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Ultimate Picture Palace

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The Ultimate Picture Palace is an independent cinema in Oxford, England. It is Oxford's only surviving independent cinema, showing a mixture of independent, mainstream, foreign language, and classic films. The cinema has been a Grade II listed building since 1994.

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Ultimate Picture Palace
Cowley Road, Oxford East Oxford

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Cowley Road 95
OX4 1HR Oxford, East Oxford
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