| The Elkader Cinema is now digital! We also have 3D capability! |
 | No more scratches! With 35mm film, sometimes the print is scratched when we get it. That won't happen anymore! | |
| When schedules and studios allow, it will be possible for us to show events on the big screen, not just movies. We | |
| may be able to show major football games, other sporting events, concerts, etc. The Insight Bowl was a great success! | ||
| We will be able to show more than one movie in a week. So, for example, we may show a kiddie movie and a movie | |
| for more mature audiences, both in the same week. However, there are still minimum fees for us to pay the studios, so this can only be done if there is sufficient demand for it and if the movie studios allow their movies to be split (share show times with another movie) | ||
| This will be the only digital screen within more than 40 miles of Elkader. Even though our admission price will be | |
| going up slightly, our admission and concession prices will be significantly less than the closest competition -- even though they are NOT digital and do not have the capability to show you movies in 3D. | ||
| We are hoping to get movies sooner once we are digital. Studios determine in which theaters to place movies based | |
| on availability of prints and on theater "grosses" (which determines how much we owe the studio). Since the print availability will no longer be a factor, we hope to have an easier time getting movies sooner. It's kind of a chicken- and-egg deal: the more you come here to the movies, the sooner we'll be able to get them. | ||
| We will be able to play DVD's on the big screen with better brightness and clarity than in the past. However, please | |
| note that we are still required to get the rights from the studios to do this, and there are fairly large fees that need to be paid. So, this is not something we could just do for a small group (unless they want to pay the studio fees). But, the capability is there, and it is greatly improved. |
3D movies coming soon:
- Despicable Me
- Harry Potter 7
- Tron Legacy
- Cats & Dogs - Revenge of Kitty Galore
- Disney's Christmas Carol
- Avatar
- How to Train Your Dragon
- Alice in Wonderland
- Clash of the Titans
- Shrek Forever After
- Toy Story 3
Be sure to check other theaters' advertising carefully if you are hoping to see a movie there in 3D.
Or, better yet, just come here!
Benefits of Digital Cinema, offered here at the Elkader Cinema:
Or, better yet, just come here!
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A few people have expressed confusion about 2-D vs. 3-D. Here is a little information that will hopefully help:
- More than 75% of movies are still 2-D only. If a movie does not clearly state that it is in 3-D, you can assume that it
will be shown in 2-D. - If a movie is available in 3-D and we get it here, we will show it in 3-D.
- Even if a poster or advertisement displayed by another theater says "3-D", you cannot safely assume that that
theater will be exhibiting the movie in 3-D. - If a movie was not made for 3-D, we cannot show it in 3-D. It takes special cameras and/or computer animation when
creating a movie to be able to present as 3-D. If that work was not done up-front, there is nothing we can do after
the fact to make it 3-D. - Most 3-D movies are also distributed in 2-D, simply because most movie theaters do not have the capability to show
3-D movies and studios want their movies shown in as many theaters as possible. - We will provide 3-D glasses for your use. You will not see the 3-D effects if you do not use the glasses. Without the
3-D glasses, a 3-D movie will appear blurry with a slight double-image. If you already wear glasses, the 3-D glasses
will fit comfortably over your glasses. - There is additional cost to us involved in showing 3-D movies. That is why the 3-D tickets cost more than the 2-D
tickets. We charge only an additional $1.00 for 3-D; most theaters charge substantially more than that.
