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This movie projection is offered exclusively to KAUST community members and is Rated PG-13 for historical violence and brutality

1492: Conquest of Paradise, directed by Ridley Scott (1992) tells the story of Christopher Columbus' discovery of the Americas and the effect this has on the indigenous people.  Determined to find a new sailing route to India, Christopher Columbus (Gérard Depardieu) convinces Spanish Queen Isabella (Sigourney Weaver) to finance an expedition. Setting sail with three ships, Columbus quells potential mutinies until the men arrive in North America. After his triumphant return home, Columbus is appointed governor of the new territory, but his dream of a peaceful new world does not fit with nobleman Don Adrian de Moxica's (Michael Wincott) visions of conquest.

For the weekend movies, make sure to collect your Pioneer Movie Pass at the cinema, good for all 8 film screenings. Enter for the chance to win a restaurant voucher by seeing 3 or more movies.