#Allan Surtees

[abs0luteb4stard]

W A T C H I N G

[georgefairbrother]

Bill Brand was a 1976 political drama series in 11 parts, written by Trevor Griffiths and produced by Thames Television. Starring Jack Shepherd in the title role, it tells the story of a first-time Labour MP, Brand himself, a revolutionary socialist, elected to a northern constituency where a large amount of local employment relies on the ailing textile industry.

Bill Brand, a polytechnic lecturer in liberal studies, soon finds himself at odds with his old-school, working-class, socially conservative constituency party, and with the governing Labour Party over trade, social welfare and defence policy. He proves that he is not afraid to defy the party whips, and vote and act in accordance with his conscience and beliefs, particularly in support of his constituency textile workers. He aligns himself with a far-left party faction, the Journal Group, but at times seems even further to the left than they are.

Political integrity aside, Brand is not a totally sympathetic character; he is brazenly conducting an extramarital affair and seems aggrieved that his wife (Lynn Farleigh) is unwilling to sustain the façade of domestic stability for the purpose of his public image and for his standing within the local Party.

According to BFI online;

"...Bill Brand (ITV, 1976) was an epic attempt to lay bare the nature of political power in the UK, and more specifically to analyse if, and how, the socialist struggle could be furthered by the parliamentary Labour movement…Griffiths examines the political rifts within the Labour party, and, with uncanny foresight, dramatises the ideological conflicts that would eventually lead to the formation of the SDP..."

"...Bill Brand is a breath-taking series. Transmitted during the boiling summer of 1976, at peak-time between World in Action and News at Ten, it engaged with contemporary politics in a dramatic way, but remained consistently intelligent, and far from talking down to its viewers, assumed that they were a vital part of the political processes described, and as committed to understanding how things might therefore improve…"

There is a very strong supporting cast, including Geoffrey Palmer, Nigel Hawthorne, Rosemary Martin, Cherie Lunghi, Colin Jeavons, Allan Surtees and Alan Badel.

One of the most interesting cameos is from Arthur Lowe, a subtle and poignant performance as the exhausted and ill Labour Prime Minister, Arthur Watson, in the dying days of his leadership and on the verge of retiring on health grounds. Harold Wilson had unexpectedly resigned three months before the series went to air, but after it had been written.

When Bill Brand was transmitted, Lowe was on tour with the stage production of Dad's Army.

[screenmaven]

Films I’ve Loved This Year

I have already written reviews on some of them (not seen in this post), that you can already read here. So make sure to also do that.

I’m completely laid out in bed extremely sick, I thought between the delusional fevers, bomb exploding headaches, and literally feeling like I’m dying, I’d share the other films I’ve absolutely enjoyed watching this year.

I started up a separate account via Instagram to just post film, but having multiples is beginning to be too much, so from now on any other film content aside from the blog here will be on @ starrymayx.

So to start off the list here we go…

These 90s “Noir” films started my whole new movie Escapades, and I’m so glad they did -

Bad Influence, Guilty As Sin, Pacific Heights, Whispers in The Dark, Dream Lover, Untamed Heart, White Palace

Here are the others…

Thrashin - 1986

Starring: Josh Brolin, Pamela Gidley

Brooke McCarter (RIP homie), Sherilyn Fenn, Robert Rusler, & Josh Richman

Anthony Kiedis + RHCP

Tony Hawk, Kevin Staab, Mike McGill, Jimmy Star

What I liked: There was so much awesomeness in this film and a feel good story of triumph. Basically it’s about two skateboarding gangs, having beef, mix in lots of skating, graffiti, punk rock aesthetics, and a love story, and you have yourself a pretty badass film. Plus they overcome their rivalry in the LA Massacre challenge, and there’s even several rat tails. 🤣 Definitely worth a watch!

I really wish I could skateboard. I would have been so rad. To all my skater friends and Bo’s over the years, mad respect. 🤘🏻

The House on Sorority Row - 1983

Director: Mark Rosman

I swear Scream Queens was influenced by this film.

I really liked it. Loved the lighting, still had a seventies type feel, storyline was really good. Definitely a film to check out if you like really good horror, without all the super special effects.

*For any strobe light sensitive people* like myself out there, there is a scene where it’s wild,

Pump Up The Volume ✊🏻 1990

Director Allan Moyle

This movie is 🔥 Definitely a pioneer for all things talk radio but from a non-narrative perspective. Films like this and indie radio programs paved the way for our now podcasts. I loved the way it was written, the development of the characters personal selves, and breaking the rules.

I love me some Christian Slater 💓

The soundtrack is also amazing!

From Richard Hell, Leonard Cohen, Beastie Boys, Ice T, & more! I’ll link the soundtrack in my stories.

*trigger warning: there is a scene that deals with suicide and those scenes always get me. So I wanted to mention that.

Out of Bounds - 1986

Director- Richard Tuggle

Cinematography - Bruce Surtees

Starring: Anthony Michael Hall

Siouxsie and the Banshees 🤘🏻💓

& Meatloaf (in like 3 scenes)

What I liked: The cinematography of downtown LA & Venice Beach California, (actually the whole film is beautifully done). The 80’s colors, Dizz’s home, her style. The fact that Anthony Michael Hall was a badass hero, taking down a heroin drug man with his knife throwing skills. Really good film.

2 Days in The Valley - 1996

Written and Directed by: John Herzfeld.

Starring: James Spader, Eric Stolz & Charlize Theron

Synopsis: 48 hours of intersecting lives and crimes in The Valley of Los Angeles.

Why I liked it: Artsy Cinematography, James Spader obviously, and the correlation of numerous parties all being connected, going through individual stuff but being thrown into the mix of chaos. Plus sunglasses just seem to add viable cred to it. Why are sunglasses so cool yet mysterious?

Shampoo - 1975

Director: Hal Ashby

Starting Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn, & Warren Beatty

I throughly enjoyed this film mainly due to the Jim Morrison/Sharon Tate style vibes it gave off throughout, and all the stylish decor/fashion. The Morrison looking guy played by (Warren Beatty) is basically a lover to many of his women hair clients (he does hair).

I really appreciate the 70’s swank and aesthetic appeal in this film. I’m also obsessed with Julie Christie’s glam Tate starlet look and I wish I could pull off bangs! Goldie Hawn is also in here and a younger Carrie Fisher.

From the 70s eye shadow, purple outfit I want, the main girls style, glamorous hair, river grotto, la house party with body paint and strobe lights (which that part I had to turn away - sensitive), it still rocked.

Based in the LA canyon/hills it’s definitely worth a watch to see the web of desire and aesthetic unfold. Keep your eye out for the creepy art in one of the scenes that just didn’t quite belong. ���

Additionally there was some dialogue between two parties in the kitchen about questioning the lead male’s (hairstylist) orientation, and the f word was used a couple times. Didn’t like that part.

Really glad we’ve evolved on how we should identify people and what’s right to say and not to. A person can be gay or even not, but using derogatory terminology to hurt them is very low par. If you still do that. Stop.

Chopping Mall - 1986

Director: Jim Wynorski

Mall Location: Sherman Oaks Galleria

I loved this film. For reals.

Nothing better than a mall unleashing new technology security robots, only to go horribly wrong. Which I already knew where it was going as soon as it started 😂

Anyways a group of mall employee friends and two others throw a party in a bedding home store and get freaky - typical 80s horror, which I love. Then basically the robots go crazy and savage, hunting down all of them in a terminator/stranger things vibe kind of way. The aesthetic, 80s style, and scenery are very appealing, all the way down to even the playboy underwear from Miss Virgina Slims herself. Camel ciggs just won’t cut it. 😂

Lots of greats here, and I hope you check them out if you haven’t seen them.

Happy Filming 😘

[saturdaynightmatinee]

CALIFICACIÓN PERSONAL: 7 / 10

Título Original: Erik the Viking

Año: 1989

Duración: 106 min

País: Reino Unido

Director: Terry Jones

Guion: Terry Jones

Música: Neil Innes

Fotografía: Ian Wilson

Reparto: Tim Robbins, Mickey Rooney, John Cleese, Terry Jones, Eartha Kitt, Imogen Stubbs, Tsutomu Sekine, Freddie Jones, John Gordon Sinclair, Antony Sher, Gary Cady, Charles McKeown, Tim McInnerny, Richard Ridings, Samantha Bond, Danny Schiller, Jim Broadbent, Jim Carter, Jay Simpson, John Scott Martin, Sian Thomas, Sarah Crowden, Matyelok Gibbs, Tilly Vosburgh, Bernard Padden, Bernard Latham, Julia McCarthy, Allan Surtees, Sandra Voe

Productora: Coproducción Reino Unido-Suecia; Prominent Features, Svensk Filmindustri (SF)

Género: Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097289/

TRAILER:

[kwebtv]

Rosie -   BBC One  -  January 5, 1977 - October 30, 1981

Sitcom (27 episodes)

Running Time:  30 minutes

Stars:

Paul Greenwood as PC 'Rosie' Penrose

Tony Haygarth as PC Wilmot

Frankie Jordan as Gillian

Penny Leatherbarrow as WPC Brenda Whatmough

Paul Luty as Chief Inspector Dunwoody

Avril Elgar as Millie Penrose (series 1–3)

Patricia Kneale as Millie Penrose (series 4)

Lorraine Peters as Aunt Ida

Allan Surtees as Uncle Norman

Don McKillop as Bill (series 1–3)

Maggie Jones as Glenda (series 1–3)

[itsworn]

169 Glorious Photos of Race Cars from the 2017 Goodwood Festival of Speed

This year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, the 24th, was a milestone celebrating the 70th anniversary of Ferrari, a salute to Formula One–godfather of almost 40 years, Berni Ecclestone, and a tribute to recently deceased John Surtees, the only man to ever win World Championships on both two and four wheels ––and also Ron Hope’s Rat Trap AA/Fuel Altered team. Although obviously not designed for twisty hill climbs, Ron ably negotiates Lord March’s narrow, crowned 1.6-mile driveway with gusto. He’s done it before: Squirt, turn, squirt, turn, squirt, turn. It’s tough for a drag car but doable.

But let’s back up for those of you who don’t know The Festival takes place every summer on the grounds of Lord March’s ancestral home south west of London. It’s basically a hill climb up his Lordship’s drive. The long-standing record for the dash is 41.6 seconds set by Nick Heidfeld in 1999 in a McLaren MP4/13 Formula One car. His average speed was 100.385 mph. Nick’s record remains unbroken as they no longer allow F1 cars timed runs for safety reasons.

Besides the hill climb Goodwood hosts the Revival, this year scheduled for the weekend of September 8-10, on the old Goodwood Grand Prix circuit that is also on Lord March’s estate. The Revival features historic circuit racing with everybody in period dress. Like the Festival, it’s a bucket list event. Rat Trap was pitted in the main paddock along with the other competitors that this year included Duncan Pittaway’s Fire belching “Beast of Turin” Fiat that went 116 mph in 1911. It’s a sight to see Duncan hand cranking the 28.5-liter beast.

As usual, America was well represented with numerous cars including Paul Dallenbach’s Pike’s Peak Open Wheel record holder, the ’58 Lister-based Knoop-Mann Special with Jim Busby in attendance, and a fleet of NASCARs and drivers such as Bobby Labonte and Kerry Earnhardt.

Unfortunately, driver Ed Berrier crashed the Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevy SS and discovered that those hay bails are no more forgiving than concrete. Berrier was trying, perhaps too hard, to win the Shootout that this year was won by Justin Law driving a Jaguar XJR220LM Le Mans car with a time of 46.13 seconds.

The Festival and similar events the drifters arguably put on the best show with their smokey, just-on-the-edge-of-control runs. This year’s class included “Mad Mike” Whiddet, Vaughn Gittin Jr., and “Baggsy” Biagioni. While the cars are the stars, the stars do come out for Goodwood and if you’re lucky you can bump into such luminaries as Derek Bell, Jim Busby, Brian Redman, Allan Grant, Jim Hall, Jackie Stewart, and Billy F Gibbons of ZZ Top–in most cases they are more than willing to sign autographs.

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[mariocki]

Z-Cars: Breakage (7.74/7.75, BBC, 1972)

"You know what, when I finished national service, for one whole week I had about five possessions, one bed to sleep in, no responsibilities, no future."

"Yeah?"

"So the more I think about it, the more I realise it were the best week of my life!"

[kwebtv]

The Chinese Detective  -  BBC One - April 30, 1981  -  November 5, 1982

Crime Drama (14 episodes)

Running Time:  60 minutes

Stars:

David Yip as Detective Sergeant John Ho

Derek Martin as Detective Chief Inspector Berwick

Arthur Kelly as Detective Sergeant Donald Chegwyn

Larrington Walker as Ezra (Series 1—2)

Robert Lee as Joe Ho (Series 1)

Allan Surtees as Ex-Detective Chief Inspector Marley-Harris (Series 1)

John Bott as Detective Chief Superintendent Halsey (Series 1—2)

Richard Rees as Dr. David Li (Series 2)