Starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain, “Interstellar” will play on the aquarium’s six-story screen at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 26, through Sunday, Jan. 4, and then on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. from Thursday, Jan. 8 through Saturday, Jan. 31.
Written by film director Christopher Nolan and his brother, Jonathan, “Interstellar” is a near-future story of a team of astronauts sent from a dying Earth through a wormhole to search for other planets that might support humans.
“As Christopher Nolan did with the second and third films in his 'Batman' trilogy, more than an hour of ‘Interstellar’ was shot using IMAX cameras,” said Chris Loynd, the aquarium’s marketing director. “Exclusively in IMAX film-projection theaters – like The Maritime Aquarium’s – these sequences will expand to fill the entire screen and deliver unprecedented crispness and clarity, providing audiences with a truly cinematic experience.”
Loynd added that the portions of the movie not filmed with IMAX cameras have been digitally re-mastered so that all of “Interstellar” will be presented in the IMAX format, which combines the brightest, clearest images at almost 10 times the resolution of standard-projection formats.
“Interstellar” is two hours and 49 minutes long, and is rated PG-13 for some intense perilous action and brief strong language.
Tickets are $11.50 for adults, $10.50 for seniors and $9.50 for children 3 to 12. Maritime Aquarium members receive $1 discounts.
To purchase tickets in advance or for more information about the IMAX movies, exhibits and other winter offerings, go to www.MaritimeAquarium.org.
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