Dinosaurs come alive in IMAX 3D
Dinosaurs come to life on the world’s third largest screen in Dinosaurs Alive 3D, the breathtaking new IMAX 3D adventure, opening at IMAX Melbourne Museum on January 1, 2010.
Narrated by Michael Douglas, Dinosaurs Alive 3D will enthral audiences with its unique look at the entire age of dinosaurs. Featuring spectacular animation and a live-action story, this film joins renowned palaeontologists from the American Museum of Natural History and their graduate students in Mongolia and New Mexico as they uncover new fossils.
Dinosaurs Alive 3D brings dinosaurs, their behaviour and their ancient environments to life on the IMAX screen as they’ve never been seen before — juxtaposing stunningly realistic and scientifically accurate computer generated imagery (CGI) with intriguing 1920s documentary footage and dramatic new scenes of real fossils and “dinosaur hunting” expeditions. Using state-of-the-art techniques, the filmmakers have created an array of amazingly life-like creatures based on the latest fossil evidence.
“Dinosaurs Alive 3D will give audiences the chance to feel like they’re experiencing the world as it once was, surrounded by life-size dinosaurs,” said Richard Morrison, IMAX Melbourne Museum Manager.
“It’s an incredible film to see in conjunction with the Dinosaur Walk exhibit at Melbourne Museum.”
Dinosaurs Alive 3D also follows a real-life scientific adventure that looks at the science of paleontology and the discoveries that have revolutionized our understanding of the mysterious creatures that dominated the earth for 150 million years. The film reveals how paleontologists search for, discover, and study fossils to determine different dinosaur species and how they lived and died.
Audiences will come face to face with and learn about dinosaurs including the Tarbosaurus (a close relative to T.Rex), Velociraptors, Protoceratops and Seismosaurus, and witness them locked in mortal combat, nesting in colonies, protecting their young, and facing catastrophic forces of nature. The film will also explore the Dinosaurs habitats, travel patterns, hunting techniques and other surprising behaviors.
It is estimated that paleontologists have discovered less than two percent of all the dinosaur species that once lived. For young paleontologists, the adventure is just beginning, and this spellbinding new film is sure to spark imaginings of what mysteries still lie buried beneath our feet.
IMAX Melbourne Museum delivers the world’s most immersive film experience. Combined with the world’s third largest screen, 15,000-watt digital audio system, revolutionary projection system and customized theatre geometry, IMAX Melbourne Museum truly does deliver the ultimate film experience.
Release Date: 1 January, 2010
Where: IMAX Melbourne Museum, Carlton Gardens
Cost: Adults $17.50, Concession $14.00, Child $12.50, Family $50.00
Session times: www.imaxmelbourne.com.au or 03 9663 5454
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