Scala!!!
Synopsis
The film combines 50 new interviews with diverse audience members who went on to become filmmakers, musicians, writers, actors and artists, combined with previously unseen archive material and iconic movie clips.
With its universal themes of youthful discovery and the underdog vs. the establishment, this is no nostalgia trip but rather a film of universal relevance with clear parallels between then and now. Above all, it's a hilarious and joyous celebration of cinema-going.
Official Selection Il Cinema Ritrovato Bologna 2023 - World premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023
Details
- Year
- 2023
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 96 min
- Director
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Jane Giles, Ali Catterall 1st Feature
- Producer
- Alan Marke, Jim Reid, Andy Starke
- Executive Producer
- Lisa Marie Russo
- Editor
- Edward Mills, Andrew Starke
- Screenwriter
- Jane Giles, Ali Catterall
- Director of Photography
- Sarah Appleton
- Composer
- Barry Adamson
- Principal cast
- With contributions from: John Waters, John Akomfrah, Barry Adamson, Adam Buxton, Caroline Catz, Mary Harron, Beeban Kidron, Stewart Lee, Mark Moore, Peter Strickland, Ben Wheatley, Jah Wobble
- Animation Director
- Osbert Parker
- Full-length Film Title
- Scala!!! Or, the incredibly strange rise and fall of the world's wildest cinema and how it influenced a mixed-up generation of weirdos and misfits
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Production Status
Production Company
A Fifty Foot Woman, Anti-Worlds, Channel X production supported by BFI Doc Society Fund
Sales Company
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