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BS: Punch, the horse, in a movie

25 Nov 02 - 07:45 AM (#834426)
Subject: BS: Punch, the horse, in a movie
From: Declan

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 ?


27 Nov 02 - 04:49 PM (#835987)
Subject: RE: BS: Punch, the horse, in a movie
From: GUEST

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...


27 Nov 02 - 05:52 PM (#836014)
Subject: RE: BS: Punch, the horse, in a movie
From: Rick Fielding

Who needs to know anything more than....

.....BRIT Ecklund

Rick


27 Nov 02 - 06:41 PM (#836044)
Subject: RE: BS: Punch, the horse, in a movie
From: Gareth

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


28 Nov 02 - 03:26 AM (#836292)
Subject: RE: BS: Punch, the horse, in a movie
From: Roger the Skiffler

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


28 Nov 02 - 04:37 AM (#836314)
Subject: RE: BS: Punch, the horse, in a movie
From: Dave Bryant

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.


28 Nov 02 - 08:51 AM (#836437)
Subject: RE: BS: Punch, the horse, in a movie
From: HuwG

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.


28 Nov 02 - 09:06 AM (#836447)
Subject: RE: BS: Punch, the horse, in a movie
From: Declan

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.


28 Nov 02 - 01:15 PM (#836624)
Subject: RE: BS: Punch, the horse, in a movie
From: artbrooks

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


28 Nov 02 - 02:09 PM (#836649)
Subject: RE: BS: Punch, the horse, in a movie
From: Gareth

Yup, and they tried to hang a horse too !

Gareth


29 Nov 02 - 09:51 AM (#837109)
Subject: RE: BS: Punch, the horse, in a movie
From: EBarnacle1

No horses were harmed in the production of this movie.