TOP SECRET: CUSHING BOOK STORE SCENE AS SHOT IN FORWARD MOTION!

#PETERCUSHING in The Book Store Scene from Top Secret BUT.. played as it was shot, in FORWARD MOTION! Seeing the clip like this it's easy to see how hard this was to shoot! It's one shot, which means no edits or cutaways, so when the camera rolled, it was don't stop until we have finished the shot, complete in one take. If anyone made a mistake, it was back to the beginning, at the fire-pole.

CUSHING DOES REPEAT A LINE of dialogue, which would have been hard to hear in the reverse motion that appeared in the film, and is only now heard, because we have it in raw footage, as shot. I wonder how many takes this might have taken, to get that one in the can????

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#GETTHECUSHIONSUNDAY! PRICE AND CUSHING CHAT AND TOP SECRET!

#GETTHECUSHION: A behind the scenes snap of Peter Cushing and the producers of the film, 'TOP SECRET' (1984) ... and the pose subject matter? I have no idea...! It's film you either love or hate, but most seem to remember Cushing's  'Giant Eye' skit, more than the impressive skills he displayed in making the 'reverse action' and dialogue seamless and convincing!

#GETTHECUSHION! A requested repost for Samantha Eyddes, of Peter Cushing and Vincent Price recording, 'Aliens in the Mind', a radio serial recorded and broadcast by the BBC. Samantha brought up the question, as to why Cushing and Price never got to appear in more work together...? It's a tough one to answer, and probably lies somewhere with, 'Not enough opportunities' and 'Some of films of that particular genre, had small budgets, that wouldn't stretch to hiring both!'. along with, 'We could never find a window of time where they were both free!'... 


HMM, I AM NOT SURE. One would have thought with the amount of time Price spent every year during the late 1960's and 70's in the UK, there should have been something where the two could have worked together. I always thought the lost opportunity in casting Cushing as one of Lionheart's critics, was one of many. To slip Cushing in as the 'Ship Captain' in the second Phibes film, was a tease and more than a bit mean. Cushing's fee per day was around £750 to £1,200 a day, at this time. At those prices, I wonder why he wasn't used more in Phibes, and appear in Theatre of Blood, Cry of the Banshee, and The Oblong Box?


TO BE FAIR, Cushing was pretty busy in 1971 through to 72... he appeared in over a dozen feature films. So maybe it was about timing? Then, thank havens they had time for 'Madhouse', 'Price of Fear', 'Aliens of the Mind' and 'House of the Long Shadows'...!

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REEL SOLUTIONS: PETER CUSHING CENTENARY TRIBUTE MONOGRAPH PRIZES

Here's you chance to win a copy of Reel Solutions, excellent Limited Edition Peter Cushing Centenary Monograph at the UK Peter Cushing Appreciation Society Facebook Fan Page today! There are FOUR up for grabs. The booklet includes contributions and tributes from among others, directors, Kevin Connor, Peter Duffell, actors Bernard Cribbins, Barbara Shelley and Val Kilmer, with filmography and great photographs throughout.

The competition closes SATURDAY 31ST August, 2013 at 12 MID DAY GMT. Winners names will be drawn and announced 6PM GMT. Special thanks to Tony Earnshaw! Good Luck Everyone.

Copies can be purchased HERE

 

FANTASTIQ'S PETER CUSHING CENTENARY MONOGRAPH LIMITED RUN: TAKING PRE ORDERS NOW

Here's some great news just in from Tony Earnshaw and Fantastiq. It's a very interesting Peter Cushing Centenary publication, with an impressive line up of contributors. Snap them up before they all go, it's a limited run. 

"The first Fantastiq monograph is a 20-page centenary tribute to that gentle man of horror, Peter Cushing. Illustrated with portraits and behind-the-scenes photographs, it includes a complete filmography and features contributions from filmmakers and co-stars such as Bernard Cribbins, Kate O’Mara, Peter Sasdy, Kevin Connor, Peter Duffell, John Hurt and Val Kilmer. Limited to just 250 copies, this one-off publication is available for £5 including P&P in the UK, and £10 including P&P elsewhere in the world. We are taking pre-orders now. Payment by bank transfer, cheque and Paypal. Send your order to: tony@reelsolutions.co.uk " 

News on Fantastiq's three day film and TV festival focusing on fantasy, sci-fi and horror. - coming up later....