It would be great if Norman could be persuaded to try for a DVD release of this film, Petermax.Petermax wrote: Now dare I ask if Norman Wright can be press ganged into securing a DVD release of Five Have a Mystery To Solve?
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Not a hope! I think the best chance is if the BFI themselves choose to release it, and perhaps they would put both films on the DVD in the same way that the Malcolm Saville Society did with two Saville CFF films.Eddie Muir wrote:It would be great if Norman could be persuaded to try for a DVD release of this film, Petermax.Petermax wrote: Now dare I ask if Norman Wright can be press ganged into securing a DVD release of Five Have a Mystery To Solve?
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Would Norman show a bit of it at the next EB Day?
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Norman hasn't got it!
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I didn't reaize, Rob.Viking Star wrote:Norman hasn't got it!
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Just to clarify slightly, it has nothing to do with Norman at all and I think he was fairly clear on the EB Day that he is not intending to bring it out on DVD. The only people to have a copy of it are the BFI, but the rights are owned by Granada. Even the BFI had to pay a fee in order to show it!
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Ooh I feel a campaign coming on
How about I draft a letter for everyone to copy and send to BFI to try and get them to make a film?
How about I draft a letter for everyone to copy and send to BFI to try and get them to make a film?
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Great idea. Draft away. Both movies on a DVD would be a wonderful idea. I'm sure it would sell reasonably well.
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Many thanks for those references Anita.I will enjoy digging those Journals out and reading them today!Anita Bensoussane wrote: I got out my Journals this morning as I knew a few of them contained references to the film. Journal 14 contains an article by Darryl Read who played Dick, Journal 15 contains a write-up (by Charles Brand) of the 2001 Enid Blyton Day at which Darryl Read and David Palmer (Julian) gave a talk, and Journal 16 has a picture of a Christmas card sent out by the Children's Film Foundation in 1963, featuring the cast of Five Have a Mystery to Solve.
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I was given the DVD some years ago and have watched it once, being disappointed at how far the story strayed from the original. However, looking at the box today I am rather amused to see beside the Universal sign as suitable for all, the warning that it "contains mild threat and violence".
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Oh, I don't know. I came over quite violent when I watched this awful film.Daisy wrote:I am rather amused to see beside the Universal sign as suitable for all, the warning that it "contains mild threat and violence".
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I understand your feeling, Nigel!
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that's why I haven't watched my DVD yet!Moonraker wrote:Oh, I don't know. I came over quite violent when I watched this awful film.Daisy wrote:I am rather amused to see beside the Universal sign as suitable for all, the warning that it "contains mild threat and violence".
Then again, I know you aren't keen on the Treasure Island serial either, which I really like!
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This is the only one I have seen and it hasn't inspired me to see another!
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I quite enjoyed it but having saidf that I have never watched it again since the time we all saw it together in London. Perhaps the sense of occasion and the company helped make it more palatable.
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