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Rillington Place.

TiwttmosTiwttmos Posts: 2,573
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Anybody else watching this. Loved the movie with Richard Attenborugh. His portrail of John Christie was chilling.
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    CroctacusCroctacus Posts: 18,296
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    Thanks for the reminder. I've just set the Tivo box up. Looking forward to it.
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    daisy_johnsdaisy_johns Posts: 845
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    Has it started already?
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    Hercule ParrowHercule Parrow Posts: 334
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    have I slept in for 48 hrs ?
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    zwixxxzwixxx Posts: 10,295
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    tuesday at 9pm on BBC1, for 3 weeks.
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    PunksNotDeadPunksNotDead Posts: 21,298
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    Hope BBC show the original film soon, really creepy and I always remember that freeze frame at the end when Christie gets caught by the police. David Attenborough was great in that film.
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    BlueEyedMrsPBlueEyedMrsP Posts: 12,178
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    I've got the TiVo set for it. The Attenborough film was great.

    Just noticed there is another thread on this, some in-depth discussion. If anyone's interested: http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2142764
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    BadLadAshBadLadAsh Posts: 28,490
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    Loved the film, hope this is as good.
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    curvybabescurvybabes Posts: 13,223
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    Don't think I've saw the film but really looking forward to this.
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    Daniel DareDaniel Dare Posts: 3,503
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    Some posters are getting their future and past tenses mixed up.
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    Jimmy ConnorsJimmy Connors Posts: 117,884
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    Daniel Dare wrote: »
    Some posters are getting their future and past tenses mixed up.

    Yes, agreed. This thread has been quite confusing in parts.
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    Walter NeffWalter Neff Posts: 9,198
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    PunksNotDead wrote: »
    Hope BBC show the original film soon, really creepy and I always remember that freeze frame at the end when Christie gets caught by the police. David Attenborough was great in that film.


    Was he? and all this time I thought that it was his brother Richard. ;-)
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    Ess_BeeEss_Bee Posts: 7,716
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    PunksNotDead wrote: »
    David Attenborough was great in that film.

    It was Richard, not David! David would have been busy with his newts and baboons.
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    mike65mike65 Posts: 11,386
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    I've seen the film so not sure there is any point in watching this, No one will top David Attenborough as Christie.
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    Fairyprincess0Fairyprincess0 Posts: 30,075
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    PunksNotDead wrote: »
    Hope BBC show the original film soon, really creepy and I always remember that freeze frame at the end when Christie gets caught by the police. David Attenborough was great in that film.

    It was Richard wot done it...
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    Reality SucksReality Sucks Posts: 28,538
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    mike65 wrote: »
    I've seen the film so not sure there is any point in watching this, No one will top David Attenborough as Christie.

    Erm....... Richard .......Pay Attention!!:D:p
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    PunksNotDeadPunksNotDead Posts: 21,298
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    Walter Neff wrote: »
    Was he? and all this time I thought that it was his brother Richard. ;-)
    Ess_Bee wrote: »
    It was Richard, not David! David would have been busy with his newts and baboons.
    Fairyprincess0 wrote: »
    It was Richard wot done it...
    Reality Sucks wrote: »
    Erm....... Richard .......Pay Attention!!:D:p


    Yes i of course meant Richard :D
    Great film.
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    Hercule ParrowHercule Parrow Posts: 334
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    it's a great performance by one of the attenborough twins and john hurt, but it's hardly a great film, it's a workmanlike adaptation of a minor book, the squalid story of a squalid serial killer barely known outside the uk.

    While Fleischer gets the feel of the post war london gloom , he is hamstrung by the need to be accurate to the complex timeline of the book, and fails to rustle up much drama or tension in the entire film.
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    SambdaSambda Posts: 6,210
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    Hercule Parrow wrote: »
    it's a great performance by one of the attenborough twins and john hurt, but it's hardly a great film, it's a workmanlike adaptation of a minor book, the squalid story of a squalid serial killer barely known outside the uk.

    While Fleischer gets the feel of the post war london gloom , he is hamstrung by the need to be accurate to the complex timeline of the book, and fails to rustle up much drama or tension in the entire film.

    Like others here, I thought it was a great film.

    I believe the current theories on who killed who are different from what Kennedy (who wrote the book) thought, though.
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    Hercule ParrowHercule Parrow Posts: 334
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    Sambda wrote: »

    I believe the current theories on who killed who are different from what Kennedy (who wrote the book) thought, though.

    well, authors are entitled to put forward theories and make some moolah from book sales but, i think kennedy got it right, christie is responsible for all the murders at 10 rillington place.
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    A.D.PA.D.P Posts: 10,383
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    Looking forward to it.
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    Ess_BeeEss_Bee Posts: 7,716
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    mike65 wrote: »
    I've seen the film so not sure there is any point in watching this, No one will top David Attenborough as Christie.

    I'm going to give it a go but any sign of intrusive background music or inauthenticity (over-glamorous women cos they wouldn't have been in 1948) and it's game over! The Attenborough film was such a classic I wonder if it can be bettered.

    (I didn't watch Poldark but saw a few minutes of it and was struck by a very glamorous girl in a field meant to be scything wheat. Amazing how an 18th century Cornish girl could get hold of lip gloss and mascara.)
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    Reality SucksReality Sucks Posts: 28,538
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    Hercule Parrow wrote: »
    well, authors are entitled to put forward theories and make some moolah from book sales but, i think kennedy got it right, christie is responsible for all the murders at 10 rillington place.

    Totally agree - Evans was the unluckiest man in the world - It's a very sad story. I think these authors who enjoy riddles and theories and ignore the actual compelling evidence in front of them should consider the victims and relatives of the victims who are still fighting to clear his name after all this time.
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    FaustFaust Posts: 8,985
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    mike65 wrote: »
    I've seen the film so not sure there is any point in watching this, No one will top David Attenborough as Christie.

    He was distracting though due to the fact he would commit the murder then in that lovely soft voice talk about lions on the African savannah. It wasn't David it was Richard. :p
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    FaustFaust Posts: 8,985
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    Ess_Bee wrote: »
    I'm going to give it a go but any sign of intrusive background music or inauthenticity (over-glamorous women cos they wouldn't have been in 1948) and it's game over! The Attenborough film was such a classic I wonder if it can be bettered.

    (I didn't watch Poldark but saw a few minutes of it and was struck by a very glamorous girl in a field meant to be scything wheat. Amazing how an 18th century Cornish girl could get hold of lip gloss and mascara.)

    Tardis! :) In all seriousness though I do know what you mean. Don't forget the plucked eyebrows, liner and push up bras either.
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    Gusto BruntGusto Brunt Posts: 12,351
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    The way they advertise this programme, as if it's exciting and 'great to watch.'

    Real people died in this story. Raped and murdered, including a baby. Also the death at the hands of the state of an innocent man.

    I would never watch anything that glamorises real events.
    mike65 wrote: »
    I've seen the film so not sure there is any point in watching this, No one will top David Attenborough as Christie.


    Exactly, and that film told it as it was. It didn't glamorise anything.
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