AMC Entertainment® Brings The IMAX Experience® To Three Greater Newark Theatres
November 2, 2009 – 12:40 pmNew IMAX® theatres set to open at AMC Jersey Gardens 20 in Elizabeth on Nov. 6, AMC Garden State 16 in Paramus on Dec. 18 and AMC Rockaway 16 on Dec. 18
AMC Entertainment Inc. (AMC), a leading theatrical exhibition and entertainment company, announces today that guests visiting AMC Jersey Gardens 20 in Elizabeth, AMC Garden State 16 in Paramus and AMC Rockaway 16, can soon enjoy The IMAX Experience® from IMAX Corporation (NASDAQ: IMAX; TSX: IMX).
The IMAX Experience combines crystal-clear images, powerful digital sound and customized theatre geometry to create a uniquely immersive movie experience.
The IMAX® theatres at all three locations are custom-designed for a multiplex. To maximize the field of view in each modified theatre, the standard screen will be replaced with a larger, slightly curved and specially treated IMAX screen positioned closer to the audience.
IMAX’s digital projection system combines two digital projectors with IMAX’s proprietary image enhancer and custom lenses to create an image with greater clarity, brightness and contrast. The images on screen are complemented with IMAX’s latest sound system, which features its proprietary loudspeaker technology and uncompressed digital sound. This system has ten times more dynamic range, cuts down on distortion and provides a sound quality that feels more immersive, especially with added acoustic paneling that absorbs sound and removes echo.
The addition of IMAX at these three theatres builds upon decades of AMC offering the best and broadest menu of entertainment choices for guests seeking an unparalleled experience. Guests at AMC Jersey Gardens 20 will take in the world’s most immersive cinematic experience when “Disney’s A Christmas Carol: An IMAX 3D Experience” opens on Nov. 6. The film has been digitally re-mastered into IMAX’s format exclusively for presentation in the IMAX theatre. In addition to IMAX-formatted movies, AMC delivers other types of entertainment to guests, including live and pre-recorded alternative content events.
The AMC Rockaway 16 and AMC Garden State 16 theatres open their new IMAX theatres on Dec. 18 with the highly anticipated premiere of James Cameron’s “Avatar,” which will also be shown at AMC Jersey Gardens 20.
The IMAX theatres at the three locations will feature IMAX’s digital projection system and exhibit Hollywood’s biggest movies that have been digitally re-mastered into IMAX’s format.
Upcoming Hollywood movies to be released in IMAX’s format include: “Alice in Wonderland” (March 5, 2010); “How to Train Your Dragon” (March 26, 2010); “Shrek Goes Fourth” (May 21, 2010); “Inception” (July 16, 2010) and “Tron Legacy” (Dec. 13, 2010).
The combination of IMAX’s revolutionary digital projection system, customized theatre geometry, specially designed screen and powerful digital audio system with AMC’s guest service and innovative products and amenities will make these AMC locations in New Jersey the No. 1 destinations for entertainment. The new IMAX theatres maximize the experience for guests so they feel as if they are IN the movie they are watching.
The opening of the IMAX theatres at AMC Jersey Gardens 20, AMC Garden State 16 and AMC Rockaway 16 are part of a joint-venture agreement by AMC and IMAX to install 100 IMAX digital projection systems at AMC locations in 33 major U.S. markets through 2010.
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