When thinking of the IMAX experience, our minds automatically conjure
images of 3-D glasses and a screen so large it boggles the mind; many don’t know that
a large percentage of IMAX films are not 3-D, and yet are every bit as enthralling.
“Coral Reef Adventure,” opening Oct. 3 at Sacramento’s Esquire IMAX
theatre, is just such a movie.
On hand for the Christening of the film’s maiden voyage was Brad Ohlund, the
film’s director of photography. “It took about a year and a half and $10 million
to film this project,” explains Ohlund, “and considering the average IMAX camera
only runs three minutes of film at a time with half an hour to change film between takes,
plus shooting at ocean depths where we’ve never filmed before, this film was the
biggest challenge we’d ever faced.”
The filming may have been the biggest challenge IMAX has ever faced, but the result is one
of the most stunningly beautiful projects ever to be show on the six-story screen. Viewers
are taken on a journey of discovery through the South Pacific’s awe-inspiring and
endangered coral reefs. Featuring music by Crosby, Stills and Nash and narrative by Irish
film star Liam Neeson, “Coral Reef Adventure” is a groundbreaking film that sets
new records for underwater filmmaking.
“Coral Reef Adventure” is the remarkable story of Howard & Michele Hall, on
a journey to exotic locations including: Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, the coasts
of Fiji, Tahiti and Moorea and the mysterious Rangiroa atoll. The film has been critically
acclaimed nationwide for its stunning visual images and powerful, but not preachy,
environmental message, and rightly so. Many of the visual aspects of the film are
breathtaking as cameras zoom both over and under exotic islands taking the viewer to
places previously unviewed by human eyes.
For an evening of fun and a film experience you won’t soon forget, check out
“Coral Reef Adventure.” The Esquire IMAX Theatre is located at 1211 K Street on
downtown Sacramento's K Street Mall next door to the Sacramento Convention Center. For
tickets and show times call 916/443-IMAX or logon to www.imax.com/sacramento . |
