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“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”
2024•1h 36m•7.8•Released
Documentary
This feature-length big screen documentary tells the riotous inside story of the infamous sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll repertory cinema which inspired a generation during Britain's turbulent Thatcher years.
Director
Jane Giles
Languages
English
Studio
Fifty Foot Woman
Cast
John Waters
Self
Adam Buxton
Self
Stewart Lee
Self
James O'Brien
Self
Isaac Julien
Self
Caroline Catz
Self
Mary Harron
Self
Beeban Kidron
Self
Princess Julia
Self
Kim Newman
Self
Ben Wheatley
Self
Ralph Brown
Self
Graham Humphreys
Self
JoAnne Sellar
Self
Peter Strickland
Self
Production
Company
Fifty Foot Woman
Company
Channel X
Company
Anti-Worlds
Company
BFI
Company
Doc Society
Producer
Jim Reid
Producer
Andrew Starke
Producer
Alan Marke
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