The 2023 British Movie Competition is touring the nation in November, touching down at Palace Cinemas in each capital metropolis. And whereas nice British exports are many – powered flight, vaccines, the toothbrush – one of many nation’s most enduring is its contributions to in style music. So it is smart the British Movie Competition has programmed a collection of nice UK movies value seeing and listening to.
In mild of such sensory delights, the pageant has teamed up with eminent British audio firm Bowers and Wilkins to provide away two units of headphones. Based over 50 years in the past on the premise of being devoted to faithfully recreating sound as per the artist’s intent, Bowers and Wilkins headphones are a few of the best on the earth. Two fortunate winners will obtain both the Pi5 S2 earbuds (valued at $499) or the newly launched Px7 S2e over-ear headphones (valued at $599), to maintain the tunes going lengthy after the screenings.
There are additionally 4 double-passes to the pageant to be gained. There additionally occurs to be 4 wonderful music motion pictures on this system. Coincidence?
Chief amongst them is Squaring the Circledirector Anton Corbijn’s love letter to Hipgnosis, the design duo of Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey “Po” Powell, who within the Seventies turn out to be rock royalty for creating a few of the most recognisable album covers of all time, together with Pink Floyd’s Darkish Aspect of the Moon, and albums of the period for Wings, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin and AC/DC.
Being Corbjin (ie: the director of the Ian Curtis biopic Management and U2’s favorite photographer), he will get entry to a few of the greatest names in music, together with Paul McCartney, Jimmy Web page, Robert Plant, David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Noel Gallagher and Peter Gabriel. They every hold forth in regards to the sturdiness of each the duo’s work and the album cowl as an artwork type in its personal proper, whereas dropping some wonderful rock lore gossip alongside the way in which.
Additionally on this system is Tommythe 1975 rock opera impressed by legendary British band The Who and their 1969 album of the identical title; a love letter to teenage fandom in Best Daysa musical that includes the songs of pop boyband Take That set to a story of associates reuniting after profitable a contest to see the group reunite in Greece; and Mad In regards to the Boya doco on the extremely profitable British playwright, composer, singer, author and most the rest he put his hand to, Noël Coward.
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The Cunard British Movie Competition runs November 1-29, 2023 throughout all capital cities. See the total program and screening instances.
This text is produced by Broadsheet in partnership with Palace Cinemas.
