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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 25, 1997
Harry C Corbin, Orlando, FL (US);
Jim Crossley, New Windsor, NY (US);
Nicholas H Drobnis, Universal City, CA (US);
Fred Gallo, Jr, Poundridge, NY (US);
James M Lehner, New Windsor, NY (US);
Harry E Largman, Orlando, FL (US);
John Leisner, Universal City, CA (US);
Frank Masi, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Edward S Newquist, Glendale, CA (US);
Universal Studios, Inc., Universal City, CA (US);
Abstract
A film to live-action theater includes a screen facing an audience seating area. The screen has exit and entrance openings and movable panels to open and close off the openings. A screen elevator lifts the screen from a lowered position, wherein the entrance and exit openings are concealed behind a stage, to an up position, to allow an actor and/or a prop to move through the openings. The audience views a film presentation projected onto the lowered screen. At a predetermined time, the screen is quickly raised and a live actor and/or a prop move through the screen to a front stage area, on a track. The opening of the door panels is preferably partially concealed through special effects such as fog or lighting. As the film presentation is preferably made with three dimensional film technology, the audience perceives a film-to-live transition.