IMAX released a “Behind the Frame” featurette for Gravity, where director Alfonso Cuaron and his NASA consultants discussed the intense preparation they went through to deliver a film experience like none other. Cuaron also talked about drawing a lot of his story/imagery from the IMAX 3D documentary Hubble 3D, where seven astronauts aboard space shuttle Atlantis attempt to repair the Hubble Space telescope.
There’s some pretty cool new footage that’s shown as well, so check out the featurette below:
Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky (George Clooney) in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone–tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth…and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. But the only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space.
Gravity, which was directed by Alfonso Cuaron, hit theaters October 4th, and stars Sandra Bullock and George Clooney.
Source: IMAX
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