''The Official Matrix Exhibit'' was a walk-through
exhibition
An exhibition, in the most general sense, is an organized presentation and display of a selection of items. In practice, exhibitions usually occur within a cultural or educational setting such as a museum, art gallery, park, library, exhibition ...
experience at
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 ...
on the
Gold Coast,
Australia
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. It allowed guests to immerse themselves in the world of
the ''Matrix'' franchise and featured props and costumes from the movies. The attraction opened in September 2003, the year in which both ''
The Matrix Reloaded'' and ''
The Matrix Revolutions
''The Matrix Revolutions'' is a 2003 American science fiction action film written and directed by the Wachowskis. It is the third installment in ''The Matrix'' film series, released six months following '' The Matrix Reloaded''. The film st ...
'' were released. It was closed on 1 April 2007 and replaced by a set of bumper cars and an arcade attraction later in the year.
History
In early 2003, Warner Bros. Movie World closed the
Harry Potter Movie Magic Experience
The Harry Potter Movie Magic Experience at Warner Bros. Movie World in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia was a walk-through attraction which featured several recreations of sets from the Harry Potter movies. The original attraction opened on 2 ...
.
In September 2003, The Official Matrix Exhibit opened in its place.
It remained operating until 1 April 2007.
In September 2007, it was replaced with a set of
bumper cars
Bumper cars or dodgems are the generic names for a type of flat amusement ride consisting of multiple small electrically powered cars which draw power from the floor and/or ceiling, and which are turned on and off remotely by an operator. Bumpe ...
and an arcade attraction.
Exhibit
Items displayed included replicas of weapons such as swords utilised during the film, as well as actual items used during filming, including scale models, miscellaneous crewmen's items, statues, costumes and control room sets. These are spliced with multimedia presentations including audio tracks of sound effects and music from the movies and video scenes. Set pieces include such items as the
Keymaker
The Keymaker is a fictional character, portrayed by Korean-American actor Randall Duk Kim, in the 2003 film ''The Matrix Reloaded''. He is a computer program that can create shortcut commands, physically represented as keys, which can be used b ...
's key room with plastic prop keys painted with metallic paint and the ectochairs used to "jack into" the Matrix, among others.
See also
*
Simulated reality
The simulation theory is the hypothesis that reality could be simulated—for example by quantum computer simulation—to a degree indistinguishable from "true" reality. It could contain conscious minds that may or may not know that they live i ...
* ''
The Matrix''
References
The Matrix (franchise)
Animatronic attractions
2003 establishments in Australia
2007 disestablishments in Australia
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