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Michael Jackson's Moonwalker [Back To The 80s]
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker [Back To The 80s]

Dust off your denim jacket, untangle your cassette tapes and prepare to travel back to the greatest decade of cinema. The Arc Cinema's Back to the 80s season returns for a fourth year, but this time we've raided the VHS shelf for an all-new line-up of cult classics and crowd-pleasers we've never screened before. Book your tickets, grab your popcorn, settle into your seat and experience these timeless 80s favourites the way they were meant to be seen... on the big screen!

Part concert film, part fantasy adventure and part music video spectacular, Michael Jackson's Moonwalker is one of the most unique cinema experiences of the 1980s. Released in 1988 at the height of Jackson's global fame, the film combines dazzling musical performances with an imaginative story that sees the King of Pop using his extraordinary powers to protect a group of children from the sinister drug dealer Mr. Big, played with scenery-chewing brilliance by a pre-Home Alone Joe Pesci. The film also features a young Sean Lennon and showcases groundbreaking visual effects overseen by director Colin Chilvers, whose Oscar-winning work on Superman helped establish him as one of Hollywood's leading visual effects pioneers.

Packed with iconic songs including Smooth Criminal, Bad, Leave Me Alone and Come Together, Moonwalker pushed the boundaries of music videos and special effects filmmaking, becoming a cult favourite for an entire generation. Following the huge success of this year's Michael biopic, audiences clearly still have an appetite for experiencing the King of Pop on the big screen, making this the perfect opportunity to revisit one of the most ambitious and unforgettable projects of his career exactly as it was meant to be seen.

26 September

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