los Angeles, Davis suggested that closure could leave the door open for a new one in the future. There are no immediate plans, however. He left fans with this sentiment: We want to thank our fans in the area that have supported our format and this theatre over the years and encourage them to check out our exciting 2014 lineup of films at our other IMAX locations nearby. Los Angeles fans, IMAX film projection is eventually going away in your city. Even though it’s being replaced with a huge advance in technology, what do you think about this? Only One 70mm IMAX Theater Remains in Los Angeles and It’s Going Away Too  |  IP: Logged Terry Lynn-Stevens Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1081 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Registered: Dec 2012 posted 04-29-2014 01:36 AM                     Not sure how reliable LFE Examiner is, but according to them, all United States 15/70 multiplex locations have converted to digital. The only holdout is the AMC RiverCentre 11 +IMAX location.  |  IP: Logged Kilian Henin Film Handler Posts: 5 From: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Registered: Jan 2014 posted 04-30-2014 03:23 PM                  Sad news. I was on the IMAX Victoria, BC website and saw the "Closed for Construction" notice - another 15/70 theatre bites the dust.  |  IP: Logged Ivan Plamondon Film Handler Posts: 42 From: Welland, Ontario, Canada Registered: May 2013 posted 04-30-2014 04:36 PM                     I too will miss the quality that 15/70 brings. But with the loss of film processing and it's associated costs, digital is the only feasible way to go. Looking forward however to the new laser projectors coming in the future.  |  IP: Logged Terry Lynn-Stevens Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1081 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Registered: Dec 2012 posted 04-30-2014 09:58 PM                     Ivan, are you guys in Niagara slated for the new laser projection?  |  IP: Logged

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