Cosmic
Voyage
Tuesday 18th March, 7.00pm
Wednesday 19th March, 7.00pm
Imax Auditorium
Dir. Bayley Silleck USA 1996 35 mins (U)
Narrated by Morgan Freeman
This
ambitious exploration into science and space gives audiences
views of the cosmos that were never imaginable before. Using
computer generated graphics and the latest technological advances
in cinematography, this program studies the universe and the
role of humans in this world as well as boasting two of the
longest continuous zooms in the history of filmmaking achieved
through animation. A thrilling 'Big Bang' simulation towards
the climax and narration by Academy Award nominated actor
Morgan Freeman make Cosmic Voyage one Imax film you cannot
afford to miss.
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Fires
of Kuwait
Tuesday 25th March, 8.15pm
Wednesday 26th March, 7.00pm
Imax Auditorium
Dir. David Douglas USA 1992 36 mins (U)
Narrated by Rip Torn
Fires of Kuwait begins in blackness. Towering firestorms fill
the giant screen. An aerial view reveals a row of blazing out-of-control
oil wells far into the distance, filling the sky with smoke
and blocking out all sunlight. We see what appears to be a beautiful
full moon on a dark night, and then realize it is actually the
sun. A dramatic visual flashback follows, documenting events
leading up to the Gulf War in February of 1991. Strangely familiar
video images flicker across the screen, tracking the drama of
Operation Desert Storm: Saddam Hussein firing up his troops,
a tense United Nations session, stark images of a war-torn country.
Kuwait was liberated six weeks after war broke out, but another
battle was about to begin. When retreating Iraqi troops sabotaged
more than 600 oil wells, it proved to be the supreme act of
vengeance, in may ways as terrible as the war that preceded
it.
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