Are you going to see the 'Dark Knight' preview next week?
Come for the Tumblers, stay for the tornadoes.
"The Dark Knight Rises" prologue -- the first six minutes of the 2012 movie -- will be shown with the documentary "Tornado Alley" at the Carnegie Science Center starting Dec. 16.
Tickets, $8 for an adult and $6 per child (with $1 off for members), can be bought through CarnegieScienceCenter.org or 412-237-3400. No separate tickets for the prologue, rated PG-13 by the MPAA for some violence, will be sold.
In some cities, the much-anticipated preview is being paired with "Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol" but not here where the Rangos Omnimax Theater will do the honors. It's not known how long the Batman opening sequence will screen with the documentary, which runs about an hour.
"The Dark Knight Rises" was shot partially in Pittsburgh and residents were miffed and disappointed when they learned Pittsburgh was not on the list of North American cities getting the sneak preview. That perceived slight has been remedied.
"We are delighted to provide our visitors, both new and veteran Batman fans, a chance to see the opening sequence of 'The Dark Knight Rises' on a giant screen," Ann Metzger, co-director of Carnegie Science Center, said in announcing the booking coup.
"Christopher Nolan and his crew transformed Pittsburgh into Gotham City during filming, and while we miss seeing the Tumblers around town, we are honored to be one of select IMAX theaters to have this exciting opportunity."
The Christopher Nolan movie, the third and final entry in his trilogy starring Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman, will open in theaters July 20, 2012. Mr. Nolan, a husband and father in addition to being a director, writer and producer, visited the science center during his stay here.
The Omnimax theater, a four-story IMAX dome theater, is roughly 4,000 times bigger than the average home television and boasts 15,000 watts of sound. It is one of about 50 domes in North America and features the biggest screen in the Pittsburgh area.
IMAX, short for Image Maximum, uses a larger film stock -- about 10 times larger than conventional film. The oversize frames, combined with IMAX projection technology, create the huge, crisp image.
In making the 2008 blockbuster "The Dark Knight," Mr. Nolan was the first to use IMAX cameras in a major motion picture release, and, as now, audiences were given an advance look at that film's prologue months prior to the summer 2008 opening.
Mr. Nolan employed the extremely high-resolution cameras even more extensively on "The Dark Knight Rises" -- including the film's prologue -- to heighten the sharpness of the picture and immerse moviegoers into the action.
The conclusion to the series also will star Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman and Morgan Freeman.
The first time the prologue will play likely will be 12:15 p.m. Dec. 16. In other words, Merry Christmas, baby!
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