Dallas Is One of Only 25 U.S. Cities Showing The Odyssey in 70mm IMAX
Seats for the 70mm IMAX run are scarce, with only 41 theaters worldwide equipped for the format, officials said.
- On Thursday, July 23, 2026, Dallas' Cinemark 17 & IMAX became one of 25 U.S. theaters screening director Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' in the rare IMAX 70mm format.
- IMAX CEO Richard Gelfond said in a video posted last week that manufacturers have not built new IMAX film projectors in nearly 50 years, forcing theaters to retrofit existing machines.
- Nolan's film, the first feature shot entirely on IMAX 70mm cameras, offers 18K-equivalent resolution and 1.43:1 aspect ratio, which Chicago Indie Critics member Peter Spedale called "the event of the year."
- Cinephiles travel across state lines or attend 3 a.m. screenings for the nearly three-hour film, as tickets for the 41 global locations remain scarce.
- 'Dune: Part Three' will soon compete for these limited screens as cinephiles continue prioritizing premium large-format experiences despite technical challenges of maintaining legacy projection equipment.
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