In September we are screening "Top Secret" - the follow on film after Airplane. If you like silliness then this film is for you - it has double rations. Come along to the New Royalty Cinema on Sunday 21st Sept at 16:00 (but dont tell anyone you are coming - it's top secret!).
Brace yourself for exploding cows, underwater bar brawls, and the most gloriously absurd spy spoof ever made – Top Secret! (1984) is the comedy you never knew you needed, and still won’t quite understand after watching (in the best possible way). From the creators of Airplane! (no not the Wright brothers!), this deliriously daft Cold War caper stars a baby-faced Val Kilmer in his film debut as Nick Rivers – an Elvis-style rock 'n' roll star who somehow ends up tangled in a madcap plot to rescue a scientist, topple the East German regime, and look fabulous while doing it.
Expect backwards bookshops, bizarre dance routines and underwater fights, the jokes come thick, fast, and frequently from left field – blink and you'll miss at least three. Whether you’re a fan of slapstick, surreal humour, or just enjoy watching grown men in lederhosen getting up to mischief, Top Secret! delivers laughs by the barrel-load. It’s nonsense. It’s glorious. And it’s an 80s comedy classic that refuses to make sense — which is exactly why it’s brilliant.
Grab your ice cream and leave your logic at the door.
Quiz Question: see if you can spot the connection to those more recent comedy classics Doc Martin and Downton Abbey!!!
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Top Secret
Stars: Val Kilmer, Lucy Gutteridge, Peter Cushing, Michael Gough, Omar Sharif (for real!), Elvis (well kind of!), The Beach Boys ("wouldn't it be nice" - stop that singing at the back!), the french resistance, the great escape, the nazis 2, the east germans 3 - great away win there!!, bonanza, the wizard of oz, a fake cow and some wellington boots (the wellingtons go uncredited in what is probably their most influential role to date). Certificate: U Tickets £6 (£7 for non-members)
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The New Royalty Cinema is a community cinema run by volunteers as a fund-raising event for Bourne End (Bucks) Community Association, a charity registered in England and Wales No. 300236
