ROLLING STONES - STONES DOCUMENTARY TO SET IMAX RECORD

STONES DOCUMENTARY TO SET IMAX RECORD

Martin Scorsese's Shine a Light , a documentary featuring a concert performance by the Rolling Stones, will open on 93 IMAX screens Friday -- the largest number of the giant-screen venues ever to exhibit a movie, edging out Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which opened on 91 IMAX screens. The Paramount Classics film will also be shown in about 177 conventional theaters. Tickets for the IMAX screenings will go for $13. In a statement, Scorsese remarked, "I've always loved looking at IMAX, but to see these images of the Rolling Stones on the biggest canvas is something else altogether." Greg Foster, head of IMAX Filmed Entertainment, added, "Audiences will feel as if they are literally in the front row at the concert." The concert was filmed at the Beacon Theatre in New York in the fall of 2006.

01/04/2008