“We are paving new territory here. No museum in America, perhaps the world, had put a story of this scope into this kind of a multi-sensory for the cinematic experience.” ~ Dr. Gordon “Nick” Mueller, National WWII Museum Founder

“There is a dazzling new addition to the National WWII Museum. Beyond All Boundaries is a smashing film on a large screen about what the WWII experience was like.”
~ Tom Brokaw

“I've seen it in every mock version. To finally see it fill up the space was great.”
~ Tom Hanks, Executive Producer, Narrator

“You’re playing with people’s senses throughout the entire experience,”
~ Bob Farnsworth, Senior Vice president of Capital Projects, National WWII Museum.

“It’s huge. It’s so great for this city. It’s such a tribute to the extraordinary men and women who have fought and died for this country. It’s such a moving day.”
~ Actress and New Orleans native, Patricia Clarkson

“Beneath all the multisensory whiz-bangery, behind the smoke, the simulated snow, the special effects, the World War II Museum's new Beyond All Boundaries is, at its root, a documentary about World War II - a film on the war's cause, its execution, its tragic toll. At 30 minutes long, there's room for it to be more in-depth. But more impactful? More emotional? Not likely.”
~ Mike Scott, The Times-Picayune

“8 Reasons to go to New Orleans Now… #1 You’ve probably never seen a museum orientation film like ‘Beyond All Boundaries,’ the 4-D flick playing in the new Victory Theater at the city’s ever-growing National World War II Museum...In [the] future, all history will be taught this way.”
~ David Landsel & Lorin Gaudin, New York Post

“This is quite a deal,” said WWII Veterian Peter Vandyke, 91.“It's nice to know there'll be something to remember when we're all gone.”
~ The Canadian Press

“It’s more than a film, it’s an experience. We always hear about ‘The Greatest Generation’, this film gives you the opportunity to hear them. The film literally puts you on the front lines of battle.”
~ Gina Swanson Channel 6 WDSU News – New Orleans

“3 Cool Things About the World War II Museum's New Movie; 1) Hardware pops out from the screen, 2) Historical hyper-accuracy, 3) Special effects delivered to your seat.”
~ Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics

“National World War II Museum rallies the troops, plus Tom Hanks, for premiere - Everyone from war veterans to movie luminaries are rallying today, Nov. 6, in New Orleans to inaugurate the expanded National World War II Museum, which has doubled in size and added a theater with a film experience that promises to plunge visitors into the wartime world, complete with (fake) falling snowflakes, seats that shudder as munitions explode and other special effects.”
~ Jane Engle, assistant Los Angeles Times Travel editor, The Los Angeles Times

“Big Stars in the Big Easy”
~ Gina Swanson, Channel 6 WDSU News – New Orleans

Q. There are over 250 special effects in the film—and in the theater itself—from snow to rattling seats to a watchtower that emerges on the stage. Is there any one in particular that still gives you chills, even though you’ve probably seen the production, what, a thousand times as of now?

A. Tom Hanks - “The use of the pure graphics of planet Earth is impressive to me. They found a way to communicate the scope of where all these things happened. The world is a very big place, and yet it was united and made closer by way of the war. There’s also an image that comes out of the war in Europe in the Battle of the Bulge, in which you can barely make out a very, very cold soldier trying to stay warm as the snow falls in a dark wooded forest. And you think that man looks very lonely and miserable. All that was part of the image.”
~ Janelle Nanos, National Geographic Traveler

“I can’t think of one thing that changed for us more than having Mousetrappe join the team, because I think not only do they bring with them a sense of commitment to the project, but a sense of artistry and creative thinking, and an innovation in how to get a lot of work done in a short period of time in a creative and ‘break all the rules’ ways that without that the project wouldn’t have been possible. It’s an amazing group of talented folk and I look forward to working with them often.”
~ Phil Hettema, Creative Director, The Hettema Group