Sci-fi double bill: Blade Runner + Metropolis

Two of cinema's most spectacular futuristic visions, in a double-bill of sci-fi.

Blade Runner

It is 2019. Human-like androids have been engineered to do dangerous work in place of humans. These androids - called replicants - are stronger, faster and smarter than any person, feeling no pain or remorse despite being nearly indistinguishable from their human counterparts. But a group of replicants has rebelled, escaped to earth, and begun killing. Retired policeman, Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) reluctantly agrees to hunt them down…

Don't miss this opportunity to see one of the greatest science fiction films on the big screen with Vangelis' phenomenal soundtrack remastered in Dolby 5.1 from the 1982 original.

Doors 1.30pm, show 2pm - 3.50pm

Metropolis

It is 2026. In the high-tech city of the future, the rich enjoy a life of luxury while the poor are enslaved underground, in the city's mechanical underbelly. Tensions build between the subterranean workers and pampered surface-dwellers when the prophet-like Maria, with her subversive message of universal brotherhood, ignites the spark of revolution among the workers. The city's mastermind, Freder, creates an android version of Maria to re-establish control. But his creation, the robot Maria, cannot be controlled…

Doors 4.15pm, show 4.45pm - 7.15pm

The Music

This pair of compelling cinematic visions is accompanied by equally compelling - but dramatically different - musical experiences.

Vangelis, fresh from his Oscar win for Chariots of Fire, created a reverberating, atmospheric sound world for Blade Runner which will fill the cavernous space of Morecambe Winter Gardens.

For Metropolis, Jonny Best will be at the Steinway grand piano, with percussionist Trevor Bartlett adding drama. Jonny and Trevor's many performances together include Buster Keaton's The General at Morecambe Winter Gardens.