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Embark on a Voyage of Discovery with
Mysteries of the Great Lakes
New Film Set to Open at the World Golf Hall of Fame IMAX Theater March 20
St. Augustine, Fla. (March 11, 2009) – Forty million people live around the Great Lakes, and most have no idea the mysteries they hold. Mysteries of the Great Lakes, opening at the World Golf Hall of Fame IMAX® Theater Friday, March 20, will take audiences on a journey from the tip of Lake Superior to the edge of Lake Ontario, and unveil several mysteries along the way.
It takes a drop of water nearly 400 years to travel from the headwaters of Lake Superior to the edge of Lake Ontario. Along the way, the water passes by towering cliffs dotted with early Native American pictographs, caribou and moose grazing on the shores, surrounds giant prehistoric sturgeon lurking among thousands of shipwrecks, and past millions of people who live along the more than 10,000 miles of coastline. It is a dramatic passage through some of the most spectacular scenery in the world. Now, moviegoers can witness the Mysteries of the Great Lakes on the only screen large enough to reveal them at the World Golf Hall of Fame IMAX Theater!
Film watchers will be able to explore the beauty of the “inland seas,” and discover the dramatic story of human degradation – and redemption. Over the past hundred years, the Great Lakes have experienced some of the worst environmental atrocities in North America, but are now the subject of one of the most extensive cleanup projects in history. Now, in the age of redemption, international efforts have resulted in bird and fish species rebounding from the brink of destruction to sustainable populations once again.
Mysteries of the Great Lakes runs 40 minutes and is a Science North production, produced and directed by Science North’s David Lickley. The film includes spectacular scenery and wildlife footage that is unlike anything ever captured for this medium before.
The film will run at the World Golf Hall of Fame IMAX Theater throughout 2009. For show times and ticket information, visit the IMAX section of www.wgv.com.
The 2D World Golf Hall of Fame IMAX® Theater, located along Interstate 95, exit 323, at World Golf Village in St. Augustine, Fla., offers unique movies and entertainment enhanced by state-of-the-art, specially-designed cinematic technology. The Hall of Fame’s 300-seat IMAX Theater offers the largest IMAX screen in Northeast Florida at 80-feet-wide by six-stories-high and shows a variety of entertaining and educational movies throughout the year. The World Golf Hall of Fame IMAX Theater is open every day of the year except Thanksgiving and Christmas. For tickets and show times, call 904-940-IMAX or visit www.wgv.com.
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