Episode II Coming to IMAX Theaters September 09, 2002 Size Matters Not -- Except on an IMAX Screen This holiday season, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones will be bigger than ever. Lucasfilm Ltd., The IMAX Corporation and Twentieth Century Fox have announced that Episode II will be coming to IMAX theaters in the United States and Canada starting November 1, 2002. This is not just the projection of the standard theatrical print on an IMAX screen -- the movie will undergo the revolutionary IMAX DMR (Digital Re-mastering) process, which enhances the quality of the image and soundtrack to the huge IMAX 15/70 format. This marks the first time IMAX DMR has been used to re-master a film that was digitally captured and created. "Star Wars: Episode II The IMAX Experience will provide an entirely new way to experience the Star Wars universe," says Jim Ward, Vice President of Marketing for Lucasfilm. "For the first time, fans of Star Wars will be able to see all their favorite characters, environments, vehicles and droids in a setting that is up to eight stories high and over a hundred feet wide." "The combination of Lucasfilm's innovative digital technology and the revolutionary, proprietary IMAX DMR technology will deliver the clear, crisp and sharp images and sound that IMAX theater-goers have grown to expect," says Richard L. Gelfond and Bradley J. Wechsler, Co-Chairmen and Co-CEOs for IMAX Corporation. "You can't find a movie better suited for the IMAX format," adds Bruce Snyder, President, Domestic Distribution, Fox. "We are thrilled to bring this giant of a film to the giant IMAX screen." Keep checking starwars.com in the coming weeks for more information about the IMAX release of Episode II.
This bit of news rates up there with your Hakeem "not (playing) here" interview/stalk... I can't wait!!! THe only downside is it will be ages before they release it here in Oz.
I don't really care if the Star Wars movies do this, but I would LOVE to see the LOTR movies do this at some point. Please please please!
i hate the fact i will watch it just becasue it has the title...STAR WARS. man episods 1,and 2 were a big dissapointment, but lucas know he can slack off cause we will still watch it. BRING BACK DARTH MAUL!!!
Well, this doesn't address the problems of Episode II. It looked fine when I saw it in the theatre. But it sucked. So unless Lucas is going to change some of that ****ed-up 6th-grade poetry dialogue and include a topless Natalie Portman scene, I don't see the point.
Precisely. I was gonna say, Star Wars Episode II at IMAX? Oh good: now it'll suck EVEN BIGGER! A movie with such painful dialogue, I sometimes stared at the tops of my shoes, I felt so bad for what George Lucas had done to normally good actors. And the winner for Best Actor in a Supporting Role is: Yoda! "The Academy I thank. Accept this for the other castmembers I would; but suck they did." Now if the Special Edition: Episode II, Amidala Gets Nasty (the R-rated version, with restored footage), comes to the IMAX, my wallet and car keys I will fetch.
