Bedsole imax done theater at the gulf coast exploreum in downtown mobile. A team of equally driven scientists, the vortex2 researchers, experience the relentless. Filmmaker sean caseys personal quest to capture the birth of a tornado with a 70mm camera takes viewers on a breathtaking journey into the heart. Clarity is amazingly crisp and detail strikingly accurate. Sep 22, 2011 610 from the team behind the discovery channels storm chasers comes the latest imax epic, tornado alley 3d which follows a group of. Extreme weather imax film connects climate change to. Using a fleet of specialized vehicles, two missions seek to encounter the birth of a tornado. I wanted to take the whole family to see it on the original release date over spring break, but the imax theater in the city we were visiting was not a first release theater, so we had to put it off until we got back home and about a month later. Mar 24, 2011 imax tornado alley will blow you away. Features that protect the vehicle during extreme weather abound, including armor plates and metal spikes that can be moved hydraulically to prevent it being lifted into the air. In addition, casey is an inventor of sorts, having designed two tornado intercept vehicles, or tivs, the second of which seems unwittingly poised to be one of tornado alleys biggest stars. Tornado alley is a new imax film currently screening at sciport. Casey created an imax film called tornado alley about chasing tornadoes and had to build the tornado intercept vehicle tiv and the tornado intercept. The eye of the storm by ross anthony tornado alley by ann coates.
I am beginning to think that the one i am lookin for made in 2011 was only shown on imax so there is no regular film for dvd and the like. Thats just what happens in forthcoming imax extravaganza tornado alley, filmed mostly in kansas during storm season. Edition discs price new from used from dvd march 31, 2009 please retry. Tornado alley is a imax movie directed by sean casey. Tornado alley official imax movie trailer hd 720p youtube. Tornado alley to play at two smithsonian imax theaters. Filmmaker sean caseys personal quest to capture the birth of a tornado with a 70mm camera takes viewers on a breathtaking journey into the heart of the storm. Tornado alley, the imax film, special presentation youtube. Tornado chasers truck shoots imax from inside storms imax. Look up, down, and all aroundthe 90foot giant dome screen of our william l. Tornado alley giant screen cinema association films film. Sean cameron casey born december 28, 1967 is an american imax filmmaker and storm chaser who appeared in the discovery channel reality television series storm chasers. The most eagerly awaited imax release of the decade, tornado alley, opens may 8 at the j.
Casey, marcus gutierrez and brandon ivey running time. Narrated by bill paxton, the film follows storm chasers star sean casey and the scientists of vortex2, the largest tornadoresearch project ever assembled, on separate missions to encounter one of earths most aweinspiring eventsthe birth of a tornado. Jul 19, 2011 the natural history museums imax film tornado alley chronicles the life of a scientist initiative and a film crew on a journey to see the birth of a tornado. The main protagonist of the documentary is sean casey, a filmmaker who has spent the last 8years of his life building a vehicle. Grand canyon adventure, hidden universe, and tornado alley. Tornado alley lives up to its name by filling the mugar theater and its 180degree domed screen with the sounds and sights of weather gone wild. Driving directly into violent storms with an imax camera, casey attempts to document a highdefinition view of a. Casey carries a 92pound imax camera that belonged to his father to film the inside of a tornado. Join storm chasers star sean casey and the researchers of vortex 2, the most ambitious effort ever made to understand the origins and. Tornado alley is a colloquial term for the area of the united states where tornadoes are most frequent the term was first used in 1952 as the title of a research project to study severe weather in areas of texas, louisiana, oklahoma, kansas, south dakota, iowa and nebraska. Chasers was essentially a behind the scenes of caseys film. Tornado alley will take you on an epic chase through the severe weather capital of the world. Do not waste your time or money, to bad reed timmer didnt do this movie, he can actually get inside a tornado.
Tornado alley is a science adventure revealing the beauty and the power of some of our planets most extreme and least understood. Tornado alley is a science adventure revealing the beauty and the power of some of our planets most extreme and least understood weather phenomena. Narrated by bill paxton star of the movie twister, the imax. Jun 18, 20 an imax movie eight years in the making, tornado alley was shot at great risk to the life and limbs of director sean casey and his crew, who spent most of the past decade studying and filming. Join storm chasers star sean casey and the researchers of vortex 2, the most ambitious effort ever made to understand the origins and evolution of tornadoes, on this heartpounding science adventure. Tornado alley film premieres in theaters nsf national. The film investigates what causes violent tornadoes and shows unprecedented footage from inside of a tornado. Filmmaker sean casey hunts down tornadoes with his armored tornado interceptor vehicle, which was recently outfitted with an imax camera to film tornado alley, a documentary opening in san jose. Mcknight3m omnitheater surrounds you with the most stunning scenery on the planet. Tornado chasers truck shoots imax from inside storms. We met up with the storm chaser this week at the tech museum in san jose, calif. Smithsonian theaters presents its newest giantscreen film, tornado alley. Tornado alley documents two unprecedented missions seeking to encounter one of earths most aweinspiring eventsthe birth of a tornado.
For additional movie listings in your area, please visit big movie zone now showing. Track a tornado tornado alley imax popular mechanics. Threefilm collection places a trio of documentaries onto one disc. Greeley man purchases 7ton armored vehicle featured in. But getting those shots is a feat that requires years of patienceand equal parts. Imax filmmaker and professional storm chaser sean casey makes his featurelength directorial debut with tornado alley, a film in which he also stars and serves as first unit cinematographer. The chasers of tornado alley is an awardwinning documentary produced by veteran storm chaser martin lisius. Casey has been named one of the 50 best minds of 2008 by discover magazine.
The tiv2 also carries weather instruments, the data from which wurman and his team use with dow data to map tornado winds. This 2160p, again nonhdr uhd presentation mimics all of the great qualities of the other films in this, and its companion, release. For additional movie listings in your area, please visit big movie zone. Surviving tornado alley at the smithsonian smithsonian. The feature is currently playing at the national museum of natural historys johnson imax theater and will relaunch in 3d sept. Imax film tornado alley will open may 8 at the gulf coast.
Filmmaker sean casey has been chasing tornadoes for more than a decade. Apr 22, 2016 tornado alley is a science adventure revealing the beauty and the power of some of our planets most extreme and least understood weather phenomena. Tornado alley gets sean casey, the tiv and vortex 2 a. Sean caseys tornado alley imax film and aurora borealis. Anyone know where i can find tornado alley the 2011 doco where a guy chases tornadoes in a fortified car. Oct, 2016 we spoke with the films director, sean casey, a veteran storm chaser and filmmaker whos also known for his imax works tornado alley 2011, forces of nature 2004, and alaska. And it takes one tough ride to get in and out of the violent storms safely. Tornado alley will take you to the eye of the storm, in imax. Imax film will blow you away, taunton daily gazette, march 20, 2011. Apr, 2011 the new imax movie tornado alley takes the audience inside destructive twisters with tornado chaser sean casey. Just saw this movie at the san diego science center imax dome and boy was i disappointed. Tornado alley was released worldwide on march 18, 2011.
Tornado chasers truck shoots imax from inside storms photos. Imax film tornado alley will open may 8 at the gulf. Traversing the severe weather capital of the world, tornado alley documents two unprecedented missions seeking to encounter one of earths most aweinspiring eventsthe birth of a tornado. It will also open in the standard imax format at the national air and space museum steven f. Armed with a 70mm camera, a fleet of customized vehicles designed to withstand gale force winds, torrential rains and unrelenting hail, and an arsenal of the most advanced weather measurement. Armor plating coats ryan shepards new stormchasing vehicle that formerly starred in the imax film tornado alley outside his home in greeley tuesday, jan. Anyone know where i can find tornado alley the 2011 doco. Traversing the severe weather capital of the world, tornado alley documents two unprecedented missions to encounter one of earths most. From the team behind the discovery channels storm chasers comes the latest imax epic, tornado alley 3d which follows a group of dedicated scientists as filmmaker sean casey attempts to film the inside of a tornado. Over the course of his career, casey has filmed volcanoes, hurricanes, and earthquakes, and the depth of his experience working in severe weatheras well as the. Join sean casey, the star of the discovery chanels show storm chasers and the researchers of vortex 2, the most ambitious effort ever made to understand the origins. Narrated by bill paxton, the film follows storm chasers star sean casey and the scientists of vortex2, the largest tornadoresearch project ever assembled, on separate missions to encounter one of earths most aweinspiring eventsthe birth of a.
Tornado alley is being shown worldwide in imax and other giant screen theaters. It is a unique, behind the scenes look at real storm chasers and how they track and intercept natures most powerful storms. The film follows follows a team of scientists in the midwests sevenstate tornado alley. Mar 18, 2011 tornado alley imax tornado is aweinspiring fun. New imax film follows storm chasers in midwest connecticut post. It takes you soaring through space, and puts you face to face with earths most fascinating animals. While tornado alley depicts several tornados, its climax features a tornado intercept in goshen county, wyo. Tornado alley imax movie storm chasers wiki fandom. Apr 06, 2011 we went and saw the tornado alley film at our nearest imax theater today. Greeley man purchases 7ton armored vehicle featured in imax. On august 910, shawn casey of the discovery channels stormchasers will be onhand at special events at sciport, along. Casey created an imax film called tornado alley about chasing tornadoes and had to build the tornado intercept vehicle tiv and the tornado intercept vehicle 2 tiv2 to film inside a tornado.
Description join storm chasers star sean casey and the researchers of vortex 2, the most ambitious effort ever made to understand the origins and evolution of tornadoes, on this heartpounding science adventure. During the course of the discovery channel series, it was made clear that casey was filming for another movie that was going to take the footage we typically see on discover to the next level by throwing it up on imax. Armed with a 70mm camera, a fleet of customized vehicles designed to. Storm chaser buys armored truck that can withstand real. I was looking forward to seeing tornado alley for quite some time. Tornado alley imax feature will blow audiences away. After graduating from the university of california santa barbara in 1992, with a degree in film studies, casey immediately began working in the imax format. For additional movie listings in your area, please visit big movie. A special presentation about the film tornado alley that includes a preshow talk and postshow question and answer session with imax filmmaker sean casey and nbc 3 cleveland meteorologist betsy. Tornado climatologists distinguish peaks in activity in certain areas and storm chasers have long recognized the great.
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