The Goonies R Good Enough!
At last it's official, the secrecy was killing me! As part of the Cornerhouse 25th Birthday celebrations on Saturday 16th October, they are turning the clocks back to 1985 and presenting a choice of 3 movies prior to a blowout late-night party. You can choose from Nic Roeg's Insignificance, the first film to screen at the centre featuring a live Einstein challenge. Perhaps you prefer Desperately Seeking Susan, which offers a chance to win a replica of Madonna's jacket from this bubblegum-opus. OR you can join yours truly in Cinema 1 for Scratch 'n Sniff Cinema presents The Goonies!
I'll be the guy with the giant placards and a torch (no expense spared), and you the audience will receive scent-imbued scratch cards with 8 mystery whiffs that will match key scenes in this terrifying tale of wayward teen malcontents as they brutalise a close-knit Mafia clan. Will Mama Fratelli scavenge enough dubloons to complete her gender reassignment surgery? You'll have to attend to find out! Tickets are priced at £19.85 - see what they did there? - including film, entry to the party and two drinks. Eighties and/or pirate-themed fancy dress is encouraged! Alternately, you can buy a ticket for the movie only for £8.50.
Due to popular request there is even going to be a kids screening earlier in the day (just for youngsters and families, adults only admitted if accompanied by a midget in knee socks). I'll also be permitting our series artist Simon Misra out of his gimp trunk for just long enough to design a new poster to accompany the screening, which will be on sale during the evening together with the few remaining original editions from The Company of Wolves and My Beautiful Laundrette (the latter signed by actor Gordon Warnecke).
Rumours that Cyndi Lauper will be making a guest appearance are nothing more than a scurrilous lie I concocted only now in an attempt to suggest a cunning double-bluff to leave fans doubting and thus raise the profile of my own event.