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Description:The story behind The Wicker Man is one of the most notorious black comedies in cinema history. Shot in the depths of a Scottish winter, even though the film was set in spring, and with a smaller budget than the average Carry On picture, its first-time director gathered a cast of florid English character actors, a practising Australian witch, the man who taught mime to David Bowie, a Pole playing a 'nymphomaniac librarian' and a Scandanavian bombshell whose voice needed to be dubbed. Tempers flared. Egos clashed. Robin Hardy, director of this 'philosophical soft-core Scottish thriller musical' became a pariah, and the films' writer irritated the locals in Dumfries and Galloway by sending a letter claiming pandas and rabbits would be burned during production.Despite, or perhaps because of it all The Wicker Man has survived to become one of the most revered cult films ever, the intense and eerie tale of a police sergeant lured to a Hebridean island in search of a missing girl. There ensues a cat-and-mouse game between pious Sergeant Howie and charismatic Lord Summerisle, head of a secretive religious community. More relevant than ever in its analysis of the extremes to which faith can drive us, The Wicker Man highlights how permeable the barrier between civilisation and barbarity truly is.In this comprehensively revised edition Allan Brown follows the film from its inception to its calamitous Hollywood remake thirty-four years later. For the first time the book features scenes from footage believed lost for ever, the never-before-seen script of Anthony Schaffer's sequel, interviews with cast and crew, and a behind-the-scenes examination of the troubles that have dogged the film from its outset.ISBN 1846971446 ISBN 13 9781846971440 (Same as Hardback edition.)We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Inside The Wicker Man: How Not to Make a Cult Classic. To get started finding Inside The Wicker Man: How Not to Make a Cult Classic, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: The story behind The Wicker Man is one of the most notorious black comedies in cinema history. Shot in the depths of a Scottish winter, even though the film was set in spring, and with a smaller budget than the average Carry On picture, its first-time director gathered a cast of florid English character actors, a practising Australian witch, the man who taught mime to David Bowie, a Pole playing a 'nymphomaniac librarian' and a Scandanavian bombshell whose voice needed to be dubbed. Tempers flared. Egos clashed. Robin Hardy, director of this 'philosophical soft-core Scottish thriller musical' became a pariah, and the films' writer irritated the locals in Dumfries and Galloway by sending a letter claiming pandas and rabbits would be burned during production.Despite, or perhaps because of it all The Wicker Man has survived to become one of the most revered cult films ever, the intense and eerie tale of a police sergeant lured to a Hebridean island in search of a missing girl. There ensues a cat-and-mouse game between pious Sergeant Howie and charismatic Lord Summerisle, head of a secretive religious community. More relevant than ever in its analysis of the extremes to which faith can drive us, The Wicker Man highlights how permeable the barrier between civilisation and barbarity truly is.In this comprehensively revised edition Allan Brown follows the film from its inception to its calamitous Hollywood remake thirty-four years later. For the first time the book features scenes from footage believed lost for ever, the never-before-seen script of Anthony Schaffer's sequel, interviews with cast and crew, and a behind-the-scenes examination of the troubles that have dogged the film from its outset.ISBN 1846971446 ISBN 13 9781846971440 (Same as Hardback edition.)We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Inside The Wicker Man: How Not to Make a Cult Classic. To get started finding Inside The Wicker Man: How Not to Make a Cult Classic, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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