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Old 02-08-2007, 09:12 PM
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There have been so many films set in Scotland over the decades and a fair few set in Northern Ireland but where are the Welsh ones? A country with easily as much natural beauty, rich culture and history should be a rich seam for film-makers but it seems not to have been. Or am I wrong? 'Under Milk Wood' is, I think, the only one I have in my collection.

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This book is pretty definitive.
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Twin Town & I'll Be There. The George Cukor version of The Corn is Green certainly had location filming in Wales. However, no classic films so far.
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I'd recommend the tv drama One Summer.
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Tiger Bay is the first film that springs to my mind.
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This book is pretty definitive.
I'll say it is.....and the fact the author is an old friend has nothing to do with it....DB is currently putting together a conference/festival at Aberystwyth in October, I'll put up details tomorrow when I can put my hand on them....but it's a terrific line-up.
Bit of a Bay Window, what??
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There are some good Welsh comedies - COMING UP ROSES and VERY ANNIE-MARY to name but two.
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I am waiting for a movie of the noir pastiche novel ABERYSTWYTH MY LOVE....
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Ivor The Engine anyone?

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And we had a Welsh James Bond - Timothy Dalton (well I liked him).

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Thanks chaps. It's not much compared with how a similar thread for Scotland might look is it? What a shame!

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Apart from Dave Berry's terrific book, there's a thriving Welsh film industry out there with strong backing from the Welsh Assembly and the Arts Council for Wales. And a respected National Film and Screen Archive. Many of the productions are in the Welsh language so are not that widely known but 'Hedd Wynn' was Oscar nominated for best foreign film a few years ago.

Whilst on the subject of Wales and film, sad to see that that Ivor Emmanuel, whose only film was Zulu, recently passed on.
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THE OLD DARK HOUSE -- the ultimate in Welsh horror! But filmed in Hollywood.

Wales has given us terrific stars like Stanley Baker and Peggy Cummin and Anthony Hopkins, but for some reason has underperformed slightly as a film-making country. But then, I'm not too keen on most Scottish cinema so maybe my standards are too high.

I've never seen REBECCA'S DAUGHTERS by Dylan Thomas, but I heard bad things about it. A shame. Karl Francis, the director, was an amusing man who strangely specialised in miserable films -- this may have been his only comedy.
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THE OLD DARK HOUSE -- the ultimate in Welsh horror! But filmed in Hollywood.
In response to Karloff's odd grunting noises..."Even Welsh shouldn't sound like that!"

It's a British film like all James Whale's work surely?. There's hardly an American performer in sight. American money, yes - but what's new?
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