Thursday 19 / September / 2024
Muscat: An IMAX cinema screen, featuring crystal clear big screen viewing, is set to open in Oman next month. IMAX is an acronym of ‘image maximum’.
Speaking to Times of Oman, a senior official of VOX Cinemas said IMAX projectors will be installed at VOX, City Centre Qurum.
“It will be opening in September 2016, and the first movie that is likely be screened is called Sully,” a spokesperson of VOX Cinemas said. Sully is a soon-to-be-released American drama, directed and co-produced by Clint Eastwood and written by Todd Komarnicki.
The film stars Tom Hanks, with Aaron Eckhart, and will open on September 9, 2016.
Hudson River
The story of Sully is based on veteran US Airways pilots Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenburger, who became a hero after landing his crippled plane in the Hudson River, saving Flight 155’s crew and passengers.
IMAX is a technology that allows greater size and resolution of films, resulting in higher quality, sharper image and exceptional clarity.
“We are very excited, as far as we know, IMAX is quite different from the regular multiplex experience,” says S Kapoor, an Indian expat who is a regular cinema buff.
Owing to its larger-than-life picture and sound format, the IMAX experience “involves” the viewer with crystal clear images projected onto an enormous screen, and with powerful sound emanating from state-of-the-art digital surround sound systems.
In a tweet, Vox Cinemas Oman said on Sunday that the trailer for Sully was filmed using IMAX cameras and will be seen in Oman beginning September 8.
Eastwood used the new ALEXA IMAX 65mm cameras to film the movie. This camera is a next-generation 2D digital camera developed through a partnership between ARRI and IMAX for use by today’s leading filmmakers working in the IMAX format.
