This is so sad. It breaks my heart to see a theater just abandoned like this that too 70mm IMAX screen which is rare nowadays.

@MidinVal

11 ай бұрын

Especially if it was used for Oppenheimer? Bruh

Hope they salvaged the projector, those things still produce an insane 70mm 18k image. I heard their building a new one close by and I hope they include the old projector with the new like they did in Vancouver. Thanks for the video, last time I was there was on an elementary school Feild trip!

@colemorningstar

2 жыл бұрын

The projector was gone night one so they definitely saved it can’t wait to see the new location

@PatioTheater

11 ай бұрын

projectors or at least the main components of it are the first to go when a theater closes.

@prefix808

11 ай бұрын

Sometimes they don’t even own it and it goes back to the leasing company.

@timstamps5281

10 ай бұрын

@@colemorningstar Now the parts in use in the 31 theaters left in the world showing Oppenheimer.

There's only 30 of these 70mm IMAX theaters left in the world, sad to see that massive and unique screen destroyed like that.

This isn’t creepy but super cool and sad at the same time! Thanks for the vid!

I have visited this place so many times. So sad to see the whole area go :(

@bonzillafilmsgamingsreviews

Жыл бұрын

It's gonna be replaced by a 12 story hotel sadly...

No IMAX theatre should be abandoned. We need more of them. Cinema needs to be revived with the best technology to compete with modern TV's and home cinema audios...

Thanks for the vid... I was visiting a few years back and thought I'd ask if I could see the projection booth... and they were more than happy to show me while running an IMAX movie... very cool to see the 70mm film, lamp and platters in action. You can see the red pump truck that they used to move the film patters in the video. Sad to hear of it's demise.

@colemorningstar

2 жыл бұрын

That’s dope Thanks for sharing

@GeraldTN06

Жыл бұрын

I worked as a projectionist for 10 years, both film and later digital. I LOVED every second of it! It was a blast if you are good at it.. if you are not, well, i saw people have nervous breakdowns . Lol

There's a half an hour I'm never getting back.

Getting sea sick. The camera never stops moving!

@cbeattie778

11 ай бұрын

You mean motion sickness

@regiiotv

11 ай бұрын

Yes, you should take your time and stop to film things properly. Your viewers can't really appreciate what you're filming if you don't take the time to film properly... that's the basic rule of filming.

As soon as I saw the thumbnail, I realized I'd been there. And saw a movie there. Wow.

To be honest it's pretty disgusting how we humans abandon places without dismantling them and recycling the materials.

@ninjabluewings

11 ай бұрын

Yes it certainly is VERY DISGUSTING!! all the waste in this world then they accuse the public of polluting everything

@soundstructuremedia

10 ай бұрын

ANTS DO THE SAME THING AND OTHER ANIMALS.... THAT MAD NO SENSE

@CajunReaper95

10 ай бұрын

@@soundstructuremediamade perfect sense and comparing humans to animals and insects is illogical because we can literally repurpose things we have the ability to actually think logically and don’t compare us to wildlife as humans are the most wasteful without reasons only reason an animal “waste things” is due to threats of other animals or humans, we’re number 1 for destroying the environment!

It's sad to see this place abandoned. 70mm IMAX is so rare, and most IMAXes you find nowadays are just your standard premium large format screen competing with Cinemark XD etc, nothing really special. I guess it just got old and showed only one movie, but it would have been cool if they'd upgraded it and shown other things to keep it commercially competitive.

@rupe53

11 ай бұрын

the problem with IMAX is the expense. Yup, it's crazy expensive even compared to regular 35 MM that's been in theaters for the last 75 years. Not only is the film expensive, but so is all the gear necessary to shoot in this format, and show it to an audience. Not everyone is willing to cough up the extra $$ for the experience.

Man I just wanted a 5 minute video and you delivered, Cool stuff.

@ryanrollercoaster

2 жыл бұрын

good afternoon Jared

I don't think that table was for rewinding the film, I think it was probably for constructing the film. IMAX film is 70mm and if memory serves, films were shipped in pieces and had to be cut back together on site. The final feature length film was so heavy and large, it required fork lifts or teams of people to move. The rewinding mechanism would be part of the platter the film was run off of into the projector (kinda sad none of that vintage equipment is still there).

@paranoia2021

11 ай бұрын

You mean the newest one, right?

@pdtech4524

11 ай бұрын

Hardly 'vintage' equipment! 😲😳😁

@firesurfer

11 ай бұрын

Lift at 26:15

@brianperkins6121

11 ай бұрын

70mm Imax film prints are shipped to the cinima on reels containing about 3 mins and 30 seconds of film a normal length film can easly arrive in boxes with 40 plus reels , yes the table is used for the process of building the film.. kzread.info/dash/bejne/hKWWl9GEmLvPlps.html

I'm glad they're re-opening this Summer, but that pyramid building was so distinct and the Greg Frewin Theatre won't be the same. According to the website the screen was six stories high I guess the new building can accommodate that lol

@colemorningstar

2 жыл бұрын

I highly doubt it there isn’t a building being constructed in the tourist area for that big of a screen but I could be wrong or maybe it’s gonna be in an existing building

Very cool, I think this is the first time I've seen an abandoned Imax theater video

It would have been cool to see all the old iMax equipment still left over up close. Sad that the speakers and sound system are all just left there to rot. Maybe they’re already no good. But 20 000 watts of sound must have been banging at one point. A shame it couldn’t be salvaged.

@StubbyPhillips

2 жыл бұрын

No... that stuff was fine. The people in charge were just absolute MORONS for letting it all be destroyed.

@Jushwa

2 жыл бұрын

@@StubbyPhillips that’s really sad to hear. This sounds like it was a state of the art system not that long ago…

@sonus289

11 ай бұрын

the stuff could be used elsewhere , even in a home theater.even the dmx lighting controls are still usable

@jpawhees

11 ай бұрын

If I was a worker doing that job I would of taken all the speakers, amps, lighting, lighting amps, maybe even air conditioning units and sell or keep them, givin the owners didn't lay claim to them. That's like $20000 or more worth of usable used priced equipment from what I saw.

Great video, so sad to see this place close. Saw the Niagara movie there when I was a kid. Try to get into Guinness next

Note to the producer of this video: fix your sound! I understand, you whispered when you were recording, but there’s plenty of ways to boost the sound in post before you publish the video.

@Pioneers_Of_Cinema

11 ай бұрын

Agree- was very hard to make out dialogue. Best to record a voice track during editing.(keep the live track for reference but re-dub a good quality voice track)

Very cool vid, thanks for documenting before it all got destroyed

You must have said “it’s crazy” about 50 times ,and nothing is crazy ,it is just an abandoned building and everything is what you would expect to see.

@colemorningstar

11 ай бұрын

I was just blown away by a pyramid shaped building in the middle of a tourist destination, being demolished for a 12 story hotel

Thank you!

Your voice is beautiful Cole. Beautiful!

This whole site looks like a sad waste. So much of that looks like it could have another life as is! But to bulldoze it then separate and salvage the 'waste' is painful for me to see. Best wishes from an Englishman making armour in a French forest. 👍⚒️🇬🇧🇨🇦

i think I went to this theater in like 2016/2017. I drove past it last may and could not believe it was abandoned

This is so cool and so sad! Just imagine kids being cool and setting up their own projectors for their own movie fun!

I’m disturbed at the idea of such an amazing and expensive facility left in ruin. Even if another IMAX theater were being built, the concert/stage hall this could make…what an astonishingly unproductive waste.

@breeze5440

11 ай бұрын

RIGHT 😭

Great video Sorry to see it that way😢

Hopefully they saved the audio video system 💰 Sad this location didn't work out.

I've been there for the experience! Me when I find out it was demolished: 😮 😢 💀

Oppenheimer should be shown here for 1week only. Ticket machines and food served outside.

Man so much in there could still have easily been salvaged. Crazy the amount of stuff just left behind.

I remember this place fondly when I saw Star Trek: Into Darkness here a long time ago

I always saw this building when i went to Niagara Falls… but never went inside

They could have filled every seat at every showing of Oppenheimer. Every seat virtually sold out every show of the 31 theaters left.

good video! notifcations r on g.

614 seats to be exact.

@colemorningstar

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the number it was amazing

I’ve not seen this place since I was a kid. This was awesome! Do you plan on doing this in other places in Niagara?

@colemorningstar

2 жыл бұрын

Any places that have easy access I’ll be more than willing to document

There should be some 50 or 60 speakers behind that screen, as well as more than that scattered around the building, for just the one theater. Including 8-ft High racks full of power amplifiers and a custom digital audio processor designed to decode the IMAX audio into thx.

Cool video you needa come to Gary Indiana to do some haunted

I would like to take those expensive speaker

Now imagine how it'd look if it was abandoned in Little Rock, Arkansas.

The screen is actually pretty valuable, depending on what type it is, some are like a diamond pattern to reflect the light correctly, others are just garbage canvas type stuff.

What a waste of seats that could be repurposed.

Aren’t IMAX speakers super high-end JBL something? As in the ones with 5 digit price tag each?

thats a badass bando to fly that would be awesome!!!

I hope they kept the sound systems.

I been to this place years ago. I can't believe they shut it down

Really sad to see the speakers left inside. I hope someone saved most of them, and the DMX stuff. BTW the video is unbearably shaky! I skipped through most of it but still got dizzy from it. Please do something about that in the future.

I have been to that Imax when it was open.

I'm surprise they didn't sell off the seating.

Man, you need a gimbal! Too much rocking n' rolling with the camera!

Very painful situation.

Rewind the FILM! Not rewind the tape.

9:16 Oh My Gosh no how could someone do that in the abandoned building that is like racism for pulling the fire alarm

Dallas Texas

26:15 Lifting dolly for reels of film.

Light up a doobie and bring your own projector and start this movie night!

@joshwizinsky1979

11 ай бұрын

Thats such a bucket list thing i've always wanted to do Bring a projector to an abandoned theater and watch a movie in it.. Id have to pick a movie like Blade Runner or something else really dreamy and surreal to play in an abandoned theater to watch... One big question tho is, how would you get power to the projector?

@jakefrozt5

11 ай бұрын

@@joshwizinsky1979 there's battery powered once these days, youu just need a powerbank with 20:000mha and your seet

@jakefrozt5

11 ай бұрын

Portables *

As soon as people realized you can simulate imax by holding your phone 2 inches from your face.. it all went downhill!

Whats the reason behind?

That pyramid looks like it was ordered on Wish.

Why did it get abandoned? Was it not enough profits so they have to move or is the building starting to decay & they don't have the money for maintenance? Looks alright to me, why would they need to expand at another building? They should have turned this one into a movie theater to make more profits that way. Or for special events. Move the Niagra film/exhibit to the other place as planned & then turn this original building into a movie theater because that giant screen would be a great attraction there.

How does a Imax theatre get abandoned. Did they build it far away from where people actually live, assuming people would go out of their way to get there?

Grab that sign at 8:45!

cool place to fly some fpv drones

Camera is too shakey cant watch

@peteraymond9968

11 ай бұрын

Agree

Que pasada de cine a un abadonado se ve que seria una vestia

Absolutely disgusting. How they fell for the digital scam.

So... this is what's left of NERV's headquarters after the Third Impact happened... :Tc

Sad thing to see.

Seria bueno reconstruir un cine en ese lugar ..por salvar lo ya creado

What happened there? How did it turned into a mess like this?

@colemorningstar

11 ай бұрын

This was days before it’s demolition to make room for a 12 floor hotel

@stevendoradoromero1069

11 ай бұрын

@@colemorningstar que pena para crear un jodido hotel se destruya algo que creo cultura

@stevendoradoromero1069

11 ай бұрын

La estructura se ve sana y fuerte ..ese lugar se hubiera remodelado y hubiera sido todo un espectáculo

@Pioneers_Of_Cinema

11 ай бұрын

@@colemorningstar Thanks for the information. It had to be something like that. The real estate value probably exceeded the income producing potential of the original Imax site.

These imax theater is distoryed or going to build?

14:52 did he actually just say that DMX is for sound or I misunderstood that?

To be fair it seems like the building was not really an engineering nor aesthetic masterpiece- more like a metal tent in the middle of a field of tar parking lot. I do hope the IMAX equipment lives on either installed elsewhere or as spares to keep others running. Wonder what speakers those were.

Very nice! Wow, cognitive dissonance ... an IMAX being demolished, wtf? That volume of area up above, from the catwalk, is a functional space for acoustics. It's a bass trap. Those thick fiberglass tiles on the face of that mammoth volume of air, it's a textbook bass trap. LF trapping is for tighter, faster low frequency decay times. The product being bass clarity, impact, and overall delineation. Those loudspeakers should be salvaged. One would think the seating may be salvaged. Cool vid Much appreciated

its too bad those expensive DMX light controllers and lights were all left in there without being reclaimed for use in at least an amateur's interests :/

Such a shame to see such waste. I see a lot of stuff can be salvaged and some looks in almost nearly new condition.

Glad imax movies are not shot the way this guy handles the camera 😵‍💫🤮

SAD!

Sad

What is the backstory behind this?

@Pioneers_Of_Cinema

11 ай бұрын

Probably went bankrupt and usually a total loss is not worth salvaging. Depends on what entity owns the real estate as to what would happen to the site.

@jimkeskey

11 ай бұрын

​@@Pioneers_Of_Cinemayeah but why did it close? COVID or something else?

such a shame they left the speskers etc....

@hubbsllc

11 ай бұрын

I’d *love* to take home those speakers.

😭

Looking for some devotchkas?

You need to pan slowly otherwise it is hard to watch

@colemorningstar

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, I understand was super paranoid that I was going to be caught in there

You're not filming the old posters or other things of interest.

REAL RAP...INVEST IN AN ACTION CAMERA... ITS TO MUCH TECH OUT HERE FOR U TO HAVE THAT SHAKY ASS CAMERA

why are you whispering lmaoo

@colemorningstar

11 ай бұрын

this building is in the middle of Niagara Falls tourist District so I'm trying to keep my noise to a minimum to not alert anyone that I'm inside

@Pioneers_Of_Cinema

11 ай бұрын

@@colemorningstar Just a tip - it was hard to make out dialogue. Best to keep your original audio for reference but re-dub your voice over the final edit file.

A little weird, not creepy though. Must have been constructed in the earlier days of IMAX, because compared to anything new, it would have had to have been highly inferior. The outside of this place just reeks of "not impressed".

Mala exploración mueven mucho la cámara...

@slavsl

Жыл бұрын

me dio mareos 🙂

get a gimble

Nor surprised; IMAX always was a stupid idea.

@rupe53

11 ай бұрын

yeah, a stupid idea that made millions of dollars. We still have one in town and people still line up for tickets.

@samgoodman7009

11 ай бұрын

why

@firesurfer

11 ай бұрын

There are lines of people for the new movies. Two week wait for the latest Barbie and Oppenheimer movie. Sold out for every show.

I’ve never had the pleasure or experience of IMAX seeing people one slowly get destroyed by people who have nothing better to do make it so under appreciated

Cole 🤝

No dummy, DMX is lighting control comm protocol, not for audio.

13:53 dmx is for lighting controls