Impressive footage shows how a collector restores old film reels with delicate craftsmanship. The man carefully trims the film strips and skillfully reassembles them into a small white frame. He ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The rare 70mm IMAX film reel for "Oppenheimer" has been damaged, prompting digital projections to be shown until the reel can be repaired. Celebration Cinema North, which ...

The movie is set to run in 30 IMAX theaters, and the reel of 70mm film is a whopping 11 miles long, Nolan told The Associated Press. It also weighs 600 pounds.

The sheer size of the film reel prompted Nolan to ask IMAX if it could even fit into their film projectors. "I went to them, and I said, "Okay, I've got a 180-page script.