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Mark Twain's America
''Mark Twain's America'' is a 1998 IMAX film documenting the United States through the eyes and words of Mark Twain. The film heavily features Twain hometown of Hannibal, Missouri. The film also weaves in historical photos, the steamboats of the Mississippi, American Civil War, Civil War reenactments, and a frog jumping contest. It was directed by Stephen Low (filmmaker), Stephen Low with a 52-minute runtime, with narration by Anne Bancroft.https://variety.com/1998/film/reviews/mark-twain-s-america-in-3-d-1200454499/ Variety References 1998 films 1998 documentary films IMAX short films 1998 short films IMAX documentary films {{short-documentary-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMAX
IMAX is a proprietary system of high-resolution cameras, film formats, film projectors, and theaters known for having very large screens with a tall aspect ratio (approximately either 1.43:1 or 1.90:1) and steep stadium seating. Graeme Ferguson, Roman Kroitor, Robert Kerr, and William C. Shaw were the co-founders of what would be named the IMAX Corporation (founded in September 1967 as Multiscreen Corporation, Limited), and they developed the first IMAX cinema projection standards in the late 1960s and early 1970s in Canada. IMAX GT is the large format as originally conceived. It uses very large screens of and, unlike most conventional film projectors, the film runs horizontally so that the image width can be greater than the width of the film stock. It is called a 70/15 format. It is used exclusively in purpose-built theaters and dome theaters, and many installations limit themselves to a projection of high quality, short documentaries. The high costs involved in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
