Monthly Archives: March 2009
Recession? ‘Stand by to pull me out of the seat if I get hit.’
There’s no real way of knowing if you will be working on the Dambusters remake, but if you are a Matte Dept. Supervisor, a Matte Painter, a Senior Water TD, a Shader Writer, an FX TD, a Lighting TD or … Continue reading
Lancaster at Lord’s, Leeming, Lowestoft and Leuchars (and lots of other places)
The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight website has had a makeover, and is full of interesting information. There’s tons of detail about the Flight’s complement of five Spitfires, two Hurricanes, two Chipmunks and a Dakota, as well as the full … Continue reading
Filed under Avro Lancaster, BBMF, Les Munro
Filming The Dam Busters in Skeggie – bracing enough?
Fascinating account of a day’s filming, sometime in early 1954, on location in bracing Skegness for the famous scene in The Dam Busters where Barnes Wallis watches his mine being dropped for the first time. The article, written by a … Continue reading
Filed under Dam Busters 1955 film, Richard Todd
Dambusters remake: Fry says 2010, we say 2011
UPDATE, 24 September 2011. We were wrong! Best guess is now 2013 or 2014. UPDATE, 16 December 2009: Jackson confirms shooting to start in 2010 While he was recently down under in New Zealand, filming a nature programme for the … Continue reading
Filed under Dam Busters 1955 film, Dambusters remake, David Frost, Peter Jackson, Stephen Fry
