Friday, July 25, 2003

The Futurist Cinema Company presents
MOVING CONVERSATIONS
STAND UP TO CELLULOID

Six Moving Conversations about comedy followed by a classic comedy feature 4,7,11,14,18,21 August, 6.30pm, Warner Village Cinema, Edinburgh.

Moving Conversations is making six appearances at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Each night we will have three different comedians (some local, some from out of town) who will identify their essential comedy movies and discuss the finer points of stand up comedy i.e. how to cope with abusive punters or how to deliver a contemporary routine without swearing.

The comedy line-up includes:
Gordon Southern [BBC1’s Stand Up Show & R4’s Cheese Shop]
Noel James [Skitzaphrantic]
Will Smith [Will Smith is Much Obliged]
Stephen Grant [Stephen Grant’s Route 1]

The 'classic' (and we use the word advisedly) movies on show are as follows:
4th Le Diner de Cons (1998)
7th Being John Malkovitch (1999)
11th Blazing Saddles (1974)
14th Groundhog Day (1993)
18th Wayne's World (1992)
21st Ferris Buellers Day Off (1986)

Tickets cost a Fringetastic £7.50 (£5.50 concession) and can be obtained at the Fringe box office or via the Warner Village Cinema (Tel: 0131 557 3964).

Note that we are running a 2 for 1 offer on the 4th and a group discount applies for those purchasing 10 tickets or more for any of the shows.
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The Orders ban exclusive agreements between distributors and cinemas which cover more than one film, and prevent distributors from imposing lengthy minimum exhibition periods on cinemas.

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