>>>
>>> A
>>> A TRADITION FOR 20 YEARS, THE OMNI FEST BEGAN LAST NIGHT
AND YOU HAVE SEVEN WEEKS TO SEE
FIVE LARGER-THAN-LIFE FILMS
INCLUDIG AMAZING PLACES A
NATURAL PHENOMENON ON THE
PLANET AND BEYOND.
AND WE HAVE MORE WITH WHAT
AGAIN WHAT PROMISES TO BE A
FANTASTIC SHOW.
FANTASTIC SHOW. IS IT SPECIAL THIS YEAR BECAUSE
IT IS YOUR 20?
>> IT IS OUR 20TH ANNIVERSARY
IN ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR
THINGS WE DO EVERY YEAR AT THE
SCIENCE MUSEUM.
SCIENCE MUSEUM. FIVE BIG FILMS AND SEVEN SHORT
WEEKS AND ONE GIANT SCREEN.
WHAT IS INTERESTING YESTERDAY
IS OPENING DAY AND PEOPLE COME
OUT AND CAMP OUT AND THEY BRING
THEIR PROVISIONS AND THEY SIT
THROUGH ALL FIVE FILMS.
>> DO PEOPLE KIND OF WATCH ONE
AND COME BACK ANOTHER DAY OR DO
YOU BINGE?
YOU BINGE? >> ALL FIVE FILMS ARE SHOWN
TWICE A DAY AND THEY ARE SHOWN
IN ROTATION AND YOU CAN STAY
THROUGH TWO OR MORE.
FOR THOSE WHO STAY FOR ALL FIVE
WE CALL THEM OMNI LOVERS AND
THEY GET A GIFT BAG AND AT THAT
INCLUDES THINGS LIKE EYEDROPS
AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> A SNACK.
>> A LITTLE BATHROOM BE SPACE IS
THE NEW FILM.
>> WE JUST SAW JOURNEY TO SPACE
IN THIS FILM BEGINS AS SOMETHING
OF A NO MARCH TO THE SPACE
SHUTTLE.
SHUTTLE.
SHUTTLE. IT'S NOT ABOUT THE HISTORY OF
SPACE TRAVEL BUT IT LOOKS TO
THE NEXT STEP.
THE STORY OF WHAT WE WILL DO
NEXT IN SPACE.
WE ARE GOING TO MARS.
IT'S NOT ONLY BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE
IT'S ON THE GIANT SCREEN IS
EDUCATIONAL.
EDUCATIONAL. LIKE ALL OF THE FILMS THEY ARE
REALLY GOOD FOR VIEWERS OF ALL
AGES.
AGES.
AGES. >>
AGES. >> THAT IS APPRECIATED BY THE
PARENTS IN THE CROWD.
THIS MIGHT BE MY FAVORITE, THE
ONE ABOUT THE NATIONAL PARKS.
>> YOU ARE NOT ALONE IN THAT.
NATIONAL PARKS AND VENTURE IS A
FILM WE SHOWED AT THE OMNI
THEATER WHEN WE HAD THE
CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF THE
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND FOR
THE FIRST TIME IT IS BACK.
ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR FILMS
WE EVER HAVE SHOWN AT THE OMNI
THEATER WORKS, THEY'VE ASKED US
TO BRING IT BACK.
>> GIVE THEM WHAT THEY WANT.
>> A BEAUTIFUL FEATURE.
>> HOW MANY ARE FEATURES?
>> YOU FOLLOW A TROOP OF PEOPLE
THAT ARE PRIMARILY MOUNTAIN
CLIMBERS AS THEY EXPLORE
NATIONAL PARKS.
NATIONAL PARKS. >> RING OF FIRE IS NUMBER
THREE.
THREE.
THREE. >>
THREE. >> RING OF FIRE TOOK EIGHT
YEARS TO MAKE WITH FILM CREWS
CHASING AROUND THE PACIFIC
BASIN GOING TO SOME OF THE
WORLD MOST ACTIVE VOLCANOES TO
SEE HOW THESE PEOPLE LIVE.
>> IS THIS MORE OF AN OLD
FAVORITE?
FAVORITE?
FAVORITE? >> THIS DATES BACK TO THE
1990s.
1990s.
1990s. >>
1990s. >> THE STORY NEVER GETS OLD.
IN THE LARGEST FILM FORMAT IT'S
BEAUTIFUL ON THE GIANT SCREEN
AT THE OMNI THEATER.
>> EXCELLENT AND GREAT PLACES.
>> REPLACES ITSELF SEVEN
WONDERS OF THE WORLD FILM.
WE PRODUCED IT WITH THE
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHY STANDARDS
RECOGNIZING THERE WAS A GREAT D
DEAL OF GEOGRAPHIC ILLITERACY.
THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM AND YOU SEE
THE GREATEST RIVER ON EARTH, THE
AMAZON, THE GREATEST ICE CAP UP
IN GREENLAND.
IN GREENLAND. YOU GO TO INTERESTING PLACES
LIKE THE TALLEST SAND DUNES IN
THE WORLD IN NAMIBIA.
IN THE LARGEST WATERFALL IN
SOUTH AMERICA.
SOUTH AMERICA. REMEMBER YOU DO NOT JUST WATCH
A FILM. YOU ARE LITERALLY
INSIDE THE PICTURE AND IT IS
YOU ARE THEIR EXPERIENCE.
IT'S ONE OF THE GREATEST PLACES
AND PERFECT.
AND PERFECT. >>> IN NEAR AND DEAR TO MY
HEART TORNADO ALLEY.
>> ANOTHER FILM THAT TOOK A
LONG TIME TO MAKE.
WE FOLLOWED THE LARGEST
ASSEMBLAGE OF SEVERE STORM
RESEARCHERS IN THIS COUNTRY.
100 SCIENTISTS AND MORE THAN 50
CHASING STORM TORNADOES.
ONE OF THE STARS IS WHAT IS THE
16,000-POUND ARMORED VEHICLE,
THE TORNADO INTERCEPT VEHICLE
AND IT WAS DESIGNED TO GET HIT
BY TORNADOES.
BY TORNADOES. WE HAD OUR IMAX FILM CAMERAS
FILMING AND YOU WILL SEE IT
LIKE YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN IT.
>> DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE?
>> IT'S THE SAME AS YOURS.
NATIONAL PARKS.
NATIONAL PARKS. >> EXCELLENT.
>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU, MIKE.