Anybody else watching this. Loved the movie with Richard Attenborugh. His portrail of John Christie was chilling.
Rillington Place.
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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.
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
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
Originally Posted by Daniel Dare:
“Some posters are getting their future and past tenses mixed up.”
“Some posters are getting their future and past tenses mixed up.”
Yes, agreed. This thread has been quite confusing in parts.
Originally Posted by PunksNotDead:
“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.”
“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.
Originally Posted by PunksNotDead:
“ David Attenborough was great in that film.”
“ David Attenborough was great in that film.”
It was Richard, not David! David would have been busy with his newts and baboons.
I've seen the film so not sure there is any point in watching this, No one will top David Attenborough as Christie.
Originally Posted by PunksNotDead:
“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.”
“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...
Originally Posted by mike65:
“I've seen the film so not sure there is any point in watching this, No one will top David Attenborough as Christie.”
“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!!
Originally Posted by Walter Neff:
“Was he? and all this time I thought that it was his brother Richard.”
“Was he? and all this time I thought that it was his brother Richard.
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Originally Posted by Ess_Bee:
“It was Richard, not David! David would have been busy with his newts and baboons.”
“It was Richard, not David! David would have been busy with his newts and baboons.”
Originally Posted by Fairyprincess0:
“It was Richard wot done it...”
“It was Richard wot done it...”
Originally Posted by Reality Sucks:
“Erm....... Richard .......Pay Attention!!”
“Erm....... Richard .......Pay Attention!!
”
Yes i of course meant Richard
Great film.
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.
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.
Originally Posted by Hercule Parrow:
“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.”
“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.
Originally Posted by Sambda:
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I believe the current theories on who killed who are different from what Kennedy (who wrote the book) thought, though.”
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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.
Originally Posted by mike65:
“I've seen the film so not sure there is any point in watching this, No one will top David Attenborough as Christie.”
“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.)
Originally Posted by Hercule Parrow:
“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.”
“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.
Originally Posted by mike65:
“I've seen the film so not sure there is any point in watching this, No one will top David Attenborough as Christie.”
“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.
Originally Posted by Ess_Bee:
“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.)”
“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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