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  1. Movie palace

    to be the largest movie palace in the United States. A movie palace or picture palace in the UK is a term used to refer to the large, elaborately decorated movie theater s built between the 1910s and the 1940s. The late 1920s saw the peak of the movie palace, with hundreds opened every year between ... movie palace. First, the classical style movie palace, with its eclectic and luxurious period revival ... million dollars, is usually cited as the first movie palace of the United States , and its success in drawing the upper middle class to the movies spurred others to follow suit. Many movie palace ... , who built the first movie palace on the West Coast of the United States West Coast , Los Angeles, California Los Angeles Million Dollar Theater , in 1918. As their name implies, movie palaces, like ... surviving movie palace in Atlanta, Ga. Fox Theatre Detroit Fox Theatre , Detroit, Michigan , 1928 ... Theatre Historical Society of America DEFAULTSORT Movie Palace Category Cinemas and movie ... 20th century, but the development of the feature film led to the development of dedicated movie ... classic designs in the 1910s to those with elaborate baroque and Asian motifs in the late 1920s. The movie palace s signature look was one of extravagant ornamentation. The theaters were often designed ..., meant to work on human bodies and minds in a specific way. Today, most of the surviving movie palaces ... LouisvillePalaceFullSign.jpg Palace Theatre, Louisville Image Gateway Theatre Chicago .jpg Chicago ... Broadway Theatre, Mount Pleasant, Michigan Image United Palace Balcony.jpg Loew s 175th St Theatre now United Palace Theater , New York Image Paramount Theatre, interior 2, Oakland.jpg Paramount Theatre Oakland, California Paramount Theatre , Oakland, California Image Palace lobby.jpg Palace Theatre ... Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres in Toronto, Ontario gallery List of movie palaces This is a list of selected movie palaces, with location and year of construction. Alabama Theatre , Birmingham, Alabama ...   more details



  1. File:White palace movie poster.jpg

    Summary movie poster for the American theatrical release of the film White Palace 1990 Source URL http www.impawards.com 1990 white palace.html Fair use rationale White Palace film This image is being used to illustrate the article on the movie White Palace and is used for informational or educational purposes only. This image is of low resolution. It is believed that this image will not devalue the ability of the copyright holder to profit from the original work. No alternate, free image exists that can be used to illustrate the subject matter. licensing Non free poster Category Film poster images White Palace film ru White palace movie poster.jpg ...   more details



  1. Palace

    . A palace is a grand residence, especially a royal residence or the home of a head of state ... AHD Etymology The word palace comes from Old French palais imperial residence , from Latin Palatine .... Palace meaning government can be recognized in a remark of Paul the Deacon , writing ca 790 and describing events of the 660s When Grimuald set out for Beneventum, he entrusted his palace to Lupus ... expression in his Palace of Aachen palace at Aachen , of which only his chapel remains. In the 9th century the palace indicated the housing of the government too, and the constantly travelling Charlemagne ... in the Empire, as in more centralized monarchy monarchies , only the monarch s residence would be a palace ... that housed combined ruler, court and bureaucracy in palace culturtes . In informal usage, a palace ... Other ancient palaces include the Assyria n palaces at Nimrud and Nineveh , the Minoan palace at Knossos ... do Planalto.jpeg thumb 220px right The Pal cio do Planalto Planalto Palace , in Bras lia . The Brazilian ... . The Pal cio da Alvorada Alvorada Palace is the official residence of the President of Brazil Brazil s president . The Pal cio do Planalto Planalto Palace is the official workplace. The Pal cio do Jaburu Jaruburu Palace is the official residence of Brazil s vice president . Mexico Image MexCity palacio.jpg thumb 220px right The National Palace Mexico Palacio Nacional , or National Palace in Mexico ... Palace Mexico National Palace , or Palacio Nacional , located in Mexico City s main square .... In 1821, the palace was given its current name and the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government were housed in the palace the latter two branches would eventually reside elsewhere. During the Second Mexican Empire , its name was changed, for a time, to the Imperial Palace . The National Palace continues to be the official seat of the executive authority, although it is no longer ... Nacional de Historia National Museum of History . It is the only castle, or palace, in North America ...   more details



  1. The Palace

    For the arena, see The Palace of Auburn Hills . For the hotel, see The New York Palace Hotel . See also Palace disambiguation . Infobox television show name The Palace image Image The Palace ITV titles.jpg ... STV UTV small company Company Pictures website http www.itv.com thepalace The Palace is a British drama ... of the series on a woman who is working undercover at Buckingham Palace with the intent of writing ... Palace drama url http www.guardian.co.uk media 2007 jan 11 ITV.broadcasting work Media Guardian ... a production the size of The Palace would have if filmed in the UK. A site was eventually found near the dock in Vilnius , Lithuania . Exterior sets of Buckingham Palace were scaled down from their true ... sets alone took ten weeks to build. Red gravel for the palace courtyard was mimicked using clay that was bound ... to find a basis for his designs of bedrooms and other private areas of the palace that would ... is Richard s secretary who plans to write a tell all book about her life in the Palace. Richard ... chart end Episodes The Palace aired on Mondays at 9 p.m. Each episode is about 45 minutes long and originally ... title ITV signs up Warner hotels for Palace drama url http www.brandrepublic.com News 776362 ITV signs Warner hotels Palace drama work Media Week publisher Haymarket Media date 2008 01 11 accessdate ... the cuts and invites a recent war widow to tea meal tea . Meanwhile, Prince George admits to the Palace ... not stop to see if the man was all right. The Palace then tries to cover this up with only a handful ... Hill , is invited to the Palace by the Queen on the hope they will fall in love and marry. However ... Eleanor s bedroom, she and her office move from Clarence House to Buckingham Palace. Simon then moves into Abi s office, and discovers that she is the palace servant writing a tell all book ... partnership in the United Kingdom gay wedding of one of the Palace servants, Alice kisses Richard .... Isabelle then disappears and after a few days the Palace questions her mental health. She responds ...   more details



  1. A Movie

    Unreferenced date July 2010 Infobox film name A Movie runtime 12 minutes director Bruce Conner released Film date 1958 country Film US language English A Movie is a 1958 experimental film in which Bruce Conner put together snippets of found footage, taken from B movies , newsreels , soft core pornography , novelty short film s, and other sources, to a musical score featuring Ottorino Respighi Respighi s The Pines of Rome . The film is associational, in which a number of narratively and spatially unrelated shots from a number of sources are edited together to evoke emotions and make thematic points. A Movie consists of many shots of animals and people moving quickly, precariously balanced objects, cars and people crashing, and, perhaps most importantly, violence and war. In 1994, A Movie was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant . External links IMDb title 0051952 A Movie DEFAULTSORT Movie, A Category Avant garde and experimental films Category 1958 films Category United States National Film Registry films Category Films directed by Bruce Conner short film stub nl A Movie ...   more details



  1. The Movie

    Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox Television episode Title The Movie Series Seinfeld Image Caption Season 4 Episode 14 Airdate January 6, 1993 Production 414 Writer Steve Skrovan & Bill Masters and Jon Hayman Director Tom Cherones Guests Richard Horvitz Richard Wood Episode list List of Seinfeld episodes List of Seinfeld episodes Season list Infobox Seinfeld season 4 episode list Prev Next The Movie is the fifty fourth episode of the sitcom Seinfeld . It is the 14th episode of the fourth season, and first aired on January 6, 1993. Plot Jerry Seinfeld character Jerry schedules two stand up acts in the same night and afterwards goes to the movie theater to meet everyone. George Costanza George gets in the wrong line for tickets, and soon goes with Elaine Benes Elaine and Cosmo Kramer Kramer to another theater to see the movie Checkmate . Kramer waits outside for Jerry but also wants a Papaya King hot dog. Jerry misses his first show and discovers his spot was taken by Pat Buckles, an annoying comedian, who then accompanies Jerry back to the theatre to tell George, Elaine, and Kramer that he won t be able to see the movie with them, but discovers they aren t there. Meanwhile, Elaine struggles to save seats for everyone, and George runs afoul with an usher. Jerry then misses his second show after being delayed by his taxi driver. Through a comedy of errors, everyone but Kramer misses the movie they were originally going to see and end up in Rochelle, Rochelle . Cultural references The List of Seinfeld fictional films fictional film Rochelle, Rochelle a young girl s strange, erotic journey from Milan to Minsk makes its first appearance in this episode. George later rents it from the video store in Season 4 s The Smelly Car , and it is turned into a Broadway musical starring Bette Midler in Season 6 s The Understudy Seinfeld The Understudy . Jerry is described ... the Bride of Frankenstein . Seinfeld DEFAULTSORT Movie Category Seinfeld season 4 episodes Category ...   more details



  1. If This Was a Movie

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  1. M.O.V.I.E.

    Unreferenced date December 2008 Infobox VG title collapsible state show image image File M.O.V.I.E. Coverart.png caption aspect ratio resolution developer publisher Imagine Software distributor writer Dusko Dimitrijevic license series engine version released 1986 genre Adventure game Adventure modes Single player video game Single player ratings platforms Amstrad CPC , ZX Spectrum media requirements input M.O.V.I.E. is a video game written by Dusko Dimitrijevic for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC and was published by Imagine Software in 1986 in video gaming 1986 . Plot M.O.V.I.E is set in New York in the 1930s. The player takes the role of Jack Marlow, a private investigator who must enter the headquarters of mob boss Bugs Malloy in order to retrieve an audiotape. In order to help him complete this task, Marlow needs the help of a girl called Tanya. Unfortunately, she has an identical twin called Vanya who is allied to Malloy and who will deliberately lead him into trouble. Gameplay The game is an arcade adventure which uses an isometric projection isometric display to portray the action. Movement is achieved by rotating the main character and moving him forward, similar to that of Knightlore and other early examples of the genre. The player can also access a panel of Computer icon icons which allow Marlow to carry out certain actions such as dropping and taking items, shooting his firearm, punching, throwing an item or talking. The latter is performed using speech bubbles in which the player can type out words and phrases using the keyboard. Many consider the 2011 Rockstar game L.A Noire to be heavily influenced by M.O.V.I.E. External links WoS game id 0003300 http www.imdb.com title tt0407965 M.O.V.I.E. Information Category 1986 video games Category Amstrad CPC games Category ZX Spectrum games Category Video games with isometric graphics Category Video games set in the 1930s Adventure videogame stub ...   more details



  1. Movie Movie

    Infobox film name Movie Movie image Moviemovie.jpg image size caption Theatrical release poster director Stanley Donen producer Stanley Donen writer Larry Gelbart br Sheldon Keller starring George C. Scott br Trish Van Devere br Red Buttons br Eli Wallach br Barry Bostwick br Harry Hamlin br Barbara Harris actress Barbara Harris music Ralph Burns cinematography Charles Rosher Jr. br Bruce Surtees editing George Hively distributor Warner Bros. ITC Entertainment released start date 1978 11 runtime 105 minutes country Film US language English budget gross Movie Movie is a 1978 American double feature double bill directed by Stanley Donen . It consists of two short films, Dynamite Hands, a boxing ring morality play , and Baxter s Beauties of 1933, a musical film musical comedy film comedy , both starring the husband and wife team of George C. Scott and Trish Van Devere . A fake trailer for a flying ace movie set in World War I is also shown. Plot summary At the start of the film, George Burns tells us that we are about to see an old style double feature . In the old days, he explains, movies were in Black and white black and white , except sometimes when they sang it came out in color. Dynamite Hands Joey Popchik, a young man from a poor family, dreams of one day becoming a lawyer . His sister is losing her eyesight, so he becomes a boxing boxer to raise the money to have her cured. Along the way, he gets seduced by fame and fortune, and runs afoul of a crooked boxing manager. In the end, his sister is cured and Joey, so that poetic justice could be served, races through law school to become the prosecutor who puts the villain behind bars, spouting corny courtroom aphorisms such as a man ... of Dynamite Hands . References reflist External links imdb title 0077952 Movie Movie amg title 33541 Movie Movie Stanley Donen Category 1978 films Category 1970s comedy films Category 1970s musical ... by Stanley Donen Category ITC Distributions Category Warner Bros. films ca Movie Movie fr Folie ...   more details



  1. Imperial palace

    Imperial Palace may refer to Institutions Kaiserpfalz in the Holy Roman Empire Places Forbidden City , Beijing, China Tokyo Imperial Palace K kyo , Tokyo, Japan Heij Palace , Nara Japan Heian Palace , Japan Kyoto Imperial Palace , Kyoto, Japan Imperial City, Hu , Vietnam Hofburg Imperial Palace , Vienna, Austria Stadtschloss, Berlin , Germany Chapultepec Castle Palacio de Chapultepec , the Imperial Palace of Mexico during the Second Mexican Empire , Mexico City. Pa o de S o Crist v o , the Imperial Palace of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Palatine Hill , site of the Palaces of the Roman Emperors in Rome Great Palace of Constantinople , site of the palace of the Eastern Roman Emperors in Istanbul. Palace of the Porphyrogenitus , a later imperial palace used by the Eastern Roman Emperors in Istanbul. Topkap Palace , the palace of the Ottoman Emperors Caliphs in Istanbul. IP Casino Resort Spa , Biloxi, Mississippi, formerly the Imperial Palace Biloxi Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino , Las Vegas, Nevada Coruscant Imperial Palace Star Wars , a fictional location from the movie Star Wars Imperial Palace, Cyrodiil, a fictional location in the Elder Scrolls computer game series, see Locations in Cyrodiil Other Imperial Palace novel Imperial Palace novel disambig ar ca Palau Imperial es Palacio Imperial ...   more details



  1. East Palace, West Palace

    or Behind the Palace Gates . ref cite news url http movies.nytimes.com movie 154960 East Palace West Palace overview title Movies East Palace, West Palace 1997 publisher The New York Times accessdate 2008 10 24 first Lawrence last Van Gelder ref East Palace, West Palace is the first Mainland China Mainland Chinese movie with an explicitly Homosexuality homosexual theme. The title of the movie derives from the two parks near the Forbidden City the East Palace and the West Palace. The two parks, specifically ... Palace, West Palace Amg movie 154960 East Palace, West Palace rotten tomatoes id east palace west palace title East Palace, West Palace http www.fortissimo.nl catalogue title.asp?filmID 44 East Palace, West Palace at Fortissimo Films http www.strandreleasing.com films film details.asp?BusinessUnitID 6C55ACB3 619F 4D53 8D8C BAC96AE0FB16 &ProjectID CDF3ECA1 4829 4A69 931B 1505981479A7 East Palace, West Palace at Strand Releasing Zhang Yuan CinemaofChina Category 1996 films Category Chinese films Category ...Infobox Chinese Film name East Palace, West Palace image image size caption director Zhang Yuan producer Christophe Jung br Christophe M nager br Zhang Yuan br Willy Tsao writer Wang Xiaobo br Zhang Yuan narrator starring Si Han br Hu Jun br Zhao Wei music Xiang Min cinematography Zhang Jian cinematographer ... X G ng East Palace, West Palace Dong gong xi gong is a 1996 in film 1996 Cinema of China Chinese .... ref name Elley cite news url http www.variety.com review VE1117329796.html title East Palace, West Palace Review author Elley, Derek publisher Variety magazine Variety date 1997 05 18 accessdate 2008 ... de Cannes East Palace, West Palace accessdate 2009 09 26 work festival cannes.com ref ref cite news url http www.variety.com review VE1117329796.html title East Palace, West Palace Review author Elley ... Films set in Beijing Category Films directed by Zhang Yuan China film stub de East Palace, West Palace es Palacio Oriental, Palacio Occidental fr East Palace West Palace ja th ...   more details



  1. Government Palace

    Government palace might refer to Government Palace Peru Government Palace Mongolia Government Palace of Chihuahua Tucum n Government Palace Government Palace Finland Disambig ...   more details



  1. Palace Yard

    Palace Yard may refer to New Palace Yard Old Palace Yard See also Palace of Westminster disambig ...   more details



  1. Small palace

    Small palace Small Palace Moscow palace in Moscow Petit Palais palace in Paris disambig ru ...   more details



  1. Palace Cinemas

    For the Australian film production and distribution company Palace Films and Cinemas File Palace Cinemas Smichov Prague.jpg thumb Palace Cinemas in Novy Smichov shopping centre, Prague. Palace Cinemas is a central European cinema chain 22 sites with 185 screens with multiplex cinemas in the Czech Republic 8 theatres , Slovakia 3 theatres and Hungary 11 theaters . Originally Palace Cinemas was a joint venture of United Cinemas International UCI , now it is fully owned by ARGUS Capital Partners L.P. Founded in 1999 together with two experienced media entrepreneurs, Palace has grown into the regional leader by developing its own high quality sites as well as through market consolidation, having made major acquisitions of its competitors in 2002, 2005 and 2006. ref http www.arguscapitalgroup.com en main 06.html ref In Slovakia Palace Cinemas operates multiplex cinemas in the capital city Bratislava in Aupark Aupark Shopping Center 12 screens , Polus City Center 8 screens and Eurovea Eurovea Galleria 9 screens . Palace Cinemas Aupark has 12 screens and a total capacity of 2,338 seats. By the number of seats it is the 5th largest site of the Palace Cinemas chain. Screens 4 275 seats , 9 205 seats and 10 140 seats are digital. Screens 4 and 9 are used for 3D projections MasterImage . ref http cinematreasures.org theater 34336 ref References references External links http www.palacecinemas.net Official website Category Cinema and movie theatre chains europe company stub cs Palace Cinemas ...   more details



  1. Claddagh Palace

    additionalcitations date March 2011 The Claddagh Palace movie theatre cinema , originally called the Estoria, opened its doors in 1939, and was located in Lower Salthill in Galway , Ireland . The cinema closed in 1995, and was redeveloped as an apartment complex . The Claddagh Palace played host to the Galway Film Fleadh ref http www.iftn.ie markets festivals festivals news ?act1 record&aid 73&rid 4282288&tpl archnews&only 1 Miriam Allen Talks 21 Years of the Galway Film Fleadh ref from its inception in 1989, until 1995, when the fleadh relocated to the Town Hall Theatre. A short documentary entitled Palace of Dreams ref http ftvdb.bfi.org.uk sift title 564720 BFI Record for Palace of Dreams ref was made in 1996, looking at the life and times of the cinema as seen and narrated by many of the people involved in its upkeep. The cinema is also notable for a busker named Terry Smith who played guitar outside the cinema in the 1970s, as people queued to buy tickets. References Reflist External links http www.galwayfilmfleadh.com Galway Film Fleadh http www.hawkeyefilms.com awards.html Hawkeye Films , producers of the Palace of Dreams documentary coord missing Category Galway city ...   more details



  1. Anif Palace

    Image Wasserschloss Anif 04.jpg 200px thumb Schloss Anif from North West The Anif Palace , also known as Water Palace Anif , stands beside an moat artificial pond within the Austria n county of Anif at the southern edge of the city of Salzburg . Anif is most famous for its use in several movies, including The Sound of Music film The Sound of Music and Frederick Forsyth s The Odessa File film The Odessa File . History Its origins cannot be exactly dated but there is a document from around 1520 showing that a palace called Oberweiher existing at this location. Its owner was the Bailiff dominion directory bailiff Lienhart Praunecker. From 1530 the water palace is mentioned regularly as a fief given by the respective Archbishop of Salzburg. In this way it was given to the bishops of Chiemsee after a restoration by Johann Ernst von Thun in 1693 from then on, the bishops used it as a summer residence. When Salzburg fell to Austria in 1806, the palace and the pond came into public ownership. Although the palace was leased from that point on, the respective users did not undertake any rebuilding ... Stepperg in 1837. He rebuilt Anif Palace between 1838 and 1848 in new Gothic romanticizing style, and gave it its present day look. Up to that time, the palace had simply consisted of a plain, four ... Moy de Sons the palace therefore ended up in the hands of his old French people French Nobility noble family . In 1918, the palace attracted public attention when Ludwig III of Bavaria King Ludwig III ... units were accommodated in the palace, followed by American units in 1945. Present In October 2001 the palace ... of the furniture, which had been put under historic preservation status as an ensemble with the palace ... and are now partly visible in the Museum Carolino Augusteum of Salzburg. The Anif Palace is still ... tours of this historic building are not provided. This castle was also used in the movie The Great Race as baron von Stuppe s actor Ross Martin in the movie. Gallery gallery Image Wasserschloss Anif ...   more details



  1. Archbishop's Palace

    Various residences for archbishop s are locally known as the Archbishop s Palace , including the following The Archbishop s Palace, Charing Kent . The Otford Palace Archbishop s Palace, Otford Kent . The Archbishop s Palace, Lima The Archbishop s Palace, Seville The Summer Archbishop s Palace in Bratislava , Slovakia The Archbishop s Palace, Bordeaux The Archbishop s Palace, Prague The Archbishop s Palace, Pozna The Archbishop s Palace, Tarring in Worthing , Sussex The former Archbishop s Palace, Vilnius , the seat of the President of Lithuania The Archbishop s Palace, Trondheim The Archbishop s Palace, Braga Archbishop s Palace Braga , Portugal Archbishop s Palace Naples disambig pt Pal cio arcebispal es Palacio Arzobispal ...   more details



  1. Sultan Palace

    The Sultan Palace may refer to Sultan Palace Hotel , Sana a , Yemen Sultan Palace Zanzibar , Zanzibar , Tanzania Sultan Palace Kraton , Jogja , Indonesia dab ...   more details



  1. Glass palace

    Glass palace can refer to Glaspaleis Glass Palace Chronicle The Glass Palace disambig ...   more details



  1. Potocki Palace

    Potocki Palace is a palace of the Potocki family Potocki Palace, Warsaw Potocki Palace, Lviv Natolin Potocki Palace, Natolin Potocki Palace, Krzeszowice Potocki Palace, Mi dzyrzec Podlaski Potocki Palace, Chervonohrad Brody Castle Potocki Palace, Brody Other former properties of the Potocki family Wilan w Palace a cut Palace Pomoriany Castle Zator Castle Livadia Palace disambiguation ...   more details



  1. Doge's Palace

    The Doge s Palace can refer to Doge s Palace, Genoa Doge s Palace, Venice disambig zh ...   more details



  1. Malice in the Palace

    in the palace Amg movie 146438 ThreeStooges DEFAULTSORT Malice In The Palace Category 1949 films Category ...About the professional wrestling event WrestleFanFest Malice in the Palace the 2004 brawl at The Palace of Auburn Hills Pacers Pistons brawl Infobox Film name Malice in the Palace image Malicepalce549.jpg image size 190px director Jules White writer Felix Adler screenwriter Felix Adler starring Moe Howard br Larry Fine br Shemp Howard br Vernon Dent br George J. Lewis br Frank Lackteen br Everett Brown br Johnny Kascier br Joe Palma cinematography Vincent J. Farrar editing Edwin H. Bryant producer Jules White distributor Columbia Pictures released Film date 1949 9 1 runtime 15 42 country Film US language English Malice in the Palace is the 117th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges . The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959. Plot Image Malice in the Palace.JPG thumb 250px left Shemp Boy, if I hadn t ducked, we d have collided sure. What a narrow escape The Stooges, while running the Cafe Casbah Bah a Middle Eastern restaurant and attempting to prepare a meal for customers Hassan Ben Sober Vernon Dent and Ginna Rumma ... themselves, as there is a 50,000 reward at stake. The Stooges arrive at the emir s palace, all ... with a full head of hair and false handlebar mustache as the Chef in Malice in the Palace his scene was inexplicably deleted from the final release Notes Malice in the Palace was remake reworked in 1956 ... at the Palace , a play on the title of this short and a reference to the fact that the event happened at The Palace of Auburn Hills . Malice in the Palace is one of four Stooge shorts that exist in the public ... in which the Stooges break into the palace clad in Santa Claus outfits was originally done in the Curly ... films Category Black and white films Category Films directed by Jules White pt Malice in the Palace sv Malice in the Palace ...   more details



  1. Mazda Palace

    Mazda Palace may refer to multiple indoor arena s in Italy PalaSharp , formerly known as Mazda Palace PalaTorino , formerly known as Mazda Palace Vaillant Palace , formerly known as Mazda Palace disambig ...   more details



  1. Smash Palace

    Infobox Film name Smash Palace director Roger Donaldson image Smash Palace FilmPoster.jpeg writer Roger Donaldson starring Bruno Lawrence br Anna Maria Monticelli editing Michael J. Horton released 30 April 1982 runtime 108 minutes language English language English For the band, see Smash Palace rock band . Smash Palace is a New Zealand feature film, released in 1981. It was directed by Roger Donaldson and starred Bruno Lawrence , Anna Jemison , Greer Robson and Keith Aberdein . The film has an Office of Film and Literature Classification New Zealand R16 rating. Critical review The film features a number of excellent performances, notably those of Bruno Lawrence and the ten year old Greer Robson. It was successful in its home land, and received good critical reviews in the United States, with Pauline Kael describing it as amazingly accomplished , and the New York Times picking it as one of its ten movies of the year. Bruno Lawrence received an award for Best Actor at the 1982 Manila Film Festival for his portrayal of Al Shaw. Movie website IMDB Internet Movie Database rates the film 7.4 10. The soundtrack was composed and performed by Sharon O Neill . Synopsis The film centres around a car wrecking yard called Smash Palace, where Al Shaw Lawrence , a former racing driver, lives with his unhappy French wife Jacqui Jemison . Jacqui begins a relationship with Al s best friend, local cop Ray Foley Aberdein . After a violent argument she leaves Al, taking daughter Georgie Robson with her. Al kidnaps Georgie, but is cornered in Smash Palace, and agrees to hand her over in return for Ray. The setting for Smash Palace is a car dismantling business, Horopito Motors, which has existed on the same site since the 1940s, at Horopito, New Zealand Horopito near Ohakune . Scenes from Goodbye Pork Pie were also shot there. External links imdb title id 0083096 title Smash Palace 1980s drama film stub NZ stub Roger Donaldson Category 1981 films Category New Zealand films Category Films ...   more details




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