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Film In The Old College Quad Returns

This September, The University of Edinburgh's Old College quadrangle is going to be home, once again, to a unique open air cinema.

Film at the Old College Quad

Come and enjoy the atmospheric surroundings of Old College as we bring you classic films for all ages from Friday 16th September to Sunday 18th September

Film in the Old College Quad is presented by the University of Edinburgh and produced by Unique Events.

 

Friday 16th September

Jaws (Cert 12A, 124 mins, 1975)

Friday 16th September, 6.30pm  - Doors Open 6.00pm

University of Edinburgh, Old College Quad

When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police (Roy Scheider), a young marine biologist (Richard Dreyfuss) and a grizzled shark hunter (Robert Shaw) embark on a desperate quest to destroy the beast before it strikes again.

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Inception (Cert 12A, 148 mins, 2010)

Friday 16th September, 9.30pm - Doors Open 9.00pm

University of Edinburgh, Old College Quad

Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a skilled thief, the best in the dangerous art of extraction: stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state when the mind is at its most vulnerable. Cobb's rare ability has made him a coveted player in this treacherous new world of corporate espionage, but it has also made him an international fugitive and cost him everything he has ever loved.

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Saturday 17th September 

Inside Out (Cert U, 94 mins, 2015)

Saturday 17th September, 10.00am - Doors Open 9.30am

University of Edinburgh, Old College Quad

After young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness - conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house, and school.

Free and Unticketed

Labyrinth (Cert U, 102 mins, 1986)

Saturday 17th September, 12.30pm- Doors Open 12.00pm

University of Edinburgh, Old College Quad

A selfish 16-year old girl is given 13 hours to solve a labyrinth and rescue her baby brother when her wish for him to be taken away is granted by the Goblin King.

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Pitch Perfect 2 (Cert 12A, 115 mins, 2015)

Saturday 17th September, 3.30pm- Doors Open 3.00pm

University of Edinburgh, Old College Quad

Beca (Anna Kendrick), Fat Amy (Rebel Wilson) and the Barden Bellas are back to pitch slap the world! After a scandal threatens to derail their last year at Barden, the three-time defending champs worry that they've lost their harmony for good. With one chance left at redeeming their legacy, they must they must face off against the toughest competition on the planet.

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Kingsman: The Secret Service (Cert 15, 130 mins, 2014)

Saturday 17th September, 6.30pm - Doors Open 6.00pm

University of Edinburgh, Old College Quad

A spy organization recruits an unrefined, but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program, just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.

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Aliens (Cert 15, 137 mins, 1986)

Saturday 17th September, 9.30pm- Doors Open 9.00pm

University of Edinburgh, Old College Quad

The terror continues as Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story about the Alien encounter is met with skepticism, she agrees to accompany a team of high-teach marine's back to LV-246... and this time it's war!

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Sunday 18th September 

Home (Cert U, 95 mins, 2015)

Sunday 18th September, 10.00am- Doors Open 9.30am

University of Edinburgh, Old College Quad

When Oh, a lovable misfit from another planet, lands on Earth and meets a teenage girl named Tip, the two unlikely friends embark on the greatest journey of all time...the journey HOME

Free and unticketed

The Jungle Book (Cert PG, 106 mins, 2016)

Sunday 18th September, 12.30pm- Doors Open 12.00pm

University of Edinburgh, Old College Quad

Based on Rudyard Kipling’s timeless stories and inspired by Disney’s classic animated film, The Jungle Book is a live-action epic adventure about Mowgli (newcomer Neel Sethi), a man-cub who’s been raised by a family of wolves.

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O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Cert 12, 107 mins, 2000)

Sunday 18th September, 3.30pm- Doors Open 3.00pm

University of Edinburgh, Old College Quad

Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney) is having difficulty adjusting to his hard-labor sentence in Mississippi. He scams his way off the chain gang with simple Delmar (Tim Blake Nelson) and maladjusted Pete (John Turturro), then the trio sets out to pursue freedom and the promise of a fortune in buried treasure.

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Die Hard (Cert 15, 131 mins, 1998)

Sunday 18th September, 6.30pm- Doors Open 6.00pm

University of Edinburgh, Old College Quad

John McClane, officer of the NYPD, tries to save his wife Holly who was taken hostage by German terrorist Hans Gruber during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.

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Deadpool (Cert 15, 108 mins, 2016)

Sunday 18th September, 9.30pm- Doors Open 9.00pm

University of Edinburgh, Old College Quad

DEADPOOL tells the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who, after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life.

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