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Get involved: The Curzon Project needs your movie memories, money

The Curzon Project will fund a documentary about the much-missed Curzon Cinema on Belfast's Ormeau Road
The Curzon Project will fund a documentary about the much-missed Curzon Cinema on Belfast's Ormeau Road The Curzon Project will fund a documentary about the much-missed Curzon Cinema on Belfast's Ormeau Road

ATTENTION Belfast cinema-goers of middle-aged and pensionable dispositions: The Curzon Project needs your memories of this much-missed movie palace on the Ormeau Road.

Designed by John McBride Neill, The Curzon opened in 1936 and kept south Belfast going to the flicks until it closed in the early 2000s.

It was finally demolished in 2003: however, lots of people still have fond memories of this particular cinema.

For example, The Curzon is where I had my first ever 15 certificate movie experience (at age 11, no less) when I was taken to see Rain Man and I also gawped at my first Star Wars film on the big screen there when Return of The Jedi was released.

Ormeau Road natives/business owners Paul McNally (Stylografik) and Orla Smyth (Kaffe O) have launched The Curzon Project with the aim of celebrating the cinema while raising money to fund a documentary.

Film Hub NI's Sara Gunn-Smith (another original Ormeau resident and regular Curzon-goer) will oversee the film production, screen heritage and exhibition aspect of the project.

The team have set a target of £3,000 to make the film through June and July, before it's shown at a special Ormeau Road screening later in the year.

You can support the project by purchasing a limited edition Curzon-themed T-shirt and/or print via Stylografik.com from April 5 (a percentage of profits will be channelled into the documentary) and getting in touch to share your Curzon memories and old photos via Twitter @curzonproject and/or emailing projectcurzon@gmail.com.

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