Save the Cinema
A future worth fighting for.
2022 | 109m | English
Popularity: 5 (history)
| Director: | Sara Sugarman |
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| Writer: | Piers Ashworth, Lorraine King |
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| The true story of Liz Evans, a hairdresser and leader of a youth theatre in Carmarthen, Wales, who began a campaign in 1993 to save the Lyric theatre from closure. Alongside then Mayor of Carmarthen Richard Goodridge, they enlisted the help of Steven Spielberg, securing a special premiere of Jurassic Park. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 14, 2022 |
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| Director: | Sara Sugarman |
| Writer: | Piers Ashworth, Lorraine King |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama |
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| Production Companies | Head Gear Films, Sky Cinema, Metrol Technology, Kreo Films, FAE Film and Television, Future Artists Entertainment |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 10, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Samantha Morton | Liz Evans |
| Tom Felton | Richard Goodridge |
| Jonathan Pryce | Mr. Morgan |
| Owain Yeoman | David Evans |
| Susan Wokoma | Dolly |
| Jason Hughes | Aled |
| Rhod Gilbert | Mr. Powell |
| Thaer Al-Shayei | Mr. Hopkins |
| Joe Hurst | Huw Evans |
| Wynne Evans | Singer in Cinema (uncredited) |
| Erin Richards | Susan |
| Owen Teale | Darek |
| Adeel Akhtar | Tom |
| Keith Allen | Superintendent Roberts |
| Colm Meaney | Martyn |
| Beatie Edney | Mrs. Griffiths (Beehive Woman) |
| Angharad Roche | Mrs. Jones |
| Sue Roderick | Mrs. Davis |
| Melanie Walters | Mrs. Pritchard |
| Kevin Allen | Dai |
| Robert Wilfort | Minister |
| Dora Davis | Carol |
| Olwen Rees | Mrs. Hughes |
| Flynn Edwards | Wynne Evans |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Sara Sugarman | Director |
| Kelly Valentine Hendry | Casting |
| Piers Ashworth | Screenplay |
| Lorraine King | Story |
| Hamish Doyne-Ditmas | Cinematography |
| Gwyn Eiddior | Art Direction |
| John West | Art Direction |
| Tamsin Clarke | Set Decoration |
| Jo Thompson | Costume Design |
| Sophie Harmon | Hairstylist, Makeup Artist |
| Alex King | Hairstylist, Makeup Artist |
| Jacquetta Levon | Hair Designer, Makeup Designer |
| Bea Garcia | Makeup Artist |
| Foley Farmers | Foley Artist |
| Marek Forreiter | Dialogue Editor |
| Albrecht Ihlenburg | Foley Mixer |
| Maxwell MacRae | Foley Editor |
| Tushar Manek | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sven Taits | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Franziska Treutler | Foley Artist |
| John Wilson | Editor |
| Jonathan Houlding | Production Design |
| Peter Burgis | Foley Artist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Matt Williams | Producer |
| Tom Harberd | Associate Producer |
| Phil Hunt | Executive Producer |
| Compton Ross | Executive Producer |
| Karl Hall | Producer |
| Piers Tempest | Producer |
| Pauline Burt | Producer |
| Bizzy Day | Executive Producer |
| Peter Hampden | Executive Producer |
| Norman Merry | Executive Producer |
| Martin Owen | Executive Producer |
| Julia Stuart | Executive Producer |
| Sarah Wright | Executive Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 3 |
| 2024 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 4 |
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| 2025 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
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A pretty cool true story, but the film itself? Rather poor. <em>'Save the Cinema'</em> is simply too on the nose for my liking, it's cringey in a fair few bits and even pretentious in others. It does have a good cast, though that aside it struggles to get away from the fact that it feels like a m ... ade-for-television Christmas-esque movie - literally so with the plot. Samantha Morton, Jonathan Pryce and Tom Felton are as solid as you'd expect, though the Welsh accents kept taking me out of it - Pryce was born in Wales admittedly, yet even his accent sounded off... might just be me though. I didn't overly like any of that trio's, or their co-star's tbh, performances though, I just like Morton/Pryce/Felton from others things more than anything. I wouldn't say this is a bad film, it's just a really lousy one in my opinion. I could see it finding an audience though.