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Author Topic: 6-Minute The Dark Knight Rises IMAX Prologue Confirmed [But only on 70mm!] Geoff Jones Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 579 From: Broomfield, CO, USA Registered: Feb 2006 posted 06-11-2012 07:59 PM                        FYI to Colorado folks: I called the Colorado Blvd IMax today and asked if The Dark Knight Rises was going to be in 70MM IMax or LieMax. The manager said it was going to be in 70MM. I thanked her and said I would make the trip to see it there. (They installed 2k digital last year and discontinued the use of their 70MM projector, but are dusting it off at the insistence of Mr. Nolan and Mr. Pfister.) Question: When should I go see it? A) A week or so after it opens, so they have time to properly figure out how to use the equipment again. B) Opening weekend, before they destroy the print and replace it with a 2k show.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 06-12-2012 10:31 AM                     Haven't most of these IMAX theater conversions from 15/70 film projection to HDTV resolution digital involved removing the real IMAX projectors? At this point my plan is to make a road trip to Austin to see The Dark Knight Rises there since the Bob Bullock IMAX theater still has 15/70 equipment. None of the IMAX branded theaters in Oklahoma or North Texas have 15/70 projectors anymore to the best of my knowledge.  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Althaus Master Film Handler Posts: 435 From: Bedford, TX Registered: Dec 2008 posted 06-12-2012 10:35 AM                     Bobby The Cinemark in Dallas will show it in 70mm  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Goeldner Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1360 From: Washington, District of Columbia Registered: Jun 2008 posted 06-12-2012 02:57 PM                     it must be a first, a major Hollywood film opening on all three Smithsonian IMAX screens (and in 15/70 to boot!)  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 06-12-2012 05:50 PM                     Will other Cinemark IMAX theaters that previously showed true 15/70mm IMAX show The Dark Knight Rises in 15/70? I've been to the Dallas location off LBJ Freeway. I wonder about the one at Carefree Circle in Colorado Springs or the Cinemark IMAX location in Tulsa.  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Althaus Master Film Handler Posts: 435 From: Bedford, TX Registered: Dec 2008 posted 06-13-2012 12:54 AM                     I don't know about those 2. I know the one in Pittsburgh will, and that there will be 8 Cinemark locations nationwide putting the equipment back in  |  IP: Logged Kurt Zupin Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 989 From: Maricopa, Arizona Registered: Oct 2004 posted 06-13-2012 02:58 PM                     There are also alot of locations that are dual equipped, however the 15/70 stuff has just been sitting under "plastic" for the most part. Being kept for The Dark Knight Rises and now I guess for Star Trek 2 and the Hunger Games:Catching Fire next year. Edit to add: Here is a link to a list of all theatres showing Dark Knight Rises in 15/70 as well as what ones are dual equipped. The Dark Knight Rises 15/70 list  |  IP: Logged Aaron Garman Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: Toledo, OH USA Registered: Mar 2003 posted 06-13-2012 04:04 PM                     Is the fact that "digital converts" are reverting to 15/70 for this one film an admission on IMAX's part that their Lie-MAX does in fact suck? AJG  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 06-14-2012 10:54 AM                     I didn't know some of the "former" 15/70 IMAX theaters still had the film projection equipment left intact. That makes me feel a little better. However, there is a tremendously huge question that remains: will IMAX and Warner Bros. bother letting the public know truthfully and accurately which theaters will be showing The Dark Knight Rises on 15/70mm film as opposed to HDTV resolution digital? I sure as hell do not want to drive 200 miles to Dallas or Tulsa to see what turns out to be a mere HDTV resolution digital show. I can see 2K digital right here in Lawton. No need to drive any considerable distance for that. 15/70mm (projected right) of 15/65mm sourced material does more to justify a road trip.  |  IP: Logged Ron Funderburg Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 814 From: Chickasha, Oklahoma, USA Registered: Nov 2007 posted 06-14-2012 12:26 PM                        Bobby my guess is they won't tell you squat about the actual format it will just be IMAX or is it 3D? No just IMAX right.  |  IP: Logged

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