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February 13, 2003

Daredevil, Punch drunk Love, Catch Me If You Can and more now showing.

From: subtitles @ your local cinema - 13 Feb 2003

Below: Twelve subtitled films, over a hundred subtitled shows..
Daredevil, Punch drunk Love, Catch Me If You Can and more now showing...

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Read any good movies lately?
Subtitled and audio described cinema enables people with less than perfect
hearing or vision to enjoy film, presented in it's original, and best form -
the cinema.

As soon as cinemas schedules are announced for these films, and more, they
will be listed on our website - please DON'T wait for the next weekly email
- CHECK the website often!
http://www.yourlocalcinema.com

Audio described shows at the bottom of this mail.

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Catch Me If You Can (DiCaprio) (12a) subtitled

Not many shows yet - please ask your nearest accessible cinema
to screen available, accessible films!

LONDON, Uxbridge, Odeon
Tue 11th February at 3pm
Wed 12th February at 6pm

CARDIFF, Wales, UCI, Atlantic Wharf
Sun 16th Feb at 11.10am
Mon 17th Feb at 5.50pm

COLCHESTER, Odeon
Tue 18th Feb at 8.15pm

GUILDFORD, Surrey, Odeon
Mon 10th & Wed 12th Feb at 2.10pm
Tue 11th & Thu 13th Feb at 5.10pm

GATESHEAD, Newcastle, UCI
Metro Centre, Gateshead Newcastle Upon Tyne NE11 9YZ
Sat 8th & Sun 9th Feb at 11.45am
Thurs 13th Feb at 6.10pm
Thurs 20th Feb at 8.10pm

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Punch Drunk Love (Adam Sandler) (12a) subtitled

Not many shows yet - please ask your nearest accessible cinema
to screen available, accessible films!

CARDIFF, Wales, UCI, Atlantic Wharf

Wed 19th Feb at 9pm

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Two Weeks Notice (Hugh Grant) (12a) subtitled

Not many shows yet - please ask your nearest accessible cinema
to screen available, accessible films!

LONDON, Uxbridge, Odeon
Mon 10th Feb at 12.15pm
Thurs 13th Feb at 7.15pm
Fri 14th Feb at 7.15pm
Tue 18th Feb at 2.45pm

COLCHESTER, Odeon
Thurs 20th Feb at 6pm

GUILDFORD, Surrey, Odeon
Fri 14th Feb at 2.15pm
Mon 17th Feb at 1.50pm
Wed 19th Feb at 1.50pm
Tue 18th Feb at 6.50pm
Thurs 20th Feb at 6.50pm

NEWCASTLE, Odeon
Newgate Street, Newcastle, Tyne & Wear
Tue 18th Feb at 12.30pm,
2.40pm, 5pm, 7.30pm, 9.45pm

BELFAST, Moviehouse,Yorkgate
100-150 York Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Thursday 20th February at 7.30pm

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Chicago! (Catherine Zeta Jones) (12a) subtitled

Not many shows yet - please ask your nearest accessible cinema
to screen available, accessible films!

LONDON, Uxbridge, Odeon (*D)
Wed 19th Feb at 2.45pm

LONDON - Leicester Square, Warner West End (*D)
Wednesday 5th Feb at 2.20pm, 7.15pm
Thursday 6th Feb at 11.45am, 4.45pm

GUILDFORD, Surrey, Odeon (*D)
Wed 5th Feb at 6pm
Thurs 6th Feb at 3.15pm

BELFAST, Moviehouse,Yorkgate
100-150 York Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland
From Fri 14th until Thurs 20th Feb
daily at 2pm and 4.30pm

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Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (12a) subtitled

Not many shows yet - please ask your nearest accessible cinema
to screen available, accessible films!

LONDON, Leicester Square, Odeon (*D)
Sun 2nd Feb at 3.40pm
Sun 9th February at 3.40pm
Sun 16th Feb at 3.40pm

COLCHESTER, Odeon (*D)
Tue 11th February at 12.15pm 3.45pm 7.30pm

LEICESTER, Odeon (*D)
Sat 8th February at 4.15pm
Sun 9th February at 12.30pm

Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT), Scotland (*D)
12 Rose Street , Glasgow G3 6RB
Sat 8th Feb at 12.30pm & Thur 13th Feb at 5:15pm

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Daredevil (Ben Affleck) (15)

Times announced nearer the dates - watch the website

UGC cinemas:

Birmingham (Broad Street)
Wed 12th March
Boldon Tyne & wear
Fri 21st March
Cardiff
Thurs 6th March
Crawley West Sussex
Fri 28th Feb
Edinburgh
Thur 27th March
Glasgow (Renfrew Street)
Mon 24th March
Ipswich
Sun 9th March
Rochester Kent
Mon 3rd March
Sheffield
Sat 15th March
Stockport
Tue 18th March

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Daredevil (15)

UCI cinemas:

LONDON - Greenwich thefilmworks
Thurs 27 Mar 7pm
LONDON - Lee Valley
Mon 17 Mar 7pm
LONDON - Surrey Quays
Sat 29 Mar 11.30am
LONDON - Whiteleys Bayswater
Tues 25 Mar 7pm
Basildon Essex
Fri 21 Mar 7pm
Bracknell Berkshire
Sun 6 Apr 11.30am
Clydebank
Sat 26 Apr 11.30am
Derby
Thurs 27 Feb 7pm
Fri 28 Feb 7pm
Sat 1 Mar at 11.30pm
Dudley
Fri 7 Mar 7pm
Edinburgh
Thurs 24 Apr 7pm
East Kilbride
Mon 28 Apr 7pm
Hatfield Herts
Sat 15 Mar 11.30am
High Wycombe thefilmworks
Wed 2 Apr 7pm
Huddersfield
Fri 18 Apr 7pm
Hull
Sun 20 Apr 11.30am
Maidenhead Berks thefilmworks
Fri 4 Apr 7pm
Manchester thefilmworks
Fri 21 Feb 7pm
Manchester Trafford
Sun 23 Feb 11.30am
Milton Keynes
Thurs 13 Mar 7pm
Newcastle East
Tue 22 Apr 7pm
Northampton
Tue 11 Mar 7pm
Norwich
Wed 19 Mar 7pm
Portsolent Portsmouth
Tue 8 Apr 7pm
Poole
Thurs 10 Apr 7pm
Preston Lancashire
Wed 16 Apr 7pm
Solihull Birmingham
Sun 9 Mar 11.30am
Sheffield
Tue 25 Feb 7pm
Sutton Surrey
Mon 31 Mar 7pm
Swansea
Sat 12 Apr 11.30am
Telford
Mon 3 Mar 7pm
Tamworth Staffs
Wed 5 Mar 7pm
West Thurrock Essex
Sun 23 Mar 11.30am
Warrington
Mon 14 Apr 7pm

A subtitled version of Daredevil is available to cinemas NOW, in the 'open
subtitled' format - which every UK cinema can screen. Only two cinema chains
have scheduled it so far. Please ask your nearest cinema to screen available
subtitled films!

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Subtitled versions of Catch Me If You Can, Chicago, The Two Towers and more
are available to cinemas NOW, but only in the new 'digital subtitle' format
(*D). This means that only 16 UK cinemas can screen them. They are not
available in an 'open subtitled/captioned' form - the format that every UK
cinema can screen (like Potter and Bond).

Please ask your nearest accessible cinema to screen them!
(locations and many more available films below).

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MORE FILMS:

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The Quiet American (15)

Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT), Scotland
12 Rose Street , Glasgow G3 6RB
Sun 2nd March at 6pm and Mon 3rd March at 1pm.

CORRECTION!
BELFAST, NI, Moviehouse March show NOT showing.
Our apologies for this error.

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25th Hour* (Edward Norton)

Wolverhamption Cineworld
Tuesday March 18 at 10am

London Warner Village West End cinemas.
Tuesday March 18 at 10am

* Free screenings for schools - you cannot just 'turn up' for these shows,
they must be booked in advance through schools. Please visit the National
Schools Film Week website at http://www.nsfw.org for details.

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Minority Report (Tom Cruise) (12a)

UCI Trafford Centre Manchester
Sunday 6 April 10.30am and Thursday 10 April 7pm

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Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets (PG) subtitled

As this is an 'open subtitled' version, every cinema in the UK can screen
it. If your local cinema is not on the list of accessible shows, please ask
them to schedule a screening and publicise it as best they can. This film is
also available in a 'digital' subtitled version (*D*)

Manchester UCI Trafford Centre
Sunday 20 April 10.30am
Thursday 24 April 7pm

The Valleys Film Society, Theatr Llwyn, Llanfyllin High School
Wed 19 Feb at 2.30pm, and 7pm

Uxbridge Odeon, London
Mon 17th Feb at 12 noon

The Harlequin Theatre
Warwick Quadrant, REDHILL, Surrey RH1
Wednesday 19th Feb at 2pm & 7.30pm

BANGOR, Wales
Theatr Gwynedd, Ffordd Deiniol, Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales
Friday - Saturday, 14, 15 March at 6.30pm

Leighton Buzzard,
Leighton Buzzard Theatre, Lake Street, Leighton Buzzard, Beds. LU7
1RX
Tuesday 18th Feb, 7.30pm.

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James Bond in Die Another Day (12a) subtitled

Manchester Trafford Centre UCI
Sunday 2 March 10.30am
Thursday 6 March 7pm

Scunthorpe UCI
Wed Feb 5th at 7pm

DUBLIN, Tallaght, UCI
Exact dates and times to be confirmed - please enquire at the cinema
Week commencing 14th Feb

Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT), Scotland
12 Rose Street , Glasgow G3 6RB
Sat 15th Feb at 12.45pm & Wed 19th Feb at 5:45pm

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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (PG)

Trafford Centre Manchester
Sunday 16 February 10.30am and Thursday 20 February 7pm

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CANCELLED! NOT Showing:
Monsters Inc. (U)
UCI Trafford Centre Manchester
Sunday 16 March 10.30am and Thursday 20 March 7pm

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PLEASE READ THIS!
Subtitles @ Your Local Cinema receive subtitled listings information
directly from cinema head offices, but we can take NO responsibility for
postponed or cancelled shows. If cinemas inform us of changes, we will tell
you via the website. If they don't inform us, we can't inform you.

Many cinemas schedules are "SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTIFICATION".
Sometimes a subtitled film is not delivered to the cinema on time. Sometimes
there is confusion whether or not the film is on.

The only way to be 100% sure is to ALWAYS check with the ACTUAL cinema
before you plan a visit. But DOUBLE check, preferably with a manager. NEVER
turn up without getting confirmation that a show is definitely on.

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Many people have been enquiring as to what exactly is going on with
subtitled cinema:

"Why do we have to travel 50 miles to catch one?"
"Why do we have to wait months after release date?"
"Why do films usually only play once?"
" Why are some popular movies not subtitled?"

Let us explain...

An estimated 5 million people in the UK use subtitles to enjoy films. And
although subtitles are the norm on TV, DVD and video, they are NOT available
on most cinema releases. Silent movies are still the norm here, but without
the old captions that helped to explain the plot.

Of the films that are subtitled, many, including Chicago and the latest Lord
of the Rings and Star Trek films, are 'digitally subtitled only' which means
that they are incompatible with 98% of UK cinemas. In fact only 15 cinemas
in the UK are capable of screening most of the latest subtitled releases.

These 15 cinemas have been equipped with a new 'access' system. Once a
cinema has the subtitle 'files', they can overlay subtitles onto the latest
films. They don't need a 'special' subtitled print. The system can be turned
on and off - similar to teletext subtitles on TV, so the screen can be used
for non-subtitled shows too.

The system can also broadcast audio description, for visually impaired
people. The on screen action is described in detail through personal
headphones. This feature has no affect on an audience's enjoyment of a film
and can be left 'on' all of the time. Every show can be an audio described
show.

It is planned that over the next few years at least 50 different films will
be released with these 'access' features. In fact if all goes to plan, most
major films will be released with subtitle and description 'files' (the
files are supplied separate to the actual film).

So to cater for the large amount of accessible films on the way, this year
the cinema industry plan to make many more of their cinemas accessible to
people with hearing or visual impairments.

Each 'access' system costs less than an average cinemas weekend takings on
one film. Lottery funding (via the Film Council) has been offered to fund
50% of the total cost (over £1 million) and it is planned that at least 75
more cinemas will become accessible. Locations have yet to be decided but
are planned to be spread widely around the country, so as many people as
possible can catch accessible shows.

So that should eliminate the problem of having to travel 50 miles or more to
catch the latest film. It should also eliminate the problem of having to
wait months for a film to come to a cinema near your town, as every cinema
with the system installed will be able to show the subtitled version when
they please. The system would be installed in only ONE screen of a
multi-screen multiplex and therefore would not interfere too much with
'normal' non-subtitled shows.

This vastly improves on the current subtitling system in which a couple of
subtitled film prints are 'toured' around cinemas, resulting in some cinemas
having to screen a Christmas movie the following February. That 'touring'
problem is also the reason why a subtitled film usually only plays for one
day only - it has to be delivered the next day, to the next cinema down the
line. The new system would enable many cinemas to screen a subtitled show
many times, over many weeks, at popular times, simultaneously.

We hope that explains the situation! Any queries, please don't hesitate to
contact us: subtitles@yourlocalcinema.com. Press enquiries welcome.

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Exciting News!

If you are one of the millions of UK movie fans with less than perfect
hearing or vision, then 2003 could well be a very happy year for you.

In 2003, the Film Council and the cinema industry plan to work together to
create a network of around 75 accessible cinemas (there are currently less
than 20). If all goes to plan, these cinemas will be equipped with digital
subtitle and audio description facilities.

he Film Council have offered £350,000 to make this happen and have invited
the UK cinema industry to 'match' the amount. This would double the amount
available.

Another £60,000 has been offered to film distributors - to enable smaller
distributors to add subtitles and audio description to their films. This
should ensure a wider choice of accessible films. Again, it is hoped that
film distributors will 'match' the funds - doubling the amount available.

In the words of the Film Council:

"At a time when cinema going in the UK is at a 30 year high, these proposals
are intended to help ensure that in the future the 15 per cent of people in
the UK who experience hearing or visual impairments are able to enjoy going
to the cinema as well as the rest of the population."

Read the BBC News article here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/2549025.stm

Read 'The Times' newspaper article here:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-89-510522,00.html

Read the official Film Council press release here:
http://www.filmcouncil.org.uk/news/?p=1039452967117&qs=&st=

Current accessible cinema locations and films here:
http://www.yourlocalcinema.com/dts.css.review.2002.html

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On the website:

Every subtitled film: now showing, on the way & previous
Accessible digital subtitle cinema locations.
Hundreds of responses and views on cinema subtitling.
Video game, Theatre and DVD extra feature subtitles
and much more...

http://www.yourlocalcinema.com

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Coming soon subtitled and/or audio described in selected cinemas.
Some are yet to be confirmed.
Watch the website for the latest info: locations, dates & times.

Eddie Murphy in I Spy
Jennifer Lopez in Maid in Manhattan
Kenneth Branagh and lots of Aboriginies in Rabbit Proof Fence
Disney's Treasure Planet
Keanu Reeves in The Matrix Reloaded
Michael Caine in The Quiet American
George Clooney in James Cameron's Solaris
Clint Eastwood in the thriller Blood Work
Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal in Analyze That
Nicholas Cage in Adaptation
A Kangaroo in Kangaroo Jack
Nicole Kidman in The Hours
Kevin Spacey in Alan Parker's The Life of David Gale
Edward Norton in Spike Lee's The 25th Hour
and many more!

New films, locations, dates and times added regularly to the website:
http://www.yourlocalcinema.com
Only 2 clicks to find every accessible show in the UK.

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Engage your Senses!
SEE the dialogue! HEAR the action! FEEL the rumbling!
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The films below have been released with digital subtitles only. They are
available NOW but can ONLY be screened in cinemas with digital subtitle
facilities. Please ask your nearest accessible cinema to screen them!
(locations below).

About a Boy, Panic Room, The Lord of the Rings I & II, Spiderman, Men in
Black II, The Sum of all Fears, Goldmember, Red Dragon, Lilo & Stitch,
Triple X, Powerpuff Girls, Santa Clause 2, The Quiet American, Blood Work,
Star Trek Nemesis, Chicago, Catch Me if you Can, Two Weeks Notice, Punch
Drunk Love.

16 cinemas in the UK have now been fitted with a digital subtitle (and audio
description) system to enable people with less than perfect hearing or
vision to enjoy the cinema. One more has been fitted with audio description
only. Two more accessible cinemas are on the way (see below).

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The 16 cinemas below have both subtitle
AND audio description facilities.

LONDON AREA

Odeon Leicester Square, London
22 - 24 Leicester Square, London, WC2H 7LQ
(the big famous one!)

Odeon Uxbridge, London
The Chimes Shopping Centre, 302 High Street, Uxbridge, UB8

Odeon West End, London
40 Leicester Square, London, WC2H 7LP
(the smaller one on the square)

Warner West End, London
3 Cranbourne Street, London WC3
(Leicester Square)

Warner Finchley Road, London
255 Finchley Rd, Finchley, London NW3

UGC West India Quay, London
Hertsmere Road, West India Quay, London E14

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Outside London

Odeon Colchester
Head Street, Colchester

Odeon Guildford
Bedford Road, Guildford, Surrey GU1 4SJ

Odeon Kingston
The Rotunda, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey

Odeon Leicester
Freemans Park, 90 Aylestone Road, Leicester, LE2 7LT

Odeon Newcastle
Newgate Street, Newcastle, Tyne & Wear

UCI Gateshead, Newcastle
Metro Centre, Gateshead Newcastle Upon Tyne NE11 9YZ

UCI Cardiff, Wales
Atlantic Wharf, Hemingway Road, Cardiff CF 10, Wales

Cineworld Wolverhampton
Bentley Bridge Leisure Park, Wednesfield Way,
Wednesfield, Wolverhampton WV11

Glasgow Film Theatre, Scotland
12 Rose Street , Glasgow G3 6RB

Moviehouse, Belfast
Yorkgate Shopping Complex,
100-150 York Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland

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The cinema below WILL have the facilities soon.

Odeon Wimbledon, London
Hartfield Road, Wimbledon, London

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The cinema below has audio description facilities only

Showcase Pontypridd, Wales
Parc Nantgarw, Treforest Industrial Estate, Heol Y Odyn,
Parc Nantgarw, Nr Pontypridd, Wales1226

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Studios and distributors obviously prefer the cheaper, digital solution to
subtitling, which creates a problem - there are not yet enough cinemas with
digital subtitle facilities to cater for the many people who now expect
major releases to be subtitled.

"It's like the industry inventing the DVD, but before they produce enough
DVD players to go around, they discontinue video releases. People want to
watch new films but can't - they're only available on DVD, but there is a
shortage of DVD players to play them on!"

So although subtitled, many blockbusters are still inaccessible to the vast
majority of the people that they are aimed at - hearing or visually impaired
people in the UK.

It is planned that around 75 more UK cinemas will be accessible in the near
future. Watch the website for information on new cinema locations with the
system installed, and cinemas plans for screenings.

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Audio Described shows
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These films (and more) are available to cinemas with digital
subtitle/description facilities

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Two Weeks Notice (12a).

Uxbridge, Odeon.
Thurs 13th February at 12.15pm, 2.45pm, 5.00pm, 7.15pm, 9.30pm.
Sat 15th, Sun 16th & Tue 18th February at 12.15pm, 2.45pm, 5.00pm, 7.15pm,
9.30pm.

Guildford, Odeon.
Fri 14th & Sat 15th February at 11.45am, 2.15pm, 4.45pm, 7.15pm, 9.45pm.
Sun 16th until Wed 19th February
at 11.20am, 1.50pm, 4.20pm, 6.50pm, 9.20pm.
Thurs 20th February at 1.50pm, 4.20pm, 6.50pm, 9.20pm.

Colchester, Odeon.
Thurs 20th Feb at 6pm.

Newcastle, (The Gate), Odeon.
Tue 18th Feb at 12.30pm, 2.40pm, 5pm, 7.30pm, 9.45pm.

BELFAST, Moviehouse, Yorkgate. 100-150 York Street, Belfast, Northern
Ireland.
Thursday 20th February at 7.30pm.
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Punch Drunk Love (12a).

Cardiff, UCI.
From Friday 14th Feb until Thursday 20th Feb at 9pm. (except Wednesday).

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Catch me if you can (12a).

Guildford, Odeon.
Sun 9th until Thurs 13th February at 2.10pm 5.10pm 8.15pm.

Uxbridge, Odeon.
Tue 11th & Wed 12th February
at 12 noon, 3pm, 6pm, 9pm.

Colchester, Odeon.
Tue 18th Feb at 8.15pm.

Cardiff, UCI.
From Friday 14th Feb until Thursday 20th Feb
Please enquire at cinema for times.

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Chicago (12a).

Guildford, Odeon.
From Friday 7th to Thursday 13th February at 12.30pm, 3.15pm, 6pm, 8.45pm.

BELFAST, Moviehouse, Yorkgate. 100-150 York Street, Belfast, Northern
Ireland.
From Fri 14th until Thurs 20th Feb daily at 2pm and 4.30pm.

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Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (12a).

Leicester, Odeon.
From Friday 7th to Wednesday 12th February 2003 at 12.30pm, 4.15pm, 7.45pm,
11.30pm, daily.

London, Leicester Square, Odeon.
From Friday 7th to Thursday 13th February daily at 11.40am, 3.40pm, 7.40pm.
Friday 14th to Thursday 20th February at 11.40am, 3.40pm, 7.40pm.

Glasgow, Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT).
Thur 13th February at 5:15pm.

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James Bond - Die Another Day (12a).

Glasgow, Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT).
Sat 15th Feb at 12.45pm and Wed 19th Feb at 5.45pm.

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Daredevil, Punch drunk Love, Catch Me If You Can and more now showing...