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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9780767849456
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0767849450
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: IMAX
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 14, 2000
Running Time: 38 minutes
Sales Rank: 64520
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: July 11, 1997
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
This imax spectacular explorew how science and technology have combined to create exciting rides like the roller coaster whose intense feeling engineers have not been able to duplicate. Special features: interactive & animated menus talent files with soundbites scene selections trailers and much more. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 12/21/2004 Run time: 40 minutes Rating: G
Amazon.com:
Ever since a daring fellow in France constructed the first rudimentary roller coaster nearly 200 years ago, people have eagerly sought thrills and chills on the most frightening rides they could find. Featured in this video are the royalty of today's white-knuckle adventure rides, including high-tech roller coasters in Tampa's Busch Gardens and the Big Shot ride in Las Vegas which magnifies its intensity by being perched atop a skyscraper. Originally filmed in 70mm, the footage of the rides is intense even on the small screen. But the video loses velocity during segments explaining how the technology of thrill rides has merged with movie special effects, and the video never fully recovers from the uneven pacing. The material covered is consistently interesting, but there's no escaping the reality that explanations of how rides are conceived are no substitute for the fun of the rides themselves. But if the video never fully lives up to the promise of its first several minutes, there are still scenes in the video that are heart-stopping, and it does provide an entertaining look at the science of thrill rides. --Robert J. McNamara
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Great fun to be learned by all!
Thrill Ride is educational, while still living up to its name. Having enjoyed this while it was in IMAX theaters, I was extremely excited to see it on the small screen. Be warned, though, that if you view it on a large enough screen, you're likely to be pretty nauseous by the end. Even on a 19" screen you will still feel your stomach jerked this way and that. After the IMAX experience, it was a few hours before I recovered. Who knew nausea could be so fun?
A history of thrill rides, ... Read More
Rating:  - Roller cosster Expirience...
A Very nice experience for those who love roller coasters with explanation of the "fun" idea. You'll find here some of the best roller coaster in the world and even experience a little feeling like being on theme for real :)
Ran
Rating: - Media Tech for Students and ahem Older Community
Just saw this on video from library and ordered DVD from Amazon. The best media experiences lately both entertain and educate, if subtly. Think back to "Back to the Future" which Michael J. Fox described as "a comedy-action-fantasy-adventure-coming-of-age film", and "a very life-affirming story about relationships, as well as a 'what if?' movie which audiences love"
I rate "Thrill Ride" high because of its value to "edutain" high school students I am working with who are interested in media ... Read More
Rating:  - Fabulous Movie
This is a fabulous IMAX movie about Motion Simulators. It would be of great interest to those who do 3D Computer Graphics programming, and looking for some great project idea for their course.
Rating: - An uninteresting disappointment
Thrill Ride The Science of Fun is a movie made for the IMAX theater, focusing on thrill rides. This is a boring, uninteresting film that gives a one-sided view of today's thrill rides. The producers of Thrill Ride think that the only type of thrill rides available today are motion simulators, and they are convinced that simulators are able to live up to real thrill rides, and may someday be the only type of thrill ride available. 32 out of 40 minutes are spent covering simulator rides. Unfortunately, ... Read More
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