You may have seen Purple Rain but have you ever properly heard it?
Prince’s 1984 movie, widely accepted as an all-time movie musical classic, is no stranger to the big screen, with regular re-releases and repertory screenings down the years.
But Odeon has a brand new Purple Rain experience revving into its cinemas on Wednesday, March 5.
For one day only, the film will be screening in the UK chain’s most cutting edge cinema screens across the country – delivering classics like ‘When Doves Cry’ and ‘Let’s Go Crazy’ with all the sonic and visual majesty Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision can provide.
And if you’re unfamiliar with Prince’s game, what better moment to experience this cult classic at wall-shaking volumes?
Roger Ebert described it ‘the best rock film since Pink Floyd The Wall’, and Time Out called Prince ‘a teasing, hot amalgam of Marc Bolan, Nijinsky and the Scarlet Pimpernel’ as the movie’s troubled Minneapolis musician The Kid.
Catch it next Wednesday at one of the following Odeons:
- Leicester Square
- London West End
- Liverpool One
- Leeds Thorpe Park
- Birmingham
Head to the official site for all the timings and to book tickets.
Read Time Out’s review of Purple Rain.
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