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Scala!!! or, The Incredibly Strange Rise and Fall of the World's Wildest Cinema and How It Influenced a Mixed-up Generation of Weirdos and Misfits (2023)

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Scala!!! or, The Incredibly Strange Rise and Fall of the World's Wildest Cinema and How It Influenced a Mixed-up Generation of Weirdos and Misfits

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Directors

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  • Ali Catterall
    Ali Catterall
    director (directed by)
  • Jane Giles
    Jane Giles
    director (directed by)

Writers

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  • Jane Giles
    Jane Giles
    based on the book 'Scala Cinema 1978-1993' by
  • Ali Catterall
    Ali Catterall
    writer (uncredited)

Cast

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(in credits order)
  • Mark Moore
    Mark Moore
    Mark Moore
    Self - Musician
    /DJ
  • Jah Wobble
    Jah Wobble
    Self - Musician
  • Peter Strickland in Katalin Varga (2009)
    Peter Strickland
    Peter Strickland
    Self - Filmmaker
  • Mary Harron
    Mary Harron
    Mary Harron
    Self - Filmmaker
  • Ralph Brown
    Ralph Brown
    Ralph Brown
    Self - Scala Staff
    /Actor
    /Writer
  • Jayne Pilling
    Jayne Pilling
    Self - Scala Co-Programmer 1980-82
    (voice)
  • From 'Their Finest Hour and A Half', with the camera that shot 'Red Shoes' and 'Matter of Life and Death'.
    Stephen Woolley
    Stephen Woolley
    Self - Scala Owner
    /Filmmaker
  • Barry Adamson
    Barry Adamson
    Self - Musician
  • Kim Newman
    Kim Newman
    Kim Newman
    Self - Writer
  • Princess Julia
    Princess Julia
    Self -DJ
    /Icon
  • Nick Kent
    Nick Kent
    Self - Eyewitness
    /Writer
  • Ben Wheatley in Down Terrace (2009)
    Ben Wheatley
    Ben Wheatley
    Self
    (voice)
  • Paul Putner
    Paul Putner
    Paul Putner
    Self - Actor
  • Adam Buxton
    Adam Buxton
    Adam Buxton
    Self - Writer
    /Comedian
  • Douglas Hart
    Douglas Hart
    Self - Filmmaker
  • Lina Gopaul
    Lina Gopaul
    Self - Filmmaker
  • Joe Cornish
    Joe Cornish
    Joe Cornish
    Self - Filmmaker
    (voice)
  • Lisa Power
    Lisa Power
    Self - Activist
  • Caroline Catz
    Caroline Catz
    Caroline Catz
    Self - Actor
    /Filmmaker
  • Mike Leedham
    Mike Leedham
    Self - Scala Programme Graphic Design
  • John Waters
    John Waters
    John Waters
    Self - Filmmaker
  • Ian Crosdale
    Ian Crosdale
    Self - Scala Fan
  • Lee Williams
    Lee Williams
    Self - Scala Fan
  • Stewart Lee in Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle (2009)
    Stewart Lee
    Stewart Lee
    Self - Comedian
    /Writer
  • Patricia McGrath
    Patricia McGrath
    Self - Scala Programme Graphic Design
  • Beeban Kidron in Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
    Beeban Kidron
    Beeban Kidron
    Self - Crossbench Peer
    /Filmmaker
  • Bal Croce
    Bal Croce
    Self - Psychotronic
    /Musician
  • Cathi Unsworth
    Cathi Unsworth
    Self - Writer
  • Vic Roberts
    Vic Roberts
    Self - Scala Staff
  • Jim MacSweeney
    Jim MacSweeney
    Self - Gay's the Word Bookshop Manager
  • Paul Burston
    Paul Burston
    Self - Writer
    /Activist
  • JoAnne Sellar
    JoAnne Sellar
    Self - Scala Programmer 1982-86
    /Filmmaker
  • Ali Kayley
    Ali Kayley
    Self - Scala Staff
  • David McGillivray
    David McGillivray
    David McGillivray
    Self - Writer
  • Alan Jones
    Alan Jones
    Alan Jones
    Self - Shock Around the Clock Co-Programmer
    /Writer
  • Stefan Jaworzyn
    Stefan Jaworzyn
    Self - Shock Around the Clock Co-Programmer
    /Musician
  • Rick Baker
    Rick Baker
    Self - Promoter
    /Producer
    (as Ricky Baker)
  • Graham Humphreys in The Art of Film - Graham Humphreys (2022)
    Graham Humphreys
    Graham Humphreys
    Self - Illustrator
  • Mark Valen
    Mark Valen
    Self - Scala Programmer 1984-88
  • Isaac Julien
    Isaac Julien
    Isaac Julien
    Self - Artist
    /Filmmaker
  • Jane Giles
    Jane Giles
    Self - Scala Programmer 1988-92
  • Mik Risingham
    Mik Risingham
    Self - Powerpunk Popstar
    /Poet
    (archive footage)
  • Rory Perkins
    Rory Perkins
    Self - The Mix Club Promoter
  • John Akomfrah in The Nine Muses (2010)
    John Akomfrah
    John Akomfrah
    Self - Artist
    /Filmmaker
  • Matt Johnson
    Matt Johnson
    Matt Johnson
    Self - Songwriter
  • David Lawson
    David Lawson
    Self - Filmmaker
  • J.G. Thirlwell
    J.G. Thirlwell
    Self - Composer
    (as JG Thirlwell)
  • James O'Brien
    James O'Brien
    Self - Broadcaster
  • Helen de Witt
    Helen de Witt
    Self - Scala Programme Manager 1992-93
    (voice)
  • Chris Watson
    Chris Watson
    Self - Sound Recordist
    /Musician
  • Thurston Moore
    Thurston Moore
    Thurston Moore
    Self - Musician
Rest of cast listed alphabetically
  • Davey Jones
    Davey Jones
    Self
    (uncredited)
  • Margaret Thatcher
    Margaret Thatcher
    Margaret Thatcher
    Self
    (archive footage) (uncredited)

Producers

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  • David Babsky
    David Babsky
    executive producer
  • Michelle Brøndum
    Michelle Brøndum
    line producer
  • Paula Jalfon
    Paula Jalfon
    executive producer
  • Alan Marke
    Alan Marke
    producer (produced by)
  • Robert Randolph
    Robert Randolph
    executive producer
  • Jim Reid
    Jim Reid
    producer (produced by)
  • Lisa Marie Russo
    Lisa Marie Russo
    development executive
  • Shanida Scotland
    Shanida Scotland
    executive producer
  • Andrew Starke
    Andrew Starke
    producer (as Andy Starke) (produced by)

Composer

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  • Barry Adamson
    Barry Adamson

Cinematographer

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  • Sarah Appleton
    Sarah Appleton
    director of photography

Editors

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  • Edward Mills
    Edward Mills
  • Andrew Starke
    Andrew Starke

Makeup Department

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  • Karyn Jeanne Alley
    Karyn Jeanne Alley
    makeup artist: for John Waters

Art Department

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  • Luke Insect
    Luke Insect
    graphic designer
  • Davey Jones
    Davey Jones
    cartoonist

Sound Department

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  • Simon Capes
    Simon Capes
    dialogue editor
  • Michael Clayton
    Michael Clayton
    sound recordist
  • Clement Harper
    Clement Harper
    sound recordist
  • Martin Pavey
    Martin Pavey
    Sound Designer/Re-Recording Mixer
  • Max Riches
    Max Riches
    sound recordist
  • Nikki Ruck
    Nikki Ruck
    sound editor
  • Chris Watson
    Chris Watson
    sound recordist

Camera and Electrical Department

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  • Dean Alioto
    Dean Alioto
    additional camera
  • Micci Bamford
    Micci Bamford
    rostrum camera
  • Jacqueline Castel
    Jacqueline Castel
    additional camera
  • Josh Higgins
    Josh Higgins
    camera operator: second unit
  • Jim Kunz
    Jim Kunz
    additional camera
  • Kit Mackenzie
    Kit Mackenzie
    additional camera
  • Jasper Sharp
    Jasper Sharp
    additional camera
  • Linda Tahir
    Linda Tahir
    additional camera
  • Jason Alexander Thompson
    Jason Alexander Thompson
    additional camera

Animation Department

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  • Osbert Parker
    Osbert Parker
    animation director / animator

Editorial Department

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  • Jason R Moffat
    Jason R Moffat
    colorist

Additional Crew

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  • Saskia Baron
    Saskia Baron
    production assistant
  • Elise Burns
    Elise Burns
    transcriptions
  • Michael B. Clifford
    Michael B. Clifford
    archive
  • Sam Dwyer
    Sam Dwyer
    archive advisor
  • Sabrina Lena Ildefonso
    Sabrina Lena Ildefonso
    production assistant
  • Alastair McNamara
    Alastair McNamara
    production assistant
  • Marc Morris
    Marc Morris
    researcher
  • Heather Wang
    Heather Wang
    Runner

Thanks

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  • Michael B. Clifford
    Michael B. Clifford
    archive
  • Richard Dacre
    Richard Dacre
    thanks
  • Roz Kidd
    Roz Kidd
    thanks
  • Ken Miller
    Ken Miller
    thanks
  • Ross Smith
    Ross Smith
    thanks to

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