Empire Leicester Square Takes The Lead For Premiere
China, 14 December, 2009-Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB), and Barco (Euronext Brussels: BAR) announced that the Empire Leicester Square has shown the World Premiere of James Cameron's Avatar movie on Thursday 10 December using the Dolby® 3D LS solution. An invited audience of more than 1,300 guests filled the Empire Leicester Square, which acted as the lead theatre for the much-anticipated premiere.
"Empire Leicester Square boasts one of the largest screens in the UK, which is why it regularly plays host to world premieres," said Julian Pinn, Director Distribution Services, Production Services Group, Dolby Laboratories. "Avatar promises to deliver state-of-the-art 3D special effects to audiences around the world. To ensure every seat in Empire Leicester Square enjoys the fully immersive 3D experience, Dolby Production Services worked with Barco, Empire and Twentieth Century Fox to ensure the best combination of brightness, image sharpness and colour accuracy to display this spectacular new movie as director James Cameron intended."
To meet Cameron's exacting standards for Avatar's premiere, Dolby and Barco worked to provide a customized solution, comprising two Dolby® 3D LS systems, featuring four Barco DP-3000 ultra bright digital cinema projectors. Using dual stacked Barco projectors for the left-eye and an additional dual stack for the right-eye each set features Dolby's 3D colour filter technology. Combined with Dolby's lightweight passive 3D glasses - designed for repeated use to reduce the costs per viewing for exhibitors - it delivers a memorable and mesmerizing 3D experience, even on the biggest screens.
Avatar aims to take cinema-goers to a spectacular world beyond imagination, where a reluctant hero embarks on an epic adventure, ultimately fighting to save the alien world he has learned to call home. James Cameron, who won an Oscar® for his movie Titanic, first conceived the idea for Avatar 15 years ago, when the means to realize his vision did not yet exist. Now, after four years of production, Avatar combines live action with state-of-the-art special effects that deliver a fully immersive 3D cinematic experience of a new kind.
"Avatar is one of the most keenly anticipated movies of the year," says Tim Sinnaeve, Sales Director EMEA of Barco's digital cinema business unit. "So we are delighted to be working with Dolby to meet James Cameron's meticulous requirements, which will ensure an outstanding 3D screening for everyone attending this important World Premiere at the Empire."
To see Avatar in Dolby 3D near you, visit: www.dolby.com/consumer/motion_picture/ddcinemas/index.html
About Barco
Barco, a global technology company, designs and develops visualization products for a variety of selected professional markets. Barco has its own facilities for Sales & Marketing, Customer Support, R&D and Manufacturing in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. Barco (Euronext Brussels: BAR) is active in more than 90 countries with about 3300 employees worldwide. Barco posted sales of euro 725 million in 2008. Visit www.barco.com for more information
About Dolby Laboratories
Dolby Laboratories (NYSE:DLB) is the global leader in technologies that are essential elements in the best entertainment experiences. Founded in 1965 and best known for high-quality audio and surround sound, Dolby creates innovations that enrich entertainment at the movies, at home, or on the go. Visit www.dolby.com for more information.
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