A few years ago the big question was could IMAX get Hollywood content on their screens and theaters to sign up. But studios now see the value of putting movies on IMAX screens since consumers have much better home theaters.
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Related 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' is not a direct-to-video, low-budget sequel: it's a big... TED SARANDOS It was the money from 'Star Wars' and 'Jaws' that allowed the theaters to build thei... GEORGE LUCAS The record-breaking box office year at IMAX theatres combined with our unprecedented film slate for ... BRADLEY WECHSLER Theater owners are exerting a lot of power over the studios to withhold access to content that peopl... TED SARANDOS Each multiplex has screens allocated to each studio. The screens need filling. Studios have to creat... ORSON WELLES I don't think anyone could have picked a better title than 'Superman' to open in Imax 3D on July Fou... GREG FOSTER The home entertainment industry just keeps growing. A lot of movies don't make the bulk of their inc... CHRISTOPHER ROBERTS We could not block all of the screens, but we did change the channel on the big screen because we fe... BILLY WATSON Defensively, he used to be awful. He?d get beat on backdoors ... he?s doing a better job on screens.... HOWIE DICKENMAN It doesn't have to be on 42nd Street, a neighborhood for Off Broadway theaters. You took theaters ou... JOHN SCHULTZ It doesn't have to be on 42nd Street, a neighborhood for Off Broadway theaters. You took theaters ou... JOHN SCHULTZ It was really a team effort, because running around all those double screens, even triple screens, a... KYLE NEPTUNE We are working the connections and we see the value in it. Whether it's having an effect, it's hard ... BARBARA THOMKE If you have a smartphone, you can give content to the world. The days of putting a movie in movie th... RYAN KAVANAUGH We believe 'V For Vendetta' is a fantastic addition to the IMAX 2006 film slate, especially given th... BRADLEY WECHSLER We believe 'V For Vendetta' is a fantastic addition to the IMAX 2006 film slate, especially given th... BRADLEY J. WECHSLER We have been in movie theaters ... since 1999 showing movies to paying audiences. I think that's a f... DOUG DARROW Thanks to Netflix and Hulu, people are getting more and more used to consuming longer stretches of c... FREDDIE WONG There are screens at the gas station, there are screens at the shopping mall. And they all need cont... MARK BURNETT The nature and the DNA of IMAX has been redefined in the past years to shoot these huge blockbusters... XAVIER DOLAN Our main talk was about their perimeter guys and keeping pressure out there and guarding the ball sc... JAY HERKELMAN Getting through screens. If you look at me my freshman and sophomore years, it was tough, but as you... JEFF HORNER Warner Bros. Pictures has provided moviegoers and IMAX theatre operators with a great one-two-punch ... GREG FOSTER Despite the growing selection of games on the operators' portals, consumers still are not finding ga... PAUL GOODE I am a giant proponent of giant screens. But I accept the fact that most of my movies are going to b... GEORGE LUCAS The theaters are . . . a business. If August's plays weren't out there for all these theaters to jum... CHARLES WELDON The hardware is not there yet for full-length movies. But the X and Y Generations are going to eat t... BEN BAJARIN We'll be looking to get the ball to him on screens. MATT KUJOVSKY The film's success again this year demonstrates that 'The Polar Express' has become a holiday perenn... GREG FOSTER I've never been a big horror genre fan, but I did go see 'Nightmare on Elm Street' in th... JACKIE EARLE HALEY They've always been tough to beat at home. You have to play well against them because they get into ... JANA FRANCIS You have to give Stagg all the credit. They run the best offense in the conference. They use back sc... BOB KOSKOSKY These markets are back on their radar screens. DANIEL LIAN At 3-D Imax theaters, audiences have shown they are willing to pay a premium to wear headgear fitted... CHARLES PLATT This classic IMAX perennial is a hit in new markets worldwide, thanks in part to Warner Bros. Pictur... GREG FOSTER This classic Imax perennial is a hit in new markets worldwide, thanks in part to Warner Bros. Pictur... GREG FOSTER This classic IMAX perennial is a hit in new markets worldwide, thanks in part to Warner Bros. Pictur... GREG FOSTER To have this unrest and discord on television screens night after night was devastating. JULIE CALVERT As we kick-off one of our most exciting holiday seasons yet with our partners at Warner Bros. Pictur... BRADLEY WECHSLER As we kick-off one of our most exciting holiday seasons yet with our partners at Warner Bros. Pictur... BRADLEY J. WECHSLER I sure hope there will be more theatre on television and in the movie theaters. I do have to say, th... LONNY PRICE When I started making films, all the theaters, the screen would slide open the widest possible point... DAVID MACKENZIE In the digital home of the future, consumers will store and share vast amounts of content on their h... LYNELLE MCKAY We've got a lot more movement on offense, setting up screens. The assists have gone way up as well, ... BRIAN LARAMEE Usually I'm not getting hit with back screens, but they were setting screens and posting me up. JEFF TEAGUE Video CD players weren't necessarily supported by the Hollywood studios, but Indian and Chinese movi... MICHELLE ABRAHAM I'd skip school regularly to see movies - even in the morning, in the small Parisian theaters th... FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT Vanilla was on the list a few years ago. And vanilla is everywhere now, in toothpaste, sodas, candle... LAURIE HARRSEN I enjoyed my visit there two years ago and found it to be one of the finest theaters I have ever see... PATRICIA NEAL I enjoyed my visit there two years ago and found it to be one of the finest theaters I have ever see... PATRICIA NEAL We have to work on moving, setting screens and shot selection. DANA ADDIS We are thrilled that moviegoers are returning to IMAX theatres to experience 'The Polar Express' aga... DAN FELLMAN That was a surprise because if we see a special defense, it's usually a box-and-one on Ashleigh. It ... KATY MILLER Warner Bros. Pictures has done a masterful job in turning a magical story into a captivating film, a... BRADLEY J. WECHSLER I think there will be plenty of people who go to theaters and plenty who won't go to theaters and st... MATT BOND When I left India 25 years ago, everybody was headed to the United States. But now they all want to ... AJAY KELA There's a way for them to continue to be an essential part of the mix, but they do risk being made i... DADE HAYES The success of competing formats depends on the availability of content. If the content from Hollywo... MICHELLE ABRAHAM Why not premiere movies on Netflix the same day they're opening in theaters? Listen to the consu... TED SARANDOS It's a film we'll be seeing on television for 20 years, but it's not going to be in black when it le... DAVID MUMPOWER The test scenes that have been converted into IMAX 3D look, sound and feel absolutely amazing. The m... BRYAN SINGER Expansion via debt is a good move for Chocolates, which has zero debt now. It may put the company on... EDGAR JIMENEZ 'Content is King,' and with more screens needing entertaining content now than at any time i... MARK BURNETT It's a big transition since I've got to get the offense going, get players in the right position, di... QUANTEZ ROBERTSON Big screens helped propel Samsung to top-tier prominence and helped iPhone sales explode a few years... WALT MOSSBERG Coach was stressing on getting me the ball more. We've been working on setting more screens and runn... WILL WALKER Defensively we're fine, but we still have to work on our finishing. As well as Eric and Russ are sco... BO WILLIAMS I'm not expecting awards. I want the Philippine audience to troop to the theaters. I did not make th... JOEL LAMANGAN The rollout is slowly starting to happen, but we have a long way to go, ... As the number of convent... DAN FELLMAN More than 200 million people in the U.S. now have cell phones. As that number has grown, we see that... DELLY TAMER When you perform live you're going to have to have big screens all over the stadiums so people can s... FARLEY FLEX This is a stellar beginning to a very exciting holiday season in IMAX theatres. Our partners at Warn... GREG FOSTER It was nothing like I thought it would be, I actually laughed and felt everything that went on in th... BRANDON MILES We are suffering from a glut of too many 3-D movies and not enough screens. HENRY SELICK I suppose movie theaters are the churches of the modern age, where we gather reverently to worship t... MICHAEL DIRDA Those IMAX houses are just phenomenal, DAN FELLMAN All the dealings with studios are so contentious. They're very, very longstanding rivals, but they n... DADE HAYES All of the notoriety is on pharmaceuticals - they are on employers' radar screens. BILL THOMPSON For now, mobile workers value mobile data services in general, but don't see much value in specific,... ALLYN HALL We gave up a lot of three balls in the first half. They were hurting us with screens up top. We were... CALEB KOVACH Clearly, homeowners are taking steps to increase the value of their most important investment, their... ANGIE HICKS Starship Troopers was great. It was great fun to work on something with blue screens and big budget ... NEIL PATRICK HARRIS The studios didn't know how they would sell it, ... It's not sexy, it has some older actors. But the... PAUL REISER You see a gorgeous woman on your screens in a flak jacket, and it's almost like entertainment. ANNE SEBBA It's a flat environment?there's no balcony, no slant or slope to the seating?and there are big scree... JOE STOWELL Intel Viiv technology is our first platform designed from the ground up for the digital home, where ... DON MACDONALD For two years, she was a spot-up shooter, and now we have to run her off screens to get her open, sh... ANN MCINERNEY In the second half, we didn't give enough help on a couple of screens. They were able to get good lo... GARY WILLIAMS 'The Polar Express' showed that the 3D IMAX combination could attract an audience that might not hav... DENNIS MCALPINE It's running harder off screens. It's setting better screens. It's paying attention to detail. It's ... DAVE LEITAO If I can sell out clubs and theaters and play dirtbags in movies, and get blown up in a car or get t... BILL BURR Ten years ago, they said within five years, the country will be all digital. We think it will take a... BILL NOYES The economy is in much better position to absorb them [evacuees] than it was a few years ago. FIONA SIGALLA He just stayed on me the whole game. He got over screens and I wasn't able to get open shots. DARREL MITCHELL I grew up in Brentwood, but I live now in Los Feliz. I grew up on the beach, now I live under the Ho... ADAM SHANKMAN The proliferation of the chain theater has made it tough for independent historic theaters to book f... RICHARD MOE We are thrilled with the unprecedented box office performance of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire... DAN FELLMAN Not much to comment on, because they made a botch of Raise the Titanic 20 years ago. I wouldn't sell... CLIVE CUSSLER We got confused a couple of times on ball screens and he was able to get some open looks. I guess it... BRENDAN WINTERS Ultimately, it has been a struggle- but I was in Minneapolis and Austin a couple of weeks ago, sitti... DONAL LOGUE
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