Destiny in Space is a 70mm American

United States

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 documentary film

Documentary film

Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...

 released to IMAX

IMAX

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 cinemas in 1994. The film is directed in part by Academy Award

Academy Awards

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-winning sound designer Ben Burtt

Ben Burtt

Benjamin "Ben" Burtt, Jr. is an American sound designer who has worked on various films including: the Star Wars and Indiana Jones film series, Invasion of the Body Snatchers , E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial , and WALL-E...

, and is narrated by Leonard Nimoy

Leonard Nimoy

Leonard Simon Nimoy is an American actor, film director, poet, musician and photographer. Nimoy's most famous role is that of Spock in the original Star Trek series , multiple films, television and video game sequels....

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The film is a showcase of the daily lives of astronauts in space, as they fix instruments and take measurements. The film includes two space shuttle

Space Shuttle

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 launches and several cargo bay scenes, including an astronaut repairing the Hubble space telescope

Hubble Space Telescope

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. CGI

Computer-generated imagery

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 recreations of the surface of Venus and Mars are also featured. The film looks at the future of human space exploration

Space exploration

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 and what future generations might accomplish in the years to come.

Four filmmakers contributed to directing the film. Director/cinematographer James Neihouse

James Neihouse

James Lawson Neihouse is a United States cinematographer who has been involved with many of the most successful IMAX and IMAX 3D films to date.-Early life:Neihouse was born in Paris, Arkansas...

 was the cinematographer for Blue Planet

Blue Planet (film)

Blue Planet is an IMAX film directed by Ben Burtt, and produced by the IMAX Space Technology corporation for the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum, as well as Lockheed Corporation...

, The Dream Is Alive

The Dream Is Alive

The Dream is Alive is an IMAX movie, released in June 1985, about NASA's Space Shuttle program. The film was narrated by Walter Cronkite, and directed by Graeme Ferguson.-Synopsis:...

, Michael Jordan to the Max

Michael Jordan to the Max

Michael Jordan to the Max is an American documentary released in IMAX in 2000. The film is about the life and career of basketball player Michael Jordan, focusing mainly on him during the 1998 NBA Playoffs...

and other IMAX features. Burtt

Ben Burtt

Benjamin "Ben" Burtt, Jr. is an American sound designer who has worked on various films including: the Star Wars and Indiana Jones film series, Invasion of the Body Snatchers , E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial , and WALL-E...

, aside from his lengthy and impressive list of sound crew credits, directed both Destiny and Blue Planet. Toni Myers edited several IMAX pictures, including L5: First City in Space, Hail Columbia! and others.

DVD

Destiny In Space is presented in 1.33:1 full frame and contains a Dolby Digital

Dolby Digital

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5.1 presentation. A nine minute making-of featurette is included in the extras, with the theatrical trailer and general IMAX trailer.