Movie buffs re-open outback town’s cinema

24 April 2021·3-min readIt’s a story fit for Hollywood. Two cinema tragics in their twilight years head bush and re-open an outback movie hall for one last chance to do what they love.Together the men find a simple life far from the city and a Northern Territory town rediscovers its love of the flicks as it opens its arms to the newcomers.

But like all good tales, adversity is close. The business, like most maimed by the COVID pandemic, is struggling and the ending to this would-be classic is still being written.”Movies belong on the big screen,” says 68-year-old Greg Harmer with a chuckle when asked why he re-opened the cinema.

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