The Missionary

[Marky B]

Curtesy of the Mail On Sunday,I watched this last night. Quite amusing,with some lovely photography (I liked the scenes of the countryside near the vicarage at the beginning) and excellent acting (we find out at the end why Trevor Howard kept Sir Michael Hordern for 25 years,despite being incomptent).

Who was singing the song on the end credits,and was that George Harrison's voice we hear right at the end,as his company - Handmade - financed the film?

Ta Ta

Marky B

[Steve Crook]

Curtesy of the Mail On Sunday,I watched this last night. Quite amusing,with some lovely photography (I liked the scenes of the countryside near the vicarage at the beginning) and excellent acting (we find out at the end why Trevor Howard kept Sir Michael Hordern for 25 years,despite being incomptent).

Who was singing the song on the end credits,and was that George Harrison's voice we hear right at the end,as his company - Handmade - financed the film?

Ta Ta

Marky B

I don't know about the singer of the end credits, but it was Neil Innes singing in the gin palace



Steve

[harryfielder]

Hiya guys,

I too got my copy of the film and had to take it back. (It didn't play)

I checked another dvd on my player and it played ok.

The lady in the shop gave me another copy (and guess what) it didn't play.

So I still haven't got to see the film....

THE MISSIONARY…Director Richard Loncraine…

Cast Inc…Michael Palin…Maggie Smith…Trevor Howard…

We are filming down at Hoxton Market and our base is a pub I used to sing in twenty years before. It’s only two minutes from my old swimming pool. (The canal).

The 1st A.D. told me he was giving me a line to say to Mr Palin but it wouldn’t be 'til late afternoon and would I like to relax at the base. (Is he kidding me)

I have a walk up and down the market to see if any of the old faces are still about.

I soon bump into Jimmy Dix who runs the butchers shop in the market and we were at school together.. (This man is a dead ringer for Oliver Reed)

‘’You still singing Aitch’’. ’’ No Jim I’m in the film game’’ They’re all poofs in that game’’. ‘’Not all of them Jim’’

We went on to chat about old times then Jim decided he fancied a swift half with his long lost mate.. (Me)

The afternoon sped by and when Jimmy decided to get up and sing a song in the pub (there was no music), I decided it was time to go to work..

When I get to the hall we’re filming in the 1st A.D. tells me it’ll be another couple of hours 'til they get to my bit and would I like to go for a tea break. (Now a strong coffee break is more what I’m after)

I drink a few cups of coffee and wander down to the canal to have a look around.

It’s still there that big warehouse that Hitchcock used back in the black and white days.

After a ten minute kip on a bench I make my way to the hall just in time to do my bit..

I say the words (Don’t fall over the furniture) then it’s ‘’Cut and print’’ One Take..

If only they was all as easy as this.

Bye, Bye Jimmy Dix and it was a good afternoon. Best wishes Aitch…

[Steve Crook]

‘’You still singing Aitch’’. ’’ No Jim I’m in the film game’’ They’re all poofs in that game’’. ‘’Not all of them Jim’’

That reminds me of when I met one of the dancers in The Red Shoes. Now I don't mind what they do as long as they don't do it in the street and frighten the horses, but this chap turned out to have been one of the few heterosexual males in the Royal Ballet in the 1940s. As such he had the choice of all of those lovely ladies - and he chose a good one to marry



They named their daughter Odette and like anyone who knows about the ballet I just had to ask her if she had a wicked sister called Odille

She didn't



Steve