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Revival of Bristol’s ‘forgotten’ Imax cinema revealed on the big screen
The Big Picture, the story of the venue’s renaissance as a grassroots community space, will premiere this month
The Big Picture describes how the Imax opened at the turn of the century but was closed in 2007 when the finances didn’t work – and was largely abandoned before its renaissance as a grassroots community cinema space. They remembered the existence of the Imax screen and in 2022 asked Bristol Aquarium, which runs the site, if they could stage a festival to mark the 40th anniversary of the video shop. “The opportunity to present the Cary Comes Home festival on this screen has been particularly rewarding, allowing audiences to connect with classic cinema in a truly communal setting.
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