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Shoppers Drug Mart® OMNIMAX® Theatre
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OMNIMAX
Tickets: (416) 696-1000
Since
it opened in December, 1996, The OMNIMAX® Theatre has
thrilled ever a million visitors with its high-fidelity
motion picture system. Film-goers enjoy a totally involving
experience engulfed by 13,000 watts of sound from 44
speakers and images on a 24-metre (80-foot) dome screen that
puts them right in the middle of the action. With the
tremendous response of Science Centre visitors, the Theatre
now ranks among the ten most successful domed cinemas in the
world.
The Theatre's premiere
film, Special Effects, revealed the behind-the-scenes
story of how movie-makers create their magical effects. In
the following years audiences thrilled to films such as Alaska:
Spirit of the Wild, Wolves and Everest, which
took viewers on a spellbinding ascent of the world's tallest
mountain. In June, 2000, audiences thrilled to spectacular
performances amidst straggle and triumph in Olympic
Glory, the official large format film of the Olympic
Winter Games.
Developed in Canada, the
70 mm OMNIMAX film format is the largest in motion picture
history - ten times the size of standard 35 mm frames. Over
600 million people around the world have enjoyed the IMAX
experience pioneered by Imax Corporation of Toronto.
Award-winning architect
Eberhard Zeidler designed the new theatre and glass-walled
reception area that form a dramatic new entry to the Ontario
Science Centre. The $15 million construction project began
in March, 1995 with a $7.5 million loan and grant from the
Ontario Government and $7.5 million raised from the private
sector durifig a capital campaign.
The lobby of the OMNIMAX Theatre brings
active displays to the front of the building and visitors
can see the OMNIMAX projection system in its glass
compartment. At show-time, the projector rises on rails to
the middle of the seating area to beam a 160 degree,
wide-angle image above the audience.
Shoppers Drug Mart® OMNIMAX® Theatre
Presentations*
Daytime shows on the hour, 11:00 a.m. -
4:00 p.m.
Evening shows on Thursday, Friday,
Saturday
Extended hours: March Break &
July-August. (Call Info Line for details)
* Times subject to change
Rates**
· Adults (18-64 years) $17.00 $17.00
$10.00 $12.00
· Seniors (65+ years) $11.00 $11.00 $6.00 $7.00
· Youth (3-7 years) $11.00 $11.00 $6.00 $7.00
· Children (5-12 years) $9.00 $9.00 $5.50 $6.00
· Children (4 & under) free free free free
Group rates: Call (416) 696-1000 Parking:
$7,00 (free after 5:00 p.m.)
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