Canadian Railroads > Rocky Mountain Express

Rocky Mountain Express propels audiences on a steam train journey through the breathtaking vistas of the Canadian Rockies and highlights the adventure of building North America’s first transcontinental railway. The completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in the Rockies in 1885 ranks among the greatest engineering feats in history. Recruited to push forward the impossible venture, was a young American railway superintendent named William Cornelius Van Horne. Retracing the original route aboard the majestic steam engine 2816, the audience is transported back to the age of steam to re-live this alpine nation-building odyssey. The film weaves together spectacular IMAX aerial cinematography and western vistas, archival photographs and maps and the potent energy and rhythms of a live steam locomotive to immerse audiences in a an era of remarkable ingenuity and struggle and a region of stunning natural beauty.

Today our Cincinnati Omnimax Theatre opened its showing.
Previous threads have described this film as spectacular, and IT IS!
I was blown away with the Canadian sights, but more so with that CP restored Hudson 2816.

■Chicago, IL - Museum of Science and Industry - from October 7th, 2011 (US Premiere) http://www.msichicago.org/whats-here/omnimax-3d-theater/
■Cincinnati, OH - Cincinnati Museum Center - from October 14th, 2011 http://www.cincymuseum.org/omnimax
■Seattle, WA - Pacific Science Center - from Octoer 14th, 2011 http://www.pacificsciencecenter.org/IMAX-Theaters/Shows/imax
■Baltimore, MD - Maryland Science Center - from November 11th, 2011 http://www.mdsci.org/imax/index.html
■Pittsburgh, PA - Carnegie Science Center - from November 25th, 2011 http://www.carnegiesciencecenter.org/omnimax/
■Lubbock, TX - Science Spectrum - from November 11th, 2011 http://www.sciencespectrum.org/new/nowshowing.shtml

■Gatineau, QC - Canadian Museum of Civilization - from September 30th, 2011 (World Premiere) http://www.civilization.ca/imax
■Toronto, ON - Ontario Science Centre - from October 1st, 2011 http://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/imax
■Victoria, BC - National Geographic IMAX Theatre - from March 16th, 2012 http://www.imaxvictoria.com/
■Vancouver, BC - Telus World of Science Vancouver - from April 8th, 2012 http://www.scienceworld.ca/omnimax


See a clip at: http://www.stephenlow.com/films/rockymountainexpress/ click 'Online Trailer'

Paul Ramer
Cincinnati, OH