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	~~{{Short description\|Cinema in London, England}}~~
	~~{{EngvarB\|date=March 2024}}~~
	~~{{Use dmy dates\|date=January 2014}}~~
	~~{{Infobox venue~~
	~~\| name = Prince Charles Cinema~~
	~~\| image = File:Prince Charles Cinema.jpg~~
	~~\| image_caption = Cinema frontage in 2013~~
	~~\| nickname =~~
	~~\| location = {{nowrap\|7 Leicester Place}} <br />[[London]], {{postcode\|WC\|2}}<br /> [[United Kingdom]]~~
	~~\| coordinates = {{Coord\|51\|30\|41.2\|N\|0\|7\|48.5\|W\|region:GB_type:landmark\|display=inline,title}}~~
	~~\| type = Indoor [[Movie theater\|cinema]]~~
	~~\| broke_ground =~~
	~~\| built = 1961-1962~~
	~~\| opened = 26 December 1962~~
	~~\| renovated =~~
	~~\| expanded =~~
	~~\| closed =~~
	~~\| owner =~~
	~~\| former_names = The Prince Charles Theatre~~
	~~\| seating_type =~~
	~~\| seating_capacity = 300 (downstairs), 104 (upstairs)~~
	~~\| embedded =~~
	~~\| website = {{URL\|https://princecharlescinema.com}}~~
	~~\| architect = [[Costain Group\|Richard Costain LTD]]~~
	}}
	~~[[File:Leicester Place - Lisle Street sarok, Prince Charles mozi. Fortepan 88828.jpg\|thumb\|A photograph of the Emmanuelle poster on the front of the building in 1976.]]~~
	~~[[File:Princecharlesstalls.jpg\|thumb\|The downstairs screen's auditorium.]]~~
	The '''Prince Charles Cinema''' (PCC) is a [[repertory cinema]] located in Leicester Place, {{convert\|50\|yd\|m\|abbr=off\|round=5}} north of [[Leicester Square]] in the [[City of Westminster]]. It shows a rotating programme of cult, arthouse, and classic films alongside recent Hollywood releases – typically more than fifty different films a week on two screens (300 velvet seats downstairs and 104 high back leather seats upstairs). It also regularly hosts a sing-a-long version of ''[[The Sound of Music (film)\|The Sound of Music]]'', as well as ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' and ''[[The Room (2003 film)\|The Room]]''. The cinema has achieved a cult status amongst fans, and is the only independent cinema in Westminster.

	~~== History ==~~

	~~=== 20th century ===~~
	Constructed between 1961 and 1962, the building was built by [[Costain Group\| Richard Costain Limited]] for Alfred Esdaile and designed by Carl Fisher and Associates.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/PrinceCharlesTheatreLondon.htm \|title=Prince Charles Cinema, Leicester Place, London \|author=Matthew Lloyd \|website=arthurlloyd.co.uk \|access-date=7 September 2013}}</ref> The building, named for then-[[Charles III\|Prince Charles]], originally functioned as a theatre with a distinctive 'satellite dish' curve to the floor of the stalls, meaning that audience members are sat at an upwards angle as they face the stage. In 1964 an edition of ''The [[Jack Paar]] Program'' was filmed there with a performance on the stage by [[Judy Garland]].<ref name="TimeOutOral">{{cite web\|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/film/an-oral-history-of-prince-charles-cinema\|website=[[Time Out (magazine)\|Time Out]]\|date=29 May 2024\|access-date=10 February 2025\|title=Midnight marathons, plastic spoons and shagging rabbits: an oral history of Prince Charles Cinema}}</ref>

	After a short period supporting the dramatic arts, the venue was reinvented as a kind of soft porn cinema, and began showing European arthouse movies with "a level of nudity that British and American cinema wasn’t ready for".<ref name="TimeOutOral"/> During this period it hosted the UK's longest continuous run of ''[[Emmanuelle]]'', as well as ''[[Caligula (film)\|Caligula]]'' (1979).

	The UK premiere of [[Just a Gigolo (1978 film)\|''Just a Gigolo'']] was held at the Prince Charles Cinema on 14 February 1979, it was attended by [[David Bowie]] who starred in the film.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Pegg \|first=Nicholas \|title=The Complete David Bowie \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LqFkDQAAQBAJ \|publisher=[[Titan Books]] \|location=London \|year=2016 \|pages=660–661\|isbn=978-1-78565-365-0 \|edition=Revised and Updated }}</ref>

	~~By the 1980s it also showed [[Horror film\|horror films]], such as ''[[The Evil Dead]]'', and in 1987 it hosted the world premiere of [[Hellraiser\|''Hellraiser'']].<ref name="TimeOutOral"/>~~

	~~The Prince Charles was taken over by Robins Cinemas in April 1991, and it was then that it became largely a [[Revival house\|repertory cinema]].<ref name="TimeOutOral"/>~~

	~~=== 21st century ===~~

	The cinema was used as the setting for a number of stunts in the British sketch show ''[[Trigger Happy TV]]'' in the early 2000s. Filming was facilitated by the cinema having a balcony at the time from which aerial shots could be taken, which was later converted into a second screen in 2008.<ref name="TimeOutOral"/>

	During the UK launch of ''[[Kill Bill: Volume 2]]'' (2004), [[Uma Thurman]] recorded a special video introduction for a double bill of both movies being held at the cinema. In it she welcomed the audience to "Quentin's favourite UK cinema". [[Quentin Tarantino]] has said, "The Prince Charles Cinema is everything an independent movie theatre should be. For lovers of quality films, this is Mecca." and "The day ''Kill Bill'' plays the Prince Charles is the day ''Kill Bill'' truly comes home."<ref>{{YouTube\|id=U1OZmFurXTI\|title=Quentin Tarantino – The Prince Charles is Kill Bill's UK home!}}</ref> He further described it as London's "queen's jewel" of a [[grindhouse]] saying "I was so honoured when ''Reservoir Dogs'' hit so big there that they started playing it at midnight and all the lads would show up in the black suits with little squirt guns".<ref>{{cite news \|title=Saint Quentin \|author=Duncan Campbell \|author-link=Duncan Campbell (The Guardian) \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/oct/03/quentintarantino \|newspaper=[[The Guardian]] \|location=London \|date=3 October 2003 \|access-date=6 September 2013}}</ref>

	In April 2007, the cinema opened an official [[Kevin Smith]] toilet cubicle, after the director held a question and answer session at the cinema. He said "I don't know, Quentin Tarantino has never turned up here and they name the bar after him, it's my second visit and they haven't even named a toilet after me!" The next day they screwed a framed picture of him to the first cubicle in the gents and he officially opened the toilet.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Cine-files: The Prince Charles Cinema, London \|author=James Rawson \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2013/jan/15/cine-files-prince-charles-cinema \|newspaper=[[The Guardian]] \|location=London \|date=15 January 2013 \|access-date=6 September 2013}}</ref>

	As a commitment to promoting environmental causes, the PCC screened the documentary ''[[An Inconvenient Truth]]'' every week of 2007.<ref>{{cite press release \|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \|title=The Big Ask Cinema Night: 'An Inconvenient Truth' and question time with Environment Minister \|date=23 February 2007 \|publisher=[[Friends of the Earth]] \|location=London \|url=http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/the_big_ask_cinema_night_a_23022007.html \|access-date=7 September 2013}}</ref> Often the screenings have Q&As with special guests; previous speakers have included [[Tony Juniper]], [[David Miliband]] and [[Menzies Campbell\|Sir Menzies Campbell]].

	The cinema and surrounding area was featured in the music video to "[[Golden Gaze]]" by [[Ian Brown]]. [[Pete Doherty\|Peter Doherty]], lead singer of [[The Libertines]], worked at the cinema for several months in 1999 before being dismissed.<ref>{{cite book \|date=2007 \|title=The Books of Albion: The Collected Writings of Peter Doherty \|publisher=Orion \|page=52\|isbn=978-0-7528-8242-0}}</ref>

	In [[Time Out (magazine)\|Time Out Magazine]] in 2021, filmmaker [[Paul Thomas Anderson]] chose the cinema as his favourite in London, going on to say "‘The Prince Charles has a place in my heart. It’s the people, the programming, the accessibility, feeling, texture... you cannot go wrong. You also know that on any given day, you can close your eyes, press your finger to the programme and you’ll hit something great. It’s like tuning into your favourite radio station".<ref>{{cite web \|last1=De Semlyen \|first1=Phil \|title=The coolest cinemas in the world – as picked by its most exciting filmmakers \|url=https://www.timeout.com/film/the-coolest-cinemas-in-the-world-as-picked-by-its-most-exciting-filmmakers \|website=Time Out \|publisher=TimeOut \|access-date=9 August 2024}}</ref>

	In 2023, after the [[Coronation of Charles III]], the cinema announced that it had no intention of changing its name.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Griffiths \|first=Robbie \|date=2023-05-04 \|title='We won't change our name for King' says London's Prince Charles cinema \|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/londoners-diary-king-london-prince-charles-cinema-coronation-rishi-sunak-b1078772.html \|access-date=2024-02-19 \|website=Evening Standard \|language=en}}</ref>

	In June 2024, the cinema cancelled a planned world premiere of ''[[The Last Screenwriter]]'', a film written by [[ChatGPT]], amid concerns from its patrons about the use of [[artificial intelligence]] "in place of a writer".<ref>{{Cite web \|first=James W \|last=Kelly \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjll3w15j0yo\|title=Prince Charles Cinema drops AI-written film following backlash\|date=19 June 2024\|website=BBC News\|accessdate=19 June 2024}}</ref>

	In the 2020s, screenings of [[Wong Kar Wai]]'s film [[In The Mood For Love]] from 2000 saw an increase in popularity at the cinema.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/dec/23/covid-cinephilia-lockdown-gen-z-cinema\|title=Covid was supposed to kill cinema – but did lockdown and gen Z save cinephilia?\|website=[[The Guardian]]\|date=23 Dec 2024\|access-date=8 September 2025\|first=Tom\|last=Shone}}</ref>

	~~===Threat of closure===~~

	On 28 January 2025, the staff of the PCC launched the #SaveThePCC movement, regarding the PCC's premises' lease. With their current lease expiring in September 2025, the PCC believed that the new lease they had been offered by the building's landlord Zedwell LSQ Ltd was not what they were legally entitled to under Section 26 of the 1954 Landlord and Tenants Act. They stated that Zedwell were demanding to include a break clause into the building's new lease, which would require the PCC to vacate the premises at 6 months notice should Zedwell receive planning permission to redevelop the building, which the PCC interpreted as a "clear intention to do so". Zedwell also want to raise the premises' rent, which the PCC claims would be "at a level which no cinema proprietor would consider reasonable and refusing to supply any information to back this up".<ref>{{cite web\|title=Save the Prince Charles Cinema\|date=28 January 2025\|website=princecharlescinema.com\|url=https://princecharlescinema.com/savethepcc/\|access-date=28 January 2025}}</ref><ref name=guardian-20250128>{{cite news \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jan/28/prince-charles-cinema-threat-of-closure-london-cult-venue \|title=Cult London film venue Prince Charles cinema under threat of closure \|last=Pulver \|first=Andrew \|newspaper=The Guardian \|date=28 January 2025 \|access-date=28 January 2025}}</ref>

	Following the announcement, a petition was set up to Zedwell LSQ Ltd and its parent company [[Criterion Capital]], which reached 10,000 signatures within an hour.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Shafer \|first1=Ellise \|title=London's Prince Charles Cinema 'Under Serious Threat' of Closure, Launches Petition to Save Iconic Theater \|url=https://variety.com/2025/film/global/prince-charles-cinema-london-serious-threat-closure-1236288419/ \|access-date=28 January 2025 \|work=Variety \|date=28 January 2025}}</ref> By late February, the petition had reached over 160,000 signatures.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Future more 'positive' for landmark cinema after fans' show of support\|date=25 February 2025\|website=peeblesshirenews.com\|url=https://www.peeblesshirenews.com/leisure/national/24964318.future-positive-landmark-cinema-fans-show-support/\|access-date=1 March 2025}}</ref> On 26 February, the PCC said that their negotiations with Zedwell had resumed.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Pilley\|first=Max\|title=Prince Charles Cinema gives update on lease battle with landlord\|date=26 February 2025\|website=nme.com\|url=https://www.nme.com/news/film/prince-charles-cinema-gives-update-on-lease-battle-with-landlord-3841680\|access-date=1 March 2025}}</ref>

	On 9 May, the PCC announced that the cinema had been designated as an [[Asset of Community Value]] by [[Westminster City Council]] under section 87 of the Localism Act 2011. Regarding the decision, the council wrote that “the Prince Charles is distinguished from other local cinemas by means of its independent ethos, unparalleled programming and a close relationship with the local community”.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Pilley\|first=Max\|date=9 May 2025\|title=Battle to save Prince Charles Cinema sees it "designated as an Asset of Community Value" by council\|url=https://www.nme.com/news/film/battle-to-save-prince-charles-cinema-sees-it-designated-as-an-asset-of-community-value-by-council-3861841\|work=nme.com\|publisher=NME\|access-date=10 May 2025}}</ref>

	~~== Canopy ==~~
	The canopy above the cinema is used for regular advertising for films, and sports cult film quotes or other obscure messages. Previous messages have cheered on [[England national football team\|England]] in the [[FIFA World Cup\|World Cup]], proclaimed the cinema to be the ninth wonder of the world, after [[King Kong]], and joked about other local cinemas.

	~~==References==~~
	~~{{reflist}}~~

	~~== External links ==~~
	* [https://www.princecharlescinema.com/ Official website]
	* [http://www.singalonga.net/soundofmusic/index.html Sing-a-long-a Sound of Music website]

	~~[[Category:Buildings and structures in the City of Westminster]]~~
	~~[[Category:Cinemas in London]]~~
	~~[[Category:Repertory cinemas in the United Kingdom]]~~
	~~[[Category:Tourist attractions in the City of Westminster]]~~

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		{{Short description\|Cinema in London, England}}
		{{EngvarB\|date=March 2024}}
		{{Use dmy dates\|date=January 2014}}
		{{Infobox venue
		\| name = Prince Charles Cinema
		\| image = File:Prince Charles Cinema.jpg
		\| image_caption = Cinema frontage in 2013
		\| nickname =
		\| location = {{nowrap\|7 Leicester Place}} <br />[[London]], {{postcode\|WC\|2}}<br /> [[United Kingdom]]
		\| coordinates = {{Coord\|51\|30\|41.2\|N\|0\|7\|48.5\|W\|region:GB_type:landmark\|display=inline,title}}
		\| type = Indoor [[Movie theater\|cinema]]
		\| broke_ground =
		\| built = 1961-1962
		\| opened = 26 December 1962
		\| renovated =
		\| expanded =
		\| closed =
		\| owner =
		\| former_names = The Prince Charles Theatre
		\| seating_type =
		\| seating_capacity = 300 (downstairs), 104 (upstairs)
		\| embedded =
		\| website = {{URL\|https://princecharlescinema.com}}
		\| architect = [[Costain Group\|Richard Costain LTD]]
		}}
		[[File:Leicester Place - Lisle Street sarok, Prince Charles mozi. Fortepan 88828.jpg\|thumb\|A photograph of the Emmanuelle poster on the front of the building in 1976.]]
		[[File:Princecharlesstalls.jpg\|thumb\|The downstairs screen's auditorium.]]
		The '''Prince Charles Cinema''' (PCC) is a [[repertory cinema]] located in Leicester Place, {{convert\|50\|yd\|m\|abbr=off\|round=5}} north of [[Leicester Square]] in the [[City of Westminster]]. It shows a rotating programme of cult, arthouse, and classic films alongside recent Hollywood releases – typically more than fifty different films a week on two screens (300 velvet seats downstairs and 104 high back leather seats upstairs). It also regularly hosts a sing-a-long version of ''[[The Sound of Music (film)\|The Sound of Music]]'', as well as ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' and ''[[The Room (2003 film)\|The Room]]''. The cinema has achieved a cult status amongst fans, and is the only independent cinema in Westminster.

		== History ==

		=== 20th century ===
		Constructed between 1961 and 1962, the building was built by [[Costain Group\| Richard Costain Limited]] for Alfred Esdaile and designed by Carl Fisher and Associates.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/PrinceCharlesTheatreLondon.htm \|title=Prince Charles Cinema, Leicester Place, London \|author=Matthew Lloyd \|website=arthurlloyd.co.uk \|access-date=7 September 2013}}</ref> The building, named for then-[[Charles III\|Prince Charles]], originally functioned as a theatre with a distinctive 'satellite dish' curve to the floor of the stalls, meaning that audience members are sat at an upwards angle as they face the stage. In 1964 an edition of ''The [[Jack Paar]] Program'' was filmed there with a performance on the stage by [[Judy Garland]].<ref name="TimeOutOral">{{cite web\|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/film/an-oral-history-of-prince-charles-cinema\|website=[[Time Out (magazine)\|Time Out]]\|date=29 May 2024\|access-date=10 February 2025\|title=Midnight marathons, plastic spoons and shagging rabbits: an oral history of Prince Charles Cinema}}</ref>

		After a short period supporting the dramatic arts, the venue was reinvented as a kind of soft porn cinema, and began showing European arthouse movies with "a level of nudity that British and American cinema wasn’t ready for".<ref name="TimeOutOral"/> During this period it hosted the UK's longest continuous run of ''[[Emmanuelle]]'', as well as ''[[Caligula (film)\|Caligula]]'' (1979).

		The UK premiere of [[Just a Gigolo (1978 film)\|''Just a Gigolo'']] was held at the Prince Charles Cinema on 14 February 1979, it was attended by [[David Bowie]] who starred in the film.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Pegg \|first=Nicholas \|title=The Complete David Bowie \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LqFkDQAAQBAJ \|publisher=[[Titan Books]] \|location=London \|year=2016 \|pages=660–661\|isbn=978-1-78565-365-0 \|edition=Revised and Updated }}</ref>

		By the 1980s it also showed [[Horror film\|horror films]], such as ''[[The Evil Dead]]'', and in 1987 it hosted the world premiere of [[Hellraiser\|''Hellraiser'']].<ref name="TimeOutOral"/>

		The Prince Charles was taken over by Robins Cinemas in April 1991, and it was then that it became largely a [[Revival house\|repertory cinema]].<ref name="TimeOutOral"/>

		=== 21st century ===

		The cinema was used as the setting for a number of stunts in the British sketch show ''[[Trigger Happy TV]]'' in the early 2000s. Filming was facilitated by the cinema having a balcony at the time from which aerial shots could be taken, which was later converted into a second screen in 2008.<ref name="TimeOutOral"/>

		During the UK launch of ''[[Kill Bill: Volume 2]]'' (2004), [[Uma Thurman]] recorded a special video introduction for a double bill of both movies being held at the cinema. In it she welcomed the audience to "Quentin's favourite UK cinema". [[Quentin Tarantino]] has said, "The Prince Charles Cinema is everything an independent movie theatre should be. For lovers of quality films, this is Mecca." and "The day ''Kill Bill'' plays the Prince Charles is the day ''Kill Bill'' truly comes home."<ref>{{YouTube\|id=U1OZmFurXTI\|title=Quentin Tarantino – The Prince Charles is Kill Bill's UK home!}}</ref> He further described it as London's "queen's jewel" of a [[grindhouse]] saying "I was so honoured when ''Reservoir Dogs'' hit so big there that they started playing it at midnight and all the lads would show up in the black suits with little squirt guns".<ref>{{cite news \|title=Saint Quentin \|author=Duncan Campbell \|author-link=Duncan Campbell (The Guardian) \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/oct/03/quentintarantino \|newspaper=[[The Guardian]] \|location=London \|date=3 October 2003 \|access-date=6 September 2013}}</ref>

		In April 2007, the cinema opened an official [[Kevin Smith]] toilet cubicle, after the director held a question and answer session at the cinema. He said "I don't know, Quentin Tarantino has never turned up here and they name the bar after him, it's my second visit and they haven't even named a toilet after me!" The next day they screwed a framed picture of him to the first cubicle in the gents and he officially opened the toilet.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Cine-files: The Prince Charles Cinema, London \|author=James Rawson \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2013/jan/15/cine-files-prince-charles-cinema \|newspaper=[[The Guardian]] \|location=London \|date=15 January 2013 \|access-date=6 September 2013}}</ref>

		As a commitment to promoting environmental causes, the PCC screened the documentary ''[[An Inconvenient Truth]]'' every week of 2007.<ref>{{cite press release \|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \|title=The Big Ask Cinema Night: 'An Inconvenient Truth' and question time with Environment Minister \|date=23 February 2007 \|publisher=[[Friends of the Earth]] \|location=London \|url=http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/the_big_ask_cinema_night_a_23022007.html \|access-date=7 September 2013}}</ref> Often the screenings have Q&As with special guests; previous speakers have included [[Tony Juniper]], [[David Miliband]] and [[Menzies Campbell\|Sir Menzies Campbell]].

		The cinema and surrounding area was featured in the music video to "[[Golden Gaze]]" by [[Ian Brown]]. [[Pete Doherty\|Peter Doherty]], lead singer of [[The Libertines]], worked at the cinema for several months in 1999 before being dismissed.<ref>{{cite book \|date=2007 \|title=The Books of Albion: The Collected Writings of Peter Doherty \|publisher=Orion \|page=52\|isbn=978-0-7528-8242-0}}</ref>

		In [[Time Out (magazine)\|Time Out Magazine]] in 2021, filmmaker [[Paul Thomas Anderson]] chose the cinema as his favourite in London, going on to say "‘The Prince Charles has a place in my heart. It’s the people, the programming, the accessibility, feeling, texture... you cannot go wrong. You also know that on any given day, you can close your eyes, press your finger to the programme and you’ll hit something great. It’s like tuning into your favourite radio station".<ref>{{cite web \|last1=De Semlyen \|first1=Phil \|title=The coolest cinemas in the world – as picked by its most exciting filmmakers \|url=https://www.timeout.com/film/the-coolest-cinemas-in-the-world-as-picked-by-its-most-exciting-filmmakers \|website=Time Out \|publisher=TimeOut \|access-date=9 August 2024}}</ref>

		In 2023, after the [[Coronation of Charles III]], the cinema announced that it had no intention of changing its name.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Griffiths \|first=Robbie \|date=2023-05-04 \|title='We won't change our name for King' says London's Prince Charles cinema \|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/londoners-diary-king-london-prince-charles-cinema-coronation-rishi-sunak-b1078772.html \|access-date=2024-02-19 \|website=Evening Standard \|language=en}}</ref>

		In June 2024, the cinema cancelled a planned world premiere of ''[[The Last Screenwriter]]'', a film written by [[ChatGPT]], amid concerns from its patrons about the use of [[artificial intelligence]] "in place of a writer".<ref>{{Cite web \|first=James W \|last=Kelly \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjll3w15j0yo\|title=Prince Charles Cinema drops AI-written film following backlash\|date=19 June 2024\|website=BBC News\|accessdate=19 June 2024}}</ref>

		In the 2020s, screenings of [[Wong Kar Wai]]'s film [[In The Mood For Love]] from 2000 saw an increase in popularity at the cinema.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/dec/23/covid-cinephilia-lockdown-gen-z-cinema\|title=Covid was supposed to kill cinema – but did lockdown and gen Z save cinephilia?\|website=[[The Guardian]]\|date=23 Dec 2024\|access-date=8 September 2025\|first=Tom\|last=Shone}}</ref>

		===Threat of closure===

		On 28 January 2025, the staff of the PCC launched the #SaveThePCC movement, regarding the PCC's premises' lease. With their current lease expiring in September 2025, the PCC believed that the new lease they had been offered by the building's landlord Zedwell LSQ Ltd was not what they were legally entitled to under Section 26 of the 1954 Landlord and Tenants Act. They stated that Zedwell were demanding to include a break clause into the building's new lease, which would require the PCC to vacate the premises at 6 months notice should Zedwell receive planning permission to redevelop the building, which the PCC interpreted as a "clear intention to do so". Zedwell also want to raise the premises' rent, which the PCC claims would be "at a level which no cinema proprietor would consider reasonable and refusing to supply any information to back this up".<ref>{{cite web\|title=Save the Prince Charles Cinema\|date=28 January 2025\|website=princecharlescinema.com\|url=https://princecharlescinema.com/savethepcc/\|access-date=28 January 2025}}</ref><ref name=guardian-20250128>{{cite news \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jan/28/prince-charles-cinema-threat-of-closure-london-cult-venue \|title=Cult London film venue Prince Charles cinema under threat of closure \|last=Pulver \|first=Andrew \|newspaper=The Guardian \|date=28 January 2025 \|access-date=28 January 2025}}</ref>

		Following the announcement, a petition was set up to Zedwell LSQ Ltd and its parent company [[Criterion Capital]], which reached 10,000 signatures within an hour.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Shafer \|first1=Ellise \|title=London's Prince Charles Cinema 'Under Serious Threat' of Closure, Launches Petition to Save Iconic Theater \|url=https://variety.com/2025/film/global/prince-charles-cinema-london-serious-threat-closure-1236288419/ \|access-date=28 January 2025 \|work=Variety \|date=28 January 2025}}</ref> By late February, the petition had reached over 160,000 signatures.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Future more 'positive' for landmark cinema after fans' show of support\|date=25 February 2025\|website=peeblesshirenews.com\|url=https://www.peeblesshirenews.com/leisure/national/24964318.future-positive-landmark-cinema-fans-show-support/\|access-date=1 March 2025}}</ref> On 26 February, the PCC said that their negotiations with Zedwell had resumed.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Pilley\|first=Max\|title=Prince Charles Cinema gives update on lease battle with landlord\|date=26 February 2025\|website=nme.com\|url=https://www.nme.com/news/film/prince-charles-cinema-gives-update-on-lease-battle-with-landlord-3841680\|access-date=1 March 2025}}</ref>

		On 9 May, the PCC announced that the cinema had been designated as an [[Asset of Community Value]] by [[Westminster City Council]] under section 87 of the Localism Act 2011. Regarding the decision, the council wrote that “the Prince Charles is distinguished from other local cinemas by means of its independent ethos, unparalleled programming and a close relationship with the local community”.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Pilley\|first=Max\|date=9 May 2025\|title=Battle to save Prince Charles Cinema sees it "designated as an Asset of Community Value" by council\|url=https://www.nme.com/news/film/battle-to-save-prince-charles-cinema-sees-it-designated-as-an-asset-of-community-value-by-council-3861841\|work=nme.com\|publisher=NME\|access-date=10 May 2025}}</ref>

		== Canopy ==
		The canopy above the cinema is used for regular advertising for films, and sports cult film quotes or other obscure messages. Previous messages have cheered on [[England national football team\|England]] in the [[FIFA World Cup\|World Cup]], proclaimed the cinema to be the ninth wonder of the world, after [[King Kong]], and joked about other local cinemas.

		==References==
		{{reflist}}

		== External links ==
		* [https://www.princecharlescinema.com/ Official website]
		* [http://www.singalonga.net/soundofmusic/index.html Sing-a-long-a Sound of Music website]

		[[Category:Buildings and structures in the City of Westminster]]
		[[Category:Cinemas in London]]
		[[Category:Repertory cinemas in the United Kingdom]]
		[[Category:Tourist attractions in the City of Westminster]]

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	~~== Ausgesuchte Leinwandgrößen ==~~


	~~{\| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"~~
	~~\|+ Leinwandgrößen ausgesuchter Kinos~~

	\|-
	~~! Kino !! Breite !! Höhe !! Saal !! Guter Platz~~
	\|-
	~~\| Rio 1 \|\| 12 \|\| 6 \|\| Gang links und rechts, [https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Tuere Türe] links hinten\|\| Reihe H~~
	\|-
	~~\| City 1 \|\| 11,70 \|\| 4,90 \|\| Gang links und rechts, Türe links und rechts hinten\|\| Reihe 11~~
	\|-
	~~\| City 2 \|\| 8,32 \|\| 3,98 \|\| Gang links und rechts, Türe rechts vorne\|\| Reihe 7~~
	\|-
	~~\| Rio 2 \|\| 6 \|\| 3,5 \|\| Gang links, Türe links hinten \|\| Reihe C~~
	\|-
	~~\| Atelier 1 \|\| 7,30 \|\| 3,03 \|\| Gang links und rechts, Türe links hinten \|\| Reihe 5~~
	\|-
	~~\| Neues Maxim 1 \|\| 5,20 \|\| 2,80 \|\| Gang rechts, Türe links vorne \|\| …~~
	\|-
	~~\| Atelier 2 \|\| 6,24 \|\| 2,67 \|\| Gang links, Türe links vorne \|\| Reihe 5~~
	\|-
	~~\| Monopol 1 \|\| 5,90 \|\| 2,50 \|\| Gang links und rechts, Türe rechts \|\| …~~
	\|-
	~~\| Monopol 2 \|\| 5,00 \|\| 2,50 \|\| Gang rechts, Türe links vorne, Tür zum Klo auch rechts\|\| …~~
	\|-
	~~\| Monopol 3 \|\| 4,90 \|\| 2,30 \|\| Gang links und rechts, Türe rechts \|\| …~~
	\|-
	~~\| City 3 \|\| 4,28 \|\| 2,04 \|\| Gang rechts, Türe rechts hinten \|\| …~~
	\|-
	~~\| Arena 2 \|\| 4,80 \|\| 2,00 \|\| Gang links, Türe links hinten \|\| …~~
	\|-
	~~\| Monopol Kinobar \|\| 4,50 \|\| 1,90 \|\| Gang links, Türe links hinten \|\| …~~
	\|-
	~~\| Arena 1 \|\| 4,20 \|\| 1,80 \|\| Gang links, Türe rechts vorn\|\| Reihe 3~~
	\|-
	~~\| Neues Maxim 2 \|\| 4,00 \|\| 1,70 \|\| Gang Mitte, Türe links vorne \|\| …~~
	\|-
	~~\| Werkstattkino \|\| ? \|\| ? \|\| Gang rechts, Türe rechts Mitte \|\| …~~
	\|}


	~~== anderswo ==~~


	~~{\| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"~~
	~~\|+ Leinwandgrößen anderswo~~

	\|-
	~~! Kino !! Breite !! Höhe !! Sitzsituation~~
	\|-
	~~\| Gartenbaukino: \|\| 15,40 \|\| 7,20 \|\| Gang links, Mitte und rechts, Türen links~~
	\|-
	~~\| Schauburg Cinerama \|\| 17 \|\| 7 \|\| Gang links und rechts, Türe links hinten~~
	\|-
	~~\| Das Kino, Saal: \|\| 8\|\| “nicht ganz 4” \|\| Gang links und rechts, Tür links hinten~~
	\|-
	~~\| Das Kino, Gewölbe: \|\| ? \|\| ? \|\| Gang rechts, Türe rechts hinten~~
	\|-
	~~\| Kino Lumière, sála K1 : \|\| 9,20 \|\| 3,85 \|\| Gang links und Rechts, Türe rechts hinten und evl. auch links hinten~~
	\|-
	~~\| Kino Lumière, sála K2: \|\| 6 \|\| 2,51 \|\| Gang links, Türe wohl links vorne oder eher Mitte~~
	\|-
	~~\| Kino Lumière, sála K4 : \|\| 4,87 \|\| 2,04 \|\| Gang links, Türe wohl links vorne~~
	\|-
	~~\| Kino Lumière, sála K3: \|\| 4,07 \|\| 1,70 \|\| Gang rechts, Türe wohl rechts vorne~~
	\|-
	~~\| Breitenseer Lichtspiele: \|\| ? \|\| ? \|\| Gang Mitte, Türe links hinten~~
	\|-
	~~\| Breitwand Gauting Kino 4: \|\| ? \|\| ? \|\| Gang rechts, Türe links vorne~~
	\|-
	~~\| Breitwand Gauting Kino 5: \|\| ? \|\| ? \|\| Gang rechts, Türe links vorne~~
	\|-
	~~\| Breitwand Seefeld Kino 2: \|\| ? \|\| ? \|\| Gang Mitte, Türe rechts hinten~~
	\|-
	~~\| Breitenseer Lichtspiele: \|\| ? \|\| ? \|\| Gang Mitte, Türe links hinten~~
	\|}



	~~== Quellen ==~~

	*artechock.de
	*filmvorfuehrer.de
	*freundliches Personal
	*kino-lumiere.sk
	*riopalast.de
	*schauburg.de

Sirgerald at 17:24, 17 July 2025

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	~~Was ist sinnvoller?~~

	~~Breite x Höhe oder Höhe x Breite?~~

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	! Kino !! ~~Höhe~~ !! ~~Breite~~ !! Sitzsituation		! Kino !! Breite !! Höhe !! Sitzsituation
	\|-		\|-
	\| Gartenbaukino: \|\| 7,20 \|\| 15,40 \|\| Gang links, Mitte und rechts, Türen links		\| Gartenbaukino: \|\| 15,40 \|\| 7,20 \|\| Gang links, Mitte und rechts, Türen links
	\|-		\|-
	\| Schauburg Cinerama \|\| 7 \|\| 17 \|\| Gang links und rechts, Türe links hinten		\| Schauburg Cinerama \|\| 17 \|\| 7 \|\| Gang links und rechts, Türe links hinten
	\|-		\|-
	\| Das Kino, Saal: \|\| “nicht ganz 4” ~~\|\| 8~~ \|\| Gang links und rechts, Tür links hinten		\| Das Kino, Saal: \|\| 8\|\| “nicht ganz 4” \|\| Gang links und rechts, Tür links hinten
	\|-		\|-
	\| Das Kino, Gewölbe: \|\| ? \|\| ? \|\| Gang rechts, Türe rechts hinten		\| Das Kino, Gewölbe: \|\| ? \|\| ? \|\| Gang rechts, Türe rechts hinten
	\|-		\|-
	\| Kino Lumière, sála K1 : \|\| 3,85 \|\| 9,2 \|\| Gang links und Rechts, Türe rechts hinten und ~~evtl~~. auch links hinten		\| Kino Lumière, sála K1 : \|\| 9,20 \|\| 3,85 \|\| Gang links und Rechts, Türe rechts hinten und evl. auch links hinten
	\|-		\|-
	\| Kino Lumière, sála K2: \|\| 2,51 ~~\|\| 6~~ \|\| Gang links, Türe wohl links vorne oder eher Mitte		\| Kino Lumière, sála K2: \|\| 6 \|\| 2,51 \|\| Gang links, Türe wohl links vorne oder eher Mitte
	\|-		\|-
	\| Kino Lumière, sála K4 : \|\| 2,04 \|\| 4,87 \|\| Gang links, Türe wohl links vorne		\| Kino Lumière, sála K4 : \|\| 4,87 \|\| 2,04 \|\| Gang links, Türe wohl links vorne
	\|-		\|-
	\| Kino Lumière, sála K3: \|\| 1,70 \|\| 4,07 \|\| Gang rechts, Türe wohl rechts vorne		\| Kino Lumière, sála K3: \|\| 4,07 \|\| 1,70 \|\| Gang rechts, Türe wohl rechts vorne
	\|-		\|-
	\| Breitenseer Lichtspiele: \|\| ? \|\| ? \|\| Gang Mitte, Türe links hinten		\| Breitenseer Lichtspiele: \|\| ? \|\| ? \|\| Gang Mitte, Türe links hinten

Sirgerald at 17:18, 17 July 2025

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	\| Neues Maxim 1 \|\| 5,20 \|\| 2,80 \|\| Gang rechts, Türe links vorne \|\| …		\| Neues Maxim 1 \|\| 5,20 \|\| 2,80 \|\| Gang rechts, Türe links vorne \|\| …
	\|-		\|-
	\| Atelier 2 \|\| 6,24 \|\| 6,24 \|\| Gang links, Türe links vorne \|\| Reihe 5		\| Atelier 2 \|\| 6,24 \|\| 2,67 \|\| Gang links, Türe links vorne \|\| Reihe 5
	\|-		\|-
	\| Monopol 1 \|\| 2,5 \|\| 5,9 \|\| Gang links und rechts, Türe rechts \|\| …		\| Monopol 1 \|\| 5,90 \|\| 2,50 \|\| Gang links und rechts, Türe rechts \|\| …
	\|-		\|-
	\| Monopol 2 \|\| 2,5 \|\| 5,0 \|\| Gang rechts, Türe links vorne, Tür zum Klo auch rechts\|\| …		\| Monopol 2 \|\| 5,00 \|\| 2,50 \|\| Gang rechts, Türe links vorne, Tür zum Klo auch rechts\|\| …
	\|-		\|-
	\| Monopol 3 \|\| 2,3 \|\| 4,9 \|\| Gang links und rechts, Türe rechts \|\| …		\| Monopol 3 \|\| 4,90 \|\| 2,30 \|\| Gang links und rechts, Türe rechts \|\| …
	\|-		\|-
	\| City 3 \|\| 2,04 \|\| 4,28 \|\| Gang rechts, Türe rechts hinten \|\| …		\| City 3 \|\| 4,28 \|\| 2,04 \|\| Gang rechts, Türe rechts hinten \|\| …
	\|-		\|-
	\| Arena 2 \|\| 2 \|\| 4,8 \|\| Gang links, Türe links hinten \|\| …		\| Arena 2 \|\| 4,80 \|\| 2,00 \|\| Gang links, Türe links hinten \|\| …
	\|-		\|-
	\| Monopol Kinobar \|\| 1,9 \|\| 4,5 \|\| Gang links, Türe links hinten \|\| …		\| Monopol Kinobar \|\| 4,50 \|\| 1,90 \|\| Gang links, Türe links hinten \|\| …
	\|-		\|-
	\| Arena 1 \|\| 1,8 \|\| 4,2 \|\| Gang links, Türe rechts vorn\|\| Reihe 3		\| Arena 1 \|\| 4,20 \|\| 1,80 \|\| Gang links, Türe rechts vorn\|\| Reihe 3
	\|-		\|-
	\| Neues Maxim 2 \|\| 1,7 \|\| 4 \|\| Gang Mitte, Türe links vorne \|\| …		\| Neues Maxim 2 \|\| 4,00 \|\| 1,70 \|\| Gang Mitte, Türe links vorne \|\| …
	\|-		\|-
	\| Werkstattkino \|\| ? \|\| ? \|\| Gang rechts, Türe rechts Mitte \|\| …		\| Werkstattkino \|\| ? \|\| ? \|\| Gang rechts, Türe rechts Mitte \|\| …

Sirgerald at 17:12, 17 July 2025

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	! Kino !! ~~Höhe~~ !! ~~Breite~~ !! Saal !! Guter Platz		! Kino !! Breite !! Höhe !! Saal !! Guter Platz
	\|-		\|-
	\| Rio 1 \|\| 6 \|\| 12 \|\| Gang links und rechts, [https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Tuere Türe] links hinten\|\| Reihe H		\| Rio 1 \|\| 12 \|\| 6 \|\| Gang links und rechts, [https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Tuere Türe] links hinten\|\| Reihe H
	\|-		\|-
	\| City 1 \|\| 4,90 \|\| 11,70 \|\| Gang links und rechts, Türe links und rechts hinten\|\| Reihe 11		\| City 1 \|\| 11,70 \|\| 4,90 \|\| Gang links und rechts, Türe links und rechts hinten\|\| Reihe 11
	\|-		\|-
	\| City 2 \|\| 3,98 \|\| 8,32 \|\| Gang links und rechts, Türe rechts vorne\|\| Reihe 7		\| City 2 \|\| 8,32 \|\| 3,98 \|\| Gang links und rechts, Türe rechts vorne\|\| Reihe 7
	\|-		\|-
	\| Rio 2 \|\| 3,5 ~~\|\| 6~~ \|\| Gang links, Türe links hinten \|\| Reihe C		\| Rio 2 \|\| 6 \|\| 3,5 \|\| Gang links, Türe links hinten \|\| Reihe C
	\|-		\|-
	\| Atelier 1 \|\| 3,03 \|\| 7,30 \|\| Gang links und rechts, Türe links hinten \|\| Reihe 5		\| Atelier 1 \|\| 7,30 \|\| 3,03 \|\| Gang links und rechts, Türe links hinten \|\| Reihe 5
	\|-		\|-
	\| Neues Maxim 1 \|\| 2,8 \|\| 5,2 \|\| Gang rechts, Türe links vorne \|\| …		\| Neues Maxim 1 \|\| 5,20 \|\| 2,80 \|\| Gang rechts, Türe links vorne \|\| …
	\|-		\|-
	\| Atelier 2 \|\| 2,67 \|\| 6,24 \|\| Gang links, Türe links vorne \|\| Reihe 5		\| Atelier 2 \|\| 6,24 \|\| 6,24 \|\| Gang links, Türe links vorne \|\| Reihe 5
	\|-		\|-
	\| Monopol 1 \|\| 2,5 \|\| 5,9 \|\| Gang links und rechts, Türe rechts \|\| …		\| Monopol 1 \|\| 2,5 \|\| 5,9 \|\| Gang links und rechts, Türe rechts \|\| …

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== Ausgesuchte Leinwandgrößen ==

Was ist sinnvoller?

Breite x Höhe oder Höhe x Breite?

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
|+ Leinwandgrößen ausgesuchter Kinos

|-
! Kino !! Höhe !! Breite !! Saal !! Guter Platz
|-
| Rio 1 || 6 || 12 || Gang links und rechts, [https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Tuere Türe] links hinten|| Reihe H
|-
| City 1 || 4,90 || 11,70 || Gang links und rechts, Türe links und rechts hinten|| Reihe 11
|-
| City 2 || 3,98 || 8,32 || Gang links und rechts, Türe rechts vorne|| Reihe 7
|-
| Rio 2 || 3,5 || 6 || Gang links, Türe links hinten || Reihe C
|-
| Atelier 1 || 3,03 || 7,30 || Gang links und rechts, Türe links hinten || Reihe 5
|-
| Neues Maxim 1 || 2,8 || 5,2 || Gang rechts, Türe links vorne || …
|-
| Atelier 2 || 2,67 || 6,24 || Gang links, Türe links vorne || Reihe 5
|-
| Monopol 1 || 2,5 || 5,9 || Gang links und rechts, Türe rechts || …
|-
| Monopol 2 || 2,5 || 5,0 || Gang rechts, Türe links vorne, Tür zum Klo auch rechts|| …
|-
| Monopol 3 || 2,3 || 4,9 || Gang links und rechts, Türe rechts || …
|-
| City 3 || 2,04 || 4,28 || Gang rechts, Türe rechts hinten || …
|-
| Arena 2 || 2 || 4,8 || Gang links, Türe links hinten || …
|-
| Monopol Kinobar || 1,9 || 4,5 || Gang links, Türe links hinten || …
|-
| Arena 1 || 1,8 || 4,2 || Gang links, Türe rechts vorn|| Reihe 3
|-
| Neues Maxim 2 || 1,7 || 4 || Gang Mitte, Türe links vorne || …
|-
| Werkstattkino || ? || ? || Gang rechts, Türe rechts Mitte || …
|}

== anderswo ==

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
|+ Leinwandgrößen anderswo

|-
! Kino !! Höhe !! Breite !! Sitzsituation
|-
| Gartenbaukino: || 7,20 || 15,40 || Gang links, Mitte und rechts, Türen links
|-
| Schauburg Cinerama || 7 || 17 || Gang links und rechts, Türe links hinten
|-
| Das Kino, Saal: || “nicht ganz 4” || 8 || Gang links und rechts, Tür links hinten
|-
| Das Kino, Gewölbe: || ? || ? || Gang rechts, Türe rechts hinten
|-
| Kino Lumière, sála K1 : || 3,85 || 9,2 || Gang links und Rechts, Türe rechts hinten und evtl. auch links hinten
|-
| Kino Lumière, sála K2: || 2,51 || 6 || Gang links, Türe wohl links vorne oder eher Mitte
|-
| Kino Lumière, sála K4 : || 2,04 || 4,87 || Gang links, Türe wohl links vorne
|-
| Kino Lumière, sála K3: || 1,70 || 4,07 || Gang rechts, Türe wohl rechts vorne
|-
| Breitenseer Lichtspiele: || ? || ? || Gang Mitte, Türe links hinten
|-
| Breitwand Gauting Kino 4: || ? || ? || Gang rechts, Türe links vorne
|-
| Breitwand Gauting Kino 5: || ? || ? || Gang rechts, Türe links vorne
|-
| Breitwand Seefeld Kino 2: || ? || ? || Gang Mitte, Türe rechts hinten
|-
| Breitenseer Lichtspiele: || ? || ? || Gang Mitte, Türe links hinten
|}

== Quellen ==

*artechock.de
*filmvorfuehrer.de
*freundliches Personal
*kino-lumiere.sk
*riopalast.de
*schauburg.de

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	~~{{Short description\|Cinema in London, England}}~~
	~~{{EngvarB\|date=March 2024}}~~
	~~{{Use dmy dates\|date=January 2014}}~~
	~~{{Infobox venue~~
	~~\| name = Prince Charles Cinema~~
	~~\| image = File:Prince Charles Cinema.jpg~~
	~~\| image_caption = Cinema frontage in 2013~~
	~~\| nickname =~~
	~~\| location = {{nowrap\|7 Leicester Place}} <br />[[London]], {{postcode\|WC\|2}}<br /> [[United Kingdom]]~~
	~~\| coordinates = {{Coord\|51\|30\|41.2\|N\|0\|7\|48.5\|W\|region:GB_type:landmark\|display=inline,title}}~~
	~~\| type = Indoor [[Movie theater\|cinema]]~~
	~~\| broke_ground =~~
	~~\| built = 1961-1962~~
	~~\| opened = 26 December 1962~~
	~~\| renovated =~~
	~~\| expanded =~~
	~~\| closed =~~
	~~\| owner =~~
	~~\| former_names = The Prince Charles Theatre~~
	~~\| seating_type =~~
	~~\| seating_capacity = 300 (downstairs), 104 (upstairs)~~
	~~\| embedded =~~
	~~\| website = {{URL\|https://princecharlescinema.com}}~~
	~~\| architect = [[Costain Group\|Richard Costain LTD]]~~
	}}
	~~[[File:Leicester Place - Lisle Street sarok, Prince Charles mozi. Fortepan 88828.jpg\|thumb\|A photograph of the Emmanuelle poster on the front of the building in 1976.]]~~
	~~[[File:Princecharlesstalls.jpg\|thumb\|The downstairs screen's auditorium.]]~~
	The '''Prince Charles Cinema''' (PCC) is a [[repertory cinema]] located in Leicester Place, {{convert\|50\|yd\|m\|abbr=off\|round=5}} north of [[Leicester Square]] in the [[City of Westminster]]. It shows a rotating programme of cult, arthouse, and classic films alongside recent Hollywood releases – typically more than fifty different films a week on two screens (300 velvet seats downstairs and 104 high back leather seats upstairs). It also regularly hosts a sing-a-long version of ''[[The Sound of Music (film)\|The Sound of Music]]'', as well as ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' and ''[[The Room (2003 film)\|The Room]]''. The cinema has achieved a cult status amongst fans, and is the only independent cinema in Westminster.

	~~== History ==~~

	~~=== 20th century ===~~
	Constructed between 1961 and 1962, the building was built by [[Costain Group\| Richard Costain Limited]] for Alfred Esdaile and designed by Carl Fisher and Associates.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/PrinceCharlesTheatreLondon.htm \|title=Prince Charles Cinema, Leicester Place, London \|author=Matthew Lloyd \|website=arthurlloyd.co.uk \|access-date=7 September 2013}}</ref> The building, named for then-[[Charles III\|Prince Charles]], originally functioned as a theatre with a distinctive 'satellite dish' curve to the floor of the stalls, meaning that audience members are sat at an upwards angle as they face the stage. In 1964 an edition of ''The [[Jack Paar]] Program'' was filmed there with a performance on the stage by [[Judy Garland]].<ref name="TimeOutOral">{{cite web\|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/film/an-oral-history-of-prince-charles-cinema\|website=[[Time Out (magazine)\|Time Out]]\|date=29 May 2024\|access-date=10 February 2025\|title=Midnight marathons, plastic spoons and shagging rabbits: an oral history of Prince Charles Cinema}}</ref>

	After a short period supporting the dramatic arts, the venue was reinvented as a kind of soft porn cinema, and began showing European arthouse movies with "a level of nudity that British and American cinema wasn’t ready for".<ref name="TimeOutOral"/> During this period it hosted the UK's longest continuous run of ''[[Emmanuelle]]'', as well as ''[[Caligula (film)\|Caligula]]'' (1979).

	The UK premiere of [[Just a Gigolo (1978 film)\|''Just a Gigolo'']] was held at the Prince Charles Cinema on 14 February 1979, it was attended by [[David Bowie]] who starred in the film.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Pegg \|first=Nicholas \|title=The Complete David Bowie \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LqFkDQAAQBAJ \|publisher=[[Titan Books]] \|location=London \|year=2016 \|pages=660–661\|isbn=978-1-78565-365-0 \|edition=Revised and Updated }}</ref>

	~~By the 1980s it also showed [[Horror film\|horror films]], such as ''[[The Evil Dead]]'', and in 1987 it hosted the world premiere of [[Hellraiser\|''Hellraiser'']].<ref name="TimeOutOral"/>~~

	~~The Prince Charles was taken over by Robins Cinemas in April 1991, and it was then that it became largely a [[Revival house\|repertory cinema]].<ref name="TimeOutOral"/>~~

	~~=== 21st century ===~~

	The cinema was used as the setting for a number of stunts in the British sketch show ''[[Trigger Happy TV]]'' in the early 2000s. Filming was facilitated by the cinema having a balcony at the time from which aerial shots could be taken, which was later converted into a second screen in 2008.<ref name="TimeOutOral"/>

	During the UK launch of ''[[Kill Bill: Volume 2]]'' (2004), [[Uma Thurman]] recorded a special video introduction for a double bill of both movies being held at the cinema. In it she welcomed the audience to "Quentin's favourite UK cinema". [[Quentin Tarantino]] has said, "The Prince Charles Cinema is everything an independent movie theatre should be. For lovers of quality films, this is Mecca." and "The day ''Kill Bill'' plays the Prince Charles is the day ''Kill Bill'' truly comes home."<ref>{{YouTube\|id=U1OZmFurXTI\|title=Quentin Tarantino – The Prince Charles is Kill Bill's UK home!}}</ref> He further described it as London's "queen's jewel" of a [[grindhouse]] saying "I was so honoured when ''Reservoir Dogs'' hit so big there that they started playing it at midnight and all the lads would show up in the black suits with little squirt guns".<ref>{{cite news \|title=Saint Quentin \|author=Duncan Campbell \|author-link=Duncan Campbell (The Guardian) \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/oct/03/quentintarantino \|newspaper=[[The Guardian]] \|location=London \|date=3 October 2003 \|access-date=6 September 2013}}</ref>

	In April 2007, the cinema opened an official [[Kevin Smith]] toilet cubicle, after the director held a question and answer session at the cinema. He said "I don't know, Quentin Tarantino has never turned up here and they name the bar after him, it's my second visit and they haven't even named a toilet after me!" The next day they screwed a framed picture of him to the first cubicle in the gents and he officially opened the toilet.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Cine-files: The Prince Charles Cinema, London \|author=James Rawson \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2013/jan/15/cine-files-prince-charles-cinema \|newspaper=[[The Guardian]] \|location=London \|date=15 January 2013 \|access-date=6 September 2013}}</ref>

	As a commitment to promoting environmental causes, the PCC screened the documentary ''[[An Inconvenient Truth]]'' every week of 2007.<ref>{{cite press release \|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \|title=The Big Ask Cinema Night: 'An Inconvenient Truth' and question time with Environment Minister \|date=23 February 2007 \|publisher=[[Friends of the Earth]] \|location=London \|url=http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/the_big_ask_cinema_night_a_23022007.html \|access-date=7 September 2013}}</ref> Often the screenings have Q&As with special guests; previous speakers have included [[Tony Juniper]], [[David Miliband]] and [[Menzies Campbell\|Sir Menzies Campbell]].

	The cinema and surrounding area was featured in the music video to "[[Golden Gaze]]" by [[Ian Brown]]. [[Pete Doherty\|Peter Doherty]], lead singer of [[The Libertines]], worked at the cinema for several months in 1999 before being dismissed.<ref>{{cite book \|date=2007 \|title=The Books of Albion: The Collected Writings of Peter Doherty \|publisher=Orion \|page=52\|isbn=978-0-7528-8242-0}}</ref>

	In [[Time Out (magazine)\|Time Out Magazine]] in 2021, filmmaker [[Paul Thomas Anderson]] chose the cinema as his favourite in London, going on to say "‘The Prince Charles has a place in my heart. It’s the people, the programming, the accessibility, feeling, texture... you cannot go wrong. You also know that on any given day, you can close your eyes, press your finger to the programme and you’ll hit something great. It’s like tuning into your favourite radio station".<ref>{{cite web \|last1=De Semlyen \|first1=Phil \|title=The coolest cinemas in the world – as picked by its most exciting filmmakers \|url=https://www.timeout.com/film/the-coolest-cinemas-in-the-world-as-picked-by-its-most-exciting-filmmakers \|website=Time Out \|publisher=TimeOut \|access-date=9 August 2024}}</ref>

	In 2023, after the [[Coronation of Charles III]], the cinema announced that it had no intention of changing its name.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Griffiths \|first=Robbie \|date=2023-05-04 \|title='We won't change our name for King' says London's Prince Charles cinema \|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/londoners-diary-king-london-prince-charles-cinema-coronation-rishi-sunak-b1078772.html \|access-date=2024-02-19 \|website=Evening Standard \|language=en}}</ref>

	In June 2024, the cinema cancelled a planned world premiere of ''[[The Last Screenwriter]]'', a film written by [[ChatGPT]], amid concerns from its patrons about the use of [[artificial intelligence]] "in place of a writer".<ref>{{Cite web \|first=James W \|last=Kelly \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjll3w15j0yo\|title=Prince Charles Cinema drops AI-written film following backlash\|date=19 June 2024\|website=BBC News\|accessdate=19 June 2024}}</ref>

	In the 2020s, screenings of [[Wong Kar Wai]]'s film [[In The Mood For Love]] from 2000 saw an increase in popularity at the cinema.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/dec/23/covid-cinephilia-lockdown-gen-z-cinema\|title=Covid was supposed to kill cinema – but did lockdown and gen Z save cinephilia?\|website=[[The Guardian]]\|date=23 Dec 2024\|access-date=8 September 2025\|first=Tom\|last=Shone}}</ref>

	~~===Threat of closure===~~

	On 28 January 2025, the staff of the PCC launched the #SaveThePCC movement, regarding the PCC's premises' lease. With their current lease expiring in September 2025, the PCC believed that the new lease they had been offered by the building's landlord Zedwell LSQ Ltd was not what they were legally entitled to under Section 26 of the 1954 Landlord and Tenants Act. They stated that Zedwell were demanding to include a break clause into the building's new lease, which would require the PCC to vacate the premises at 6 months notice should Zedwell receive planning permission to redevelop the building, which the PCC interpreted as a "clear intention to do so". Zedwell also want to raise the premises' rent, which the PCC claims would be "at a level which no cinema proprietor would consider reasonable and refusing to supply any information to back this up".<ref>{{cite web\|title=Save the Prince Charles Cinema\|date=28 January 2025\|website=princecharlescinema.com\|url=https://princecharlescinema.com/savethepcc/\|access-date=28 January 2025}}</ref><ref name=guardian-20250128>{{cite news \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jan/28/prince-charles-cinema-threat-of-closure-london-cult-venue \|title=Cult London film venue Prince Charles cinema under threat of closure \|last=Pulver \|first=Andrew \|newspaper=The Guardian \|date=28 January 2025 \|access-date=28 January 2025}}</ref>

	Following the announcement, a petition was set up to Zedwell LSQ Ltd and its parent company [[Criterion Capital]], which reached 10,000 signatures within an hour.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Shafer \|first1=Ellise \|title=London's Prince Charles Cinema 'Under Serious Threat' of Closure, Launches Petition to Save Iconic Theater \|url=https://variety.com/2025/film/global/prince-charles-cinema-london-serious-threat-closure-1236288419/ \|access-date=28 January 2025 \|work=Variety \|date=28 January 2025}}</ref> By late February, the petition had reached over 160,000 signatures.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Future more 'positive' for landmark cinema after fans' show of support\|date=25 February 2025\|website=peeblesshirenews.com\|url=https://www.peeblesshirenews.com/leisure/national/24964318.future-positive-landmark-cinema-fans-show-support/\|access-date=1 March 2025}}</ref> On 26 February, the PCC said that their negotiations with Zedwell had resumed.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Pilley\|first=Max\|title=Prince Charles Cinema gives update on lease battle with landlord\|date=26 February 2025\|website=nme.com\|url=https://www.nme.com/news/film/prince-charles-cinema-gives-update-on-lease-battle-with-landlord-3841680\|access-date=1 March 2025}}</ref>

	On 9 May, the PCC announced that the cinema had been designated as an [[Asset of Community Value]] by [[Westminster City Council]] under section 87 of the Localism Act 2011. Regarding the decision, the council wrote that “the Prince Charles is distinguished from other local cinemas by means of its independent ethos, unparalleled programming and a close relationship with the local community”.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Pilley\|first=Max\|date=9 May 2025\|title=Battle to save Prince Charles Cinema sees it "designated as an Asset of Community Value" by council\|url=https://www.nme.com/news/film/battle-to-save-prince-charles-cinema-sees-it-designated-as-an-asset-of-community-value-by-council-3861841\|work=nme.com\|publisher=NME\|access-date=10 May 2025}}</ref>

	~~== Canopy ==~~
	The canopy above the cinema is used for regular advertising for films, and sports cult film quotes or other obscure messages. Previous messages have cheered on [[England national football team\|England]] in the [[FIFA World Cup\|World Cup]], proclaimed the cinema to be the ninth wonder of the world, after [[King Kong]], and joked about other local cinemas.

	~~==References==~~
	~~{{reflist}}~~

	~~== External links ==~~
	* [https://www.princecharlescinema.com/ Official website]
	* [http://www.singalonga.net/soundofmusic/index.html Sing-a-long-a Sound of Music website]

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