It looks like Disney is still trying to fullfill the greedy fantasy of showcasing their Imax feature, "Fantasia/2000" for a four month monopolizing period in Imax theatres.?And of course, the theatres refuse to do so, because a four month period of only ONE movie playing in ALL screens would bore the crowd to tears after awhile.?So what's Disney going to do about it? Rebuffed by operators of the only Imax theater in central Los Angeles, Disney is taking the extraordinary step of building a temporary theater to showcase "Fantasia/2000." The new theater, a steel and fiberglass tent constructed at a cost approaching $4 million, opened on New Year's Day in West Los Angeles, off the 405 Freeway near Howard Hughes Parkway.?The theater includes 622 stadium-style seats, a 12,000-watt digital sound system and a 56-foot-tall, 80-foot-wide screen that builders say is as large as any Imax screen in Southern California.?But the theater's most impressive feature is its short life span: The entire facility will be broken down and cleared away just four months after it opens. I suppose if you had that much money, you can get away with pretty much anything.?Read more.
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