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**Sean P Kelly** · 06-30-2006, 08:58 PM

FYI, did you know that IMAX is Canadian. The original IMAX theatre, The Ontario Place Cinesphere, is right here in Toronto.

When I was young, only 40-minute documentaries were shown in the format and at the Cinesphere they were usually shown as an 80-minute double feature.

It was only within the last 5 years or so that feature-length films started being released in the format (though before that, it was common practice to show a 35MM film -- IMAX is 70MM -- on the IMAX screen, which results in a short of "letterboxed" IMAX - i.e. the picture only covers the centre of the screen).

EDIT: I just took a look at the Cinesphere website, and the 40-minute documentaries that were playing when I was a kid are STILL playing.

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Sean P Kelly SMBHQ Mod Movies Mod Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Gender: Posts: 3,441 Thanks: 10 Thanked 49 Times in 37 Posts Points: 214,125.75 Bank: 178,546.86 Total Points: 392,672.60 Donate	FYI, did you know that IMAX is Canadian. The original IMAX theatre, The Ontario Place Cinesphere, is right here in Toronto. When I was young, only 40-minute documentaries were shown in the format and at the Cinesphere they were usually shown as an 80-minute double feature. It was only within the last 5 years or so that feature-length films started being released in the format (though before that, it was common practice to show a 35MM film -- IMAX is 70MM -- on the IMAX screen, which results in a short of "letterboxed" IMAX - i.e. the picture only covers the centre of the screen). EDIT: I just took a look at the Cinesphere website, and the 40-minute documentaries that were playing when I was a kid are STILL playing. Last edited by Sean P Kelly; 06-30-2006 at 09:07 PM.