IMAX: Journey to Mecca
Starting from the 26th of March The Scientific Center will be playing the new IMAX film called Journey to Mecca. I first heard about this movie from a blogger called Ahmad who posted about his experience on the movie set as a camera assist. Well the movie is now completed and it will be premiering in Kuwait on Thursday. Here is the synopsis I was sent:
Journey to Mecca is an IMAX dramatic and documentary feature that tells the amazing story of Ibn Battuta, the greatest explorer of the Old World, following his first pilgrimage between 1325 and 1326 from Tangier to Mecca. His perilous journey resonates with adventure while presenting an unforgettable picture of Islamic civilization during the 14th century, culminating with Ibn Battuta’s first Hajj. The story is book-ended by a close-up look at the contemporary Hajj, a pilgrimage to Mecca that draws three million Muslims from around the world. English narration of the film is done by Ben Kingsley, the acclaimed and internationally renowned actor.
I was also sent a timetable for the movie times which you can download as a pdf by clicking [Here]
Here is a link to the trailer. [Link]
The price of the ticket is KD3 for adults and KD2 for children.
I’ve never been to an IMAX movie yet but one movie I do want to watch that luckily is still playing at The Scientific Center is Fires of Kuwait. I’ve been wanting to watch the documentary ever since it got released back in 1992 and I still haven’t watched it!
Thanks Hind!
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24 Comments, add your own...
1. Remote Control | March 24th, 2009 at 9:54 pm
Fires of Kuwait is nice. We had it when it first came out on the Laser Disc but I’m sure it will be ten times better on the imax.
2. Sn3a | March 24th, 2009 at 10:49 pm
it looks intresting
my father talked about it today
3. Bu Yousef | March 25th, 2009 at 12:54 am
Sounds great.
Fires of Kuwait is a good film. You “feel” the heat of the fires!
Thanks
4. Marzouq | March 25th, 2009 at 1:02 am
I seriously gotta go check out that IMAX theoter!
5. MBH | March 25th, 2009 at 9:33 am
My buddy Ahmad was really excited about this project so I’m sure it’s well worth it!
As for the documentary Fires of Kuwait: I have grown so much respect to Hungarians after watching that documentary. Watch it and you’ll know why.
6. Abdulrahman | March 25th, 2009 at 10:01 am
it sounds great
7. Tayaran | March 25th, 2009 at 10:59 am
Sorry to be off topic… check out the link below. I use IE V6 at work. I have FireFox at home, I don’t remember if the ads are showing up where they need to be with Firefox. I’ll let you know.
Ads look good in the main page but once you go to a single post, they get screwed up or did you do that on purpose? Again, that’s on IE V6.
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/777/adsr.png
8. cajie | March 25th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
I’ve watched so many IMAX movies there; but the one I always wanted to watch (Fires of Kuwait) simply seems to elude me.
9. Senorita | March 25th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
Off topic, I know
but this is for you… you hamburger lover :-P
http://boredq8i.blogspot.com/2009/03/are-hamburgers-really-that-greasy.html
10. bO_s3ayD | March 25th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
man you’ve never been to an imax movie before? are you kidding me?
I advice you to go, its a very nice experience that makes you ‘feel’ like you’re in the movie. I’ve seen many movies in Kuwait’s Imax cinema, the last one about Ocean dinosaurs called Ocean Odyssey.
11. bo9agr | March 25th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
this video might be useful:
http://www.kockw.com/Video%20Gallery/Oil%20Well%20Fires/Kuwait_Bringing_Back_the_Sun_(English).wmv
it’s an old video produced by Kuwait Oil Company.
12. Intlxpatr | March 25th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
The Fires of Kuwait is awesome. You don’t just feel the fire, you are deafened by it. When you come out, you have a thorough appreciation of how tough that time in Kuwait was.
13. CHELSEAAAA | March 25th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
my friends sister is the co-producer ( ALZAIN SABAH NASSER AL SABAH ;) free tickets :P
15. Jacques in the Box | March 26th, 2009 at 5:35 am
Is Journey to Mecca open for non Moslems too?
16. radiant guy | March 26th, 2009 at 11:03 am
I’ve never been to IMAX before, and I really wanna watch Fires of Kuwait too…Maybe we should go together :P
17. MBH | March 26th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
Jacques in the Box, documentaries are not restricted to certain religions :)
Anyone is free to watch it.
18. shaikha | March 28th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
guys you have to watch it, really worth it .. I went yesterday it was amazing !!
19. ahmadTV | March 31st, 2009 at 12:18 am
Sorry I for the late post, Thanks for the link Mark !
I hope you see the movie its a good one !
20. When a Man Loves a Man | April 1st, 2009 at 9:14 pm
Can’t wait to go watch it myself! The guys at the Scientific Centre should realize they are on to a good thing and start marketing bottled Zamzam water and Mecca Cola to mark the screening of the Journey to Mecca.
Peace
21. Let's Go Goji | April 2nd, 2009 at 5:55 am
Speaking of marketing gimmicks the Awkaf Affairs dudes should put up a tent outside the theatre selling among other things white umbrellas, and abridged versions of the Holy Book ( preferably translated into English as well) which you can take with you when you do the real thing. Equally, a concession for ihrams would be fantastic.
22. Shanneh | April 7th, 2009 at 10:21 am
For anyone who has seen it, could you please tell me if the Audio is in English or Arabic? If Arabic, are there English subtitles?
(The reason I ask is that the trailer on the Kuwait Scientific Center website is in Arabic.)
Thx!
23. bago0osha | April 14th, 2009 at 9:40 am
Journey to mecca is a veryyy good movie I really enjoyed it. But saddly the
Poor guy who played ibun batoota died in a car acciedint before the priemere of the movie :(
24. teach | April 26th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
Saw it last week- great movie and really interesting. i learned a few things. RIP leading actor.
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