Sci-fi double bill: Blade Runner + Metropolis

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Blade Runner and Metropolis double bill on the big screen at Morecambe Winter Gardens

Morecambe Winter Gardens

<h2>Two of cinema’s most spectacular futuristic visions side-by-side in a double bill of silent film and sound film.</h2><h3>Blade Runner (15)</h3><p>It is 2019. Human-like androids have been engineered to do dangerous work in place of humans. These androids - called replicants - are stronger, faster and smarter than any person, feeling no pain or remorse despite being nearly indistinguishable from their human counterparts. But a group of replicants has rebelled, escaped to earth, and begun killing. Retired policeman, Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) reluctantly agrees to hunt them down…</p><p>Don’t miss this opportunity to see one of the greatest  science fiction films on the big screen with Vangelis’ phenomenal soundtrack remastered in Dolby 5.1 from the 1982 original.</p><p><strong>Doors 1.30pm, show 2pm - 3.50pm</strong></p><h3>Metropolis (PG)</h3><p>It is 2026. In the high-tech city of the future, the rich enjoy a life of luxury while the poor are enslaved underground, in the city’s mechanical underbelly.  Tensions build between the subterranean workers and pampered surface-dwellers when the prophet-like Maria, with her subversive message of universal brotherhood, ignites the spark of revolution among the workers. The city’s mastermind, Freder, creates an android version of Maria to re-establish control. But his creation, the robot Maria, cannot be controlled…</p><p><strong>Doors 4.15pm, show 4.45pm - 7.15pm</strong></p><p><strong>The Music</strong></p><p>This pair of compelling cinematic visions is accompanied by equally compelling - but dramatically different - musical experiences. </p><p>Vangelis, fresh from his Oscar win for Chariots of Fire, created a reverberating, atmospheric sound world for Blade Runner which will fill the cavernous space of Morecambe Winter Gardens.</p><p>For Metropolis, Jonny Best will be at the Steinway grand piano, with percussionist Trevor Bartlett adding drama. Jonny and Trevor’s many performances together include Buster Keaton’s The General at Morecambe Winter Gardens.</p><h3>Each of these shows can be booked separately - go to <a href="https://www.ysff.co.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">YSFF.co.uk</a> if you'd like to see one or the other. This box office is for discounted double bill tickets only, for those who want to spend all afternoon at the beautiful Morecambe Winter Gardens!</h3><p>S﻿ponsored by Morecambe Town Council.</p>

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