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== 1995 - 2017 ==
The Since 1995 the cinema has continues to go strong under the name Ultimate Picture Palace.
It was the 'Penultimate Picture Palace' until 1990, then it closed and was squatted before re-opening as the 'Ultimate Picture Palace' in 1995.
== 1976 1994 ==
The cinema, which had been closed and unused for some time was squatted for a month, during which it was called the "Section 6 cinema", Section 6 being the part of the 1977 Criminal Law Act which makes it an offence for an owner to attempt to use or threaten violence to enter an occupied premises.  == 1976 - 1990 == The cinema was called the Penultimate Picture Palace(PPP). In 1976 Bill Heine , the owner of the PPP invited his friend sculptor John Buckley to design its fixtures. For the facade he chose a figure reminiscent of Al Jolson with outstretched hands. The door handles were like Mae West's lips, and there was a female and a male figure above the toilet entrances, named Pearl and Dean. In 1986 Buckley made the famous shark at Heine's Headington house
== Before then? ==