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When Amusement Parks Go to the Movies

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Movies have inspired rides, rides have inspired movies -- but has the line between the two shifted?

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Posted May 11th, 2009, 10:05 AM by Alison Willmore

Theme park rides have inspired movies, and movies have provided the inspiration for rides, but with recent theatrical releases getting gussied up with 3-D, IMAX and rumbling seats, has the line between the two shifted? This week on the IFC News podcast, we look at the changing relationship between amusement park attractions and event movies.

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