tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902996684146416339.post5421268952590016021..comments2013-03-26T14:38:08.671+00:00Comments on Great Northern?: Swallows and Amazons - the movie?Duncan Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16787646693693466048noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902996684146416339.post-4258581225620990072013-03-26T14:38:08.671+00:002013-03-26T14:38:08.671+00:00Casting is currently underway! It would be very i...Casting is currently underway! It would be very interesting to hear from anybody who went along to a casting session (unless you had to sign confidentiality agreements!) Did you see some script? What did they ask?<br /><br />etc etc!Duncan Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16787646693693466048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902996684146416339.post-65240925135750567862013-03-18T19:35:53.634+00:002013-03-18T19:35:53.634+00:00Oh gosh, this is so cool!Oh gosh, this is so cool!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902996684146416339.post-73851723860767625922012-06-16T11:01:45.993+01:002012-06-16T11:01:45.993+01:00I think that the reason we aren't spreading ru...I think that the reason we aren't spreading rumours, is that there is practically no info from the film crew doing it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902996684146416339.post-27082787073250288232010-12-12T01:17:46.816+00:002010-12-12T01:17:46.816+00:00Just rereading the whole lot - Pidgeon Post was a ...Just rereading the whole lot - Pidgeon Post was a lot better than I'd remembered (didn't approve of the lack of sailing as a kid and only read it 8 times out of protest).<br /><br />I've yet to read another author who can make characters live quite as well as Arthur Ransom does, and not just the kids.<br /><br />If they make a movie or two I do hope they manage to capture the spirit of the books. And don't make me fall in love with Nancy, Peggy, and Titty all over again!<br /><br />The Lord of the Rings films were, in my opinion, absolutely dreadful. I felt they completely missed the point, and sold out for purely commercial gain. Half a star from me because they even put me off the books, which I have not touched since watching the films (after a quick WTF? skim). Ruined, I say!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902996684146416339.post-7700051233348150372010-12-10T16:04:18.792+00:002010-12-10T16:04:18.792+00:00Hi - even better thsn sll thst is a film on More 4...Hi - even better thsn sll thst is a film on More 4 this saturday called Swallows & Amazons: Bristol Old Vic Sets Sail. Check it out. I think seventh-art.com has more info.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902996684146416339.post-26206014365262473832009-01-04T17:29:00.000+00:002009-01-04T17:29:00.000+00:00I'm quite excited for this movie as well, Duncan! ...I'm quite excited for this movie as well, Duncan! As a lifelong reader of Swallows and Amazons I can only hope that the film makers will remain true to the book, especially the time period it's set in. The last thing I'd want to see is the company getting fed up with trying to make a modern tourist attraction look like 1931 and decide to make the movie take place in 2010 instead.... that would be horrible, as I'm sure fellow purists would agree. <BR/>I've done a little bit of snooping on the web, the most significant piece of this involved signing up for a 'free trial' of IMDb pro (which I intend to cancel before payment is due) solely to view the swallows and amazons page. It didn't tell me much... only that it is still in development and that the writer of the screenplay will be Andrea Gibb; Nick Barton and Suzanne Mackie the producers. there is no poster. It did however reveal that harbour pictures is involved in the film making as well as BBC Films (which consequently yielded a fruitless search)and gave an email address: info@harbourpictures.com. I intend to email right away. 2010 will not come soon enough for Swallow to sail again!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18146979371731267216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902996684146416339.post-9847014593926841732008-09-28T01:25:00.000+01:002008-09-28T01:25:00.000+01:00Great read thanks Duncan, I hope you will do some ...Great read thanks Duncan, <BR/>I hope you will do some more stuff on AR Wiki. 'Great Northern?" is a good title for the blog by the way, "is it or isn't it?" Peter (Nankai)Peter Dowdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18315759613084758188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902996684146416339.post-49334230425949725352008-09-07T18:25:00.000+01:002008-09-07T18:25:00.000+01:00Me and my boys (13 &10) have all enjoyed the 1...Me and my boys (13 &10) have all enjoyed the 1974 S&A movie, and we have 'S&A Forever' on order (why kids these days don't want to read the originals, well that's another whole discussion - at least they like the stories :-).<BR/><BR/>I'm looking forward to the new movie, but I really hope it captures the flavour and the innocence of the era as well as the originals.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233043639485801272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902996684146416339.post-21894929926954831242008-07-29T17:50:00.000+01:002008-07-29T17:50:00.000+01:00I can't wait for the film! haven't heard anything ...I can't wait for the film! haven't heard anything in the press since the initial announcement last April or so. I look forward to hearing about any updates - quite agree that it would be a shame to use anything other than the classic dinghies.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15452082852708707013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902996684146416339.post-39181325444274724692008-07-29T14:52:00.000+01:002008-07-29T14:52:00.000+01:00Please do! There was an article about it in the Y...Please do! There was an article about it in the Yorkshire Post a week or so ago, so there is a bit of movement on this now.Duncan Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16787646693693466048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902996684146416339.post-75182809666458434792008-07-23T04:29:00.000+01:002008-07-23T04:29:00.000+01:00I just stumbled across your blog. I hadn't he...I just stumbled across your blog. I hadn't heard about the efforts to make an S&A movie, although I live in America and am pretty disconnected from the British film scene.<BR/><BR/>I looked at my first source of movie production details -- imdb.com -- for answers to some of yours questions, but came up empty-handed. All I can tell you is that it's scheduled for a 2010 release; I can't see any details of the production without "IMDbPro" membership. It might be worth it to keep checking the posting for the movie there, although I'm not sure how quickly it gets updated when new news comes out. <:-/<BR/><BR/>Still....fascinating! I think I'll be checking back with your blog to see if any news pops up. : )Britthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884146672049093695noreply@blogger.com