You can now see the thrilling fight between the Voldemort and Harry Potter which will suck you in despite the comforting presence of Dumbledore at your side. 

The 3D version of 'Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince' is premiering at a multiplex here on 15^th July giving people a super close experience. 

Sadly, only 30-minute part of the movie will be in 3D version and rest you can watch in a digitally remastered version. 

Aeren Imax Director Jim Patterson told PTI here, “It will be a 30-minute 'inthru' three-dimensional experience where you can see the breathtaking episodes, including the climax, happening around you as you feel like interacting with them”. 

Patterson said that, while Aeren-IMAX will be the only theatre to release the film in 3D version on its six screens in the country, two of them in Kolkata and Hyderabad, the 2D version will run concurrently in its other theatres. 

Split between the opening and the finale, Voldemort's onslaught and the Astronomy Tower battle could be the highlights of the 30-minute 'maximised' 3D (plus one) version, says Imax sources. 

Patterson told that, “A prequel of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was digitally converted to fit the 20 metre-high Imax theatres in July, 2007, in an arrangement between IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures, though it was not in 3D format”. 

In Kolkata, Rs two crore business is done by the 2D versions of Harry Potter films without IMAX setting its foot in this part of the country. This clearly depicts the reason why transforming the spectacular special effects films into 3D makes good business sense. 

He explains that converting the entire over two-hour long film into 3D will incur huge expenses, something which has not been commercially viable as yet. 

Patterson claimed, when asked the difference between IMAX-sponsored 3D films and other 3D films, that the 'inthru' technology devised by IMAX Canada draws on maximizing the 3D projection, almost 10 times bigger than 3D films shown elsewhere with the viewer "immersed" in the four-dimensional' images floating around by donning special 3D glasses. 

In June, IMAX is also showing the first full-length digital film Fly Me To The Moon in India at its Kolkata theatre. Short films such as like Sea Monsters by National Geographic, a combination of live action and computer 3D graphics, Wild Ocean and Monsters v/s Aliens by Dreamworks are also in a queue to come. 

Patterson explained, “While the short length 2D prints were all converted and projected as 3Ds, the story on the lunar trip was for the first time in India a full-length digital 3Dfilm”. 

Another all time favorite movie to release is Star Trek's IMAX digitally remastered version. 

On questioning regarding the 3D version of bollywood hits, he replied, “I think that may not be possible considering the different format and mount used in Bollywood films.” 

3D viewers in Kolkata shot upto 12,000 in May from 3,560 viewers in February, claims the IMAX Kolkata Manager Rajdeep Bose.

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Posted by Naresh Koshti on 27 June, 2009 6:10:31 PM IST #