The Goodrich Savoy 16 IMAX Theater will show “A Beautiful Planet” daily at 11:30 a.m. April 29-May 5 and will host members of the Advanced Visualization Laboratory to introduce the film at a special screening on May 1. Tickets are on sale now online.
AVL at the National Center of Supercomputing Applications recently worked on “A Beautiful Planet,” the latest 3-D space documentary from acclaimed filmmaker Toni Myers and IMAX Entertainment, made in cooperation with NASA. NCSA will host a red carpet event at the the Savoy 16 Theater, 232 Burwash Ave., Savoy, at 11 a.m. May 1, prior to showing the film at 11:30 a.m.
Members of the AVL Team will introduce the film and discuss their role in its production. Guests also will have the chance to walk the red carpet and a photography staging area. Guests who mention “A Beautiful Planet” at the concession stand can receive a mini popcorn and soda for $5.
“A Beautiful Planet” features two scenes – the movie’s opening and closing sequences – that were produced by the AVL team. AVL Director Donna Cox, a professor of art and design, served as visualization producer and designer on the NCSA scenes of the film. AVL previously worked with Myers and the IMAX team to create scientific visualizations for the award-winning IMAX documentary “Hubble 3D,” from Warner Bros. Pictures and IMAX Entertainment (2010). In addition to the NCSA scenes, “A Beautiful Planet” features footage of planet Earth – and the effects humanity has had on it over time – captured by the astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
