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White Wall Cinema x It Is Still 1985 presents
​​​FRIDAY MARCH 28TH
IT IS STILL 1985 MOVIE CLUB
RETURN TO OZ
40TH ANNIVERSARY
DIRECTOR: Walter Murch
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STARRING: Fairuza Balk, Piper Laurie, Nicol Williamson, Jean Marsh.
An event we are really holding space with and feeling power in....Celebrating 17 years of Brighton's favourite 80s party and the city's longest running weekly club night (Every Saturday at Green Door Store) 'It Is Still 1985' is marking both their own longevity and the fact that the year they are named after (1985) is now exactly 40 years ago by teaming up with us at White Wall Cinema to create a new movie club for 2025 that screens a selection of movies celebrating their 40th anniversary on a limited number of select dates across this year. We begin with this wonderfully creepy kids classic that still lives rent free in the minds of all who saw it in their youth. Forget Arianna Grande, this is the ONLY truly WICKED adaptation of L. Frank Baum's Oz novels.
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The only directorial effort of legendary sound designer and editor Walter Murch (responsible for the likes of THX-1138, The Godfather 1, 2 & 3, American Graffiti, The Conversation, Ghost, The Talented Mr Ripley, and Cold Mountain, as well as winning Oscars for his work on Apocalypse Now and The English Patient) it is a decidedly darker and more fascinating ride into Oz than one might expect from a Disney movie, but then, it was the 80s....
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When the mother (Piper Laurie of Twin Peaks fame) of the young Dorothy Gale (played by the one and only Fairuza Balk from The Craft) fears her daughter is too disturbed by her memories/visions of the imaginary world of Oz, she takes her for psychological experimentation. Dorothy manages to escape to Oz, only find a vain witch and evil king have turned the yellow brick road to rubble, and left the Emerald City a pile of ruins. Determined to save the day she, with the help of some new friends like Billina, Tik-Tok, Jack Pumkinhead and The Gump, heads off to rescue her old friends the scarecrow, the tin man and the lion.
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Given the awesome reputation of the original Wizard Of Oz film, spin-off adaptations were inevitable, but from The Wiz to Wicked no other Oz movie will ever quite achieve the cult status of this bizarre, brilliant and often dazzling creation that all adds up to the most wonderfully unexpected sequel to the 1939 MGM classic. Ingenious production design and irresistible nightmarish special effects combine to create a fantastic voyage that is burned into the psyche of every 80s kid and still stands today as a joyously creative and stylish take on the world over the rainbow.
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Tickets are on sale now, or AMAZINGLY, if you attend It Is Still 1985 on any Saturday at Green Door Store between now and the screening you can claim tickets for you and your friends totally FREE! Just ask on entry. For more info on their weekly Saturday events visit itisstill1985.com
DOORS: 7.20pm*
START TIME: 7.50pm*
RUN TIME: 113 mins
CERT: PG (Under 16's must be accompanied by an adult).
LOCATION: Wagner Hall (Regency Road, Brighton)
*Please note - doors open at 7.20pm in advance of screening time in order to give patrons extra time to purchase food & drink, take a look at our archive movie store and to allow gradual entry to your seats in a safe and easy way. Please try to allow extra time to get seated prior to the performance start time of 7.50pm. There will usually be no admittance from 20 minutes after the films stated start time. No hot food or alcohol from outside the premises is allowed. All alcoholic drinks consumed on the premises must be purchased from the bar as per the conditions of the venue's licence. For more information about screenings and the venue please visit our Venue & Screenings Info page. For more information about screenings and the venue please visit our Venue & Screenings Info page.