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On
Location with View-Master® and Tru-Vue™ - Behind
the Scenes in the 1950s 
 The
Railroad Press Company has unearthed a real gem for those
interested in View-Master® and Tru-Vue™ history.
A television show produced in the 1950s featuring a behind
the scenes look at several View-Master® reels in production.
On Location with View-Master® and Tru-Vue™ -
Behind the Scenes in the 1950s is a well produced look
back at how the View-Master® company used puppets and
live action actors to create some of their most memorable
reels.
In 1951, Art Baker, host of You Asked for It, television’s
most popular request show for almost two decades, visited
with Lee Green, a producer for View-Master®. Lee gives
a behind the scenes look at the details and work involved
in making of the View-Master® 20,000 Leagues Under
The Sea three-reel set. The television show goes behind
the scenes to show the characters to be photographed in
3-D are created using puppets, how the reel images are determined
to show the highlights of the classic story and much more.
To keep production costs down, the puppets had interchangable
heads and arms so that the same body could be reused over
and over. Sculptors would carve wooden heads with different
expressions to fit the action needed for each 3-D scene.
The original television show was broadcast in black and
white, but special color scenes have been inserted from
the actual View-Master® 20,000 Leagues Under the
Sea 21-scene set. The film transfer quality of the video
and the audio presented on the VHS tape that we reviewed
is outstanding, even though the original film is over 50
years old.
The highlight of this tape is an in depth interview with
Hollywood stuntwoman Inaborg Green. She, like her husband
Lee, was very active in producing reels for View-Master®
and Tru-Vue™. Her career and home movies taken on location
offer insight into what it takes to make those dazzling
stereoscopic reels. In fact, the television show used 16mm
film provided by their subjects for most of the behind the
scenes film used for the broadcasts.
Inaborg Green worked on several View-Master® productions
including Robin Hood, Robinson Crusoe, The Easter Story
and several others. She mentions her favorite production
was Rin Tin Tin and also mentions working on The Lone Ranger
set. Many View-Master® fans will recognize the familiar
backgrounds used for some of the productions. Some of the
locations include the Pacific Coast Highway in California,
Botanical Gardens and more. Another interesting fact is
that some of the costumes worn by the actors are the same
costumes worn in classic Hollywood movies. For example,
you find out that the Robin Hood costume worn by the unidentified
actor on the View-Master® reels is the same costume
worn by Erroll Flynn in the movies.
According to The Railroad Press Company, a question arose
during the time they were assembling the videotape. There
is no record of the View-Master® production Mr. Green
shows. First reaction was they were never released. National
Stereoscopic Association president Mary Ann Sell, serving
as consultant, kept digging until she discovered the truth.
Mrs. Green also worked for Tru-Vue™ and failed to differentiate
between the two companies when she selected the films to
be shown in the interview.
The feature runs 28 minutes in black and white with color
segments. It is available on both DVD and VHS. All videotapes
have been transferred from original motion picture film
to professional video equipment for optimum quality. Each
VHS tape is recorded on Fuji Professional tape at standard
play speed and comes in a plastic case for dust protection.
Spy
Kids 3-D: Game Over
 On
July 25, 2003, the Spy Kids and director Robert Rodriguez
launched family entertainment into an entirely revolutionary
dimension: the 3rd dimension. Introducing the new future
of high-tech interactivity, Miramax and Dimension Films
presents Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over. The film uses the
very latest digital technology to weave 3-D images directly
into the Spy Kids' trademark espionage action, inviting
audiences of all ages to become part of the larger than-life
excitement on the silver screen.
 Rodriguez,
whose groundbreaking inventions and boundless imagination
have already changed the way movies are made, is now taking
another leap forward by bringing back the excitement of
3-D in his own inimitable pioneering style. Spy Kids
3-D: Game Over represents the first fundamental change
to 3-D technology since its heyday in the 1950s. For the
first time in decades, a new generation will experience
the thrill of putting on special glasses that transport
them right into the middle of the exhilarating action and
adventure.
 Parents
who grew up loving 3-D classics such as Alfred Hitchcock's
Dial M For Murder and Andre DeToth's House of
Wax will now be able experience the thrill of the 3-D
experience as a family event. Rodriguez has pushed stereoscopic
3-D technology to the next level, incorporating up-to-the-minute
computer effects and his own specially designed high definition
3-D monitors and camera systems to create a fantasy world
in unprecedented detail.
 Unlike
the more gimmicky 3-D spectacles of the past, Rodriguez
has created the very plot and fabric of this film with 3-D
in mind from the start. He has woven three-dimensional scenes
throughout the film, into the plot, making it part and parcel
of his high-flying storytelling.
 This
HD/3-D technology comes to the fore as under-age agents
Juni and Carmen Cortez set out on their most mind-blowing
mission yet: journeying inside the virtual reality world
of a 3-D video game designed to outsmart them, as the awe-inspiring
graphics and creatures of gaming come to real life. Relying
on humor, gadgetry, bravery, family bonds and lightning-quick
reflexes, the Spy Kids must battle through tougher and tougher
levels of the game facing challenges that include racing
against road warriors and surfing on boiling lava in order
to save the world from a power hungry villain.
 3,500
theatres across the U.S. will be equipped with special viewing
glasses for the release of Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
glasses that become part of the interactive fun -- making
it a major family event for kids that have never seen 3-D
and parents who have never seen 3-D like this.
 Spy
Kids 3-D: Game Over stars Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara
as Juni and Carmen Cortez and Antonio Banderas and Carla
Gugino as spy-parents Gregorio and Ingrid. Also returning
to the series are Ricardo Montalban as the Spy Kids' grandfather;
Steve Buscemi as the mad scientist Romero; Alan Cumming
as Floop; Bill Paxton as Dinky Winks; Cheech Marin as Uncle
Felix; and Danny Trejo as Machete. Action film veteran Sylvester
Stallone joins the cast as the power-hungry villain the
'Toymaker,' who wants to take over the youth of the world.
 Cast:
Antonio Banderas - Gregorio
Carla Gugino - Ingrid
Alexa Vega - Carmen Cortez
Daryl Sabara - Juni Cortez
Ricardo Mantalbon - Grandpa
Sylvester Stallone - Toymaker
Danny Trejo - Machete
Salma Hayek - Dora
Here are the estimated ticket sales for Friday through
Sunday at North American theaters, according to Exhibitor
Relations Co. Inc. for the weekend that Spy Kids 3-D: Game
Over opened in theatres.
1. "Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over," $32.5 million
2. "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black
Pearl," $22.4 million.
3. "Bad Boys II," $22 million.
4. "Lara Croft: Tomb raider The Cradle of Life,"
$21.8 million.
5. "Seabiscuit," $21.5 million.
6. "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines," $5 million
7. "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen," $4.9
million.
8. "Johnny English," $4.3 million.
9. "Finding Nemo," $4 million.
10. "Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde,"
$2.7 million.
Film stills © Miramax Films
Spy
Kids 3-D: Game Over Promotional 3-D Anaglyphic Glasses
 Red/blue
anaglyphic glasses were sent to media reviewers as the first
part of Miramax Films promotional effort to announce the
release of Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over. The glasses are
officially licensed through Miramax. The glasses are heavy
duty and custom imprinted with Spy Kids graphics with some
pictures and across the front reads SK3D. They are metalic
looking and also have a strap the keeps them securely in
place. Each pair of glasses comes individually wrapped for
protection.
Spy
Kids 3-D: Game Over Lenticular 3-D Movie Poster
A special lenticular 3-D poster was created for display
use in theatres to promote the film Spy Kids 3-D: Game
Over. The poster is a one-sheet measuring the standard
27" x 40". The 3-D poster has the same graphics
as the regular one-sheet. The one-sheet posters and anaglyphic
glasses started showing up in various eBay auctions in mid-July
2003.
Spy
Kids 3-D: Game Over Tony's Pizza Anaglyphic 3-D Trading
Cards
 Anaglyphic
trading cards featuring character's from the new Miramax
and Dimension Film's movie Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
are available on the back of boxes of Tony's Frozen Pizza.
The cards feature 3-D images of Richardo Montalbon as Grandpa
as well as the Spy Kids. Tony's Pizza is also featuring
a Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over sweepstakes on the box
with special 3-D Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over prizes.
Prizes include a Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over 3-D movie
poster, Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over Game Boy or Spy
Kids 3-D: Game Over 3-D watch. The grand prize is a
plasma TV and a collection of other Spy Kids items. There
is also a chance to win instant prizes printed on the inside
of each specially marked box. Tony's Frozen Pizza is distributed
by Schwan's Consumer Brands North America Inc.
Spy
Kids 3-D: Game Over SpyPak from Homewood Suites by Hilton
 The
Suite Homewood Summer promotion is back bigger than ever
this year. At check-in at any Homewood Suite, your kids
will receive an exclusive Spy Kids 3-D SpyPak with a pair
of sunglasses and watch that capture the thrill of the season's
hottest family film, Spy Kids 3D: Game Over, in theaters
everywhere on July 25, 2003.
In addition, if you book a Suite Homewood Summer reservation
online at homewoodsuites.com you receive a "buy one
get one free" e-coupon from Tony's Frozen Pizza. Free
3-D trading cards are printed on specially marked Tony's
Pizza boxes.
Show your AAA membership card at check-in and receive two
movie theater tickets valid towards two matinee admissions
for the Spy Kids 3D: Game Over family film at any
participating theater nationwide.
Spy
Kids 3-D: Game Over Got Milk Poster
 It's
been 10 years since the first of the "got milk?"
commercials appeared on TV. To celebrate the anniversary,
there's a new celebrity milk mustache poster featuring the
two young actors from Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over, Alexa
Vega and Daryl Sabara. Unfortunately the poster is not in
3-D. The poster is a tie-in to the 3-D movie. The Spy Kids
ad targets teen and young-adult audiences and is set to
debut this month to coincide with the movie's July 25 premiere.
The pair are shown in their spy gear with chocolate milk
mustaches, with the message: "It's like regular milk
– undercover. Chocolate has the same nine essential
nutrients active bodies need; whether you're out saving
the world or just doing your homework." Of course,
it ends with "got milk?"
Spy
Kids 3-D: Game Over Game for Game Boy Advance Platform
 Put
on your 3-D glasses and get ready to enter the world of
video games as Disney Interactive, the children's software
label of Buena Vista Games, Inc., released Spy Kids 3-D:
Game Over for Game Boy Advance and PC on July 9, 2003. Developed
in conjunction with Dimension Interactive and Troublemaker
Studios and inspired by Dimension Films' Spy Kids 3-D:
Game Over, which hits theaters July 25, 2003. The Game
Boy Advance and PC titles feature innovative 3-D technology
that can be viewed with Spy Kids 3-D glasses, a first for
the Game Boy Advance platform.
"Disney Interactive continues its legacy of innovation
in children's interactive entertainment by introducing 3-D
images to the Game Boy Advance and PC," said Bob Picunko,
director of marketing for Disney Interactive. "The
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over titles include 3-D glasses that
allow players to view 3-D images, offering kids an amazing
and entertaining gaming experience."
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over for Game Boy Advance and PC takes
kids on an interactive adventure as they battle the evil
Toymaker's digital world. In both games, kids can collect
OSS Badges that hold codes to unlock 3-D images that are
viewable with the Spy Kids 3-D glasses, which are packaged
with the titles and are also available in movie theaters
where the film is playing.
Kids can unlock six more 3-D rewards for either game when
they locate secret codes through McDonald's
Happy Meals. From July 25 to Aug. 14, 2003, Buena Vista
Games, McDonald's and Dimension Films take Happy Meals to
a whole new level with these six exclusive codes, in addition
to six one-of-a-kind 3-D comic books, action figures and
3-D glasses. Special rewards are also available online at
www.spykids.com and www.mcdonalds.com.
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over for Game Boy Advance
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over for Game Boy Advance is an innovative
action-platform title wrapped inside the virtual world of
video games. Kids play as Juni, who enters a video game
in order to save his sister, Carmen, from the clutches of
the infamous Toymaker. Players travel through 12 action-packed
levels and three high speed Mech Cycle Races, matching wits
with the Toymaker's best beta testers. Kids use cool gadgets,
acrobatic gameplay and special moves like Combo Attacks,
Rocket Boosters, Triple Kicks and Energy Stealers to defeat
the Toymaker and save Carmen.
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over for PC
 Featuring
the voice of Spy Kids star Daryl Sabara (Juni), Spy Kids
3-D: Game Over for PC brings Juni and Carmen back to save
the world. The evil Toymaker has created an online game
that sucks players into the world of video games. Once the
game goes live, kids everywhere will be pulled inside and
forced to play for much more than points. Carmen and Juni
enter the video game world separately to stop the Toymaker.
In Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over for PC, the exciting world of
the Spy Kids comes to life in three challenging games, Battle
Sticks, Cycle Race and Lava Surfing, where kids must apply
their best spy skills. The first two games require Carmen
and Juni to work together in order to battle overwhelming
odds. The third game allows players to challenge a friend
as they go head-to-head, spy versus spy, to control the
blobby lava virus. Each game demands unique spy skills a
little spy luck.
Spy
Kids 3-D: Game Over McDonald's 3-D Happy Meals
 Six
exclusive 3-D comics will be packaged in McDonald's Happy
Meals from July 25 through August 14, 2003. In addition
to the 3-D comics, ultra-hip 3-D glasses and action figures
are also in the packages. Kids can unlock six more 3-D rewards
for the Spy Kids 3-D: Games Over Game Boy Advance game when
they locate secret codes through the McDonald's Happy Meals.
There are different designs of 3-D glasses in the Happy
Meals. This exciting new Happy Meal event brings back the
magic of 3-D and the page turning adventures of Spy Kids
3-D: Game Over, debuting in theaters everywhere July 25,
2003. Special rewards are also available online at www.spykids.com
and www.mcdonalds.com. The McDonald's Web site also has
an online coloring book and computer wallpaper with Spy
Kids 3-D: Game Over graphics.
Spy
Kids 3-D: Game Over Radio Sweepstakes
 Several
radio stations held a special sweepstakes sponsored by Schwan's
Foods to tie into the release of Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over.
Listeners also had a chance to win one of 20 First Prizes
by playing the Prize Wheel at the events and were automatically
entered into the random drawing to win the Grand Prize.
Grand Prize was a three day, two night trip for four people
to the Mall of America in Minneapolis, MN. The trip included
round trip coach air transportation from a major airport
nearest winner's home to Minneapolis, MN, three day car
rental (eligible drivers only, excluding gas, tolls, collision
damage waiver and subject to all car rental terms and conditions),
two night hotel accommodations (1 room, quad occupancy),
at Homewood Suites, Meet-n-Greet with the Spy Kids, four
tickets to watch the Spy Kids 3D: Game Over movie
with the Spy Kids at Mall of America, Mall of America VIP
Package consisting of four Underwater World Passes, four
Camp Snoopy Ride Passes, four special guest stars and one
coupon booklet. There were also 20 first prizes consisting
of a Spy Kids Prize Pack with two Tony's Pizza Coupons,
two movie theater tickets, one pack of three Spy Kids trading
cards, a fanny pack with sunglasses and a watch from Homewood
Suites and two movie passes to see the Spy Kids 3D: Game
Over movie screening.
Spy
Kids 3-D: Game Over CD Cardz 
 Serious
USA Inc. will produce CD Cardz for Dimension Films' third
installment of Spy Kids 3D: Game Over. The new release
includes four trading card-sized CD Cardz. Once again fans
are taken on adventures without ever having to leave their
seats! This time the set comes in a funky gadget all of
its own, a cube of individual jewel cases! Serious Spy Kids
will also be delighted to discover a whole new dimension
to their computer screens with 3-D glasses included with
the cube that allows kids to enjoy special 3-D sections
within their Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over Cardz.
The Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over CD Cardz offer hours of interactive
fun and are packed with dynamic 3-D movie imagery and trailers,
fun facts and trivia, top-secret behind-the-scenes footage,
as well as exclusive e-mailable postcardz, wallpapers and
screensavers! These new CD Cardz will make Spy Kids out
of even the toughest adults!
The Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over CD Cardz offer hours of interactive
fun and enticing visuals with each card featuring a combination
of colorful characters: The Spy Kids, Juni and Carmen Cortez;
The Beta Testers; The Grown-Ups; and The Bad Guys.
Vince Allen, VP of Production, Serious USA, expresses his
enthusiasm over the new Spy Kids CD Cardz, “Working
with Miramax/Dimension Films has once again proven to be
an exciting and rewarding experience. The Spy Kids 3-D:
Game Over CD Cardz possess elements of intrigue, surprise
and humor, including the fun antics of the precocious Spy
Kids, as well as a unique 3-D experience."
Building on the gaming theme of the film’s storyline,
users are challenged with trivia and puzzles that are key
to unlocking further content and prizes. The CD Cardz also
have a bilingual element to their interactivity. Through
a special translator gadget, kids and parents can decide
whether to navigate the CD Cardz in English or Spanish.
Are you into the latest spy gadgets? If so then you need
to get these hot CD ROMs - shaped like actual baseball cards!
Cool to collect and own, they also take you right into the
3-D world of Game Over! Simply insert the cardz into the
CD ROM tray on your computer, put on the 3-D glasses and
then fasten your seat belts as you interact with the colorful
3-D underworld of junior espionage!
Compact and discreet like all the best gadgets, the cardz
actually contain the awesome movie trailer, movie stills,
behind the scenes images and quotes from the script as well
as music by the movie director Robert Rodriguez himself!
In between navigating through all this, catch power ups
on the way to win hidden bonus cardz and points and then
download the Card Lab to store them in on your desktop.
Finally enter Toy Maker lair and find exclusive SPY Kids
screensavers and wallpapers etc within it.
The set includes four CD Cardz with character specific
content and a pair of cool 3-D glasses to wear when you
play them. The cardz include a cool explanation of how 3-D
works for all you tech-head agents out there. CD Cardz are
both Windows™ and MacR compatible. Spy Kids 3-D: Game
Over CD Cardz were set for release in late June 2003 for
a suggested retail price of $14.95.
Spy
Kids 3-D: Game Over Movie Soundtrack
 On
July 22, 2003, Milan Records released the Original Motion
Picture Soundtrack to Director Robert Rodriguez's Spy
Kids 3-D: Game Over. The score, which is composed, recorded
and produced by Robert Rodriguez, features the hybrid sounds
of classic video game analog synth mixed with crushing orchestra
and rock guitars. Alexa Vega, who plays Carmen Cortez in
the film, performs on the tracks "Game Over" and
"Hard Drive," both original songs written and
produced by Rodriguez. The album also features two exclusive
re-mixes produced by DeepMix and supervised by Milan Records:
"Game Over (Level 5 Mix)" and Isle of Dreams (Cortez
Mix)."
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over, with the help of Rodriguez's
groundbreaking and boundless imagination, launches the future
of high-tech interactivity, using the latest digital technology,
weaving 3-D images directly throughout the Spy Kids trademark
espionage action. This revolutionary filmmaking process
enables audiences of all ages to participate in the larger-than-life
excitement that appears on the screen as under-age agents
Juni and Carmen Cortez set out on their most mind-blowing
mission yet. Their journey takes them inside the virtual
reality world of a 3-D video game designed to outsmart them
as the awe-inspiring graphics and creatures of gaming come
to real life. Relying on humor, gadgetry, bravery, family
bonds and lightning-quick reflexes, the Spy Kids must battle
increasingly difficult levels of the game - facing challenges
that include racing against road warriors and surfing on
boiling lava - in order to save the world from a power hungry
villain.
Tracks on the soundtrack include
01 Game Over Performed by Alexa Vega
02 Thumb Thumbs
03 Pololand
04 Robot Arena
05 Metal Battle
06 Toymaker
07 Mega Racer
08 Programmerz
09 Bonus Life
10 Cyber Staff Battle
11 Tinker Toys
12 Lave Monster Rock
13 The Real Guy
14 Orbit
15 Welcome to the Game
16 Heart Drive Performed by Bobby Edner and Alexa Vega
17 Game Over (Level 5 Mix) Remix Produced by Dave Curtin
for DeepMix
18 Isle of Dreams (Cortez Mix) Remix Produced by Dave Curtin
for DeepMix
The cover booklet inserted in the CD folds out into a poster
featuring the Spy Kids. Celebrating its 25th anniversary
in 2003, Milan Entertainment Inc. has a proven dedication
to releasing quality, award-winning soundtracks for film
and television as well as cutting edge electronic music.
Milan Records are distributed by WEA Inc., Warner Music
Group's manufacturing and distribution operation, an AOL
Time Warner Company.
Monster
Kid 3-D Monster Spree
 Monster
Kid magazine issue No. 3, an online monster magazine,
features a selection of 3-D anaglyphic photos of classic
horror monsters. The anaglyphs were created from stereo
pair conversions made by Kerry Gammill, editor of the online
Monster Kid magazine.
The tedious conversion from 2-D to 3-D has resulted in
some outstanding "scareo-vision" depictions of
classic movie monsters including The Creature from the Black
Lagoon, both Bela Lugosi and Christopher Lee as Dracula,
King Kong, Karloff as Frankenstein and The Mummy, a lifecast
of the late Peter Cushing and much more. The issue also
features the first downloadable Monster
Kid collectible 3-D trading card featuring The Mummy.
The Christmas 2002 issue of Monster Kid also features
a great 3-D
monster Christmas card featuring the Wolfman.
Monster Kid is modeled after the classic monster
magazines of the 1960s, such as Famous Monsters of Filmland.
Editor Kerry Gammill (Count Gamula) is presenting great
information and entertainment through Monster Kid. Kerry
Gammill is a talented artist whose work has appeared in
both Marvel and DC comics. Some of his work can be seen
on his Gammillustrations
Web site. We can only hope he finds the time to do more
of these high quality 3-D conversions!
World
3-D Film Expo Limited Edition Poster
 The
World 3-D Film Expo created a special poster featuring reproductions
of classic 3-D films as one of the souvenir items for the
huge film festival coming Friday, Sept. 12 through Sunday,
Sept. 21 to the Egyptian Theatre at 6712 Hollywood Boulevard
in Hollywood.
The 27" x 41" poster, designed by artist Matt
Spero, is available in two formats. The beautiful one-sheet
sized poster is available in a very limited edition Giclee
Print.
A Giclee Print is the highest quality print available today.
The word giclee is a French word meaning 'to squirt', which
is what an ink jet printer does. The process is digital
printmaking with a printer that uses variable size, microscopic
droplets of ink to create prints that cannot be duplicated
by other printing techniques. Because there is no visible
dot screen pattern the resulting image has all of the subtle
tonalities of the original art. Each dot may have over four
billion possible colors! This produces exceptional museum
quality prints on archival paper using archival inks.
Only 250 of these will be printed. Each print will be numbered
and signed by the graphic designer, Matt Spero. Cost of
the limited edition poster is $299. The regular edition
of the poster is priced at $19.95. Both items are available
for purchase online.
Detailed information about the festival, film schedule
and more can be found at http://www.3dfilmfest.com.
There is a printable version of the schedule on the Web
site.
Tickets went on sale on May 1. Tickets are available online.
Tickets are $10 with the exception of the rarities show,
which is $15. A festival pass ($320) includes admission
to all 33 shows, plus a festival souvenir booklet.
The festival can be reached at (661) 538-9259 or by Fax
at (661) 793-6755.
IMAX
Planning 3-D Sequels to Into the Deep and Space Station
 IMAX
Corporation announced that, despite its recent emphasis
on re-purposed Hollywood films, it is still simultaneously
developing original Large Format 15/70 productions. In particular,
the company revealed that it is developing two 3-D sequels
to the underwater 3-D film Into the Deep, due to
release in 2005 or 2006; and to the 2002 blockbuster Space
Station 3-D, expected to debut in 2007 or 2008.
Directed by renowned undersea filmmaker Howard Hall, the
first Into the Deep film sets audiences adrift in
the unique ecological world of the kelp forest where the
interplay of colorful marine life is reminiscent of a carefully
choreographed ballet. In this underwater village of coral
and rock we witness fascinating behaviors: a male Garibaldi
tenaciously protecting its nest, a graceful giant starfish
that eats everything in its path, the frenzied mating ritual
of squid en masse and the unexplained chewing of kelp stalks
by playful sea lions. The magic of 3-D gives each viewer
of Into the Deep the best seat in the house and enables
them to share, in a personal way, an intimate experience
with the garibaldi, the octopus and the sea lion.
The first Space Station 3-D film is a strikingly
beautiful and technically challenging film epic. The film
is the first-ever IMAX 3-D film from space, Space Station,
is also available in a 2-D version, Space Station 3-D
is the story of the greatest engineering feat since landing
a man on the Moon: the on-orbit assembly of the International
Space Station, as it travels 220 miles above Earth at 17,500
mph.
Space Station 3-D is the first cinematic journey
to the International Space Station (ISS) where audiences
can experience for themselves life in zero gravity aboard
the new station. Transported by the magic of the IMAX technology,
the audience blasts off into space with the astronauts and
cosmonauts from Florida's Kennedy Space Center and Russia's
Baikonur Cosmodrome to rendezvous with their new home in
orbit 220 miles above Earth. Now people of every age and
language can work side by side with their space-walking
crewmates, building and inhabiting this unprecedented structure
in space.
Erotek
Dimensions 3-D DVD
 Erotek
Dimensions is promoted as being the first adult 3-D
film on DVD. Erotek Dimensions includes 3-D and 2-D
versions, a 3-D installation guide and bonus materials.
The DVD uses the field sequential 3-D system. This means
to view the DVD in 3-D you must have compatible shutter
glasses. The DVD is playable on DVD players and is PC-compatible.
The DVD can be purchased separately for $19.95 or in a
special set that comes with two pairs of high performance
H3D wired shutter glasses, video synchronization controller,
RCA video cable, instruction manual and three IMAX 3-D DVDs
for $99.95.
The film is an erotic sci-fi parody starring Doria, host
of Playboy TV's Night Calls. The story takes place
in a cyber-science DNA laboratory. Using her computer, Doria
(the scientist) conjures up holographic partners to act
out her fantasies. Even the credits come at you in 3-D.
Doria's long legs are shown stretching out of the screen
as she watches the holographs.
Erotek Dimensions was mentioned in Playboy's April
2003 issue. This item is intended for mature audiences over
the age of 18.
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