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Post by sandypine on Jul 29, 2024 7:36:09 GMT
No kidding lol, OK I've made a note in my desk jotter... 'The origional soft porn flick Wicker Man, must see'. There are a couple of versions, I think the directors cut is probably the best. If your film does not start with a statement 'thanking the villagers of summer Isle for allowing the production crew this rare insight into their religious practices' you're watching a shortened one... There is also a documentary around detailing the filming and locations when Woodward went back to the locations in Creetown and Galloway about thirty or so years later and they had to print large idiot boards for Woodward's lines as the weather dictated shooting and he was not ready for the Wicker Man scene. They also got a stripper from Soho as the body double for Ekland. |
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Post by steppenwolf on Jul 29, 2024 8:13:51 GMT
It's a genuine classic. Like Quatermass and the Pit it has stood the test of time.
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Post by sandypine on Jul 29, 2024 11:52:03 GMT
It's a genuine classic. Like Quatermass and the Pit it has stood the test of time. I remember watching the TV serial in 57/58 and being mesmerised by the whole thing. I was a little disappointed by the film although have come around as the storyline is still brilliant although they did try some Hammer special effects. Of course Barbara Shelley was in it and that can excuse almost anything. |
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Post by Dan Dare on Jul 29, 2024 12:19:49 GMT
It's a genuine classic. Like Quatermass and the Pit it has stood the test of time. Agreed. But although the Hammer version had some strong pluses (directed by Nigel Kneale, and in Technicolor) the original BBC-TV version of QatP is superior. For one thing it's almost twice as long. |
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Post by sandypine on Jul 29, 2024 15:39:46 GMT
It's a genuine classic. Like Quatermass and the Pit it has stood the test of time. Agreed. But although the Hammer version had some strong pluses (directed by Nigel Kneale, and in Technicolor) the original BBC-TV version of QatP is superior. For one thing it's almost twice as long. It has been edited down to a 90 minute video or thereabouts whereby filler scenes to allow movement of main characters to different sets had been removed and obviously titles and recap removed. They also repeated the whole thing the following Christmas in two combined episodes. I had not realised how wooden Anthony Bushell had been in the original, he seemed much happier in films of the period. There was a bit of overacting, sometimes by Cec Linder but he really twisted his ankle in one of the final live scenes and kept gamely on but I suppose they all tread the boards in their early years and the cast were mainly British stalwarts. |
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Post by steppenwolf on Jul 30, 2024 6:29:04 GMT
I noticed that in the Hammer film the symbol drawn on the inside of the capsule/bomb was a hexagon. It should have been a pentagon - the sign of the devil.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2024 16:55:26 GMT
I noticed that in the Hammer film the symbol drawn on the inside of the capsule/bomb was a hexagon. It should have been a pentagon - the sign of the devil. Hamas supporters are now using a red triangle with the point at the bottom. It's easy to spray paint. |
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Post by Orac on Jul 30, 2024 17:50:15 GMT
That wouldn't be the sort of idea that goes 'just send me the GPS and let the next re-test of one of my old missile systems do the rest' Hang on a minute Scottish isle, weird religion Didn't Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland and Edward Woodward do this one already ..... "Have you lost your bearings, Allah Akbar?" |
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Post by johnofgwent on Jul 30, 2024 20:32:04 GMT
It's a genuine classic. Like Quatermass and the Pit it has stood the test of time. Oh man. I think I said this before on here ... One of my freelance contracts was at Chippenham building the automated train operation systems for London Underground Limited in the pre TfL days and then out at Canary Wharf doing the installation and rollout tests before handing over to Lul's own safety testers. One evening during the rollout the team had a night out at the cinema showing this as a late evening midweek classic or something. Of course I'd seen it before but on TV never on a big screen. The next day NOBODY wanted to descend to the lower levels to wrap up the rollout !! |
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Post by steppenwolf on Jul 31, 2024 6:44:26 GMT
The bloke who wrote Quatermass and the Pit (Nigel Kneale) was a BBC screen writer who wrote sci-fi stuff in his spare time. When the BBC were a bit short of material they decided to use some of his stories. The funny thing is that most of Kneale's stuff wasn't much good (the Quatermass Experiment, Quatermass Conclusion etc). It was just the Pit that was brilliant - and very frightening.
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