Watchmen

As the hand on the Doomsday Clock moves closer to midnight, prepare yourself for the launch of Watchmen on the world's largest screen at IMAX Sydney. The IMAX Experience will debut concurrently with the nationwide 35mm release from Paramount Pictures on March 5.

From Zach Snyder the visionary director behind blockbuster film '300' comes a complex, multi-layered mystery adventure. This pulse-pounding odyssey - an adaptation of the celebrated graphic novel - combines breathtaking visuals and evocative music with a multi-layered story that makes it a cinematic experience unlike anything ever before experienced.

Mark Bretherton, Chief Executive Officer, IMAX Theatre Sydney comments "The simultaneous IMAX release of Watchmen will allow audiences to celebrate one of the most anticipated and polarised films of the year in an exciting event format,

"The film has been digitally re-mastered into the unparalleled image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience® through IMAX DMR® (Digital Re-mastering) technology. With crystal clear, larger than life images and state-of-the-art digital surround sound, IMAX creates an environment that puts audiences in the movie."

Watchmen presents a grittier vision of superheroes - each character in the film possess human flaws and strengths individually: Rorschach, a hard-core, uncompromising vigilante, goes looking for the truth behind the murder of one of the costumed heroes, but uncovers a conspiracy to drag the world closer to its own end. Playing the masked adventurers - or "Masks" - is an acclaimed ensemble of hot, young actors, including Malin Akerman as Laurie, aka Silk Spectre II; Billy Crudup as Jon Osterman, aka Dr. Manhattan; Matthew Goode as Adrian Veidt, aka Ozymandias; Carla Gugino as Sally Jupiter, aka Silk Spectre; Jackie Earle Haley as Walter Kovacs, aka Rorschach; Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Edward Blake, aka The Comedian; and Patrick Wilson as Dan Dreiberg, aka Nite Owl II.

Set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the Doomsday Clock-which charts the USA's tension with the Soviet Union-moves closer to midnight. When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the outlawed but no less determined masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes.

As he reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion-a disbanded group of retired superheroes, only one of whom has true powers-Rorschach glimpses a wide-ranging and disturbing conspiracy with links to their shared past and catastrophic consequences for the future. Their mission is to watch over humanity...but who is watching the Watchmen?

"IMAX Sydney will give fans the opportunity to experience this exhilarating film in an unforgettably unique and immersive way", concludes Bretherton.

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