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reason: stated earlier in the article — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.227.212.203 ( talk) 02:14, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
I watched the movie again. I don't agree that Happer has a strong need to name something after himself, but I'll leave it in, unless somebody else backs me up. Clarityfiend 08:46, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
I gleaned the following from IMDB threads:
If anybody can substantiate, please add to the trivia section. Clarityfiend 21:13, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
"it is strongly suggested that Ben Knox is related to the Knox family from whom Happer's father bought Knox Oil and Gas" I don't recall this at all. Can somebody refresh my memory? Clarityfiend 05:12, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
I have always felt there to be more than a few parallels/allusions to the storyline of Brigadoon.
Have a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigadoon tell me whether this seems a. not too speculative b. appropriate to Wiki, since I'm not aware of any citation that Forsyth was thinking along those lines, though it wouldn't be really be out of character at all!
I heard a reference to this on Radio 4 recently. Forsyth described the film as 'Brigadoon meets Apocalypse Now'. Found confirmation online http://www.channel4.com/film/reviews/feature.jsp?id=111011&page=2
When I get time I will slip in a brief, referenced allusion to the whimsical surrealism of the film Billo72 17:49, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
There is a village which emerges out of the mist (remember the car breaking down in the mist for no apparent reason after they find Trudy the rabbit). There is a general air of the odd and surreal (the bewitching Aurora and a real live mermaid in the sea). The hero falls for/has a crush on a local (Stella Urquhart). There is the phone call 'home' which no-one answers and there is no sign of anyone around to ever take the call in the final scene, which is reminiscent of the 'return' to Brigadoon. Was it all a dream?
I agree though, without a citation it's not Wiki material.
I too love this film & have watched it many times, gaining something new from it each time. On again watching it today, I finally realized what had been nagging at me about the "Danny Oldsen" character. Peter Capaldi appears to either play the part deliberately using his facial resemblance and the now highly recognizable unique gait & awkward stances of Rowan Atkinson, right down to the fluttering fingers; or he does an amazingly coincidental "Atkinson" - or did Atkinson model his acting style on Capaldi? I find this intriguing as Rowan Atkinson was only just getting known in 1983 after beginning his career in "Not The Nine O'Clock News" in 1978 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_the_Nine_O%27Clock_News & only just beginning the first "The Black Adder" in 1983.
I have watched the film many times without seeing Marina's "mermaid-like fin". I know that she had webbed feet, but I wonder if this statement is actually correct? -- 82.41.42.96 10:53, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
I'm pretty sure there was always a red telephone box in the village and although the one in the film is fake, I'm not sure that one was installed afterwards to please fans! Should this statement in the article be at least referenced?
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Shouldn't it be described as a British film rather than as Scottish film? I'm not aware that we describe films made south of the border as being English films. Headhitter ( talk) 21:57, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
Thematically, it's a re-make of Last Days of Dolwyn, is it not? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.182.132.151 ( talk) 00:11, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
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Should it be mentioned that the film bears some strong parallels with The Maggie? "A story of a clash of cultures between a hard-driving American businessman and a wily Scottish captain." Pliny ( talk) 08:36, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
@ FirstDrop87: I have just noticed that an edit I made on 18 March 2015 was immediately reverted by User:FirstDrop87 with the reason stated being "Please provide a source." The amendment I made was to clarify the position that while the interior of the church was indeed filmed at Polnish, the exterior view of the church looking along the beach was filmed using a mock-up at Camusdarach. I support FirstDrop87's stated ambition "Fighting for ... proper citations" and make a point of always including them in any edit I make. In the case of the edit to this article, the citation already given for the locations in the previous version (and still given), namely [1] does support my edit, so no extra citation is required. I have no desire to start reverting reverts, so could I ask FirstDrop87 to check this out and once satisfied that I am correct to please reinstate my amendment. Exbrum ( talk) 12:24, 22 July 2019 (UTC)
No one has objected to this or implemented the change, so I have now done it myself with explicit citations. Exbrum ( talk) 19:32, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
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reason: stated earlier in the article — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.227.212.203 ( talk) 02:14, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
I watched the movie again. I don't agree that Happer has a strong need to name something after himself, but I'll leave it in, unless somebody else backs me up. Clarityfiend 08:46, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
I gleaned the following from IMDB threads:
If anybody can substantiate, please add to the trivia section. Clarityfiend 21:13, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
"it is strongly suggested that Ben Knox is related to the Knox family from whom Happer's father bought Knox Oil and Gas" I don't recall this at all. Can somebody refresh my memory? Clarityfiend 05:12, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
I have always felt there to be more than a few parallels/allusions to the storyline of Brigadoon.
Have a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigadoon tell me whether this seems a. not too speculative b. appropriate to Wiki, since I'm not aware of any citation that Forsyth was thinking along those lines, though it wouldn't be really be out of character at all!
I heard a reference to this on Radio 4 recently. Forsyth described the film as 'Brigadoon meets Apocalypse Now'. Found confirmation online http://www.channel4.com/film/reviews/feature.jsp?id=111011&page=2
When I get time I will slip in a brief, referenced allusion to the whimsical surrealism of the film Billo72 17:49, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
There is a village which emerges out of the mist (remember the car breaking down in the mist for no apparent reason after they find Trudy the rabbit). There is a general air of the odd and surreal (the bewitching Aurora and a real live mermaid in the sea). The hero falls for/has a crush on a local (Stella Urquhart). There is the phone call 'home' which no-one answers and there is no sign of anyone around to ever take the call in the final scene, which is reminiscent of the 'return' to Brigadoon. Was it all a dream?
I agree though, without a citation it's not Wiki material.
I too love this film & have watched it many times, gaining something new from it each time. On again watching it today, I finally realized what had been nagging at me about the "Danny Oldsen" character. Peter Capaldi appears to either play the part deliberately using his facial resemblance and the now highly recognizable unique gait & awkward stances of Rowan Atkinson, right down to the fluttering fingers; or he does an amazingly coincidental "Atkinson" - or did Atkinson model his acting style on Capaldi? I find this intriguing as Rowan Atkinson was only just getting known in 1983 after beginning his career in "Not The Nine O'Clock News" in 1978 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_the_Nine_O%27Clock_News & only just beginning the first "The Black Adder" in 1983.
I have watched the film many times without seeing Marina's "mermaid-like fin". I know that she had webbed feet, but I wonder if this statement is actually correct? -- 82.41.42.96 10:53, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
I'm pretty sure there was always a red telephone box in the village and although the one in the film is fake, I'm not sure that one was installed afterwards to please fans! Should this statement in the article be at least referenced?
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Shouldn't it be described as a British film rather than as Scottish film? I'm not aware that we describe films made south of the border as being English films. Headhitter ( talk) 21:57, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
Thematically, it's a re-make of Last Days of Dolwyn, is it not? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.182.132.151 ( talk) 00:11, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
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Should it be mentioned that the film bears some strong parallels with The Maggie? "A story of a clash of cultures between a hard-driving American businessman and a wily Scottish captain." Pliny ( talk) 08:36, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
@ FirstDrop87: I have just noticed that an edit I made on 18 March 2015 was immediately reverted by User:FirstDrop87 with the reason stated being "Please provide a source." The amendment I made was to clarify the position that while the interior of the church was indeed filmed at Polnish, the exterior view of the church looking along the beach was filmed using a mock-up at Camusdarach. I support FirstDrop87's stated ambition "Fighting for ... proper citations" and make a point of always including them in any edit I make. In the case of the edit to this article, the citation already given for the locations in the previous version (and still given), namely [1] does support my edit, so no extra citation is required. I have no desire to start reverting reverts, so could I ask FirstDrop87 to check this out and once satisfied that I am correct to please reinstate my amendment. Exbrum ( talk) 12:24, 22 July 2019 (UTC)
No one has objected to this or implemented the change, so I have now done it myself with explicit citations. Exbrum ( talk) 19:32, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
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