The Stephen Low Company is pleased to announce that “Rocky Mountain Express” has been awarded “Best Film Short Subject” and “Best Cinematography” by the Giant Screen Cinema Association. The top awards were voted on by giant screen theaters from around the world and were announced and presented at the GSCA 2012 annual conference in Sacramento, California.

Filmmaker Stephen Low was on hand to receive the award for Best Film together with Director of Photography Mark Poirier accepted the award for Best Cinematography on behalf of the cinematography team (Mark Poirier, Ralph Mendoza and Stephen Low). In a first-ever tie, Rocky Mountain Express received top honours for Best Film concurrently with the 3D film “To the Arctic”, a MacGillivray Freeman Films release.

Rocky Mountain Express is currently exhibiting as the feature attraction in IMAX theaters in leading museums and science centers across North America and has begun exhibition in Europe as well. A huge hit with audiences, the film propels audiences on a steam train journey through the breathtaking vistas of the Canadian Rockies and highlights the adventure of building a nearly impossible transcontinental railway.

Rocky Mountain Express weaves together spectacular IMAX aerial cinematography, archival photographs and maps, and the potent energy and rhythms of a live steam locomotive to immerse audiences in this remarkable story from the age of steam.

A full list of exhibiting theaters is available here:
www.rockymountainexpressfilm.com/updates/where-to-see-it.

About The Stephen Low Company

The Stephen Low Company is a leading producer of the IMAX experience, and a distributor to IMAX theatres and other giant-screen theatres worldwide. Filmmaker Stephen Low is one of the world’s foremost large-format film directors, acclaimed for his skilful combination of creative story-telling and technological innovation. Mr. Low is the director of more than a dozen, award-winning giant-screen films including, Rescue (3D), The Ultimate Wave Tahiti (3D), Legends of Flight (3D) and Across the Sea of Time(3D), Mark Twain’s America (3D), Beavers, Titanica, Super Speedway, and Fighter Pilot, among many other well known giant-screen titles. His unique creative vision, storytelling ability and 3D innovation, together with his penchant for complex and large-scale projects, has yielded an extraordinary body of work recognized and enjoyed by audiences everywhere.

www.stephenlow.com

This is the only opportunity to see Stephen Low’s production in the Montreal area, as no other presentations of the film are planned. Lasting 45 minutes, the movie propels audiences on a steam train journey through breathtaking vistas of the Canadian Rockies and relates the epic adventure of building the nation’s first transcontinental railway.

The full version of the movie will be shown in English at 10:30 a.m., while the French version will be shown at 11:30 a.m. The Scotiabank – IMAX Theatre is located at 977 Ste. Catherine Street West, Montreal, near metro Peel.

Tickets are on sale at the Museum’s gift shop, at info@exporail.org or by phone at 450-638-1522, extension 244. Tickets are $30 each and entitle a complimentary pass for one person to visit Exporail. Seating is limited.

http://www.exporail.org/en/support-exporail/benefit-presentation/

SACRAMENTO, CA
Esquire IMAX Theatre
Showtimes:
Wednesday, February 8th 1:30pm, 4:00pm, 6:30pm
Tickets: $5.00
Address:
Esquire IMAX Theatre
1211 K Street
Tel: 916.446.2333
Website: www.IMAX.com/sacramento

SAN JOSE, CA
The Hackworth IMAX Dome Theater, Tech Museum
Showtimes:
Saturday February 11, 1:00pm and 3:00pm
Sunday February 12th 1:00pm and 3:00pm
Tickets: $8 for adults, $6 for Seniors, Students, and Children. (Tech Museum members 50% off)
Address:
The Tech Museum
201 South Market Street
San Jose, CA 95113, USA
(408) 795-6265
www.thetech.org

PHOENIX, AZ
Arizona Science Center IMAX Theater
Showtimes:
Saturday, February 18th 12:00pm, 2:00pm, 4:00pm
Sunday, February 19th 12:00pm, 2:00pm
Tickets:
Adult $8
Adult (member) $6
Senior $8
Senior (member) $6
Child $7
Child (member) $5
Student $8
Address:
Arizona Science Center
600 East Washington Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85004
(in Heritage and Science Park in downtown Phoenix)
Phone: phone 602-716-2000
www.azscience.org

ST LOUIS, MO
Saint Louis Science Center,
Showtimes:
Thursday, February 23 6:15p & 7:30p
Saturday, February 25 at 9am.
Tickets: register for free ticket at webmaster@slsc.org
Address:
Saint Louis Science Center
5050 Oakland Ave. St. Louis, MO 63110
Phone: (314) 289-4400
www.slsc.org

See the film online on the NFB’s website: http://www.nfb.ca/film/end_of_line/

Choose “High Quality” if you can for best viewing provided internet speed is working for you.

Directed by Terence McCartney Filgate and produced by Roman Kroitor (one of the founders of IMAX Corporation) and Wolf Koenig, “this documentary short offers a nostalgic look at the steam locomotive as it passes from reality to history.” The film includes interviews with many veterans of the steam era, including author and historian, Omer LaVallee. Locomotive

"End of the Line" can be seen on the NFB Website

2816 makes an appearance in the last minutes of the film, blasting along at high speed in a tracking shot. This was just before the engine was taken out of service in 1960.

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