Tennessee Aquarium presents Imax With Laser Film Festival

Patchi, a pachyrhinosaurus, meets Alex, a rook who can shapeshift into an alexornis, for the first time in the computer-
generated tale "Walking With Dinosaurs 3D." — Patchi, a pachyrhinosaurus, meets Alex, a rook who can shapeshift into an alexornis, for the first time in the computer- generated tale "Walking With Dinosaurs 3D."

By Staff Report January 5, 2017 3 min read

Filmmakers capture a ground-level view of a chipmunk and toadstools in a northern temperate forest in the film “Tiny Giants 3D.”

If you go

› What: Imax With Laser Film Festival II.› When: Friday, Jan. 6-Thursday, Jan. 12.› Where: Tennessee Aquarium’s Imax Theater, 201 Chestnut St.› Admission: $11.95 adults, $9.95 children 3-12 each film (free with $40 Imax Club pass).› Phone: 1-800-262-0695.› Website: www.tnaqua.org.

The Tennessee Aquarium’s Imax Theater is one of only a dozen or so theaters nationwide showing movies using the new Imax With Laser technology, installed locally about a year ago.

And comments left on the Imax Facebook page would indicate local moviegoers have been wowed by the new capabilities on Chattanooga’s largest screen. “Sound was incredible. Picture was beyond regular digital HD,” posted one guest. “The 3D visuals were incredible. The images of space, breathtaking,” said another.

To further show off the technology, a second Imax With Laser Film Festival has been set for Friday, Jan. 6, through Thursday, Jan. 12, multiplying the number of films shown each day to six.

Their subject matter offers the chance to rocket into space, dive into the ocean’s depths and travel back in time to see dinosaurs. Each will be shown daily during the festival’s seven-day run.