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Having had the experience of filming other U2 live concerts, including their ZooTV, PopMart and Elevation tours, director Catherine Owens brings an elegant touch to the Vertigo tour. This is what every director (or artist) should strive to achieve. 3D films are making a small comeback (Beowulf), and U2 3D uses that technology to create a destination experience film. Owens enlisted IMAX producers Jon and Peter Shapiro, as well as digital expert Steve Schklair to round out her team. The song list is split evenly (somewhat unwisely) between new songs (such as "Original of the Species" and "Love and Peace or Else") and hits ("Sunday Bloody Sunday" and "With or Without You"), and the synthesis of digital technology is effortless and futuristic, signaling a new era of concert movies. Owens' intimate familiarity with U2 ... brings a lifetime of appreciation to the band's mission.
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The first-ever live-action digital 3-D film, U2 3D is a unique cinematic experience that places viewers within the pulsing energy of a stadium concert given by the world’s most popular band. Marrying innovative digital 3-D imagery and multi-channel surround sound with the excitement of a live U2 concert – shot in South America during the final leg of their “Vertigo” tour – it creates an immersive theatrical experience unlike any 3-D or concert film that has come before. Ushering in a new dimension of filmmaking, U2 3D takes viewers on an extraordinary journey they will never forget.
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This original four-hour U2 event will include a concert film of the band's sold-out Elevation Tour 2001, recorded live in Boston this past June. Other than the limited exhibition on DIRECTV, this long-format version is only available on U2's new DVD. In addition, DIRECTV will premiere more than two hours of additional U2 programming including never-before-seen archived interview footage and music videos.
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U2 3D is a unique cinematic experience that puts viewers within the pulsing energy of a stadium concert given by the world's most popular band. Marrying innovative digital 3D imagery and 5.1 Surround Sound with the excitement of a live U2 concert -- shot in South America during the final leg of their "Vertigo" tour -- it creates an immersive theatrical experience unlike any 3D or concert film that has come before. U2 3D takes viewers on an extraordinary journey they will never forget.
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U2 tickets are at the top of every concertgoers list. Order U2 concert tickets for the summer leg of the band’s widely popular Vertigo tour. There’s no greater venue than a sold-out arena to appreciate the mystique and music of U2. Energized concerts packed with a passion for entertainment and sound were the launching pad early in the career for the boys from Dublin. Now, U2’s Vertigo tour still shows why millions of concert ticket buyers have embraced the band on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Currently, U2 is on tour in North America and Europe throughout 2005 and U2 concert tickets for this tour sold out within minutes... proving their staying power. A 35-year career, with more number one hits than any other rock band, 14 albums and multiple Grammy’s, it is no wonder that U2 is one of the biggest rock bands of this century.
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