''Marvin the Martian in the Third Dimension'' (also titled ''Marvin the Martian in 3D'' and ''Marvin the Martian in 4D'') is a

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film formerly an attraction at

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in Drayton Bassett,

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, England,

Warner Bros. Movie World Warner Bros. Movie World is a theme park on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. Owned and operated by Village Roadshow Theme Parks, the park opened on 3 June 1991. It is part of a entertainment precinct, with the adjacent Village Roadsho ...

in Gold Coast, Australia,

in Bottrop, Germany (now Movie Park Germany) and Six Flags Great America. This is the first CGI animated feature film in history to be produced in stereoscopic 3D (viewed with 3D glasses).

History

On 26 December (

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), 1997, the film opened at Warner Bros. Movie World on the Gold Coast in

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. The attraction opened at the

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in Main Street.Our History ''A Timeline Of Warner Bros. Movie World'' (Official site)
It mixed the old art of anaglyphic or polarized film (viewed with 3D glasses), and the relatively new art of CGI (the first CGI feature-film ( Toy Story) was made only 2 years before).Directory of 3-D (Stereo) Motion Pictures 1922–2001
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/ref> In 1997, it was simultaneously screened at the cinema in the Warner Bros. Studio Store in New York. During scenes when Daffy Duck spoke, the audience was sprinkled with water. A large minted token embossed with Marvin the Martian was given on entrance, and could be redeemed for merchandise. In 2005, the Roxy Theatre saw Marvin the Martian in 3D ending its run and being replaced with

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which also includes added real world effects to immerse the viewers into the film such as wind, water and smells. One year later the film began showing at the Pictorium at Six Flags Great America. Though, the much larger screen size of the Pictorium suggests that there may differences from the original film seen in Australia. The version in the Pictorium started showing in 2006 and ceased two years later in May 2008. In 2011, Drayton Manor announced that they would be replacing

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with Marvin the Martian in 4D. Marvin the Martian began showing at the start of the season on 19 March 2011. Later in 2011, this film was released on the Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 Blu-ray in 2-D. In 2021, the film was shown at the

at Warner Bros. Movie World on the Gold Coast in

for the first time since 2005.

Plot

The film is based around the two

characters Marvin the Martian and Daffy Duck. "While scanning the universe for signs of hostility, Marvin hears something that sounds like a threat from Earth. Daffy's preparation for his movie role as a dreaded Martian fighter causes the confusion, which results in intergalactic mayhem of comic proportions." The film is accompanied by various special effects including water and wind which would correspond to screen (e.g. Daffy spitting as he spoke).

Voices

Joe Alaskey Joseph Francis Alaskey III (April 17, 1952 – February 3, 2016) was an American actor, voice actor, broadcaster, impressionist and stand-up comedian. Alaskey was one of Mel Blanc's successors at the Warner Bros. Animation studio until his deat ...

– Duck Dodgers, K-9 and Marvin the Martian

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External links

''Marvin the Martian in the Third Dimension''
at the

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History

Plot

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