One of 50 Must Sees This Autumn: And When Did You Last See Your Father? [ 28/08/2007 ]

Author Blake Morrison is returning to his roots for the launch of a movie based on his best selling novel And When Did You Last See Your Father.
He will be among the audience for a special showing of the film at the Plaza Cinema in Skipton.

It is being screened as a charity event to raise cash for Cancer Research.
Morrison, a former pupil at Ermysted's Grammer School, in Skipton, was born in the town and his dad was a local GP.

The novel explores his relationship with his father, who died of cancer and was treated at Airedale General Hospital at Steeton. The film is to be shown on Friday September 28. It is expected to go nationwide from Friday October 5.

Cinema owner Charles Morris said he was especially pleased that the the film maker, Disney, had agreed to the special showing because it coincided with the cinema's 95th birthday this year.

He said he hoped to be able to raise £2,000 for the charity through ticket sales.
He said: "A raffle will also be held to boost the donation and some local businesses have already donated some extremely generous prizes."
It is the second time that Mr Morris has persuaded movie-makers to use his cinema for a special showing.

In September 2003, the Plaza was chosen to be the first in England to screen the Calendar Girls film, which went on to become a worldwide blockbuster.

Taking the role of Morrison's father Arthur is stage and screen star Jim Broadbent and he is played at different stages of his life by Colin Firth, up-and-coming Matthew Beard and child actor Bradley Johnson.

Royal Shakespeare Company actress Juliet Stevenson plays Morrison's mother Kim, also a doctor.

A Disney spokesman said the Plaza showing would be one of the first and was special because of its role in raising cash for cancer research.
The film would be premiered on Sunday September 23 at Hampstead cinema.

Adapted from The Guardian, 50 Must Sees this Autumn by Clive White, 28 August 2007

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