I think it’s a digital download these days.
I downloaded it once but lost it when my hard-drive crashed.
The director is Mike Judge, the man behind Beavis & Buthead. Funny thing is, he’s conservative in his outlook; kind of a conservative elitist. One of the running jokes on Beavis & Buthead was how those 2 14-year old somewhat unfortunate human beings were always indulged by others in society & given the benefit of the doubt. Idiocracy projected this fear of the dumbing down of America to the future.
Most theater screens are still projected with film, although digital is catching on; distribution costs are virtually zero compared with film, and a theater can get a movie overnight over the internet or in a day or two on special theater-format DVDs.
Texas Instruments seems to be leading the market for theatrical digital projectors with their DLP technology, which is a great fit for theater use, where there's no competition from LCD, Plasma, or any other direct-view technology.