James Cameron’s Avatar destined for IMAX Melbourne Museum
From the director of the Oscar winning blockbuster Titanic, James Cameron’s latest groundbreaking cinematic masterpiece, Avatar, is set to hit Australia’s largest 3D screen at IMAX Melbourne Museum on December 17, 2009.
James Cameron first conceived Avatar fourteen years ago when the technical means to fully realize his vision did not yet exist. Now, after four years of actual production work, Avatar delivers a fully immersive cinematic experience in which the revolutionary technology created to make the film merges with the emotion and the sweep of the story itself.
The star of Avatar, Australian Sam Worthington, described Cameron’s creative direction for the movie as simply, “It’s built for IMAX. It’s built for 3D. That’s what he’s designed it for.” Cameron’s Avatar Day on August 21, 2009, gave lucky IMAX fans around the world the opportunity to be amongst the first to witness 15 minutes of select footage from Avatar.
Avatar takes movie goers to a spectacular world beyond imagination, where a reluctant hero embarks on a journey of redemption and discovery as he leads a battle to save a civilization.
In Avatar, we enter the alien world through the eyes of Jake Sully, a former Marine confined to a wheelchair. But despite his broken body, Jake is still a warrior at heart. He is recruited to travel light years to the human outpost on Pandora, where corporations are mining a rare mineral that is the key to solving the Earth’s energy crisis. Because the atmosphere on Pandora is toxic, they have created the Avatar program, in which human ‘drivers’ have their consciousness linked to an Avatar, a remotely-controlled biological body that can survive in the lethal air. These Avatars are genetically engineered hybrids of human DNA mixed with DNA from the natives of Pandora – the Na’vi.
Reborn in his Avatar form, Jake can walk again. He is given a mission to infiltrate the Na’vi, who have become a major obstacle to mining the precious ore. But a beautiful Na’vi female, Neytiri, saves Jake’s life, and this changes everything. Jake is taken in by her clan, and learns to become one of them. As Jake’s relationship with the reluctant teacher Neytiri deepens, he learns to respect the Na’vi way and finally takes his place among them. Soon he will face the ultimate test as he leads them in an epic battle that will decide nothing less than the fate of the entire world.
Twentieth Century Fox presents a James Cameron Film, Avatar, starring Sam Worthington, Zoë Saldana, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, and Sigourney Weaver. The film is written and directed by James Cameron and produced by James Cameron and Jon Landau.
Advanced screening tickets are now available for 16 December but are selling fast. Book your tickets now!
To view the Avatar 3D trailer click here. Run time 161 minutes.
Release Date: 17 December, 2009
Where: IMAX Melbourne Museum, Carlton Gardens
Tickets: $22.50 adults, $18.50 concession, $16.50 child, $68.00 family (2 adults & 2 children)
Session times: www.imaxmelbourne.com.au or 03 9663 5454
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