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Post by Villain on Oct 24, 2018 18:20:38 GMT
Just rewatched it last night on Talking Pictures and a quick question. When was it filmed? The release date is 1971, which would suggest 1970, near the end, when the police turn up, one of their cars is a mark 3 Cortina which only came out in October 1970 Just like 'Get Carter' it was shot in July, August and September 1970 Cartman, the Mk3 Cortina would have been a very early factory / press / pre-launch car at the time. ''Who are you looking at...???!!!" Villain
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Oct 26, 2018 16:38:14 GMT
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Post by Gene Hunt on Oct 26, 2018 18:30:21 GMT
Superb collection of stills. Cheers Arthur
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Post by John Steed on Oct 26, 2018 19:44:42 GMT
Great selection of stills there Arthur Steed
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Post by Vienna on Oct 26, 2018 23:45:10 GMT
Thanks for sharing these stills with us. Brilliant stuff Mr Pringle Vi
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Post by Villain on Oct 27, 2018 11:01:46 GMT
Great selection of photos Arthur, thanks for sharing them, quite a few there I've not seen before. The Jag is an S-type though, not a Mk2, they were much better cars for use in a quick getaway as they had the same rear suspension as the E-Type Villain
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Post by Charles Bronson on Oct 27, 2018 15:52:22 GMT
Well done Arthur. These are brilliant. Love 'em
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Oct 27, 2018 16:07:32 GMT
Stills, posters, etc. for the French release 'Salaud', salaud meaning 'bastard' ( or swine, rat, etc. ) in French. Known as 'El Gangster', 'Villano' ( with Nigel Desonport ) & 'El Rostro De Un Villano' ( The Face Of A Villain ) in Spain and/or Spanish speaking territories. Turkish release, 'Serseri' translates as 'punk'. Italian posters & pressbook, 'Il Mascalzone', mascalzone translates as 'scoundrel' German release "Die Alles Zur Sau Machen" ( translation- 'They Make Everything A Mess' ) Finnish title "Roisto" British ad, poster & clippings from "Photoplay" magazine
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Nov 2, 2018 19:32:08 GMT
I borrowed 'The Burden Of Proof' the 1967 James Barlow novel on which Villain is based. It differs considerably from the film with most emphasis being on the Donald Sinden character Draycott who in the novel is a Labour MP. Less a story about the London underworld than a bitter diatribe about 60's permissiveness & the state of Britain in general, it's a depressing & humourless novel. In the book Dakin goes to court in connection with the blag, he gets off but Fletcher ( TP McKenna ) & Lowis ( Joss Ackland ) are sent to prison. Dakin organises their escape. The police hear about the planned escape & are waiting to intercept Dakin & co, in the melee Dakin shoots Binney ( Colin Welland ) dead & attempts to kill Matthews ( Nigel Davenport ) but is shot dead by the police. Not much of the dialogue heard in the film ( eg. 'bleeding pigeons' & Dakin's rant at the end of the film ) is present in the book. In the novel Wolfe, whose Jewishness is continually emphasised & not in a flattering way, is hospitalised after being attacked by Dakin's men, it describes him being tied to a chair & attacked with knuckledusters coated in plaster of paris embedded with razor blades, he also has his head shaven. In a passage reminiscent of the opening scenes of Villain he is then lowered, still tied to a chair, upside down outside a window whilst people pass by below. Oddly there is a chapter near the end devoted to a railway accident in which over 100 people are killed. A meanspirited & bitter novel, I wouldn't read it again. There are some surprisingly strong descriptions of violence including the blag which is described well, but the author never gets off his hobby horse of bashing what he sees as the degenerate liberalism of the 60s to the point where it gets tedious. Barlow died aged 51. It's hard to imagine how the novel got selected for filming, harder still to understand how the American actor Al Lettieri ( best known for playing mobsters in The Godfather, The Getaway & Mr Majestyk ) came to write the screenplay. He too died early at just 47. Strangely enough Richard Burton is mentioned in the novel. The date stamps on the library book show how often it was borrowed in 1968. I borrowed another Barlow novel 'The Patriots' about a pair of ex paratroopers who turn to crime.
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Post by Charles Bronson on Nov 2, 2018 23:37:46 GMT
Really interesting stuff Arthur. Looking at the pictures again, Burton seems to give a really intense portrayal in the film. I like Burton myself, but its a pity he drank so much. You can really see the effects of it on him, as he got older. Besides the booze he was a very busy skirt chaser. (At least before he met Liz Taylor anyway.)
I've not seen Villain for a while I might dig my copy out and give it another viewing.
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