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IMAX is short for Image Maximum, a film format that can show images larger and with higher resolution than images displayed at most movie theaters. The Museum of Discovery and Science in Fort Lauderdale has a 5-story-high single screen IMAX theater featuring 300 stadium-styled seats, a 15,000-watt digital sound system and 42 speakers. The theater plays 3D movies made specifically to work with IMAX projectors. They show both educational and mainstream movies, such as Dinosaurs Alive! 3D, Happy Feet, and Beowulf. Since the film is ten times larger than normal film, Imax films fully immerse you in the scene. Originally named after the Blockbuster video rental company, AutoNation gained naming right when i...
IMAX is short for Image Maximum, a film format that can show images larger and with higher resolution than images displayed at most movie theaters. The Museum of Discovery and Science in Fort Lauderdale has a 5-story-high single screen IMAX theater featuring 300 stadium-styled seats, a 15,000-watt digital sound system and 42 speakers. The theater plays 3D movies made specifically to work with IMAX projectors. They show both educational and mainstream movies, such as Dinosaurs Alive! 3D, Happy Feet, and Beowulf. Since the film is ten times larger than normal film, Imax films fully immerse you in the scene. Originally named after the Blockbuster video rental company, AutoNation gained naming right when it donated $3 million in August 2007. The AutoNation IMAX Theater is located at 401 SW Second Street, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312. Call 954-467-6637 or go to www.mods.org.
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Scientists prepare gear to service Hubble telescope
GREENBELT, Md. - In about two weeks, 24,000 pounds of what may be the most thoroughly tested and closely inspected hardware on Earth will be packed into custom crates, mounted on flatbed trucks and shipped as "wide load" cargo to Cape Canaveral, Fla....Tags: NASA, Space Programs, Engineering, Cape Canaveral
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'Kung Fu Panda' is a hit in China
From the Associated PressHONG KONG -- Hollywood's fighting cartoon panda is a hit in the furry animal's home country. The American animated movie "Kung Fu Panda" has grossed nearly $16 million at the Chinese box office as of Wednesday, according to its distributors. Fifteen...Tags: Movies
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American Visionary Art Museum800 Key Highway / 410-244-1900 / Flicks from the Hill film series / Free •9 p.m. today:Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?. Maryland Science CenterSt. John Properties' IMAX Theater, 601 Light St. / 410-685-5225 / Admission...Tags: American Visionary Art Museum, Maryland Science Center
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Mission aims to restore Hubble
Sun reporterIn about two weeks, some 24,000 pounds of what may be the most thoroughly tested and closely inspected hardware on Earth will be packed into custom crates, mounted on flatbed trucks and shipped as "wide load" cargo to Cape Canaveral, Fla. When it...Tags: NASA, Space Programs, Engineering, Atlantis, Cape Canaveral
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Film American Visionary Art Museum800 Key Highway / 410-244-1900 / Flicks from the Hill film series / Free •9 p.m. today:Rebel Without a Cause. Charles Theatre1711 N. Charles St. / 410-727-3456 / Alfred Hitchcock revival film series / Admission...Tags: American Visionary Art Museum, Johns Hopkins University, Maryland Science Center, Alfred Hitchcock, Charles Theatre
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New depth for 3-D
Sun reporterFor years, 3-D movies have been the Rodney Dangerfields of cinema: amusing, intriguing but certainly not to be taken seriously. They were OK for 1950s-film revivals, or as amusement-park attractions, or for big-screen IMAX presentations where audiences...Tags: Cinema Industry, Jules Verne, Literature, Animation, Brendan Fraser
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Get buggy at new Insectarium in New Orleans
The Associated PressRon Forman wants to change grown-ups' views of bugs and spiders from "ewww!" to "cool!" After all, such critters clean the earth, pollinate plants and form a huge chunk of the food chain. "Without insects, nature doesn't exist," said Forman, chief... -
Milestones in 3-D: The original pop-up video
Jerry Lewis in 3-D! The Korean War in 3-D! The Frankenstein Monster in 3-D! Even naked stewardesses in 3-D! Hollywood has been trying to sell movie audiences on the third dimension for more than half a century. Every couple of decades or so, a rush of 3-D...Tags: Robert Zemeckis, Vincent Price, Andy Warhol, Jerry Lewis, John Wayne
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NY Stony Brook president to retire in 2009
Associated Press WriterDr. Shirley Strum Kenny, the first woman to serve as president of Stony Brook University and the former chairman of a national commission that examined the role of research in education, says she intends to retire following the 2008-9 academic year....Tags: Stony Brook University, Government, National Government, Manhattan, Long Island University
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FilmAmerican Visionary Art Museum // 800 Key Highway / 410-244-1900 / Flicks from the Hill film series / Free • 9 p.m. today: The Sound of Music. Charles Theatre // 1711 N. Charles St. / 410-727-3456 / Alfred Hitchcock revival film series /...Tags: Patapsco, American Visionary Art Museum, Dundalk, Maryland Science Center, James Brown
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