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Apple's F1 Movie Returning to Select IMAX Theaters

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Apple today announced that its hit original film F1: The Movie will be re-released in select IMAX theaters around the world, due to popular demand. Tickets are on sale now for select IMAX theaters and showtimes beginning this Friday, August 8, and the film will expand to even more IMAX theaters on Friday, August 15.

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F1: The Movie is a racing movie with a classic underdog story. In the film, Brad Pitt stars as an F1 driver who was an up-and-coming talent in the 1990s, until an accident nearly ended his career. Thirty years later, he is invited to join a former teammate's struggling F1 team, in a last-shot bid to save the team and become the best in the world.

The film is directed by Joseph Kosinski, who is known for other popular action films, including "Tron: Legacy" and "Top Gun: Maverick."


Apple said that the film has grossed more than $550 million at the global box office since its release in late June, making it the highest-grossing film that Pitt has ever been cast in. IMAX viewers can watch the entire film in an ultra-wide aspect ratio.

Standard showings of the film are still ongoing at many theaters too.

F1: The Movie will be available to stream on Apple TV+ at a later date. In the U.S., Apple TV+ costs $9.99 per month, or $99 per year. The streaming service is available through the Apple TV app on a wide variety of devices, and on the web at tv.apple.com, with a free seven-day trial available. Apple TV+ is also included in all Apple One bundles.

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I really enjoyed seeing this on IMAX. Being a race car driver, it did a really good job of recreating the sense of being on a track in an open-wheeled car and the GT3 car. It can't match the excitement of driving a 1985 Toyota Celica GT-S at a 25-hour race at Thunderhill in the 24 Hours of LeMons (we finished 4th), but I suspect that will be Brad Pitt's next project.
 
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I am waiting to watch F1 at home but the basic premise of the movie as stated above is similar to the 1984 movie The Natural with Robert Redford. Pitt would be today’s equivalent on Redford in many ways.
 
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rcread said:
It can't match the excitement of driving a 1985 Toyota Celica GT-S at a 25-hour race at Thunderhill in the 24 Hours of LeMons (we finished 4th), but I suspect that will be Brad Pitt's next project.
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Somehow I would have assumed that as a driver participating in Le Mans you would know how the race is called.
 
athousandbands said:
I’ll never get the appeal of seeing non-IMAX/70mm films all blurry blown up on an IMAX screen
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So rather than “which part was shot on IMAX,” it’s more accurate to say that the entire film was captured using IMAX‑certified miniature cameras in racing scenes, making the whole movie optimized for IMAX.

The footage was presented in a specially crafted IMAX expanded 1.90:1 aspect ratio and a custom IMAX sound mix, giving a fully immersive experience typical of IMAX screenings.

So, bottom line: F1 isn’t partial IMAX—it’s fully IMAX-ready, with immersive racing sequences filmed directly from the driver’s point of view using IMAX-certified cameras.
 
@ due to popular demand

Apparently not in the nation’s capital. I watched the IMAX version in an 11 AM matinee showing (five bucks off as well) and there were only an even dozen people in the theater when the lights were dimmed to show 30 minutes of trailers. A few more people trickled in before the movie started but I’m confident there were no more than two dozen watching the film in its entirety. I couldn’t help but wonder if we even covered the theater’s cost of playing the movie. Maybe the ridiculously expensive popcorn helped.

BTW, the racing scenes are spectacular in IMAX.
 
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Blue Nova said:
So rather than “which part was shot on IMAX,” it’s more accurate to say that the entire film was captured using IMAX‑certified miniature cameras in racing scenes, making the whole movie optimized for IMAX.

The footage was presented in a specially crafted IMAX expanded 1.90:1 aspect ratio and a custom IMAX sound mix, giving a fully immersive experience typical of IMAX screenings.

So, bottom line: F1 isn’t partial IMAX—it’s fully IMAX-ready, with immersive racing sequences filmed directly from the driver’s point of view using IMAX-certified cameras.
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IMAX-ready lol. My point exactly. 6K might as well be 4K on the So Cal mega screens
 
Tr55 said:
I am waiting to watch F1 at home but the basic premise of the movie as stated above is similar to the 1984 movie The Natural with Robert Redford. Pitt would be today’s equivalent on Redford in many ways.
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That's a decent comparison, for sure.
 
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