Bringing back popular movie titles from years gone by is proving to be a great must-see option for cinemagoers – and, with the ticket price for these Throwback Cinema titles at just R50 per ticket, what’s not to love? Continuing this promotion into the next three months, Ster-Kinekor has lined up some wonderfully iconic films to satisfy movie lovers across a range of genres.
“Throwback Cinema allows us to bring back some timeless films for our customers to relive and enjoy once again, at a very affordable ticket price. It’s been fun going through the older catalogues and reminiscing as we select the titles, and we are sure everyone who books a ticket to watch one of them will have a similar big screen experience,” says Lynne Wylie, chief marketing officer of Ster-Kinekor.
The four titles that will be screened for one week each during September at select Ster-Kinekor cinemas countrywide, include Arnold Schwarzenegger and his iconic line, “I’ll be back” in The Terminator; Road House starring the late great Patrick Swayze; the hilarious spoof action film, The Naked Gun; and the manipulative antics of Glenn Close in Dangerous Liaisons.
The Terminator is a classic action movie from 1984. A human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to execute a young woman, Sarah Connor. Her unborn son is the key to humanity’s future salvation.
The film releases on Ster-Kinekor’s big screens from 06 September for one week. Directed by Oscar-winning director James Cameron, the film is written by Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd, and stars Schwarzenegger alongside Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton, and Paul Winfield.
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The second Throwback Cinema movie in September, Road House, hits the big screen on 13 September. The Double Deuce is the meanest, loudest and rowdiest bar south of the Mason-Dixon Line, and Dalton (Patrick Swayze) has been hired to clean it up. He might not look like much, but the Ph.D.-educated bouncer proves he’s more than capable – busting the heads of troublemakers and turning the roadhouse into a jumping hot-spot. But Dalton’s romance with the gorgeous Dr. Clay (Kelly Lynch) puts him on the bad side of cutthroat local big shot Brad Wesley (Ben Gazzara).
Road House, first released in 1989, is directed by Rowdy Herrington with the screenplay by David Lee Henry and Hilary Henkin. The film stars Patrick Swayze, Ben Gazzara, Kelly Lynch, and Sam Elliott.
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The Naked Gun, the first in the franchise series, sees incompetent police Detective Frank Drebin on a case to foil an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.
The 1988 film, directed by David Zucker and co-written by him with Jerry Zucker and Jim Abrahams, stars Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley and O.J. Simpson. It releases in Ster-Kinekor cinemas on 20 September for a week.
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The final Throwback Cinema movie for September, releasing on 27 September, is the romantic period romantic drama, Dangerous Liaisons. A scheming widow and her manipulative ex-lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman.
Also first released in 1988, the film is directed by Stephen Frears and written by Christopher Hampton and Choderlos de Laclos. Starring alongside Glenn Close are John Malkovich and Michelle Pfeiffer.
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October 1994 saw the release of a number of quite different, but all equally remarkable, films. Thirty years later, Ster-Kinekor is bringing three of these titles back to the big screen for its Throwback Cinema campaign during October 2024. These are: The Shawshank Redemption starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman on 04 October; the delightful Forrest Gump starring Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks from 11 October; and the iconic Pulp Fiction, releasing on 25 October, with the all-star cast of John Travolta, Uma Thurman and Samuel L. Jackson.
November’s Throwback Cinema titles include something for everyone – movies that performed extremely well at the box-office, and that deserve another viewing on the big screen. Starting on 01 November is the fabulous dance movie Flashdance starring the late Irene Cara, with Blade Runner the following week, Blue Lagoon on 15 November, Die Hard in the fourth week, and another energetic song and dance movie, La Bamba, as the final title in the month, releasing on 29 November.
Ster-Kinekor has lined up some all-time greats for its Throwback Cinema season for the next few months. And, with the ticket price at just R50, this is your chance to revisit some iconic movie blasts from the past, or perhaps to discover them for the first time.
Throwback Cinema titles will be screened at the following Ster-Kinekor sites: Sandton and Rosebank Nouveau in Johannesburg; Irene and The Grove in Tshwane; Ilanga, Mbombela; Gateway in Umhlanga; Baywest in Gqeberha; Garden Route in George; Somerset in Somerset West; and Tygervalley, Blue Route, Cavendish and V&A Waterfront in Cape Town.
Bookings are now open, and all tickets for Throwback Cinema titles are R50. Book at www.sterkinekor.com or download the SK App on your smartphone.
