Barco D-Cine Premiere® Digital Cinema Projector selected to screen Star Wars Episode II “Attack of the Clones” at the 2002 Festival du Cannes
In a significant ‘first’ for the world of Digital Cinema Star Wars Episode II - Attack of the Clones is to be screened digitally at the Cannes Film Festival.
The screening will be made using the latest generation DLP Cinema™ technology from Barco Digital Cinema.
Working closely with the CST and the Lucasfilm THX organisation, Barco has provided it’s THX approved Barco D-Cine Premiere® Digital Cinema projector for the many rigorous trials on the Lumiere theatre’s 18m screen for several weeks to ensure a benchmark quality Digital movie presentation in what is predicted to be one of the early highlights of the Festival schedule.
As Alain Remond, General Manager of Barco France, and the company’s closest ally in it’s relationship with the CST comments “ George Lucas’s decision to screen Star Wars Episode II digitally at the festival du Cannes is another landmark in Lucasfilm’s total commitment to Digital Cinema. Barco Digital Cinema is honoured to have been selected to be part of this historic event”
The movie, using the Barco D-Cine Premiere digital projector, is scheduled to screen in the Festivals premiere Lumiere Theatre in the Palais de Congress on the 17th May.
About Barco Digital Cinema
Barco Digital Cinema, a part of Barco Projection, is one of only two active licensees of Texas Instruments DLP Cinema™ technology. TI developed DLP Cinema™ technology working in close co-operation with Barco and other the players in the movie industry, to develop Cinema Projector and support systems based on DMD™ technology, to meet the requirement of studios, film distributors and exhibitors alike.
Barco is headquarters in Kortrijk, Belgium and has three key activities. BarcoProjection is in various markets of large screen visualization. BarcoView develops and manufactures display systems for life critical applications, while BarcoVision is in systems for visual inspection and quality control.
