Blu-ray Review Unman, Wittering and Zigo (Limited Edition) – Blu-ray Review (1 Viewer)

[t1g3r5fan]

Today, Unman, Wittering and Zigo. Breaking into the British film industry in the mid-1960’s, Scottish director John Mackenzie first cut his teeth as an assistant director to Ken Loach before getting his chance to work as a full fledged director on TV plays for the BBC. After paying his dues on TV, he made his big screen debut with the drama One Brief Summer (1971); just a year prior to that film’s release, Paramount Pictures hired Mackenzie to helm a big screen adaptation of the Giles Cooper radio play Unman, Wittering and Zigo. Long unavailable on home video, Arrow Video has licensed the movie from Paramount for its long-awaited debut.



Unman, Wittering and Zigo (1971)



Released: 23 Sep 1971
Rated: GP
Runtime: 102 min




Director: John Mackenzie
Genre: Drama, Thriller



Cast: David Hemmings, Carolyn Seymour, Douglas Wilmer
Writer(s): Simon...

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[cadavra]

The film was produced by Gareth Wigan, who was Vice Chairman of Sony when I met him shortly after starting to work there. He was shocked that I'd even heard of the film and even more so when I told him I had a 16mm print of it. (The guy who sold it to me had never heard of it--he'd acquired it in a package--and when I told him I wished to buy it, he was so surprised that he asked if he could screen it first to see why I wanted it. He did and agreed it was a very good film.) Gareth was a lovely gentleman, gone too soon.

 

[Robin9]

I saw this film when it first came out. It was OK but I've never especially wanted to see it again.

 

[bujaki]

The film was produced by Gareth Wigan, who was Vice Chairman of Sony when I met him shortly after starting to work there. He was shocked that I'd even heard of the film and even more so when I told him I had a 16mm print of it. (The guy who sold it to me had never heard of it--he'd acquired it in a package--and when I told him I wished to buy it, he was so surprised that he asked if he could screen it first to see why I wanted it. He did and agreed it was a very good film.) Gareth was a lovely gentleman, gone too soon.

It IS a very good film. I wish to highlight the great performance by the actor playing Zigo.

 

[lark144]

I saw this film when it first came out. It was OK but I've never especially wanted to see it again.

I had the opposite reaction, though for a long time, I thought my memory of seeing this film may have been a hallucination. Now that I realize it wasn't, I'll be picking this up.