| Trinity Cine Asia to release THE EIGHT HUNDRED, the highest-grossing box office film in the world this year, on 16 Sep 2020, in 2D and IMAX cinemas in UK and Ireland |
Shanghai 1937. It’s been 3 months since Japan launched the invasion of China and Japanese forces have to take down the Si Hang Warehouse without further delay. As the Japanese army closes in, 400 soldiers stay holed in the warehouse to defend the city at all cost, in an epic battle that will last 4 days and 4 nights. The fighters include a ragtag band of brothers who’d managed to successfully dodge military service; now they’re forced to fight, literally, for their lives. With the battle playing out in full view of both the expat Americans and Europeans living across the Su Zhou River, and the local Chinese civilians, the battle of the so-called Eight Hundred Heroes made world headlines; it was the first to be broadcast live around the world.
Filmed during an 8 month-long shoot, THE EIGHT HUNDRED is the first Chinese language movie to be made with digital IMAX cameras. Stunning cinematography takes advantage of the production team’s year and a half-long effort to recreate the whole locale of the region, including life-size builds of the warehouse and neighbouring buildings, and a 200 metre-long Su Zhou River.
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THE EIGHT HUNDRED stars Zhang Yi (Cock and Bull, Dearest), Wang Qianyuan (Saving Mr. Wu), Jiang Wu (To Live, Shower) and Li Chen (Sky Hunter) in the lead roles.
CONFIRMED OPENING SITES
Birmingham
Odeon Birmingham New Street
Odeon Birmingham Broadway Plaza
Cineworld Birmingham Broad St IMAX
Bristol
Showcase Bristol CDL
Cardiff
Odeon Cardiff
Coventry
Odeon Coventry Skydome
Showcase Coventry CDL
Crawley
Cineworld Crawley IMAX
Dartford
Showcase Bluewater CDL
Edinburgh
Odeon Edinburgh Fort Kinnaird
Glasgow
Odeon Glasgow Quay
Leeds
Showcase Leeds CDL
Odeon Leeds Thorpe Park
Leicester
Showcase Leicester CDL
Liverpool
Odeon Liverpool Switch Island
London
Odeon Haymarket
Odeon Covent Garden
Cineworld Leicester Sq IMAX
Nottingham
Cineworld Nottingham IMAX
Showcase Nottingham CDL
Peterborough
Showcase Peterborough CDL
Reading
Showcase Reading CDL
Sheffield
Odeon Sheffield
Cineworld Sheffield IMAX
Southampton
Odeon Southampton
Showcase Southampton CDL
