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The IMAX™ Polynesia Theater
The
Polynesian Cultural Center’s 600-seat IMAX™ Theater features
the spectacular Coral Reef Adventure, shown on a gigantic screen measuring
65 feet high (19.8m) and 93 feet wide (28.4m).
Show
Times:
Coral
Reef Adventure is shown daily at 12:30, 1:30, 3:00, 4:00 and 5:00 (in
Japanese).
The
Movie :
MacGillivray-Freeman's Coral Reef Adventure follows the real-life expedition
of renowned underwater filmmakers Howard and Michele Hall as they explore
unique locations in Fiji, Australia's Great Barrier Reef — on
and near Lizard Island National Park, the fabled waters off Tahiti,
and then 200 miles east in the coral atoll lagoon of Rangiroa, French
Polynesia.
After
diving for over three decades the Halls are concerned with the decline
of some of their favorite sites and have captured spectacular images
they hope will help raise awareness about the plight of coral reefs,
as well as the health of the global oceans.
This
amazing IMAX™ film shows how reef animals rely on each other in
surprising ways. You’ll dive with the Halls on mysterious deep
reefs, swim with hundreds of grey reef sharks, and then zoom through
coral canyons while riding a fast current beneath the waves. But sadly,
you’ll also swim through vast stretches of bleached coral boneyards
and learn more about this underwater devastation.
During
the journey the Halls meet scientists and conservationists working to
understand and save the reefs, such as Rusi Vulakoro in Fiji and the
world-renowned ocean advocate, Jean-Michel Cousteau. Howard and his
team, joined by deep-sea ichthyologist (a fish scientist) Richard Pyle,
also descend to a dangerous 350 feet in search of deep ocean corals
and rare species in the seldom visited underwater realm dubbed "the
Twilight Zone."
In
Tahiti, the Halls join a local chapter of Reef Check, an international
organization of divers who help study local coral resources; and finally,
in Rangiroa Howard searches for huge schools of sharks known to live
there. The 300 they find, all at once, are a good sign for the health
of the whole marine ecosystem.
In
addition to traditional island songs, the soundtrack includes music
by Crosby, Stills & Nash, and narration by award-winning actor Liam
Neeson.
MacGillivray-Freeman
first released Coral Reef Adventure in 2003.
| Personal
souvenir copies can be purchased on DVD online
shortly or at the IMAX™ Theater's Hukilau
Store. |
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