[Iraq Sun] In a moment set to go down in history, a public cinema will open in Soddy Arabia...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
on Wednesday evening, for the first time in 35 years.
On April 18, 2018, at about 9 pm in Riyadh, around 600 guests will sit down in a refitted conference hall in the King Abdullah Financial District as the big screens showcase the major cultural landmark, the Marvel superhero blockbuster - Black Panther.
After 40 seconds of the film was cut by local censors, Black Panther will become the first movie to open in the Kingdom’s first theatre to open there in 35 years.
In December, Saudi Arabia lifted its decades-long cinema ban, a move announced by Awwad Alawwad, Saudi's minister of culture and information.
Alawwad will be attending the event alongside Adam Aron, CEO of AMC Entertainment.
AMC Entertainment, which is the largest theatrical exhibitor in the world with approximately 1,000 theaters and 11,000 screens across the globe, won the first licence to operate movie theaters in the kingdom and runs the Riyadh cinema.
Aron said that the opening of the theater was historic day for the movie industry and Saudi Arabia.