Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Double screen IMAX auditorium?

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Posted by Matthew Bailey (Member # 601) on 12-14-2005, 06:42 PM:

I saw this on TV earlier this month or last month. It's a double screen IMAX auditorium in which the bottom screen can be seen through a glass floor in the seating area. The bottom screen & projector are angled at 45 degrees & the film travels through plastic tubes in the floor of the upper booth to the bottom projector & back up. This is at a France theme park called Futuroscope. CLICK HERE Scroll down to bottom of page to see diagram.

Posted by Jeremy Jorgenson (Member # 2989) on 12-14-2005, 07:14 PM:

there's a diagram of sorts near the bottom of page two of this thread

Posted by Stephen Furley (Member # 1277) on 12-15-2005, 08:43 AM:

Sounds like the thing they call 'Le tapis magique' (magic carpet)

Posted by Dick Vaughan (Member # 540) on 12-15-2005, 09:46 AM:

Mais oui

Posted by Brian Michael Weidemann (Member # 2243) on 12-16-2005, 05:48 PM:

In the diagram enlargement, it does indicate that the two projectors are IMAX, however, it says this at the bottom of the Wings of Courage page:

quote:
In 3D; 106 m² flat-screen cinema, 2 x 35 mm projectors, 4 perforations

That doesn't sound like IMAX to me. Whereas, on the Young Black Stallion and Space Station 3D pages, it reads, respectively:

quote:
IMAX: 600 m² flat-screen cinema;70 mm film, 15 perforations.

quote:
IMAX Dome: 180° screen, 900 m²; 70 mm double projector, 15 perforations; 2 “fish-eye” lenses.

Posted by Dick Vaughan (Member # 540) on 12-16-2005, 06:30 PM:

Brian

the magic carpet is definitely 1570 . Seen it been there bought the tee shirt

Posted by Brian Michael Weidemann (Member # 2243) on 12-17-2005, 05:56 AM:

Cool. Their page, then, is just a bit misleading, I guess.

Posted by Joseph L. Kleiman (Member # 3097) on 12-17-2005, 02:51 PM:

The description is correct. The current version of Wings of Courage being shown is 35mm dual-strip 3D on a single screen. The web programmers screwed up by putting up the Magic Carpet diagram.