Hanks movie goes '4-D'

2009-11-04 20:13

Tom Hanks is promising war realism in his new movie. (AP)

New Orleans - Tom Hanks is scheduled to be here when the National World War II Museum in New Orleans debuts the war film he produced to immerse audiences with all their senses in key battles.

The movie Beyond All Boundaries will be shown exclusively at the museum's new Victory Theatre, which includes elements billed as "4-D" such as wind and shaking seats to accent vintage footage from Pearl Harbour and the Battle of the Bulge playing on a 37 metre wide screen.

The theatre was built for the film as part of a $300m expansion of the museum that is expected to continue through 2015.

Two other museum additions - a canteen that will feature musical revues inspired by USO-style productions and a restaurant called The American Sector - are also opening on Friday.

- AP

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