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“’The Art of FLIGHT’ is the perfect vehicle to showcase Dolby’s innovative technology in both audio and imaging,” said Angus McGilpin, Creative Director, Dolby Laboratories. “We’re looking forward to working with the team at Brain Farm Digital Cinema to bring out the film’s dramatic feel and stunning imagery through completely immersive surround sound and providing the cleanest, clearest visuals possible.”

The final sound mix for “The Art of FLIGHT” will be done at the famous Skywalker Ranch near San Francisco. Skywalker Sound, founded by George Lucas, is one of the largest, most versatile full-service post-production facilities in the world with 18 Academy Awards® to show for their work. Dolby will mix the film for optimal play with separate home, video and theatrical mixes. The Blu-ray™ version of “The Art of FLIGHT” will be mastered in 7.1 surround sound using Dolby TrueHD, a lossless multi-channel audio technology.

Dolby will do the final color grading using its latest video technology, the PRM-4200 Professional Reference Monitor. The award-winning Professional Reference Monitor was used on numerous high-profile projects this past year, including “The Social Network” and the 4K re-mastering of “Apocalypse Now.”

“The Art of FLIGHT” global screening tour will benefit from Dolby’s digital cinema package file including the Dolby Screen Server DSS200 and Dolby CP750 Cinema Sound Processor, as used in major theater chains. The world premiere for “The Art of FLIGHT” will be at New York City’s Beacon Theatre on September 7th. The film comes to Blu-ray™, DVD and iTunes the following day, September 8, 2011. Tickets for the global screening tour, the first and second trailer and more are now online, ArtofFLIGHTmovie.com.