Regal UA King of Prussia

300 Goddard Boulevard,
King of Prussia, PA 19406

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HowardBHaas
HowardBHaas on August 21, 2007 at 8:55 am

Here’s 10-30-2002 Philadelphia Business Journal describing that the 5 story screen, closed as am Imax a year before in United Artists bankruptcywill be reopened as an 8 story high IMAX for action films & IMAX films. This was then one of 5 arrangements Regal was doing (three in California & one in Texas) bringing Regal’s total to eleven. The article states IMAX converted “Apollo 13” and “Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones” into IMAX format.
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JodarMovieFan
JodarMovieFan on August 21, 2007 at 12:22 am

I’ve been to several IMAX presentations here since ‘05 or so. Polar Express in 3D IMAX was my first experience here and boy, was that something. The film broke down during the show 3x and then we were told we would be given passes for another showing. The next day, the same thing happened. I think it was the later show that things began to come together and my friend and I watched the movie. The presentation, again, had one slip up, the house lights came up and one of the ushers was trying to entertain us by talkiing about the holidays. Overall, the film was a bore and it was wasn’t worth the 135mi drive from DC. My only memory of being really engaged with the movie was the train ride through the mountains and when it skids on the iced lake.

Other films I’ve seen here was the IMAX 3D version of Superman Returns (2006). Again, that was a disapointment because the movie, itself, tried to emulate Richard Donner’s presentation and failed mostly. Brandon Routh is no Chris Reeve. What was annoying was having to be clued to put on the 3D glasses to watch the 3D parts. Robots (2005) was also in IMAX 3D and I don’t recall it having the same breakdown issues as Polar Express did before.

I’m looking forward to James Cameron’s Avatar, which reportedly will be in Digital 3D. If there is a IMAX Digital 3D venue, I suspect this place will be the one to have this format and movie.

HowardBHaas
HowardBHaas on August 20, 2007 at 11:05 am

2007 photo of the lobby:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/psgambat/800724925/

HowardBHaas
HowardBHaas on August 20, 2007 at 10:29 am

From the Nov 12, 2006 Philadelphia Weekly article by Andrew Repasky McElhinney,
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Best IMAX out of Town
Well, it’s the only IMAX screen out of the city, but the United Artists' King of Prussia 16/United Artists' IMAX offers mainstream Hollywood event movies distorted on an IMAX screen. Hordes flock for the IMAX experience, not understanding that traditional movies gain nothing from being projected on an IMAX screen. Go to the Franklin Institute instead unless the King of Prussia IMAX is demonstrating its distinction as the region’s only showcase of mainstream movies in 3-D. Then it’s worth the trip, but just barely.