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Facts about the Sheridan IMAX® Cinema, Bournemouth

Sheridan IMAX® Cinema is a large format 2D and 3D cinema
The cinema has 419 seats
The cinema has a 12 000 watt digital surround sound system coming from over 40 speakers
IMAX® is the most sophisticated and powerful motion-picture projection system in the world
The screen is 19m high and 25m wide. The screen is higher than 4 double-decker buses. The IMAX® projector is much bigger than a 35mm projector
The IMAX® projector is the size of a small car and weighs 2000 kg
When 3D films are shown, two projection systems are used: one for each eye!
It would take more than 12 000 buckets of popcorn to fill up the Sheridan IMAX® Cinema Screen
The screen is painted with aluminium and perforated with millions of small holes to let the sound through to the audience
The projector costs £1.4 million
One roll of film weighs 91 kg and is 6100m long
Large format film 1570 is 10 times larger than 35mm film used in standard cinemas
The projector advances super-sized 70mm film images horizontally through the projector at 24 frames. 1.7m of film per second
   
 

Sheridan IMAX® Cinema, Pier Approach, Bournemouth, BH2 5AA
Box Office: 01202 200000| F : 01202 200001| E-mail: info@bournemouthimax.com