Imax
In the Mugar Omni Theater, the world's largest film format is projected onto a five-story-tall IMAX® Dome screen. It wraps audiences in larger-than-life images of flora, fauna, and faraway places. A state-of-the-art digital sound system completes the immersion effect.
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- Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk (Omni Film)
- This film takes audiences on a breathtaking journey from extraordinary heights, featuring spectacular footage of extreme skydiving while delving into both the biology of risktaking and the physics that make human flight possible. Skydiving teams bring audiences along on a secure yet death-defying ... (details).
Opens Sunday, October 12, 2008
- Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk (Omni Film)
- More than an exhilarating odyssey through one of our nation's most storied natural treasures, the mighty Colorado River, this large-format film celebrates the power and vitality of Earth's most precious resource — water — and its vulnerability to our growing presence on the planet. Join environmentalist Robert F ... (details).
Now Showing
- Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs (Omni Film)
- Part historic journey and part forensic adventure, this film follows explorers and researchers as they piece together fascinating archaeological and genetic clues. Experience the dramatic re-creation of a late 19th-century discovery: a cache of 40 royal mummies, including 12 Egyptian kings, in a single tomb ... (details).
Showing through Thursday, October 09
- Mysteries of Egypt (Omni Film)
- Stunning panoramic views of Egyptian landscapes and monuments frame the stories of an ancient civilization through the eyes of an Egyptian man who enchants his granddaughter with tales of the past. Be transported to a distant time and place where the Nile River Valley cuts an emerald swath through the desert sands ... (details).
Showing through Friday, October 10
- Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure (Omni Film)
- Back in the late Cretaceous period, an inland ocean divided North America in two. Follow a curious and adventurous dolichorhynchops as she travels this ocean, perhaps the most dangerous in Earth's history. Along the way, she encounters long-necked plesiosaurs, giant turtles, fierce sharks, enormous fish, ... (details).
Now Showing
- The Alps (Omni Film)
- John Harlin III was just nine years old when his father, the world-famous alpinist John Harlin II, fell to his death while attempting a new route up the North Face of Eiger — the most notorious peak in the Swiss Alps. In this new large-format film, join Harlin as he approaches the mountain that ... (details).
Now Showing
- The Greatest Places (Omni Film)
- From oceans of sand to frozen deserts, Earth's most dynamic landscapes fill the giant screen with color and contrast. The Greatest Places takes audiences on a geographical odyssey to seven amazing locations — including Greenland's giant icebergs, Tibet's Chang Tang Plateau, and Iguazu's immense ... (details).
Opens Friday, October 10, 2008
- Wild Ocean (Omni Film)
- Witness one of nature's most spectacular annual migrations as billions of sardines swim up South Africa's Wild Coast. Dolphins, sharks, and sea birds compete in the ensuing underwater feeding frenzy that places them all in the path of humans eager for their share of the bounty. Wild Ocean reveals the ... (details).
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