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Montreal

There are 3 premium screens in Montreal, IMAX. The biggest picture is at Montreal Science Centre — 537 m² of lit screen, 24% more than the next room.

2 rooms can show the full 1.43:1 IMAX frame, which is the thing worth travelling for if a film was shot with IMAX cameras. The rest crop to 1.90. Cinéma Banque Scotia Montréal IMAX ran a 15/70mm print of The Odyssey — the only one in Montreal.

Ranked

Scored on the picture each room actually lights, not the fabric it is painted on. A tilde means the projector rests on a single dated source.

Choosing in Montreal

If you are choosing tonight

It is Montreal Science Centre against Cinéma Banque Scotia Montréal IMAX. 537 m² of lit picture against 434 m², 24% more — IMAX GT Dual Laser against IMAX 15/70mm Film.

Montreal Science Centre also shows the full 1.43:1 frame, so it is the bigger picture and the taller one. There is no trade-off to weigh in Montreal.

Ran the 70mm print

Cinéma Banque Scotia Montréal IMAX ran 15/70mm film of The Odyssey. On film the frame is about a third taller than the digital showing in the same room.

How much of this is confirmed

Projector confirmed by two independent sources: 3 of 3.

No longer here

2 rooms have closed. They are kept because they were real.

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