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Only 2 days left to reserve your place at IU Cinema’s Pre-Opening Press Day

Cinema Screening Room A limited number of seats are still available for the Nov. 10 Pre-Opening Press Day at the new, state-of-the-art Indiana University Cinema. Scheduled events include a personal tour of the new facility -- possibly the best-equipped university cinema in the United States -- and an exclusive screening of the newly restored The Bridge on the River Kwai on IU Cinema's 4K digital projection system.  Full Story

A place for culture

University Cinema

Art film is about to escape from LA. Hollywood hyperbole aside, the arrival of Indiana University's brand-new IU Cinema doesn't mean that major metropolises such as Los Angeles, Chicago and New York City will lose their grip on movies outside the mainstream. But, says IU Cinema Director Jon Vickers, the cinema's January opening at IU does signal a noteworthy regional shift in public access to art films.

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A place for premieres

The Bridge on the River Kwai

The first film shown at Indiana University's brand-new IU Cinema this November also commemorates the first collegiate screening of a recently restored classic World War II film. More than 50 years after its initial release, David Lean's The Bridge on the River Kwai will be shown at IU Cinema in January as a 4K print, the highest possible quality available for theatrical exhibition.

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A place for live musical scores

Metropolis

Patrons of the new Indiana University Cinema will be able to experience films as they were seen - and heard - in the Roaring Twenties. In collaboration with the renowned Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, IU Cinema will present a series of classic film screenings accompanied by live orchestral music, kicking off with a world premiere: the theatrical re-release of Metropolis (1927), a groundbreaking, dystopian science-fiction epic directed by Fritz Lang.

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A place for innovation

Cinema Innovation

Film lovers and fans of cutting-edge technology alike soon will be able to enjoy a cinematic experience that was previously unavailable in the Midwest. The state-of-the-art technology currently being installed in Indiana University's newly restored IU Cinema (formerly the University Theatre building) is the product of an innovative alliance between Indiana University and Sony Electronics.

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A place for academics

Students in Lecture

This January Indiana University students will have the opportunity to travel the world, go back in time, hurtle through space and watch a lion stalk her prey - all without ever leaving campus. Projecting chalkboard lessons onto the silver screen can bring any study to life, said Indiana University Cinema Director Jon Vickers.

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A place with purpose

Cinema Groundbreaking

Opening a brand-new, world-class cinema in a time of economic downturn may seem risky. Anyone who has been affected by budget cuts or recessional ruts might wonder -- why would a state university fund arts instead of business, math or science? To Indiana University President Michael McRobbie, a priceless academic experience is worth the expense. Planning for the Indiana University Cinema, which is set to open in January 2011, began when McRobbie entered office in 2007.

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A place for archives

University Cinema

From Star Trek scripts to storyboards from Citizen Kane, Indiana University's film collections and related artifacts comprise one of the most comprehensive public collections in the country. The opening of the IU Cinema in January comes amidst university-wide efforts to preserve, celebrate and share IU's vast archival film holdings with scholars, researchers and general audiences.

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