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Bristol Bad Film Club adds second 20th anniversary screening of the worst film ever made
Famously the worst film ever made, which inspired the Hollywood hit The Disaster Artist, Tommy Wiseau’s The Room is also the most popular title ever screened by the Bristol Bad Film Club.
This year, the legendary cult phenomenon ‘disasterpiece’ turns 20, so the (other) BBFC was naturally keen to bring it back. To make this a truly special occasion, co-star and long-term friend of the BBFC Greg Sestero was invited to return to Bristol to supply a live audio commentary to the screening at the Watershed on May 25, hosted by BBFC programmer Timon Singh. And that’s not all. They’re also promising exclusive footage from Sestero’s new U.F.O abduction film, plus a look at the charity remake of The Room, starring Bob Odenkirk. The 8pm screening swiftly sold out, so a second one has been added at 5:30pm. Go here for tickets.
Further ahead in the Club’s calendar, tickets are still available for the June and July screenings at Bristol Improv Theatre. First up, on June 22, is Split Second (1992), in which Rutger Hauer battles alien beasts on the dead futuristic streets of 2008 London. Go here for tickets.
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That’s followed on July 20 by a commemoration of the 50th anniversary of martial arts superstar Bruce Lee’s death with bizarre Bruceploitation flick The Dragon Lives Again (1977). The most peculiar entry in a cycle of films cashing in on Lee’s enduring post-demise popularity, this has the spirit of Bruce (Bruce Leung Siu-lung) battling through the Underworld against Dracula, James Bond, The Godfather, The Exorcist, Emmanuelle, some mummies, and more. Along the way, he befriends the One-Armed Swordsman, Caine from the TV show Kung Fu, and, erm, Popeye the Sailor. Go here for tickets for this one.
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