IMAX question

[BaboonGuy]

Isn't it true that IMAX movies can only be 2 hours long maximum, because of something about IMAX?

Thanks, this will help a lot in deciding where I see Revolutions, since it's supposed to be 129 minutes long and I dont want to see it somewhere where 9 minutes are cut out.

 

[Xenon14]

Generally, yes. But Matrix is an exception, and was specially modified for IMAX.

 

[anxi80]

yeah, because Reloaded was 138 minutes and they showed that IMAX and it came out fine. Even the Revolutions preview at the end of the credits was intact i believe

 

[Actaeon]

Any particular reason why max is only 2 hours? I remember watching some Imax films, and they are amazing! Matrix would be hella sweet on an Imax.

EDIT: Happy 3000th post to me.

 

[BaboonGuy]

Originally posted by: anxi80
yeah, because Reloaded was 138 minutes and they showed that IMAX and it came out fine. Even the Revolutions preview at the end of the credits was intact i believe

i thought i heard reloaded was cut down a little bit

 

[NutBucket]

I think its the physical size of the film reel.

 

[anxi80]

Originally posted by: BaboonGuy

Originally posted by: anxi80
yeah, because Reloaded was 138 minutes and they showed that IMAX and it came out fine. Even the Revolutions preview at the end of the credits was intact i believe

i thought i heard reloaded was cut down a little bit

iunno. i saw it so long ago in the theatres, and then saw it on dvd, my memory isnt what it used to be. coulda swore it was the whole movie, rave scene 🙁 and all. 😛

 

[CQuinn]

Apparently (read on slashdot or someplace else), they figured out how to get past the
film length limitation in recent releases. So they were able to show reloaded in full.

 

[FoBoT]

google says

Moving at the rate of five-and-a-half feet each second, a typical 40-minute IMAX film requires moving more than three miles of film through the projector.

how stuff works - IMAX

All of this advanced technology means that an IMAX projector weighs over 2 tons (1,800 kilograms)

The size of the film means that the camera can hold only a three-minute spool, and it takes 20 minutes to reload.

The technical challenges mean that an IMAX film, which is normally just 40 or 50 minutes long, costs just as much to make as a normal film for theatrical release. For example, the "T-REX" film took five months for a feasibility study to prepare for filming, 40 days for the shoot and then 12 to 13 months to complete the film in post-production. The CG effects and dinosaurs consumed approximately 4 terabytes of disk space.

IMAX Film Format
i don't know

 

[abaez]

IMAX projector platters used to be able to hold only 2 hours worth of film. The platters have been upgraded and can now hold much longer. If I remember correctly one of the newer star wars was cut down to fit the 2 hour limit but the platters were upgraded soon after. FYI platters are like big circular plate type things that feed the film to the projector.

 

[0roo0roo]

yea, i heard they got upgraded. else all the films being transfered over simply wouldn't fit. at the imax in the bay area atleast you walk past the film projector room on the way in, the walls are glass. the reel of film is #@$ huge, its a giant horizontal disk you could lie across.