Alan Cumming in campaign to  save Scotland's Screen Machine - video Dailymotion

The Scotsman

New campaign fronted by Alan Cumming to save Scotland's Screen Machine. Regional Screen Scotland launches public fundraising campaign to buy a new Screen Machine  £100k is needed, as part of efforts to raise a total of £1.7m. Without urgent investment the Screen Machine mobile cinema service will end. Alan Cumming and Tide Lines have joined forces with RSS and Collective London advertising agency to make a short film to publicise the plight of the service.

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00:00We open on the highlands and islands of Scotland, where Screen Machine has brought the latest

00:11movies to over 40 rural communities for 26 years.

00:17This mobile film house is a vital service, a cultural lifeline, delivering edge-of-the-seat

00:24entertainment and unforgettable shared experience.

00:29But our most cinematic places are in danger of losing their only cinema.

00:35Today's Screen Machine has no tomorrow.

00:39It's too temporary, too costly, and cannot fit on every ferry.

00:45We need a sequel, a more reliable, comfortable and sustainable vehicle, capable of reaching

00:54every community.

00:56Without it, the Screen Machine's future is in the balance.

01:03Our very own Scottish journey.

01:10So the task is simple.

01:13Fundraise a brand new Screen Machine, fit for now, fit for the future, and you can help.

01:21A star in a story fits a silver screen.

01:26Please donate what you can today, so together we can keep the shows on the road.

01:36Save our Screen Machine, and action!

01:51www.screenmachine.co.uk

Alan Cumming in campaign to save Scotland's Screen Machine

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