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SCHOOL TRIPS TO THE MOVIES

Complete your academic year with an edu-taining field trip.

Groups can enjoy the newest releases as well as select titles from our educational library of films – a great school or camp field trip option! 

Want to experience these films to the fullest? 

See more, feel more and hear more in IMAX and XPlus. Ask us about these premium format experiences, available at select locations. Check out our selection of IMAX’s award-winning documentaries.  Take your students and campers on adventures to new worlds – from the depths of the ocean to the outer reaches of space, all with larger-than life scope and detail. Book your immersive IMAX experience today.

IMAX® films available for group rentals

Pandas in IMAX
Voyage of TIme
Asteroid Hunter
Beautiful Planet
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Browse our films available for field trips in 2D

National Parks Adventure

Academy Award  Winner, Robert Redford, narrates MacGillivray Freeman Film’s newest documentary
“NATIONAL PARKS ADVENTURE” Commemorating the U.S. National Park Service’s 100 Year Anniversary on the Giant Screen

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National Parks Adventure

Ancient Caves

Visually stunning Ancient Caves takes audiences on an epic science adventure to the most beautiful and remote caves around the world. Giant screen documentary narrated by actor Bryan Cranston searches for clues to the planet’s climate history while allowing viewers to experience for the first-time caves that most will never see in their lifetimes.

Ancient caves narrated by Brian Cranston

Into America's Wild

Step off the beaten path and connect to your inner trailblazer in this new adventure of the natural world. Starting at Oregon's stunning coast, explore the scenic byways, ancient homelands and many other wonderful natural scenarios.

MacGillivray Freeman's Into America's Wild

Great Barrier Reef

Grab your mask and snorkel and come on an unforgettable adventure! Great Barrier Reef captures the natural beauty and exquisite strangeness of the world’s largest living wonder and introduces us to the visionaries and citizen scientists who are helping us better understand this awesome, bizarre, and vibrant living world.

Great Barrier Reef

America's Musical Journey

Discover how people from America’s diverse cultures created the electrifying genres of Jazz, blues, rock and roll and country, and how those styles have evolved today in America’s Musical Journey

MacGillivray Freeman's America's Musical Journey

Dream Big

For the first time on the giant screen, explore the human ingenuity behind engineering marvels big and small in Dream Big Film.

Dream Big

Great Bear Rainforest

Experience one of the planet’s most exquisite and secluded wildernesses – Canada’s Great Bear Rainforest.  From the underwater ocean world, through the salmon river valleys to the ice-capped peaks of the Coast Mountains, journey into a land of grizzlies, coastal wolves, sea otters and humpback whales – and discover the secret world of the Spirit Bear.

Great Bear Rainforest

Humpback Whales

Narrated by Ewan McGregor, Humpback Whales is an extraordinary journey into the mysterious world of one of nature’s most awe-inspiring marine mammals. Set in the spectacular waters of Alaska, Hawaii and the remote islands of Tonga, this ocean adventure offers audiences an up-close look at how these whales communicate, sing, feed, play and take care of their young.

Humpback Whales

The Search for Life in Space

Are we alone in the universe? Thanks to a new brand of science, astrobiology, we’re much more likely to find out. The Search for Life in Space, reveals that we are closer than ever before to finding life elsewhere in the universe.  The film offers new insight into possible life-sustaining worlds, from Mars and the icy moons of Jupiter and Saturn to planets beyond our Solar System.

The Search for Life in Space

Hidden Universe

Stunning, high-resolution images of space allow moviegoers to explore the earliest galaxies, watch stars being born in vivid clouds of gas and dust, tour the surface of Mars, and witness images of distant celestial structures including stunning views of the Sun.   These dramatic new images offer fresh insight into the origins and evolution of the universe.

Hidden Universe

Curated Movies

Choose from our selection of literary classics, documentaries and educational movies for your school outing. Our educational films include: Apollo 13, Harriet, Pride & Prejudice, Ray, Seabiscuit, Theory of Everything, Till and To Kill a Mockingbird.

Apollo 13
Harriet
Pride & Prejudice
Ray
Seabiscuit
Theory of Everything
Till
To Kill a Mockingbird

School & Camp Group Private Rental FAQ's

The field trip program is designed to open theatres, in the morning, for school groups and youth organizations.  Movie start times are typically between 10:00am and 10:30am and based on availability.

No, while the auditorium will not be available to the general public, other school groups may be combined, if seat count permits.

We require a minimum between 60-75 people (based on location).

If you have a smaller school or camp group, we may be able to combine your group with another group, provided seating is available.

Our preferred method of payment for school field trips are Debit/Credit through our convenient online portal. In event a check is absolutely necessary, a Group Sales representative will offer further instruction.

Schools & Camps groups can choose from movies that are currently playing or from a selection of curated movie titles based on availability. Our Group Sales representative will work with you on film selection.

If school is cancelled or delayed due to weather, we certainly would not expect your group to be at the theatre.  While we do not offer refunds, we will re-schedule your field trip as quickly as possible.  We cannot guarantee the same film will be available for your rescheduled date.  Contact your Showcase Group Sales Representative to reschedule your field trip.

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