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Scala!!!

Or, the Incredibly Strange Rise and Fall of the World's Wildest Cinema and How It Influenced a Mixed-up Generation of Weirdos and Misfits

7.8(9)20241h 36m3

This feature-length big screen documentary tells the riotous inside story of the infamous sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll repertory cinema which inspired a generation during Britain's turbulent Thatcher years.

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English
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United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • IndiaIN

    • PremiereJio MAMI Film Festival27 Oct 2023
  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereFantastic Fest22 Sept 2023
    • Theatrical (limited)NY/LA18 Jul 2024
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereBFI London Film Festival14 Oct 2023
    • Theatrical (limited)185 Jan 2024
    • Digital / OTT1822 Jan 2024
    • Physical18Blu-ray22 Jan 2024
  • AustraliaAU

    • PremiereMelbourne International Film Festival16 Aug 2024
    • PremiereSydney Underground Film Festival12 Sept 2024
    • PremiereNew Farm Queer Film Festival6 Oct 2024
    • TheatricalR 18+22 May 2025
    • PremiereWhat The Fest24 May 2025
    • Digital / OTTR 18+9 Jul 2025
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-161 Mar 2024
  • ItalyIT

    • PremiereIl Cinema Ritrovato25 Jun 2023

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Scala!!! was released on 5 January 2024.

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    CinemaSerf

    1/13/2024

    7/10

    This is quite a fascinating documentary following the fate of a cinema that even John Waters said "shocked him". It wasn't always on the same site in Central London, but the "Scala" name quickly became a magnet for all those who didn't conform to the more mainstream - with their own behaviour and/or attitudes and/or taste in films. Using an astonishing amount of well researched actuality and some interviews with the …

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