AWESOME RALEIGH MOVIE EXPERIENCE!

Why IMAX?
Boasting NC’s only 3D-capable giant screen, the Wachovia IMAX Theatre at Marbles Kids Museum in downtown Raleigh IS THE ultimate movie experience. You'll be blown away by the crystal clear IMAX movies shown on the giant 50-foot high screen.

With more than 200 films available, audiences have been taken to the far reaches of the earth, transported into the future and put into the driver’s seat through films such as Into the Deep 3D, Space Station 3D, and NASCAR 3D: The IMAX Experience. Hollywood films that have been digitally re-mastered into The IMAX Experience have entertained audiences like never before.

The IMAX 3D Experience
The IMAX Experience in 3D - the world's most immersive movie experience - has entertained and enlightened millions of people worldwide. With crystal clear, larger-than-life, 3D images complemented by exhilarating state-of-the-art surround sound, audiences feel as though they are in the movie.

IMAX 3D glasses are provided for use during all 3D films at the Wachovia IMAX Theatre.

The IMAX Film
IMAX 3D uses dual filmstrip technology, using two separate strips of film for both image capture and projection. IMAX is the world's largest film format using 15-perforation, 70mm film to create images of incredible sharpness. The 15/70-film format is ten times larger than conventional 35mm film. This makes it the largest commercial film ever invented. IMAX large format film is so strong it could be used to tow your car.

The IMAX 3D Camera
The IMAX 3D camera is one of the highest resolution image-capturing devices in the world. By simultaneously recording separate left- and right-eye images onto two 65mm wide filmstrips—one for each eye—the IMAX 3D camera helps to create spectacular high-resolution images characteristic of the wide field of view of IMAX presentations. Weighing between 42 and 100 pounds, these cameras are extremely versatile and can be used in virtually any environment—from outer space to the ocean floor, the top of Mt. Everest and all around the globe.

The IMAX 3D Projector
IMAX projectors are the most advanced, precise and powerful projectors ever built. The IMAX 3D projector simultaneously projects two strips of 15/70 film, one for each eye, onto a special IMAX 3D screen. Each member of the audience must wear IMAX 3D glasses, which channel the right-eye image to the right eye and the left-eye image to the left eye. The polarized lenses separate the left- and right-eye images. Light from the 7,000-watt lamp of an IMAX projector is so bright that, if one were operated on the moon, people on Earth could see it with the naked eye.

The IMAX Screen
Forty-five hundred times larger than an average TV screen, IMAX and IMAX 3D giant flat screens soar up to eight stories high and have a slight curvature that extends beyond the field of geometric recognition. Because these screens fill your peripheral vision, you feel like you’re right in the action. IMAX 3D screens are painted silver to maximize the amount of light reflected back to the audience.

IMAX Sound
The six-channel, multi-way digital IMAX speaker system with sub-bass utilizes 44 speakers grouped into six clusters behind the screen and at the rear of the theatre to deliver uncompressed sound that is simply unsurpassed in depth and clarity. Sixteen amplifiers generate more than 12,000 watts of power, not volume, to provide the audience with life-like sound. IMAX’s proprietary loudspeaker system delivers exacting volume and quality at every seat throughout the theatre. From a small drop of rain to an enormous clap of thunder, you'll hear every shade and subtlety, regardless of where you are sitting.