* Sammy Going South gets its test screening at Llangollen Town Hall.
Below: Period programmes from the Dorothy Cinema. Photos: J Sandiford
LLANGOLLEN’S new community cinema, New Dot, has held a technical test at the Town
Hall in preparation for their launch night on Wednesday July 15.
The film they used to test their
equipment was a copy of the very last film shown at the original Dorothy Cinema
back in 1963.Alexander Mackendrick's Sammy Going South is a British adventure film from 1963 about a 10-year-old boy travelling by himself across Africa.
Cinema programmer Simon Proffitt explains: “We needed to show something in order to test our projector and fine tune the sound system for the opening night.
“We thought this would create a neat link to our namesake, the Dorothy, so we tracked down a copy.
“We also trialled bits from the actual
film we’ll be showing on the night, Oscar-winning romantic comedy The Artist.
It looks stunning on the big screen.”
Although the rest of the cinema's 2015 programme is yet to be confirmed, it's unlikely that Sammy Going South will be screened in full to an audience.
Simon added: “It’s not a bad film,
but there are so many other excellent movies out there that people might not
have come across before, and sadly we can't show them all. Although the rest of the cinema's 2015 programme is yet to be confirmed, it's unlikely that Sammy Going South will be screened in full to an audience.
The first public cinema event is at 7.30pm on Wednesday July 15 at Llangollen Town Hall.
Tickets are available from Baileys Delicatessen, Gales Wine and Gift Shop, or from
www.llangollenfringe.org, priced at £8 (£5 concessions).
* For more information go to: http://www.llangollenfringe.co.uk/index.php/en/festival-2015/94-wednesday-15th-july-new-dot-cinema
What's up with the image on the screen? It's supposed to be in 2.35:1 wide screen CinemaScope, but your presentation is heavily cropped at the sides, giving a 4 x 3 shape, apart from the fact that Patricia English looks a bit squeezed. There's something wrong here, as I have the DVD and the image on mine is full CinemaScope, David Rayner, Stoke on Trent, Sunday, October 29th, 2015.
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