| The Elkader Cinema is now digital with 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:
- Avatar
- Toy Story 3
- Alice in Wonderland
- Shrek Forever After
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