U2 3D is a 2008 3D concert film featuring rock band U2 performing during the Vertigo Tour in 2006. The first live-action digital 3D film, it contains performances of 14 songs, including tracks from How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, the album supported by the tour. The concert footage includes political and social statements made during the shows. The project was created to experiment with a new type of 3D film technology pioneered by producer Steve Schklair. After considering shooting American football games in 3D, Schklair's company 3ality Digital decided to create a concert film with U2. The band were hesitant to participate, but agreed to the project mainly as a technological experiment rather than a profit-making venture. Although set in Buenos Aires, U2 3D was shot at seven concerts across Latin America, and two in Australia. After a preview screening at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, U2 3D premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and was released in late January 2008, exclusively in IMAX 3D and digital 3D theaters. It peaked at number 19 at the United States box office, earned over $26 million internationally (ranking as one of the highest-grossing concert films), and won several awards.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1795:

A day after William V, Prince of Orange, fled the Dutch Republic as a result of the Batavian Revolution, the Batavian Republic was established. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batavian_Republic

1853:

Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il trovatore was first performed at the Teatro Apollo in Rome. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il_trovatore

1975:

A magnitude 6.8 Ms earthquake struck northern Himachal Pradesh, India, causing extensive damage to the region. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Kinnaur_earthquake

1983:

The Nazi SS officer Klaus Barbie was arrested in Bolivia, 32 years after the US Army Counterintelligence Corps helped him flee to Argentina. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Barbie

2007:

Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink was assassinated by a Turkish nationalist for his statements on the Armenian Genocide. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Hrant_Dink

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

ascertain: To find out definitely; to discover or establish. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ascertain

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

By a route obscure and lonely, Haunted by ill angels only, Where an Eidolon, named NIGHT, On a black throne reigns upright, I have reached these lands but newly From an ultimate dim Thule — From a wild weird clime that lieth, sublime, Out of SPACE — out of TIME. --Edgar Allan Poe https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe