IMAX Theatre Arizona Mills Announces Holiday Films

IMAX Theatre Arizona Mills Brings Magic of the Season to the Big Screen with Two Festive Holiday Films In 3D

TEMPE –All aboard! The holidays are here and this season, IMAX Theatre Arizona Mills has your ticket to the best in holiday films. Beginning Thanksgiving Day – Thursday, Nov. 26 – through Dec. 31, IMAX Theatre Arizona Mills will offer regular showings of the classic The Polar Express: An IMAX 3D Experience and Santa vs. the Snowman 3D on the theater’s larger-than-life screen.

To celebrate the launch of The Polar Express 3D, which is sponsored by Grand Canyon Railway’s presentation of The Polar Express™, the theater will host a pajama party complete with cookies and hot chocolate on Saturday, Nov. 21 at 7 p.m. Families are invited to wear their pajamas to enjoy the season’s first screening of this holiday classic. Just like in the film, each child attending the pajama party will receive his or her own bell. Attendees will also be entered into a drawing to win Polar Express-themed prizes.

Based on the classic Caldecott award-winning children’s book written by Chris Van Allsburg, Polar Express 3D is directed by Oscar® winner Robert Zemeckis and stars two-time Academy Award® winner Tom Hanks. Using state-of-the-art CGI and stop-motion photography to create a unique blend of realism and fantasy, it tells the tale of a doubting young boy who takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole that shows him the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.

The Polar Express 3D will be offered at IMAX Theatre Arizona Mills once a day from Nov. 21 through Nov. 25. Beginning on Thanksgiving Day through the end of the year, the film will be offered at regular scheduled show times. A special Polar Express concession package featuring a cookie, chocolate milk and a bell will be available at the concession stand for $4.50. Guests who wear pajamas to the film will receive a coupon good for $.50 off the Polar Express concession package.

Also opening on Thanksgiving Day is Santa vs. the Snowman 3D – the first ever IMAX animated holiday feature. In the film, tradition is turned on its head when an innocent and lovable Snowman discovers Santa’s Village and reaches in the workshop window to pick up a shiny, new flute. What ensues is an all-out, riotous battle for Christmas, with the Snowman and his minions squaring off against Santa and his elf army for the rights to the worldwide gift delivery franchise of the jolly man in red. Combining the off-the-wall humor of Steve Oedekerk, the Academy Award® nominated creator/producer of Jimmy Neutron with the Academy Award® winning IMAX technology results in a film as funny as it is visually stunning.

Special engagement admission prices apply for Polar Express 3D: adult, $14.50; senior, $12.50; child, $11.50 (children 12 and under; children under two are free when sitting on an adult’s lap).

The cost for Santa vs, the Snowman is: adult, $9.75, senior, $8.75; child, $7.75 (children 12 and under; children under two are free when sitting on an adult’s lap). Or, with a paid ticket to Polar Express 3D, guests can purchase a ticket to Santa vs. the Snowman for only $5 per person!

Published on behalf of IMAX Theatre Arizona Mills
Founded in 1967, IMAX Corporation is one of the world’s leading entertainment technology companies and the newest distribution window for Hollywood films. IMAX has been an integral part of the Arizona community for 18 years and the IMAX Theatre Arizona Mills has been open for 11 years.  For more information, visit www.imax.com/tempe or call 480.897.IMAX.

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