Theater Sports One Of The Largest Movie Screens In Pacific Northwest

For the first time ever, moviegoers in Oregon will be able to experience 3D movies in the most powerful and unique way possible: The IMAX® Experience. The Evergreen Aviation Museum's IMAX Theater is scheduled to open Friday, in coordination with a series of Spring Break festivities at the home of the famous Spruce Goose. 

The Evergreen IMAX Theater will open with three feature presentations: "Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon", "Cirque Du Soleil: Journey of Man", and "Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag". Each movie is approximately one hour.

The long-awaited Evergreen IMAX Theater -- which touts one of the largest movie screens in the Pacific Northwest, Evergreen public relations director Nicole Wahlberg tells ANN -- will showcase educational and entertaining documentaries, as well as Hollywood blockbusters converted into the unparalleled image and sound quality of the IMAX Experience, offering visitors a moviegoing experience unlike any they’ve had before.

The Evergreen IMAX Theater utilizes IMAX’s 15/70 film format -– 10 times larger than conventional 35mm film -- and delivers the clearest, brightest and steadiest images in the world. These breathtaking, larger than life images will be projected onto a specially designed screen that stretches beyond the audience’s peripheral view, complemented by IMAX’s digital surround sound system. 

The Evergreen IMAX theater will be the first to offer The IMAX 3D Experience in Oregon.

In IMAX 3D, images virtually jump off of the screen and float around the theater, giving people the sensation they are IN the movie. This is made possible by a combination of IMAX’s powerful 3D projector –- which projects images onto the theater’s specially designed IMAX 3D screen -- aided by polarized IMAX 3D glasses audience members wear to get the three-dimensional effect. The result is an immersive cinematic experience where the screen disappears... and the film becomes a virtual reality.

In addition to Hollywood movies in IMAX’s format, there are also more than 200 traditional documentary-style films in the large format library. IMAX films are known for their ability to take people to places they otherwise couldn’t go -– to the top of Mt. Everest, aboard the International Space Station and to the ocean depths – and both for their entertainment and educational value.

"The Evergreen Aviation Museum is thrilled to offer this state-of-the-art theater," said Phil Jaeger, Director of Operations. "The new facility is the only 3D IMAX theater in Oregon and is five times larger than a conventional movie screen, it offers a 12,000 watt digital surround sound system and the lobby features 10 miles of old growth fir. It will be an amazing experience for viewers of all ages."

For a complete listing of Evergreen's upcoming IMAX features, go to the museum's website at the FMI link below.

The Evergreen Aviation Museum is home to more than 80 historic aircraft and exhibits, including the world’s largest wooden airplane, the Spruce Goose, as well as an SR-71 Blackbird, the Titan II SLV Missile and the Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat.

FMI: www.sprucegoose.org