BS: Punch, the horse, in a movie

Subject: BS: Punch, the horse, in a movie
From: Declan
Date: 25 Nov 02 - 07:45 AM

Sorry for the misleading title, this has nothing to do with Hull9

Over the week-end I was watching the Director's cut of the British Horror film The Wickerman which featured both Punch and the Horse as characters.

There was also some very good folk and folk-rock type stuff from when the film was made around 1973.

There was very scant information in the credits about who the musicians were etc.

Anyone have any details ?

Subject: RE: BS: Punch, the horse, in a movie
From: GUEST
Date: 27 Nov 02 - 04:49 PM

Declan, the information you want is easily available if you look around a bit.

For starters, try a google search. Then take it from there...

Subject: RE: BS: Punch, the horse, in a movie
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 27 Nov 02 - 05:52 PM

Who needs to know anything more than....

.....BRIT Ecklund

Rick

Subject: RE: BS: Punch, the horse, in a movie
From: Gareth
Date: 27 Nov 02 - 06:41 PM

Vaugly, and very vaughly, I think th 'Orse may have bee one of the sacred animals. Sacrifices were made in the form of building a wikker WICCA cage, stuffing your local enemies inside same, and burning.

So here we have it - build a cage in the shapew of a 'Orse fill i and incinerate !!!

Gareth

Subject: RE: BS: Punch, the horse, in a movie
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 28 Nov 02 - 03:26 AM

Let's put it to bed with a role in the "Godfather".
RtS

Subject: RE: BS: Punch, the horse, in a movie
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 28 Nov 02 - 04:37 AM

Barbecued horse - what a good idea ! For those who've never tasted it, the flavour of horsemeat is somewhere between beef and venison - both of which I like.

Subject: RE: BS: Punch, the horse, in a movie
From: HuwG
Date: 28 Nov 02 - 08:51 AM

You can find some information on this film at The Internet Move Database. This site includes a link to The soundtrack credits

The IMDB is quite a good source for film information.

Subject: RE: BS: Punch, the horse, in a movie
From: Declan
Date: 28 Nov 02 - 09:06 AM

Thanks for the info & links.

So far I've come up with

Paul Giovanni (II) who was credited as the composer of te Music & songs.

The following who were credited as 'Musicians'

Peter Brewis
Michael Coles
Ian Cutler
Bernard Murray
Andrew Tompkins

I gather from a linked post that Ian Cutler was the fiddler. So which of the others was which? I originally wondered were the actors credited as musicians actually playing. It looks as if they were.

There's an Ian Campbell listed in the cast. Is he a famous folkie of the period or do they just share a name?

The music seemed quite interesting, but none of the names mean anything to me.

Subject: RE: BS: Punch, the horse, in a movie
From: artbrooks
Date: 28 Nov 02 - 01:15 PM

Didn't somebody punch a horse in "Blazing Saddles"?

Subject: RE: BS: Punch, the horse, in a movie
From: Gareth
Date: 28 Nov 02 - 02:09 PM

Yup, and they tried to hang a horse too !

Gareth

Subject: RE: BS: Punch, the horse, in a movie
From: EBarnacle1
Date: 29 Nov 02 - 09:51 AM

No horses were harmed in the production of this movie.