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Dark Knight Back in IMAX, But Some Screens are Much Less MAX
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John Del Signore
Published Jan 30, 2009
Modified Jan 30, 2009
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Internet guru and Videogum blogger Gabriel Delahaye is rightfully pissed that the AMC Empire 25 multiplex in Times Square is screening The Dark Knight re-release in IMAX on a rather dainty screen: "The Times Square IMAX is just a regular movie screen, except that there’s an illuminated IMAX sign hanging above the door to the theater. Perfect. And you only want 6 extra dollars for the privilege of seeing a movie here?" An IMAX rep tells us the screen there is 29 feet high by 58 feet wide, which is dwarfed by the 80 feet high screen at the AMC Loews Lincoln Square IMAX. To clarify, a movie can be projected in IMAX onto various-sized screens, and other local multiplexes such as Kips Bay will soon get the IMAX "experience" on smaller screens. (The largest IMAX screen is in Sydney, Australia: 96.5 feet high and 117 feet wide.) So know before you go; if you want to see The Dark Knight in all its large-scale glory, 1998 Broadway at 68th Street is the place to be. And that concludes today's Geek Report!
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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