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Dunkirk: Where to watch the seven-minute preview showing ahead of Rogue One

A prologue to Christopher Nolan's WWII drama will debut in select cinemas

Jacob Stolworthy

Friday 16 December 2016 10:44 GMT

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Dunkirk - Trailer 1 [HD]

Christopher Nolan, ever the film stock enthusiast, will be showing WWII drama Dunkirk in the 35mm and 70mm format in select IMAX cinemas across the world, a preview of which can be seen ahead of Rogue One.

Lasting for seven minutes, the footage will land ahead of the Star Wars prequel this weekend well before its July 2017 release.

It'll serve as a prologue to the director's first film since 2014's Interstellar.

Below is a list of all the cinemas across the globe where you'll be able to watch the preview.

For those of you who can't make it to one of the above, you'll have to make do with the breathtaking trailer which shows off the film's impressive cast including Kenneth Branagh, Mark Rylance, Cillian Murphy and Tom Hardy (it seemed to ditch that extra).

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Creed

This empowering spin-off sequel to the Rocky franchise sees Sylvester Stallone return as the personal trainer to Odonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan), the son of his old rival-turned-compadre Apollo (Carl Weathers).

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Room

A grandstanding adaptation of the Emma Donoghue novel. At Room's heart is two towering performances from Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay as a mother and son who find freedom after being locked away by in a boxed building for years.

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The Big Short

Plenty of The Big Short's charm is manifested in the way that it takes a clunky story (the 2007-8 financial crisis) and transforms it into a cinematic experience.

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Spotlight

The facts speak for themselves in this Oscar-winning biographical film about four investigative journalists who uncover a scandal of child molestation in the Catholic church. Strong performances and a firm directorial presence in Tom McCarthy make Spotlight a worthy recipient of this year's Best Picture Oscar.

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Bone Tomahawk

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Anomalisa

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The Witch

Take any shot from Robert Eggers' assured debut - based on a New England folktale - and your spine will tingle. A masterclass in understatedness.

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10 Cloverfield Lane

If you're going to unveil a secret sequel-of-sorts to 2008 hit Cloverfield, this is how you do it. Essentially a chamber piece set in the same world of Matt Reeves' original, 10 Cloverfield Lane will hold you in a vicelike grip until its closing frame.

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High-Rise

Ben Wheatley's fifth feature as director may not be to everyone's tastes but, should you be up to it, there's a lot to take away from this adaptation of J.G. Ballard's dystopian tale.

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Zootropolis

Despite strong competition in the form of Finding Dory and Kubo and the Two Strings, Zootropolis - named Zootopia in the US - takes the trophy of 2016's greatest animated film.

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Victoria

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Captain America: Civil War

Even those who aren't invested in superhero films will have a hard time keeping their breath in several of Civil War's action sequences.

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Son of Saul

The haunting winner of the Best Foreign Language Oscar, Son of Saul's technical mastery (courtesy of first-time director László Nemes) is backed up by a harrowingly real portrayal of life within a Nazi concentration camp.

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Everybody Wants Some!!

Richard Linklater followed Boyhood with this charming coming-of-age story that bears similarity with 1993's Dazed and Confused. This time, our ensemble are a group of baseball-playing college freshmen. In the upper echelons of the year's best.

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Green Room

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Sing Street

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Love and Friendship

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Suburra

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The Neon Demon

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Hell or High Water

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Kubo and the Two Strings

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Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Dunkirk is released 21 July with the 35mm/70mm showings due to begin 19 July. Rogue One - the first of three planned Star Wars anthology films - is in cinemas now.

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