Get ready to relive the classic 1972 film, Buck and the Preacher in all its glory! Park Circus is bringing back this timeless movie with an incredible new 4K restoration that will be shown in cinemas across the UK & Ireland starting March 2023.
Starring the late, great Sidney Poitier in his directorial debut alongside a scene-stealing Harry Belafonte (in their first screen pairing), this revisionist Western masterpiece expertly subverts the genre at every turn and remains ripe for rediscovery on the big screen over 50 years on.
Don’t miss out on this chance to relive this amazing story and stunning visuals in a whole new way!
Cinemas screening the 1972 classic include Odeon, Prince Charles Cinema, Irish Film Institute, Glasgow Film Theatre, HOME Manchester and more. The rerelease from Park Circus, who represent the international theatrical rights on behalf of Sony Pictures, will also feature striking new artwork and trailer.
Watch Buck and the Preacher Trailer
Poitier stars as Buck, an ex-Union Army Cavalry sergeant who becomes a scout for freed slaves heading to the Colorado frontier. Tagging along with him are his wife (Ruby Dee in a scene-stealing performance) and a Bible-thumping con artist known as the Preacher (Belafonte).
Attacked by racist bounty hunters determined to return the former slaves to a life of sharecropping in Louisiana, Buck and his followers must summon all the courage they have in order to reach their destination and help settle the Wild West.
