A Fine and Private Place (film)

A Fine and Private Place was a proposed feature film from Paul Watson that was abandoned during filming, ostensibly due to poor weather.[2]

A Fine and Private Place
Directed byPaul Watson
Produced byW.A. Whittaker
Written byPaul Watson
Based onstories by A.E. Coppard
StarringEdward Woodward
Nanette Newman[1]
Production
company
Release date
1971 (intended)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Production

Paul Watson was a documentary filmmaker who had written the script. Bryan Forbes, head of EMI Films, greenlit the film and production began in Cornwall.[3][4]

The film soon fell behind schedule, forcing Forbes to visit the set. He felt the footage would not cut together and believed the first-time director was incompetent. Forbes shut down the production and fired Watson.[5]

Over the next two weeks Forbes attempted to resuscitate the project with director John Hough but he eventually decided not to proceed and the film was abandoned.[6] Filming ceased in May 1970.[7]

Watson subsequently went on to a highly successful career as a documentary filmmaker.[8]

References
  1. Picture of lead actors accessed 26 May 2014
  2. Walker, Alexander, Hollywood England, Harrap and Stein, 1974 p433
  3. "The shining stars of Cornwall" By Cornish Guardian January 29, 2014 Archived May 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine accessed 26 May 2014
  4. In the Picture Sight and Sound; London Vol. 38, Iss. 4, (Fall 1969): 181.
  5. Moody, Paul (2018). EMI Films and the Limits of British Cinema. Palgrave MacMillan. p. 25.
  6. Bryan Forbes, A Divided Life, Mandarin, 1993 p 174-179
  7. Production of new AB Picture film halted Date: Friday, May 15, 1970 Publication: The Daily Telegraph p 22
  8. Chris Tryhorn, 'Watson scoops top documentary awards', The Guardian, 26 November 2007 accessed 30 July 2012
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