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Wild Ocean is an action packed, inspirational giant screen documentary that explores the relationships between man and our endangered ocean ecosystem. The film highlights one of nature’s greatest migration spectacles, plunging viewers into an underwater feeding frenzy, an epic struggle for survival where whales, sharks, dolphins, seals, gannets and billions of fish collide with the most voracious sea predator, mankind. Filmed off the coast of South Africa, the film reveals the economic and cultural impact of the ocean while chronicling a massive annual feeding frenzy as predators pursue billions of sardines along the KwaZulu-Natal shoreline, known to locals as the Wild Coast. Wild Ocean is a timely and uplifting educational journey that celebrates the life in our oceans with a spectacular adventure taking place where Africa meets the sea. |
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Adrenaline Rush
Adrenaline Rush takes a look at the world of skydiving and base jumping. It explores how the risk-taking involved in such extreme activities can tell us about the world of science and innovation, and about the way we deal with risk in our daily lives. It focuses on two risk-takers, Adrian Nicholas and Katarina Ollikainen, as they prepare to undertake a unique scientific experiment: trying to fly the parachute imagined in 1485 by Leonardo da Vinci, the very first parachute design ever recorded in the world.
While providing breathtaking views of skydiving over the Florida Keys, the Mojave desert and in the magnificent Fjords of Norway, Adrenaline Rush explores the psychological and physiological forces behind risk-taking, and the physics involved in these activities. The movie shows us that while most of us will never go to such extremes, risk can lead to unexpected discoveries and help mankind fulfill its dreams.
Africa: The Serengeti
This film introduces audiences to a spectacle that few humans have ever witnessed, the Great Migration. This film takes viewers on a journey with over 1.5 million animals as they travel more than 500 miles across the Serengeti plains to Tanzania and Kenya. It is a tribute to the wildebeest as they set out on their long odyssey. (Note: some scenes may be frightening)
Length: 39 minutes
Amazon
Follow the Amazon River from its source in the high Andes, through the rain forest, and into the majestic Amazon basin. Witness two "medicine men" in their quest for both the medicinal properties of the plants and the plant's curative applications by the indigenous people. This film was nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Documentary/Short Subject in 1997.
Length: 43 minutes
Blue Planet
This is a film about the fragile planet that we inhabit. The Earth is revealed as a place of constant, and violent change. How did this planet begin? How is it changing now, and what is humankind's role in these changes? Blue Planet addresses these questions and more, with breathtaking footage taken from the Space Shuttle, deep on the ocean floor, and on the ground around the world.
Length: 42 minutes
Catch the Sun
Catch the Sun is a fast-paced collage of Ontario life. Highlights include a rollercoaster ride, a hair-raising speedboat skim along Ottawa's Rideau Canal, a downhill ski run through the trees on a Thunder Bay trail, and the sleek beauty of a small fleet of ice boats whistling over a gleaming lake.
Length: 22 minutes
Dinosaurs, Giants of Patagonia
Don’t miss the chance to take a trip back in time more than 100 million years to meet some of the most amazing dinosaurs you will ever meet. New for 2008 the Ontario Place Cinesphere presents the fascinating IMAX film Dinosaurs, Giants of Patagonia on the huge six storey Cinesphere screen with more than 24,000 of digital surround sound.
We start with the baby Argentinosaur named Strong One as he starts his life, breaking out of his egg. You see the immense difference in size when you watch his mother leave the nesting site after laying her eggs. We meet the Giganotosaur which is slightly larger than a T-Rex.
You will also meet Pr Rodolfo Coria, an internationally acclaimed paleontologist who is building a museum in Patagonia near where he has discovered fossils that have shaken the paleontological world.
Don’t miss the Giants of the Patagonia this summer at the Ontario Place Cinesphere.
Dolphins
Imagine swimming alongside some of the most graceful and extraordinary creatures on earth - wild dolphins. Dive in with two scientists studying these elusive animals in the crystalline waters of the Bahamas and wind-swept seas of Patagonia. Narrated by Pierce Brosnan and featuring a soundtrack with songs and music from Grammy Award winner Sting.
Length: 40 minutes
Energy
An impressionistic look at the world's dependence on energy, the film whirls the audience through a kaleidoscope of vivid images.
Length: 24 minutes
Everest
Everest is the story of amazing achievements, taking audiences on an inspirational and spell-binding ascent with an international team of climbers. This film brings the story of the tallest Himalayan peak to life and explores one of humanity's greatest adventures.
Length: 40 minutes
Journey into Amazing Caves
Join award winning filmmaker Greg MacGillivray and a group of scientists as they scuba dive through underwater caves in South America, descend into 500 foot ice caves in Greenland and explore underground caves in the Grand Canyon. All of this done in the search for extremites, tiny micro-organisms that have never seen daylight or have been frozen in ice for thousands of years.
Length: 40 minutes
The Living Sea
Brought to you by legendary director, Greg MacGillivray, The Living Sea celebrates the beauty, power and importance of the oceans of the world. Filmed in locations around the world, a musical score by Sting and narrated by Meryl Streep, this film shows us the wonder of the oceans of the world and our relationship with them.
Length: 39 minutes
The Magic of Flight
Experience the thrill of flying and soar through the history of flight, from the Wright brothers to the dramatic high speed aerobatics of the world-renowned Blue Angels. Enjoy acrobatic aerial sequences from the view of the death-defying pilots, as they circle the air in an orchestra of fast flying machines. This film also educates the viewer on the science of flight and what makes these marvelous machines actually get up in the air!.
Length: 45 minutes
Mysteries of Egypt
Legendary actor and native Egyptian, Omar Sharif guides you through the many mysteries that surround the over 5,000 year old Egyptian civilization. Learn about the construction of the pyramids and explore the burial site of Tutankhamen. Discover the techniques used to study the ancient Egyptian culture.
Length: 40 minutes
Nomads of the Deep
A crooning humpback whale gently rolls over her calf in a loving caress beneath the sea. Nomads of the Deep probes the mysterious habits of these rare creatures at play and at peace. Set against an underwater background of incredible beauty, the footage of humpback whales and their young is fascinating and moving.
Length: 20 minutes
North of Superior
Perhaps the most widely-seen Canadian film, North of Superior, the IMAX tribute to the spectacular beauty of Ontario's northland, is as majestic and lyrical as the land itself. This award-winning film captures the quality of northern life as nature changes with the seasons. The film climaxes with a raging forest fire that figuratively engulfs the audience.
Length: 20 minutes
Ontario Summer Tide
A tourist's view of Ontario, with magnificent visuals of the province's lakes and rivers, and a delicious hint of easy summer days, vacations, and boating. Viewers fish for salmon, idle their boats through the locks, and watch sailboats and steamships travel the Great Lakes against a background of granite rock and craggy coastlines.
Length: 21 minutes
Ring of Fire
This film is about the immense natural force of the circle of volcanoes and seismic activity that rings the Pacific Ocean. Students learn about the geological forces that shape volcanoes and earthquakes and discover how people and cultures of this area co-exist with these towering infernos.
Length: 38 minutes
Search for the Great Sharks
Search for the Great Sharks takes viewers on a round-the-globe expedition to discover some of the world's largest sharks and witness them at close range. From the coast of California to the remote reaches of South and Western Australia, this film pursues blue sharks, whale sharks, and, the most notorious of all, the great white. The Giant Screen format creates a unique sense of closeness to these awesome creatures.
Length: 40 minutes
Snow Job
A lighthearted, deftly played slapstick comedy, starring Barbara Hamilton and Eric House, Snow Job pokes fun at the perils of Canada's winter. Hamilton plays an accident-prone school bus driver, and House portrays a stuffy school principal.
Length: 17 minutes
Speed
An exploration of the role of speed in our life, from the dawn of time to the farthest reaches of the conceivable future. We are introduced to daredevils, racers, test pilots, astronauts -- the people who live and breathe speed.
Length: 30 minutes
Super Speedway
Buckle up. Super Speedway puts audiences in the cockpit of an Indy car and catapults them into world championship auto racing action at mind-bending speeds in excess of 230 miles per hour. At the core of the film's action is Michael Andretti and the Newman/Haas racing team for which he drives. Set against the drama of the track are two story lines that follow the remarkable craft of creating Indy cars: the restoration of a 1964 roadster - a thoroughbred once driven at Indianapolis - and the building of Michael Andretti's state-of-the-art Indy car at the Lola car plant in England.
Length: 42 minutes
To Fly
A stunning overview of transportation and flight in America, To Fly! presents an emotional and visual experience as audiences float over the Vermont countryside and Niagara Falls in a balloon, thrill to the spirit of flying from wild barnstorming to the precision of the Blue Angels, and explore the beauties of flight with a cross-country cruise, hang-gliding in Hawaii and a rocket lift-off.
Length: 27 minutes
Tropical Rainforest
Follow the 400 million year evolution of tropical rainforests, and their recent and rapid destruction. This film has close up scenes of animals, including leaf-cutting ants inside their nests, butterflies, hummingbirds, and monkeys. Viewers will gain a better understanding and appreciation of the importance of the worldâs tropical rainforests with this film.
Length: 39 minutes