Save the Cinema

2022
1h 49m

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

1.6K

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Jonathan Pryce, Tom Felton, Samantha Morton, Susan Wokoma, and Adeel Akhtar in Save the Cinema (2022)

Tells a moving story of hairdresser and theatre lover, Liz Evans, who campaigns in 1993 to save the 'Lyric' from closing down. She goes to extreme lengths to save the place she loves the most, but how far is she willing to go?

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Comedy Drama

The story of Liz Evans from Carmarthen, Wales, who campaigned to save the Lyric Cinema in 1993.The story of Liz Evans from Carmarthen, Wales, who campaigned to save the Lyric Cinema in 1993.The story of Liz Evans from Carmarthen, Wales, who campaigned to save the Lyric Cinema in 1993.

Director
- Sara Sugarman
Writers
- Piers Ashworth
- Lorraine King
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

1.6K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Sara Sugarman
Writers
- Piers Ashworth
- Lorraine King
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins total

Videos1

Trailer 1:40

Official Trailer

Photos6

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Trivia
Liz Evans, on whom the film's protagonist is based, is the mother of Wynne Evans, famous for his 'Gio Compario' character on the Go Compare adverts.

Goofs
As Tom walks up the stairs in the golf club he walks past a champions board with the date 2016 showing. This is impossible as the film is set in the 1990s.

Connections
Features How Green Was My Valley (1941)

Soundtracks
Jesus Christ Superstar
Written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
Performed by Cast
Published by Universal/MCA Music Ltd

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Featured review

4/10

Save the Cinema

The true story of the Lyric, a much loved and used cinema / theatre in the Welsh town on Carmarthen is destined for demolition to make way for a new supermarket. Local theatre producer and mum Liz Evans (Samantha Morton) decides to stop at nothing to keep the Lyric going.

Sub Ealing type comedy, which, whilst pleasant enough and well lead by Morton, needs more fun characters and indeed laughs. Sweet to be sure, but unremarkable and predictable.