SPECIAL CINEMA SCREENS
Films targeted at those living with special needs, such as Dementia, physical and mental challenges, their families and carers. Films will screen with lights on low level, with no adverts or trailers and the audience will be free to move around, or sing along to any musical number if they so wish. Complimentary tea, coffee and biscuits will be served before the film to give people the chance to meet and socialise, and to familiarise themselves with the venue.
THURSDAY 25 NOV | 2PM
THE WIZARD OF OZ VENUE: NERVE CENTRE 1 USA 1939 | DIRECTOR: VICTOR FLEMING. WRITER(S): L. FRANK BAUM, NOEL LANGLEY, FLORENCE RYERSON, EDGAR ALLAN WOOLF | CAST: JUDY GARLAND, FRANK MORGAN, RAY BOLGER, BERT LAHR, JACK HALEY, BILLIE BURKE, MARGARET HAMILTON. DURATION: 1HR 42MINS
TUESDAY 23 NOV |2PM
When a tornado rips through Kansas, Dorothy and her dog, Toto, are whisked away in their house to the magical land of Oz. They follow the Yellow Brick Road toward the Emerald City to meet the Wizard, and en route they meet a Scarecrow that needs a brain, a Tin Man missing a heart, and a Cowardly Lion who wants courage. The wizard asks the group to bring him the broom of the Wicked Witch of the West to earn his help. An absolute masterpiece whose groundbreaking visuals and deft storytelling are still every bit as resonant, The Wizard of Oz is a must-see film for young and old.
MOVE OVER, DARLING 60TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING VENUE: NERVE CENTRE
USA 1963 | DIRECTOR: MICHAEL GORDON | WRITER(S): HAL KANTER, JACK SHER, BELLA SPEWACK. | CAST: DORIS DAY, JAMES GARNER, POLLY BERGEN, THELMA RITTER, CHUCK CONNORS DURATION: 1HR.43MINS
Nicholas Arden has struggled to get over the absence of his wife, but when it seems clear that she’s perished in a plane crash, he decides to move on. Nicholas remarries to Bianca Steele five years after his wife’s disappearance, only to find out that Ellen is still alive. When she is saved from the island on which she was marooned, Ellen scrambles to reassemble the life she lost when her plane went down at sea. Nominated for a Golden Globe.
“Garner effortlessly steps into Cary Grant’s shoes and emerges with a performance that’s much wackier than one might’ve expected from the actor...” David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
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“ Let’s face it: Christmas just wouldn’t be the same without a garish woolly jumper and a Technicolor trip down the yellow brick road…” Stella Papamichael, BBC Movies
