Oppenheimer 70mm film prints are so big (11 miles long and 600 pounds) that IMAX turned to technology from 21 years ago just to be able to play it.
, and required the company to build extensions to accommodate the larger size of the film platters. That’s because Imax’s existing platters could only hold enough film for a 150-minute runtime.
Why is Imax using 21-year-old technology originally created by a long-defunct manufacturer, anyway? In a statement to Vice’s, an Imax rep said, “The original Quick Turn Reel Units operated on PalmPilots. In advance of the release of ‘Oppenheimer,’ Imax Engineering designed and manufactured an emulator that mimics the look and feel of a PalmPilot to keep it simple and familiar for Imax film projectionists.
. But only 25 theaters across North America support the format, including AMC Universal CityWalk in Los Angeles, the AMC Lincoln Square in New York, the Cinemark Dallas, the Regal King of Prussia near Philadelphia and the AutoNation Imax in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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