"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" 05 January 2024 Factual 96 mins
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.
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John Waters as Self
Adam Buxton as Self
Stewart Lee as Self
James O'Brien as Self
Isaac Julien as Self
Caroline Catz as Self
Mary Harron as Self
Beeban Kidron as Self
Princess Julia as Self
Kim Newman as Self
Ben Wheatley as Self
Ralph Brown as Self
Graham Humphreys as Self
JoAnne Sellar as Self
Peter Strickland as Self
Stephen Woolley as Self
Jane Giles Director
Ali Catterall Director
Sarah Appleton Director of Photography
Osbert Parker Animation
Edward Mills Editor
Andrew Starke Editor
Barry Adamson Music
Jim Reid Producer
Alan Marke Producer
Andrew Starke Producer
SCALA!!! Trailer
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 Trailer
Australia 09 July 2025
Finland 01 March 2024
United Kingdom 22 January 2024
India 27 October 2023
Italy 25 June 2023
United States 18 July 2024
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