Cinema Sensations Return to Silver Screen
15 February - Movies that make up the very fabric of cinema are returning for a curtain call in EVENT Cinema’s Retro
Showcase beginning 1 March.
The initial Retro Showcase will run for a generous 13 weeks until 26 June [13 films, over 17 weeks from March 1 to June
26, school holidays excluded] with a nostalgic price tag of just $10 an adult ticket or student and $6.00 for seniors
and children. The season includes titles such as “Singing in the Rain”, “Rocky”, “Priscilla Queen of the Desert” and
“Black Narcissus”.
EVENT’s Programming Executive, Andy Miller, says, presenting a season like this is the beauty of being a company that
owns silver screens.
“People have always been driven to theatres for cinema with a capital C and we want to bring back some of the gems and
magic that people remember, the classics, the movies they can take their mums to or introduce their kids to on the big
screen. These movies are the reason people love Cinema, and for many the Retro Showcase is going to be their first
chance to experience these amazing movies on a the big screen.”
Miller says hits from the 1980’s as well as older classics will feature.
“We’ll be showcasing both original 80’s family hits “Labyrinth” and “Muppets Take Manhattan”, which is enjoying a
renaissance right now with a recent Muppets movie featuring New Zealand’s own songwriter Bret McKenzie. Classics that
never go out of style are also high on our billing, including “Dr. No”, “Gone With the Wind” and “West Side Story.”
The movies, which will be presented for the first time in New Zealand using the latest in pristine digital projection
and silver screens, will be shown at EVENT Cinemas in Queen St, Embassy (Wellington), Albany, Newmarket, Highland Park,
Westcity, Westgate, Chartwell (Hamilton). They will rotate through the centres showing every Sunday and will be repeated
again on a Monday evening and Thursday morning.
“EVENT Cinemas is hugely passionate about movies and we’re so excited to showcase these wonderful films back onto the
silver screen.”
For more information go to www.eventcinemas.co.nz
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ABOUT EVENT CINEMA
EVENT Cinemas is New Zealand’s largest and leading cinema chain, with complexes in Auckland, Wellington, Hamilton, New
Plymouth and Whangarei.
We opened the doors to our first cinema complex in 1991 in Manukau, we now have 101 screens across 13 cinema complexes
across the North Island.
ABOUT AMALGAMATED HOLDINGS LIMITED (AHL)
One of Australasia’s premier entertainment, hospitality, and tourism and leisure companies, AHL has three main operating
divisions of Entertainment, Entertainment Technology and Hospitality and Leisure.
Through these divisions AHL operates a number of branded businesses either directly or through joint venture cinema
exhibition operations in major centres throughout New Zealand, Australia, Germany and the Middle East.
The group owns, leases or manages over 30 hotels and resorts in Australia and New Zealand under the Rydges Brand; and
owns and operates the Thredbo Alpine Resort. The group also owns EVENT Cinemas in Australia and New Zealand, Featherdale
Wildlife Park as well as a performance theatre and event facility based In Sydney.