Hundreds Flock to Glimpse Brave New World of Cinema Technology 15- Minute Teaser Offers Preview of Pioneering Film-Making Techniques 15- Minute Teaser Offers Preview of Pioneering Film-Making Techniques Cinema

The Herald › August 22, 2009

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HUNDREDS of Scottish film fans yesterday flocked to see a 15- minute trailer for a science-fiction thriller that will not be on public release until Christmas.

The anticipation and hype surrounding the movie Avatar, written and directed by James Cameron and starring Sigourney Weaver and Sam Worthington, is such that three cinemas in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen arranged showings of the clip for people who won tickets in an online competition.

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Hundreds Flock to Glimpse Brave New World of Cinema Technology 15- Minute Teaser Offers Preview of Pioneering Film-Making Techniques 15- Minute Teaser Offers Preview of Pioneering Film-Making Techniques Cinema

Cameron has not directed a full-length feature film since winning 11 Oscars, including best director, with his 1997 epic Titanic, which made a star of Kate Winslet.

It uses new techniques that are said to bring audiences not just closer to the picture, l...

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