February 1, 2010 - Distribution & Exhibition

Feature Stories

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Launching Oil City

Julien Temple’s Oil City Confidential is to be launched with a ground breaking rock & roll cinema event beamed live from London into cinemas across the UK and Ireland on February 2.

Stereoscopic 3D

Screening Cane Toads

The documentary Cane Toads: The Conquest from Australian writer/director Mark Lewis is the first Australian digital 3D feature film, and was a rare 3D entry at Sundance — following the festival's previous (and highly successful) 3D entry in 2008, Mark Pellington's U2 3D.   The film screened in Park City's Eccles auditorium, a 1,200-seat venue on Barco’s DP-3000 digital cinema projectors. Playback originated from a Dolby digital cinema server.

Exhibition

Going Green

Independent exhibitor Cinema West has selected Barco DP-2000 digital cinema projectors for every screen in their new Palladio 16 multiplex in Folsom, California. With a total seating capacity of 3000, built around an energy- efficient concept, the all-digital venue includes six 3D-capable theatres. Once final implementation is complete, the Palladio 16 Cinemas will be able to boast the largest solar system on the roof of any movie theatre in the world.

Coming Soon

Maibaum Gears Up

Cinematographer Paul Maibaum is preparing for another season of the hit FX Network series Sons of Anarchy.

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News Stories

D-Box Moves 50,000-Plus Moviegoers

D-Box Technologies says that more than 50,000 moviegoers throughout North America “lived the action” and experienced motion-enhanced seats during one of nine major motion pictures released last year.

AMC to Acquire Most Kerasotes Theatres

AMC Entertainment and Kerasotes Showplace Theatres have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which AMC will acquire substantially all of the assets of Kerasotes.

Harry Potter Extends Stay in Boston

The Museum of Science, Boston has extended its East Coast premiere run of Harry Potter: The Exhibition until the end of February due to its popularity.

Two Cinemas first to offer Digital 3D in Germany

The Cineplex Marburg and the Cinedom Koeln multiplexes are the first German cinemas to offer their audiences large-scale digital 3D Cinema. In the run-up for the theatrical release of Avatar, both cinemas installed Kinoton 3D2P systems, each operating with two projectors.