Steam & Excursion > Link to 2816 Imax film

Imax Rocky Mountain Express released today
Author: moonliter
Date: Today October 1st,2011
Forum: Canadian Railroads


I did not know what board to post this on but ended posting on the Canadian board because of the lack of posts there. If anyone knows how to make this a direct link please feel free do so. Great shots of the CPR and action shots of 2816.

Gerry Gaugl
Ottawa ON

Here is the url:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fuArMb8f7c

If it doesn't appear as a link, copy and paste to your browser.

WOw. What a tantalizing teaser.

That one's gonna raise the bar quite a bit.

--M

Mike Massee
Tehachapi, CA
Photography, Railroading and more..

Harlock Wrote:
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> WOw. What a tantalizing teaser.
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> That one's gonna raise the bar quite a bit.
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> --M

I grew up in the same apartment building as Stephen Low, the producer. Stephen was always a steam fan, and we rode many CN 6218 excursions together in the 1960's.

Even then as a teenager, he wanted to do a feature film about steam trains. We moved on in life, I moved out west and he eventually persued a career in the motion picture industry in Montreal. We always have kept in contact, and I remember in the 1980's, he sent me a copy of a script which would eventually become "Rocky Mountain Express". During the 1990's, Stephen produced several IMAX movies on a variety of topics which put his company in the forefront of big format, large screen movie productions.
Despite fame and fortune, he persued his dream of a steam train movie.

I haven't seen the film yet, and it will only appear at special IMAX theatres. From how it was described, it is astoundingly true to his lifelong vision of a steam train and railroad movie.

He did mention at the premiere that this will be the last IMAX movie that will be shot using film rather than digital media. The large format film is both expensive and difficult to obtain.

Does anyone know if this is coming to the states? I couldn't find a link on the film website.

RuleG Wrote:
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> Does anyone know if this is coming to the states?
> I couldn't find a link on the film website.


Not certain, but this sounds like the film coming to the IMAX theater at Cincinnati Union Terminal this month.

I hope to get there and see it.

it will be here in seattle until nov 17th

http://www.pacificsciencecenter.org/imax/rocky-mountain-express

P Wrote:
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> RuleG Wrote:
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> > Does anyone know if this is coming to the
> states?
> > I couldn't find a link on the film website.
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> Not certain, but this sounds like the film coming
> to the IMAX theater at Cincinnati Union Terminal
> this month.
>
> I hope to get there and see it.

Coming to Cincinnati in less than two weeks and coming to Pittsburgh, where I live, next month.

Upcoming openings (USA):
Chicago, IL - Museum of Science and Industry - Oct.7th, 2011 (US Premiere)
Cincinnati, OH - Cincinnati Museum Center - Oct.14th, 2011
Seattle, WA - Pacific Science Center - Oct.14th, 2011
Baltimore, MD - Maryland Science Center - Nov.11th, 2011
Pittsburgh, PA - Carnegie Science Center - Nov.25th, 2011