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User Rating:
6.4/10   98 votes
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Director:
Ben Stassen
Writers:
Kurt Frey (writer)
Ben Stassen (writer)
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Release Date:
11 July 1997 (USA) more
Genre:
Adventure | Documentary | Short more
Tagline:
Coaster to Coaster Fun!
Plot:
How to create the imagination of movement for fun parks is the theme of this documentary. Although engineers try and try to create machines that shake... more | add synopsis
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User Reviews:
A Great DOCUMENTARY more (3 total)

Cast

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Paul Harper ... The Miner / LeRoy

Cassandra Peterson ... Herself (as Elvira)

Harry Shearer ... Narrator (voice)
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
38 min
Country:
Belgium | USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.44 : 1 more
Certification:
Norway:7 | USA:G
Filming Locations:
Busch Gardens - McKinley Drive, Tampa, Florida, USA more
Company:
New Wave International more

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Features This Is Cinerama (1952) more

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2 out of 2 people found the following review useful.
A Great DOCUMENTARY, 25 June 2002
Author: Opie-7 from Charleston, SC

First off, "Thrill Ride", like many other IMAX movies, is a DOCUMENTARY. In my opinion, "Thrill Ride" was a great DOCUMENTARY. It talks about the progress of amusement park rides and the creation of flight simulators. It takes you on a rollercoaster, and some simulated rides.

But I keep hearing people complain that it wasn't the "WHITE KNUCKLE" movie experience that they expected to see. The title itself, "Thrill Ride: THE SCIENCE OF FUN" is a dead giveaway that the movie is about the science of thrill rides, thus a DOCUMENTARY.

Overall, the images were outstanding, the narration was boring, the sound was great, and the "prospector" tour-guide was annoying, but funny.

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