THX-certified video displays ( plasma display and LCD flat panels and projectors ) include a THX mode which allows users to see a program or movie as the creator intended.

The sound is used on trailers for THX-certified movie theatres and video releases ; it debuted in the THX trailer shown before the 1983 premiere of Return of the Jedi in Los Angeles.

On home video, in addition to the conventional two-tape VHS release, the first THX-certified LaserDisc title of the Special Edition Box Set, was released a year later and was a best-seller for most of 1994.

The town was conceived in order to provide everything necessary for filmmaking: theaters, technical services, and even a cinematography school for younger apprentices.

Warner Bros. and National CineMedia have formed a partnership to provide pre-feature entertainment and advertising in movie theaters nationwide.

Title III of the ADA requires that public facilities, such as hospitals, bars, shopping centers and museums ( but not movie theaters ), provide access to verbal information on televisions, films or slide shows.

Other factors such as, availability of Chinese cable channels, karaoke bars, and gambling in casinos began to provide other options for the Chinese to have entertainment also influenced the Chinese theaters to go out of business.

It was the basis for Japan's demand for a 70 % ratio ( 10: 10: 7 ) at the Washington Naval Conference, which was considered necessary to provide Japan superiority in the " decisive battle area ", ( taking into account that the US had naval commitments in other theaters, while Japan did not ), as well the US's insistence on 60 %, which amounted to parity.

To provide quality films for his theaters, Loew founded Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures ( MGM ) in 1924, by merging the earlier firms Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures and Louis B. Mayer Productions.

WGBH invented television closed captioning, audio description ( Descriptive Video Service ), and created the Rear Window Captioning System for films they provide these access services to commercial and public TV producers, and to home video, Web sites, and movie theaters nationwide.

Three key features of each of the theaters has been the fact that, unlike a conventional theater, there is no fly system to allow for scenery to be lowered from above, there is no proscenium arch ( and thus no curtain nor means of projecting surtitles ), the sides of the house are open, and the rear of the stage may be completely opened to provide westward views.

* Two theaters that provide visitors with an educational narrative

All theaters provide a space for an audience.

In addition, many theaters may provide areas specifically designated for the comfort of the audience.

Microbroadcasting is also used by schools and businesses to serve just the immediate campus of the operation ; well-known uses include audio tour guide systems, airport information services, and drive-in theaters, which often provide movie audio over the driver's car audio system.

In addition to the great variety of puppets the museum displays posters, props, scenery, costumes, musical instruments and even entire puppet theaters, i. e, all the attributes of high-quality puppeteering.

Some regional theaters have a loyal and predictable base of audience members which can give the company latitude to experiment with a range of unknown or " non-commercial " works.

Additionally, theater managers require video server controls for managing and displaying content in multiple theaters, and movie studios want their content encrypted with secure delivery, playback, and reporting of playout times to the film distribution company.

Architectural acoustics includes room acoustics, the design of recording and broadcast studios, home theaters, and listening rooms for media playback.

The SPL reference comes from a SMPTE recommendation used to calibrate playback levels in movie theaters.

This is a process designed specifically for playback in motion picture theaters equipped with 70mm projection and 6-track surround sound.

All release prints encoded with Dolby Digital include a Dolby SR analog soundtrack, both as a backup in case the digital track malfunctions and for theaters not equipped for Dolby Digital playback.

This allowed theaters to control the volume of these effects to suit the particular cinema's acoustic environment and sound reproduction system.

Most theaters features multiple concession stands, arcade games, online and kiosk ticketing, and a futuristic environment with special lighting, LCD menu and film trailer displays, and some have a stylized special event room.

Other exhibits include a Lunar Module simulator, a replica of a lunar rover, a variety of space suits, Alan Shepard's Corvette, a piece of Apollo 13's Lunar Module returned by the astronauts, a tool cart like the one used on the Moon by Apollo 14, a van used to carry astronauts to the launch pad, and a large cut-away scale model of the Saturn V. Two theaters allow visitors to relive parts of the Apollo program – one simulates the environment inside an Apollo-era firing room during the launch of Apollo 8 and the other simulates the Apollo 11 landing.

The traditional Roman grid plan, here with a canal that cut through the city, and the recognizable outlines of theaters and other public structures enabled Andrea Ninfo and colleagues from Padua University to make a detailed reconstruction of the city's topography and the network of canals and sluices that drained the marshy environment.

The sale of DVDs and videocassettes of movies shown in theaters is prohibited for six months after the showing in theaters, so as to ensure some revenue for movie theaters.

With violence and satire thrown into a story of efforts by the human race to ensure its survival ( in ways similar to RoboCop at times ), Starship Troopers seemed to have been more successful in Europe, Asia, etc., than in North America where it drew gross ticket sales of about $ 54 million at theaters, although Artforum magazine selected this film as one of the " 10 most artistic achievements of 1997 ".

The current SMPTE standard for 35 mm sound film is + 21 frames for optical, but a 46-foot theatre reduces this to + 20 frames ; this was originally done partly to ensure the film runs smoothly past the sound head, but also to insure that no Phonofilm could again be played in theaters — the Phonofilm system being incompatible with Case Research Lab specifications — and also to ease the modification of projectors already widely in use.

When Godzilla 1985 failed at the box office, it was the last Godzilla film produced by Toho to receive any major release in North American theaters until Godzilla 2000 fifteen years later.

As a boy, he had asthma and couldn't play sports or do any activities with other kids and so his parents and his older brother would often take him to movie theaters ; it was at this stage in his life that he developed passion for cinema.

*** Off-Off-Broadway – theaters in New York City that have fewer than 100 seats, though the term can be used for any show in the New York City area that has neither an Off-Broadway nor a Broadway contract.

Until a few years ago the ubiquity of 35 mm movie projectors in commercial movie theaters made it the only motion picture format, film or video, that could be played in almost any cinema in the world.

In 1922, Dietrich auditioned unsuccessfully for theatrical director and impresario Max Reinhardt's drama academy ; however, she soon found herself working in his theaters as a chorus girl and playing small roles in dramas, without attracting any special attention at first.

More particularly, the Court held that the Civil Rights Act of 1875, which provided that " all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges of inns, public conveyances on land or water, theaters, and other places of public amusement ; subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law, and applicable alike to citizens of every race and color, regardless of any previous condition of servitude " was unconstitutional.

Until then, Columbia's very existence had depended on theater owners willing to take its films, since it did not own any theaters itself.

Since Columbia did not own any theaters, it was now on equal terms with the largest studios, and soon replaced RKO on the list of " Big Five " studios.

This unique command arrangement may also have contributed to his health problems ( see below ), but after the negative experience of building an effective bombing force against Germany, and realizing the consequences of failure against Japan, Arnold concluded that, absent any unity of command in the Pacific theaters, administrative decisions regarding VLR operations could best be handled personally.

Good locations may include tourist spots, popular parks, entertainment districts including lots of restaurants, cafes, bars and pubs and theaters, subways and bus stops, outside the entrances to large concerts and sporting events, almost any plaza or town square as well as zócalos in Latin America and piazzas in other regions.

Following its limited release in theaters, the film failed to garner any award nominations for its acting or production merits from accredited film organizations.

No one saw any reason to embarrass their own parties President and fighting two wars in widely different theaters was nonsensical.

A commercial district or commercial zone is any part of a city or town in which the primary land use is commercial activities ( shops, offices, theaters, restaurants and so on ), as opposed to a residential neighbourhood, an industrial zone, or other types of neighbourhoods.

Following its wide release in theaters, the film failed to garner any award nominations for its editing merits or cinematography.

The participants in World War II were those nations who either participated directly in or were affected by any of the theaters or events of World War II.

In a campaign to boost ticket sales after the film's disappointing opening, AMC Theatres advertised on June 24, 2005 that in 30 markets ( about 150 theaters nationwide ), it would offer a refund to any ticket-buyer dissatisfied with the film.

Shankar later recollected that their vibes were right from the very beginning i. e. right from their first meeting itself they developed liking for each other ( rather than any feelings of rivalry which could have been natural since both were visiting Mr Bhatt for similar reason ) and it was he who then and there assured Jaikishan of the job of a Harmonium player at Prithvi theaters ( without asking Prithviraj Kapoor, fondly referred to as ' Papaji ').

Local gay celebrities Michael " Wanzie " and Doug review films currently in theaters and regale the Phile with tales of their activities over the last week, normally involving their involvement with local theater and any gay-friendly events in the coming days.

Brereton was one of the few senior U. S. commanders in World War II who served in combat theaters continuously from the attack on Pearl Harbor to the German surrender, and he saw action in more theaters than any other senior officer.

Bart attempts secretly to watch the film by paying for a ticket, but Homer has already instructed the staff of the movie theaters not to sell any tickets to Bart because of the punishment he made.

This enables codes to be customized on a per-copy basis so that they can be used to trace the print to the theaters that played that particular print and to trace any bootleg copies however they were made – be they telecined, cammed, or telesynced.

" By 1955 Columbia turned Jungle Jim into a television property, and when legalities prevented Columbia from making any more Jungle Jims for theaters, Katzman simply shrugged off the Jungle Jim character and had Weissmuller use his own name in three more features.

Finding the gates locked, they broke hundreds of windows and moved on to theaters and restaurants in the town, assaulting any students they could find.