Metropolis reconstructed & restored

MEDIA RELEASE COURTESY OF: Eureka Entertainment

"THIS YEAR'S REAL SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER" – THE GUARDIAN

* Theatrical screeners now available
* Nationwide screening dates announced
* Additional première, previews, and special events
* Further dates to follow ahead of September 10 release
* Full details here

Eureka Entertainment are pleased to announce a series of special event screenings to celebrate the release of one of the biggest of all film finds – Fritz Lang's 1927 science fiction masterwork, Metropolis, newly reconstructed and restored, featuring 25 minutes of footage previously thought lost to the world.

To mark the end of the BFI Southbank’s Future Human season, they are delighted to present a very special UK premiere of Metropolis on 26 August 2010. Lang's 'captivating symphony of movement' can finally be seen, for the first time in the UK in 83 years, as its director originally intended. This event is now FULLY BOOKED.

On 29 August 2010 there will be an open-air sunset screening of Metropolis in the idyllic setting of Grantchester Meadows as a prelude to the Cambridge Film Festival. Cinema goers can arrive by a chauffeured punt with a glass of bubbly in hand, warm blankets and the promise of a memorable and magical event.

Once a month the Curzon Midnight Movies team bring us the best in cult classics, trash beauties and art house jaw droppers alongside exclusive previews. On 3 September 2010, Midnight Movies presents Metropolis at the stunning Curzon Mayfair venue featuring a Metropolis themed burlesque-style dance performance from Suri Sumatra on stage & a 1920's factory themed bar creating some very special cocktails. The Midnight Movies team will also take Metropolis to a special screening in the Little White Lies-curated Cinedrome at the End of the Road Festival on 10 September 2010, alongside other Masters of Cinema titles La Planete Sauvage [aka Fantastic Planet] & House [aka Hausu].

The Irish premiere of the restored original version of Metropolis, takes place on 4 September 2010 at the National Concert Hall in Dublin featuring a newly adapted music score for a salon Orchestra closely based on the original Huppertz score from 1927, under the direction of conductor Helmut Imig. This event will be part of an accompanying Fritz Lang season being held at the Irish Film Institute.

On 11 September 2010, Metropolis will be the penultimate film screened in a derelict petrol station on Clerkenwell road which will be transformed into a cinema, designed to celebrate the extravagance and ceremony of the picture palace. Primarily constructed using donated and found materials; The Cineroleum will be an improvisation of the decadent interiors that greeted audiences during cinema’s golden age. Popcorn, paper tickets, elaborate signage and flip-down seats will collectively recreate the familiar excitement of cinema-going. Enclosed by an ornate curtain strung from the forecourt roof, The Cineroleum will host screenings from sundown four nights a week. Just as the drive-ins of 1950’s America brought cinema out from its enclosures and into suburbia, The Cineroleum will be a street-side cinema that is truly exposed to the city. For more info about the screening click here.

The Roundhouse in London is home to an exciting programme of live music, theatre, dance, circus, installations and new media. Included in this programme on Sun 10 October 2010 there will be a live orchestral screening of Metropolis accompanied by the London Contemporary Orchestra. The LCO bring together London’s brightest young talent, with an aim to stimulate and enlighten through their fresh approach and dynamic performances. For more info about the event please click here.

Eureka will also be working with the charitable organisation Film Education with special screenings for schools in early September to tie-in with the film’s release and the a bespoke resource for schools. Later in the year, Metropolis will also feature as part of the National Schools Film Week.

Other special preview events include a special screening as part of the Barbican’s Silent Film & Music Series on 3 September 2010 and a couple of screenings at the Chichester International Film Festival on 3 & 4 September 2010.

Metropolis opens theatrically in over 60 cinemas nationwide on the 10 September 2010 in towns and cities throughout the UK and Ireland. Full details of these screenings and the event screenings can be found here.