Wowed by the terracotta warriors

"It is an all-China-oriented project. You may see the documentary on the television, but they never see it in large-format 3D," he said. "This is the next best thing to being there, if you cannot go to Xi'an to see the Terracotta Warriors. We also have very unique footage as well."

Melton said "this film, like the country, is a visual sensation. It is the first giant-screen production to utilize Sony's new 8K image processing workfl ow. The result is stunning footage of unparalleled quality - precisely what the giant screen medium prescribes."

"From a 2,000-year-old archaeological dig twice the size of a soccer field to the vast countryside and craggy peaks of rural China, to the ultramodern Pudong district of Shanghai at night," was how Melton described the film's scope.

Melton said he is a "big fan" of 3D. "The IMAX 3D immerses people into the story, the environment and the people in a way that no other media can," he said.

(IMAX is a 70 millimeter film format that can record and display images of much greater size and resolution than regular film systems).