NASCAR - The IMAX Experience
by Simon Wincer
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Actor: Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jimmie Johnson, Kiefer Sutherland, Matt Kenseth, Tony StewartDirector: Simon Wincer
Brand: Team Marketing
Producer: Neil Goldberg
Cinematographer: James Neihouse
Editor: Terry Blythe
Producer: Doug Hylton
Producer: Lorne Orleans
Writer: Mark Bechtel
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Extra tracks, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 40 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-03-15
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Imax
Product features:
- Officially Licensed
- Highest Quality Recording
- #3 Dale Earnhardt 1:6 Scale Hobby Scale Grade RC Car
- #24 Jeff Gordon 1:6 Scale Hobby Grade RC Car
- 1:6 Scale # 48 Jimmie Johnson Hobby Grade RC Car
- #8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1:6 Scale Hobby Grade RC Car
- 1:6 Scale #8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Car Shell
DVD Reviews of NASCAR - The IMAX Experience
DVD Review: Decent documentary but overhyped.
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a decent movie if you aren't a Nascar fan. Will definitly get you into the sport for a first-timer. My main complaint is that I bought this on DVD when it was first released. When I saw it the box and coverart both boasted the 3D release of the film. It was not originally released as Nascar Imax but as Nascar Imax in 3D in huge letters. I would have been happy with just an anagliph presentation but didn't even get that. Also as far as extras? Don't hold your breath. There aren't any. Just a 2D presentation for a 40 minute movie. They could have at least included an anaglyph version on the same disc as there was plenty of wasted data space. Glad to see attention paid to my favorite sport but don't advertise that you are releasing a 3D movie when you really aren't. Dissapointed. DVD Review: No Big Deal
Summary: 3 Stars
The overall impact is fine, but this isnt the title to get if you were wanting gritty realism paired to IMAX. Examples: in one scene a crash is shown from a distance, and they animate in a tire (which detaches and flies straight for the camera.) And they put an IMAX camera in a cup car and send a group out in a non-race situation, and then constantly refer back to this footage *as if* it was showing racing action. Its a staged interpretation of racing. The overall effect of the movie is fine, but it lacks intensity- and the intensity it tries to create is usually phony. DVD Review: Raceing Is My Life
Summary: 5 Stars
Along with the little people in the cubes my son loves NASCAR anything. So along with a book, Dale Ernhardt Sr DVD and a few other things, I got him this DVD. He loves it. Says it's great.DVD Review: NASCAR IMAX DVD
Summary: 4 Stars
Got this for my 4yr old twins who are obsessed with NASCAR. They've learned numbers from watching all the cars flash by! I thought there'd be more racing footage, crashes, etc... but this is more of a documentary. Despite this, the boys love this video and they've learned the history/background of how NASCAR originated and what goes on behind the scenes. I am also glad it's only about 45 min so they are not in front of the tube all day! For crashes and explosions we'll have to go to Youtube.DVD Review: Fun and informative
Summary: 5 Stars
Very interesting film for Nascar fans. The book takes you behind the scenes to see what goes into building the cars that you see on the track. It also presents the more personal sided of the drivers which I found very interesting. I bought this for my 6 year old and he enjoyed it, though he doesn't ask to watch it all the time.
Description of NASCAR - The IMAX Experience
When NASCAR: The IMAX Experience 3D is released to IMAX Theatres in Spring 2004, fans will literally be transported into the driver's seat of America's most popular spectator sport. The groundbreaking IMAX 3D film, set against America's most popular spectator sport, will be distributed exclusively to IMAX theatres by Warner Bros. Pictures and IMAX in Spring 2004 and marks Warner Bros.' first foray into the IMAX arena.DVD Features:
Documentaries:Drivers' Profiles
Documentary:NASCAR's closest racing moments
Until you've seen NASCAR: The IMAX Experience, you haven't really seen NASCAR. Even without the advantage of a gigantic IMAX screen and 70-millimeter 3-D projection, this 48-minute IMAX film is a perfect primer for newcomers to the sport of stock-car racing. Like all IMAX films it's aimed at a mainstream audience (hardcore NASCAR fans won't learn anything new here), so it covers a broad spectrum of general history, technical information, and pure high-speed adrenaline, from NASCAR's origins in 1947 to the oval-track highlights of the 2003 season. While Lonesome Dove director Simon Wincer captures the action (including some amazing mid-pack and cockpit footage during actual races), Kiefer Sutherland narrates an informative survey of season-long activities, from car building and safety measures at Mooresville, North Carolina, to pit-crew practice, transportation logistics, constant danger and its effect on drivers' wives and families, and the aerodynamics of drafting. Interesting trivia (each tire costs $389!) is included along with driver profiles and a compilation of memorable race finishes, but it's the IMAX footage that makes this a thrill-a-minute DVD, perfect for anyone who's just beginning to enjoy the world's fastest (and fastest-growing) sport. --Jeff Shannon
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