Hello again. Here are a few remarks about MARK II which I feel should be added to the record. My friend Gary Ryan, who was First Assistant Director on the film, died some years ago. Gary was the one who urged me to put my hand up to save the film. He became a successful Producer later on and ran his own production company in partnership with Ted Sheehan and Peter Metcalfe.
Hey Dan, Not sure if you are aware of this postscript, so I’ll tell you anyway: Mark 2 was finished before I started at Avalon, but the two prop cars were still parked in the back car park. When I was in the props department, one of the Paul’s was making arrangements to sell the cars when a guy rang up wondering when he was getting his car back! Turns out one was purchased, one was borrowed. Oops. Luckily he rang before we sold it
I was TPA on one of his first cam assist shoots with Leo Shelton and Lorraine Englebretsen, with Peter Coates and Brian Brake in Arthur's Pass, which became an epic Kaleidoscope doco of Brian's life and work
Hey Dan, Not sure if you are aware of this postscript, so I’ll tell you anyway: Mark 2 was finished before I started at Avalon, but the two prop cars were still parked in the back car park. When I was in the props department, one of the Paul’s was making arrangements to sell the cars when a guy rang up wondering when he was getting his car back! Turns out one was purchased, one was borrowed. Oops. Luckily he rang before we sold it
Ha ha.....I remember that. But I didn’t really have the energy to get mad about it.
No one was hurt in the process.
Joe von Dinklage 💔
I was TPA on one of his first cam assist shoots with Leo Shelton and Lorraine Englebretsen, with Peter Coates and Brian Brake in Arthur's Pass, which became an epic Kaleidoscope doco of Brian's life and work
Ted...my big bro xx