For those who live in St. Louis, are waiting anxiously for midnight on July 15th, catching up on the previous Harry Potter films or continually watching the previews for the last, epic conclusion of the series on YouTube (me times four – yay!), here’s something awesome – AMC Chesterfield 14 will be showing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 on their massive new IMAX screen, in glorious 3D! I have chills just thinking about it!
Check out what they’re saying below:
AMC THEATRES® BRINGS THE IMAX EXPERIENCE®
TO AMC CHESTERFIELD 14
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2: An IMAX 3D Experience Opens July 15
AMC Theatres (AMC), a leading theatrical exhibition and entertainment company, announced today that guests visiting AMC Chesterfield 14 can now enjoy The IMAX Experience from IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX; TSX: IMX), when Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2: An IMAX 3D Experienceopens July 15.
The IMAX Experience combines crystal-clear images, powerful digital sound and customized theatre geometryto create a uniquely immersive movie experience. The IMAX® theatre at this location has been custom-designed for use in a multiplex theatre. To maximize the field of view in the modified auditorium, the screen was replaced with a larger, slightly curved and specially treated IMAX screen positioned closer to the audience.
IMAX’s digital projection system combines two digital projectors with IMAX’s proprietary image enhancer and custom lenses to create an image with greater clarity, brightness and contrast. The images on screen are complemented by IMAX’s latest sound system, which features its proprietary loudspeaker technology and uncompressed digital sound. This sound system has ten times more dynamic range, cuts down on distortion and provides a sound quality that feels more immersive, especially with the added acoustic paneling that absorbs sound and removes echo.
The addition of IMAX at AMC Chesterfield 14 builds upon decades of AMC offering the best and broadest menu of entertainment choices for guests seeking an unparalleled experience. Guests at AMC Chesterfield 14 will take in the world’s most immersive cinematic experience when Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2: An IMAX 3D Experience opens on July 15. The movie has been digitally re-mastered into IMAX’s format exclusively for presentation in the IMAX auditorium. In addition to IMAX-formatted movies, AMC delivers other types of entertainment to guests, including live and pre-recorded alternative content events.
The IMAXtheatre at AMC Chesterfield 14 will feature Hollywood’s biggest movies that have been digitally re-mastered into IMAX’s format.
Other upcoming Hollywood movies to be released in IMAX format include: REEL STEEL (Oct. 07), PUSS and BOOTS (Nov. 04), HAPPY FEET 2 (Nov. 18), MISSION IMPOSSIBLE (Dec. 16) and THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN (Dec. 28).
Combining IMAX’s revolutionary digital projection system, customized theatre geometry, specially designed screen and powerful digital audiosystem with AMC’s guest service and innovative products and amenities will make AMC Showplace New Lenox 14 a premier destination for entertainment. The new IMAX theatre maximizes the experience for guests so they feel as if they are IN the movie they are watching.
The opening of the IMAX theatre at AMC Chesterfield 14 is part of a joint-venture agreement by AMC and IMAX to install more than 115 IMAX digital projection systems at AMC locations in major U.S. markets and Canada.
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