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The large-format projection system developed in Canada, running 70 millimeter film horizontally to expose a frame roughly ten times the area of standard 35 millimeter, shown on screens several stories tall. Premiered at Expo 70 in Osaka, it spent decades in museums and science centers before becoming a premium format for mainstream features.
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Introduced YearThe first IMAX film, Tiger Child, screened at Expo 70 in Osaka; the first permanent IMAX theatre opened in Toronto in 1971. OriginIMAX Corporation's predecessor was established in September 1967 by Graeme Ferguson, Roman Kroitor, Robert Kerr and William C. Shaw; the first IMAX film, Tiger Child, was shown at Expo 70 in Osaka, Japan. 2 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Both are widescreen exhibition formats developed to compete for audiences beyond the standard theatrical frame, decades apart.
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