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Daniel Gordon directs the story of the controversial race between Zola Budd and Mary Decker at 1984 Olympics.

Picturehouse will release Sky Atlantic’s original documentary The Fall.

The film will premiere at London’s Picturehouse Central on July 27 followed by preview screenings on July 28 and a release in Picturehouse Cinemas nationwide from July 29.

The Fall reunites rival runners Zola Budd and Mary Decker for the first time since their headling-generating race at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.

South Africa-born barefoot runner Budd and crowd favourite American athlete Decker infamously collided during the controversial 3000m women’s final.

The film includes archive footage as well as new and exclusive interviews.

Daniel Gordon (Hillsborough) directs, Karen Emsley produces and Passion Pictures’ John Battsek executive produces. It was commissioned and executive produced for Sky Atlantic by James Quinn.

Clare Binns, Picturehouse Entertainment director of programming and acquisitions, said, “Thousands will remember watching on TV in the summer of 1984, and we look...

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When did a film last blow you away? The pair behind the restoration of an old silent classic about Napoleon say it's a reminder of how magnificent pure cinema can be

Napoleon is a silent film directed by Abel Gance, dramatising the youth and early career of Napoleon Bonaparte. Its most complete screening, said to be nine hours long, took place in Paris in 1927 – but this version was subsequently lost. British film-maker Kevin Brownlow saw a version as a schoolboy and subsequently restored the film to close to its original length from various prints. His restoration was first shown in London in 1980 with a score by Carl Davis. It will screen again on 30 November at the city's Royal Festival Hall.

Kevin Brownlow, restorer

It was 1953 and I was still at school. I'd borrowed a silent French film from the library for my 9.5mm projector. It was by Jean Epstein and it was awful.