COMPREHENSIVE school pupils laid on a charity premiere for a top Hollywood film.

The pupils of Queen's Park High School, Blackburn, managed to get an exclusive showing of Mr Holland's Opus, starring Richard Dreyfus.

Dreyfus, who plays a frustrated music teacher with a profoundly deaf son, received an Oscar nomination for his role.

And Queen's Park, which has a special Hearing Impaired Unit for some of its pupils, linked up with film company Polygram which offered it a northern schools premiere showing.

Science teacher Patricia Rostron, said the pupils were delighted to be the first in the area to see the film. "We'll be giving the school a touch of glamour," she said.

The premiere was held at the Apollo Cinema in Blackburn, and the £10 ticket entitled people to attend a post-premiere party at King George's Hall, Blackburn.

There was also be a raffle prize of a year's free pass to the cinema, and a £60 Our Price record voucher.

Money raised from the charity premiere will go to school funds and providing musical equipment for hearing-impaired pupils.

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