Re: Broadcast 3D & IMAX 3D

[P3D Lawrence Kaufman <kaufman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 21 May 97 at 21:48, P3D Larry Berlin wrote:

> However, no broadcast boom will result from what ABC concocted. 
> ABC has no further credddibility and no excuse they might offer in this
> example could be believable. It would take an outstanding full
> feature-length 100% 3D example of the real thing to change my opinion of
> that particular network.
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Four Million House Guests (1997) 47 minutes. Produced by Capitol
Cities/ABC.
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Does IMAX 3D count? I saw this new IMAX film last week. 
It has all the same formula IMAX seems to like. 'Seen through
the eyes of a young girl' (played by Charlotte Sullivan, from
"Harriet the spy"), short on story & long on image. There are some
great magnification scenes. Noel Archambault (if you're still out
there) you did another great job! 

Upcoming IMAX 3D films include:
"Mark Twain's America".......................Nov.'97
"The Nutcracker Prince".......................Oct.'97
"T-Rex".................................................Mar.'98
"Heavan and Earth"..............................Q2 '98
"Ireland: Ancient Hearts"......................Q2 '98
"Dolphins".............................................Q3 '98
"Muppet Music".....................................Q3 '98
"Star Trek: IMAX 3D".............................Q4 '98
"Making Contact"..................................TBD
"The Ice Man".......................................TBD

And their lastest announcement:
Imax Corporation and Lockheed Martin Corporation Announce 
new 3D Space Initiative; -- Imax and LMC concluded a major 
new space initiative today, for the production of a large-format 
3D film to document the construction of the International Space 
Station. The station is a partnership of 15 countries, including the
United States, Russia, Japan, Canada and 11 member nations of 
the European Space Agency. The announcement followed the 
signing of the Space Act Agreement between the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration and Imax, which gives Imax the ability 
to make the first 3D film from space. The announcement was made 
in conjunction with the premiere of the latest Imax-produced 2D space
film Mission To Mir at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum's
Langley Theatre. The film about the space station will be shown in both
2D and 3D at IMAX theatres worldwide. As part of the announcement, Imax
and Lockheed Martin will develop three specially-designed IMAX 3D space
cameras. The new prototype IMAX 3D camera is in advanced design stages,
and is expected to be tested by mid-June of this year. The camera will
be significantly more compact and lighter in weight than the existing
IMAX 3D camera. It is anticipated that it will be ready for its maiden
space voyage in January of 1999. The film is expected to be released
early in the new millennium.

Lawrence


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