Imax® Theatre At The Minnesota Zoo Teams Up With Great Clips® As Official Theatre Sponsor

Theatre Now Officially Great Clips® IMAX® Theatre at the Minnesota Zoo

APPLE VALLEY, MINNESOTA (Wednesday, October 26, 2005) - Effective immediately, the IMAX® Theatre at the Minnesota Zoo will be officially known as the Great Clips® IMAX® Theatre at the Minnesota Zoo. IMAX® and Great Clips®, North America's premiere no-appointment hair salon brand based in Edina, agreed to a naming rights partnership.

"Great Clips® new partnership with the IMAX® Theatre at the Minnesota Zoo is a giant step forward," said David Randall, Senior Marketing Manager for Great Clips. "By associating Great Clips® with one of the most widely respected entertainment brands that represents high quality, out-of-home, wholesome family-oriented entertainment experiences, we are achieving our common goal of delivering high quality experiences to our community."

"We are elated to partner with a local brand that reaches out to our core audience. Together, we look forward to growing our businesses and contributing productively to the communities in our midst," said Karin Snortland, Theatre Director for the Great Clips® IMAX® Theatre at the Minnesota Zoo. "We believe that with Great Clips as the theatre sponsor, combined with a slate of powerful films, both digitally re-mastered Hollywood films and entertaining documentaries, this theatre will serve as the premium entertainment destination in our region."

The Great Clips® IMAX® Theatre is located at the entrance to the Minnesota Zoo at 12000 Zoo Boulevard in Apple Valley. For information on tickets and showtimes, please visit www.imax.com/minnesota or call (952) 431-IMAX (4629).

About The Great Clips® IMAX® Theatre at the Minnesota Zoo

The 600-seat Great Clips® IMAX® Theatre is the finest movie theatre in the Midwest. The theatre shows films created in the world's most advanced film formats, IMAX®, IMAX® 3D and IMAX DMR®. IMAX®, which stands for MAXIMUM IMAGE, is the world's largest film format, with each film frame ten times larger than 35mm film and triple the size of standard 70mm. The Great Clips® IMAX® Theatre at the Minnesota Zoo features the largest screen in the Upper Midwest, measuring 63 by 86 feet, equivalent to nearly seven stories high.

IMAX®, IMAX® 3D, IMAX DMR® and The IMAX Experience® are trademarks of IMAX® Corporation. More information on the company can be found at www.imax.com.

About Great Clips®

Great Clips®, Inc., headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, is one of the nation's largest franchisors in the $50-billion hair care industry. Established in 1982, Great Clips® perfected a system for delivering competitively priced, high quality haircuts and perms to men, women and children. The company began franchising in 1983, and today, nearly 2,500 Great Clips salons operate in 140+ markets across the U.S. and Canada.

For more information about Great Clips® or to find a Great Clips® salon near you, visit www.greatclips.com.

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