World's largest screen for Aftershock premiere
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The largest silver screen in the world will be used for the premiere of Chinese director Feng Xiaogang's IMAX disaster film "Aftershock" Monday evening (July 12) in Tangshan, Sina.com.cn reports.
A 33-meter-wide, 15-meter-high silver screen has been set up in Tangshan city, Hebei Province, where the main event of the film - the 7.8-magnitude earthquake in 1976 - occurred.
Huayi Brothers, the film's production company, used two Barco Series II DP2K-32B digital projection machines with the latest model lenses and optics designed to support showings on massive screens. They are upgraded models of the projector used for the premiere of "Avatar", the report says.
The 40-meter-wide and 20-meter-deep stage set with two 25-meter-wide and 17-meter-high LED screens have also been set up along with the huge screen.
The entire cast of the movie will attend the premiere ceremony, including Xu Fan, Zhang Jingchu, Li Chen, Zhang Guoqiang and Chen Daoming.
"The preview in other cities proved the film is very touching," Feng was quoted as saying. "I'm a bit nervous today since the film will be shown to the people of Tangshan. I hope they can recognize it."
The event organizer expects about 15,000 people to attend the premiere and has prepared 20,000 raincoats in case of inclement weather. A team of nearly 1,500 people of policemen, security guards, medical staff, firefighters, volunteers and engineers will be on site at the premiere.
"The premiere ceremony is a salute to the Tangshan people and a remembrance of the 240,000 victims by the 1.3 billion Chinese," said Wang Zhonglei, president of Huayi Brothers. "It also shows respect to the stricken city by its country."
The premiere ceremony will run from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. and be aired on China Central Television's movie channel (CCTV-6) and Phoenix Satellite TV.
