Wired to Win: Surviving the Tour de France

[RABUBI]

I see this is supposed to be at IMAX this year, has anyone this?

 

Wired to Win: Surviving the Tour de France takes viewers on a spellbinding ride, seamlessly melding state-of-the-art computer animation of the human brain with the first-ever giant screen film footage of the legendary Tour de France. This unprecedented giant screen film experience brings together the excitement of world-class sport and the frontiers of science, inspiring and entertaining audiences around the world.

The Tour de France - a grueling 3-week battle where elite athletes risk it all in pursuit of victory, fame and, in some rare cases, a place in the annals of cycling history. The stage for this event? The spectacular landscape of France - the towering mountains of the Alps, the broad urban avenues of Paris, and the knotted villages of Provence. The film puts audiences face-to-face with these fierce competitors as they survive hair-raising crashes, battle each other - and themselves - up storied mountain passes, and navigate action-packed descents down treacherous mountain roads at speeds over 100 kilometers an hour.

How do they do it? Any why? Against the spectacle of the Tour, Wired to Win probes the source of ambition and ability... excellence and desire... through the wonder of the human brain. Wired to Win will expose millions of viewers to a new age of medical science as we discover the dynamic nature of the human brain and its incredible ability to adapt and respond to the world - neuron by neuron, network by network. Through the eyes of the film's heroes, audiences will learn of the incredible demands of the Tour, and the remarkable ability of the human brain. Through this unique film experience, audiences of all ages will come to realize that they too can tap into the incredible source of power and achieve the remarkable.

[Cruxpearl]

Shouldn't it be called:

 

Doped to Win: Surviving the Tour de France on EPO???

[Spinnekop]

I am also on the lookout for it......have not seen anything.....

[Grantc]

Saw it in Durban - Primary focus of the show is how the brain functions in a cyclist.

The IMAX camera certainly gives one a true perspective wrt the size and steepness of the Alps and the Pyranees (sp).

Worth watching

[bikemonster]

Shouldn't it be called:

 

Doped to Win: Surviving the Tour de France on EPO???

 

Far from it - the entire movie had to be re-edited after Tyler Hamilton was bust.  The original "plot" had been on his epic TdF ride with a broken clavicle (or, if you prefer the Phil & Paul pronunciation, clavicule).

 

The producers figured that if TH, after being bust, was the focus (ha ha!) of the movie, the box office would suffer.

 

[RABUBI]

It is supposed to start showing at menlyn, but dont know when.

[smallrebel]

Is there still an Imax in CT?

[gasant112]

Sorry CT boys ...I called the Durban IMAX...Cape Town closed...Wired to Win is off the circuit...yinnnnnne haatie tamaaties

[RABUBI]

Feedback from Menly IMAX:

 

Good day,

 

Thank you for your interest in the IMAX Theatre in Menlyn Park Shopping Centre. 

 

Wired to Win starts to the public on 24 November 2006.

 

Please contact our ticket office at 012 - 368 1186/8 for any booking, upcoming films and film schedule information.

 

Kind regards,

[pererace70]

Think that they'll release it on DVD?

[linnega]

Large format IMAX is probably not that well suited to DVD.  It is a good watch - especially when you get to see roads that you hav ridden.

 

The main focus is on Jimmy Casper (2x lanterne rouge) and to a lesser extent some of his FDJ teammates.

[IanJ]

Feedback from Menly IMAX:

 

Good day' date='

 

Thank you for your interest in the IMAX Theatre in Menlyn Park Shopping Centre. 

 

Wired to Win starts to the public on 24 November 2006.

 

Please contact our ticket office at 012 - 368 1186/8 for any booking, upcoming films and film schedule information.

 

Kind regards,

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Bad timing, they should have released it over the weekend of the 94.7. Missed it by 5 days.