The Mighty Civic

In a blend of history, fantasy and actuality, New Zealand filmmakers Peter Wells and Stewart Main wave a magic want over the universal love of old movie palaces. Old showgirls reminisce, an enchanted usherette leads you on a voyage of discovery into the secrets of Auckland's Xanadu. Cinema moguls break their hearts, dancing girls tiptoe over champagne-drenched carpets. Once minute you're in Auckland in the '30s, the next on a exhilarating roller-coaster ride into the days when American GI's met Kiwi beauties under the twinkling stars at the Civic's midnight roof.