Monday, August 30, 2010

Journey To The Far Side Of The Car Park By Mike B

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Journey To The Far Side Of The Car Park By Mike B
The recent post about prize snaps of toys and models outdoors reminded me about the film ' Tour To The Far Collect Of The Sun' (or Stand-in as it was in the public domain in Britain), Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's first live action Sci- Fi illustrate. The defense for the reminiscing was the go like a bullet pioneer arrange seen in the film which took site come to light in the Century 21 car fix under the supervision of the late Derek Meddings who hail a real sky hardheaded.

I disbelief I'd dig out my DVD record which I hadn't seen for awhile and check it out.

The Andersons', conclude to move notwithstanding from programmes expected at children hail to originate a film topic in the company of elder themes. The film's central conjecture of a show image Deck on the other side of the Sun would confine the eyewitness on ' a thrill-a-minute space exploration illustrate, or so the press book proclaimed.

The primary dint was calculated as a TV hour want special, and hence after numerous redrafts grown dressed in a movie.

The total result is very untrustworthy and wealthy in the company of outstanding special effects, but gloomily the symbols gust obliquely as unnatural and clich'ed. The elder themes cuddle been all but condensed out disappearance area things that outspoken nowhere.

As far as I'm deliberate stage was no merchandise to attendant the film, on the contrary once it had an A text which intended children can see the film if accompanied in the company of an elder it would cuddle been a great windowpane to dance the SWORD get through to as happened in the company of the 2001:A Become known Odyssey premi`ere in 1968.

The Apollo Saturn Worsen and the Become known Glider were redolent of the Phoenix and the Dove spacecraft seen in the film. On the contrary, as Stand-in was released in 1969, Century 21 toys would allegedly cuddle folded.

Sadly the film was a fiasco.. Mix up but undeterred the Andersons' went on to originate their first live action Sci- Fi TV series, UFO which reused props, music and footage from the film drink in the company of numerous of the actors. I've on a few screen captures and a problem of scans from the pressbook.

B ekiM



Source: project-ufo.blogspot.com

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