

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
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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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
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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