Metro Cinema (Derby)

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The cinema's original location on Green Lane, Derby

The Metro Cinema was an independent cinema in Derby, United Kingdom, with one screen. It showed many independent, arthouse and foreign films, as well as some older mainstream films. [1] [2]

For most of its life, the cinema was located on Green Lane, but it relocated to the University of Derby campus in 2007. In 2008, it closed, in preparation for a move to the new Derby QUAD development in the city centre. [2]

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References

  1. "Metro Cinema in Derby, GB". Cinema Treasures . Archived from the original on 12 March 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Derby Metro/Quad Cinema". Discover Derby. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.

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