Production/release timeline

Chronology

Mostly from Brown’s book with some updates. There were a couple of times that I couldn’t figure out what dates he was talking about… Locations in parenthesis are where the scenes were shot though Brown doesn't specifically mention them. Note that some locations and scenes are not accounted for.

See also Call Sheets, the cross plot document in Brown's book, Seamus Flannery's scene index. and the "shot or not table."

See also Newspaper Listings. (Many duplications here. That list is more complete.)

This website lists release dates in many countries (including the Atlanta, GA, US release of 5/15/74.)

Date abbreviations are in the American style.

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Early 1972

Shaffer, Snell, Lee decided to find a new project after being involved with David Pinner’s Ritual

Hardy researches at the Maidenhead Library. Orchard in East Grinstead consulted about apples.

Script ready

March 10 '72

Casting note for Terrance Stamp as Howie.

May 2, '72

Hardy writes to Sir John Willison, Chief Constable in the Evesham, England area to ask about filming apple blossoms (possibly for footage used in the film, first used in the show reel. See below.) Pictures exist of them. (These could be there too.)

July '72

Snell starts at British Lion

showreel produced. (orchards, pregnant women, phallic topiary) by Hardy and Shaffer

Giovanni brought on board

Late summer

Ok’d by studio to proceed

August '72

31 - Flannery first contacted by Hardy

September '72

Early September - Flannery returns to Shepperton to plan out the production, Casting is done, Technical crew assembled

4 - Flannery met with Hardy

5 - Flannery signed contract

6 - location scouting begins (Hardy, Flannery and Ted Morley - production manager, Eric Boyd-Perkins too, according to one source), took 6 weeks (CF) Originally, the plan was to shoot further north using Skye and the Higlands but it was getting late in the year. First location seen: Old Man of Storr (according to Your Face Here chapter.)

7 - the three go to St Ninian’s cave, spend the night at Lochinch castle

9 - visit Kircudbright

10 - look for a good beach

18 - (Stuart Hopps meets up with Paul Giovanni? - notes from script)

25 - Playback rehearsal music for chopper... (Stuart Hopps notes from script?)

26 Stranraer Town Council agrees to let them film in three places: "the harbour, in the street, and in a public house probably the  Commercial Inn in Agnew Crescent." Second unit shoots Ext (exteriors) of Islands, air and air to ground and Ext Road, flat road, hill road (insert C 45 with Homes (Howies?) Gillie) according to the "cross plot" document.

27 - Stuart Hopps shows the boys how to do the Maypole dance (and on 10/5). Edward Woodward has dialogue rehearsal.

28- Edward Woodward has dialogue rehearsal.

29 - Stills taken of Rowan. Choreography for “dancers”. (I don't know which ones.) Rehearsing sword men - Stuart Hopps?

30 -  Galloway Gazette announces casting call and that shooting will begin in two weeks.

October '72

1 - 3 - Jake Wright goes to Dumfries and Galloway

2 - Sword dancers practice their choreography, (dress rehearsal) in Glasgow. (note from script)

3 - Stranraer Council approves filming.

Edward Woodward has dialogue rehearsal. Christopher Lee has choreography rehearsal. The sword dancers have choreography rehearsal.

4 - Director and “principal” actors arrive in Galloway. Hardy, Lee and Woodward visit Culzean Castle and Snib's Cave. (pics 1, 2) , (GG, 10/7/72) Shooting to begin next week. They stop by the Galloway Gazette. Meet with Provost Jimmy Miller.

Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee have dialogue rehearsal. Britt Ekland, Diane Cilento and Bruno Elrington (Oak) have choreography rehearsal. “Children”  have choreography rehearsal. I don’t know if these are the maypole dancers or the We Carry Death children

5  - Stuart Hopps shows the boys how to do the Maypole dance (and on Sept 27). “Dancers", sword dancers, Diane Cilento, Bruno Elrington (Oak) and “doubles” have choreography rehearsal.

Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee have dialogue rehearsal.

6 - Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee have dialogue rehearsal.

7 - Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento, Britt Ekland, Bruno Elrington (Oak), the sword dancers and “children" have choreography rehearsal. Britt and Diane fly in to join co-stars in big film production. Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee at Snib's cave, pic #1, #2.

8 -  Main unit travels to Plockton. Construction of stones begins (took 6 days - to Oct 14)  for scenes 80 (pt), 82, 137, Lochinch Castle, Dumfrieshire,

Script amendments: pg A, scenes 1-5, 1-5A, 1-5B, 1-5C, pg B, scenes 1-5D, 1-4, pg C, scenes 1-3, 1-2, 1-1, pg D, scenes 1-1A, 1-1B. Also see pages A thru C (scenes 1-5B, C, D, E, 1-4, 1-3, 1-2). (See Steve P's site.) (Pages A-C in the Pitt script are cast lists. D is is the opening credits.)

9 - Shooting begins in Plockton with the harbor master scenes and the inspection of the ship (Called the schooner Summerisle),

What was planned:

Cross plot document: “Artiste”: Edward Woodward, Kevin Collins (as Harbour Master\*), Old Fisherman (John Mulvaney), 20 extras, 4 children, 1 double, Special requirements: Sea Plane, Fishing Boats and Dinghys, Horse and Farm Cart, Scene numbers: 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18.

Seamus Flannery’s scene index: Shoot - ext Summerisle harbor (Plockton), Prop dress - ext int houses (Plockton), ext castle and Grimmond’s house (Culzean), Build - ext stones (Lochinch Castle, Dumfrieshire), Fire dance

What was actually shot: quay & causeway to village, INT Plockton houses, scene #s completed: 16, partial: 114A, 114F, 17, 114 I (Schooner montage)

"Bobby with a familiar face: Fishermen at Kyle meet a new bobby - Sgt Neil Howue (sic), otherwise known as Edward Woodward of TV's 'Callan' fame. Edward has the lead in a thriller which has been filmed in Plockton this week."

Hocket records three songs for the John Peel Sessions which air on 10/17.

Oct 10, '72

Brown's book: continues with the above scenes. Details: Ext, quayside, ext quay to causeway, INT/EXT schooner, EXT street & house, scene #s completed: 99, 100, 113, partial: PT of schooner montage, 17, 18, (2 more CS Howie & harbour),

What was planned:

Cross plot document: Artiste: Edward Woodward, Kevin Collins (as Harbour Master\*), Old Fisherman (John Mulvaney), 20 extras, 4 children, 1 double, Special requirements: Sea Plane, Fishing Boats and Dinghys, Horse and Farm Cart, Scene numbers: 99 - 106

Seamus Flannery’s scene index: Shoot - ext Summerisle harbor (Plockton), Prop dress - ext int houses (Plockton), ext castle and Grimmond’s house (Culzean), ext stones (Lochinch Castle, Dumfrieshire), Fire dance

What was actually shot: Plockton Location of workset: Ext, quayside, ext quay to causeway, INT/EXT schooner, EXT street & house, scene #s completed: 99, 100, 113, partial: PT of schooner montage, 17, 18, (2 more CS Howie & harbour master required to complete)

Oct 11, '72

Brown’s book: Howie’s house searching filmed.

What was planned:

Cross plot document: Artiste - Edward Woodward, Surprised Man - Arthur Boland, 13 extras, 15 children, Second Unit Ext Islands - Air & Air to Ground, Special Requirements Sea Plane, Fishing Boats and Dinghys, Scene numbers 110A?, 111- 114

Seamus Flannery’s scene index: Shoot - ext int houses, scene 114, Plockton, house inspection, Prop dress - ext castle and grimmond's house, scenes 80 (pt), 63 (pt), 84 (pt, 86 (pt) and 30, Day, Culzean, near Ayr, Summerisle's castle, - ext stones, 80 (pt), 82, 137, Lochinch Castle, Dumfrieshire, Fire dance

What was actually shot: Plockton, EXT schooner, EXT/INT houses,, scenes completed: 15, 18, 104, 114 I, C, G, partial: 17, (need Howie's CS 105)

Oct 12, '72

Brown’s book: Thought to be a day off.

What was planned:

Cross plot document: Main unit - Travel to Culzean, Second Unit: Ext Islands - Air & Air to Ground, Special requirements - Sea plane, Fishing boats and Dighys

Seamus Flannery scene index: Prop dress: ext castle and Grimmond's house, ext stones, Scenes: 80 (pt), 63 (pt), 84 (pt, 86 (pt) and 30, Day, Culzean near Ayr, Summerisle’s Castle, Scenes: 80 (pt), 82, 137, Lochinch Castle, Dumfrieshire, Fire dance

What was actually shot: Plockton, INT house, EXT quay & seaplane, completed: 114 B, 101, partial: 102, 103, 18, 13. Location of work/set: Int house/Ext quay & seaplane, Scene numbers: completed - 114B, 101, part - 102, 103, 18, 13

Oct 13, '72

Brown's book: Culzean shoot starts, arriving at Holly Grimmond’s and returning to Green Man were shot,

(3 scenes showing his journey there and back which include the Boobrie Bird and scene with topiary NOT filmed.) Shots of Lee and Woodward walking (not the apple dialogue) and Howie’s arrival by pony and trap. Dining room scene shot.  Brown - search upstairs at May Morrison’s house shot.

Lorraine Peters signs contracts as girl crying on grave. (Pic 1, pic 2)

Brown’s book (lots of contradictions here: Culzean shoot starts, arriving at Holly Grimmond’s and returning to Green Man were shot, 3 scenes showing his journey there and back which include the Boobrie Bird and scene with topiary not filmed. Shots of Lee and Woodward walking (not the apple dialogue) and Howie’s arrival by pony and trap. Dining room scene shot. Search upstairs at May Morrison’s house shot (on another day?). (See these contact sheets for pics of Howie holding the clothes downstairs.)

What was planned:

Cross plot document: Artiste - Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Mrs Grimmond, Holly Grimmond (Jane Walker - later is Fiona Kennedy), Broom?/young man?, Gillie, 2nd unit: Ext Islands - Air & Air to Ground, Special requirements: Sea plane, Pony & trap, fishing boats and dinghys, Howie’s bicycle, Scenes: 80A (twice), 86 (part?), 30

Seamus Flannery scene index: Shoot - ext castle and grimmond's house, Scenes - 80 (pt), 63 (pt), 84 (pt, 86 (pt) and 30, Day, Culzean near Ayr, Summerisle’s castle, Prop dress - ext stones, Scenes  - 80 (pt), 82, 137, Lochinch Castle, Dumfrieshire, Fire dance

What was actually shot: Culzean, EXT Grimmond's home, EXT/INT Summerisle Castle, completed: 30, partial: 84, 84.

Oct 14, '72

Brown's book - auditions for local cast, King St. (Douglas House). Main crew rested while Logan Gardens was prepared. Peter Allwork 2nd unit crew shooting aerials of Scottish Highlands used for credits. Shaffer rewrite of script. Details: no info so probably as above. Galloway Gazette runs a pic and caption talks about it. Whithorn library ideal setting for film.

Rehearsals at Drummore school. 12 girls with Stuart Hopps and Paul Giovanni. Trees sent to Logan garden too! (Fintan)

Whithorn Town Council approves filming in the library. Filmng is scheduled for 10/30.

What was planned:

Cross plot document: Nothing

Seamus Flannery scene index: Prop dress: ext path, also scene where (we carry death) doll floats down river (not used), scene #86, Logan Botanical Gardens, 40 miles south of Stranraer, walk with Howie and Summerisle.

What was actually shot: We don't know.

Brown says shooting took place today: ext seas and islands, scenes 9, 14, 12A, Day, Western Isles, Skye and Inner Hebrides of NW Scotland, lying to Summerisle.

script additions: pg 25, scenes 34 cont, 35, pg 26, scenes 35 cont, 36, pg 27A, unmarked scene, cont from pg 26, pg 29, scenes 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, pg 31A, scenes 46A, 46B, 46C, 46B again, 47 pg 32, senes 47A, 48, 49, 50, pg 64, scene 83 cont, pg 65, no scene marked, pg 66, no scene marked, pg 68, scene 83A cont, 83B, pg 68, scene 83A cont, 83 B repeated., pg 62? (should be pg 69), scene 84, 85., pg 70, scene 85 cont, pg 71, scene 85 cont, 86, pg 72-74, scene 86 cont, 86A, 87.

Oct 15, '72

Brown’s book: Logan Gardens: The “We carry death…” baby was supposed to be floating down a dyke but due to a drought, pumps had to be brought in. This scene was shot but not used. (Doesn't appear in Shaffer script. Is in Pitt script, scene 73.) Apple dialogue scene shot. Construction of the wicker man starts in Burrowhead. Not sure that the carrying doll scene was shot on this date... if at all. The raunchy snail scene was shot on this day... (Fintan) For more info on this scene, see this page.

What was planned:

Cross plot document: Total pages: 2& 1/2, Sets: Ext Path, Artiste: Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, 6 children, Logan, Location: Logan, Scene numbers: 86?, 73A

Seamus Flannery scene index:

Set: - ext path, also scene where (we carry death) doll floats down river (not used), scene 86, Logan Botanical Gardens, 40 miles south of Stranraer, walk with Howie and Summerisle, - ext wicker man, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, /147, 148/114, Day/Dusk, Burrowhead Holiday Village, Whithorn/ The Castle in Isle of Whithorn, hole they come out of, cliffs by wicker man /house inspection,

Prop dress: -\* Int great hall, scene # 81, 83 pt, Day/Night, Lochinch Castle, Dumfrieshire, description of scene: great hall interior, - stones, 80 pt, 82, 137, Lochinch Castle, Dumfrieshire, Fire dance

What was actually shot: Logan Gardens, EXT: experimental orchard, EXT back garden of "Green Man" Inn, completed: 86, 49 B, partial: 85.

Oct 16, '72

What was planned:

Cross Plot document, Pages: 4 & 1/2, Sets: Int Great Hall, Artiste: Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, ?/Broome/Young? Man, Lochinch, Scene numbers: 81, 83, 35 (AB?)

Seamus Flannery set index: Set - int great hall, scenes: 81, 83 (pt)/83, Day/Night, Lochinch Castle, Dumfrieshire, Great hall interior, - ext wicker man, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, /147, 148/114, Day/Dusk, Burrowhead Holiday Village, Whithorn/ The Castle in Isle of Whithorn, hole they come out of, cliffs by wicker man /house inspection. Prop dress: ext stones, scenes 80 (pt), 82, 137, Lochinch Castle, Dumfrieshire, Fire dance

What was actually shot: Stranraer harbour, EXT port of Ullwater, completed: 7, 17, 18, 14, 102, 103, 105.

Maypole up, Rehearsals start., Puppet down the stream, Get information. (Stuart Hopps notes from script.)

Oct 17, '72

Brown’s book: scenes shot: Lord Summerisle with Miss Rose and Howie brings hare… (Lochinch, night),

What was planned:

Cross plot document: Artiste - Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Miss Rose, ?/Broome/Young? man, Scenes 83 (?), 89

Seamus Flannery scene index: Set: - int great hall, scenes: 81, 83 (pt)/83, Day/Night, Lochinch Castle, Dumfrieshire, Great hall interior\, - ext wicker man, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, /147, 148/114, Day/Dusk, Burrowhead Holiday Village, Whithorn/ The Castle in Isle of Whithorn, hole they come out of, cliffs by wicker man /house inspection. Prop dress: ext stones, scenes 80 (pt), 82, 137, Lochinch Castle, Dumfrieshire, Fire dance

Olive McDonald, a seamstress for the film, wrote an article that deals with events of this date (and more.)

What was actually shot: Lochinch Castle, EXT Summerilse Castle, EXT stones and path, completed: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 80, 86 A, partial: 85

Oct 18, '72

Brown’s book: Courtyard before the parade. Procession (Lochinch). Shaffer rewrite of script.

What was planned:

Cross plot document: Pages 2 & 3/4, Sets: Ext stones, Day, Artiste: Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Willow, Miss Rose, Librarian, Harbour Master (Kevin Collins), Old Fisherman (John Mulvaney), Mrs Grimmond, Holly Grimmond (Jane Walker), Alaistair (Oak) (Bruno Elrington), Duggald/Green Man, Schoolmaster (Walter Carr), Old Gardener (Aubrey Morris), Lennox (Donald Eccles), Dr Ewan (Patrick Newell), Gillie, Antler Dancers (6), Tar Men (3), Sword Dancers (6), Dummy orchestra (7), Extras (25), Doubles (3), Second unit: End sequence. Special requirements: Pony and trap, Scene numbers: 80 P, 82, 86 A, 137

Seamus Flannery set index: Set: ext stones, scenes 80 (pt), 82, 137, Lochinch Castle, Dumfrieshire, Fire dance, ext wicker man, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, /147, 148/114, Day/Dusk, Burrowhead Holiday Village, Whithorn/ The Castle in Isle of Whithorn, hole they come out of, cliffs by wicker man /house inspection, Prop dress: ext Ullwater port, Scene #: 7 Day, 1-5 Dusk, West Pier, Stranraer, Description of scene: McTaggert and Howie at pier,

Script additions: pg 113, scene 142 cont, pg 114, scene 142 cont, pg 115, scene 142 cont, 143, pg 116, scene 142 cont, pg 117, scene 142 cont, 143, 144, 145, pg 118, scene 146, 147, 148.

What was actually shot: Lochinch Castle, EXT courtyard of "Green Man" Inn, completed: 109, partial: rehearsal 135-137.

Oct 19, '72

Brown’s book: (Lochinch) Howie rides past the stones during fire dance, long distance shots from castle, then ‘chop chop’scene. At beach near St Ninians' cave: offering the goddess of the sea and Howie sees Rowan. First unit goes to Stranaer: close-ups of Howie being rowed to and from seaplane. (See these pics from StudioCanal (1 and 2), See also the locations page here for Stranraer.) encounter with McTaggert, nighttime police car ride (shot indoors, not at night unless they mean the exterior shots…), postman bicycling scene (See the Stranraer location page), Kirkcudbright - mainland prostitute scene (shot that night). (See the missing scenes link above.) Peter Allwork shot scenes of seaplane taking off and landing at nearby Loch Ryan. Shaffer rewrite of script (see below).

What was planned:

Cross plot document: Pages: 1, Set: Ext Ullwater Port (Extended Day), D/N, Artiste: Edward Woodward, 23 extras, 1 double, Second Unit: Ext Islands - Air & Air to Ground, Mainland atmosphere. Special requirements: Sea plane, Fishing Boats & Dinghy’s, Police Panda Car, Other bicycles - cars - vans. Scene numbers: 7, 8, 1-PT, 1-5 PT, 1-2.

Seamus Flannery scene index: Set: ext Ullwater port, scene #: 7 Day, 1-5 Dusk, Location: West Pier, Stranraer, Description of scene: McTaggert and Howie at pier, Prop dress:  -int mainland pub, Stranraer, - ext school house and int, scene 53, Day, SF - Kirkinner, Brown - Anworth, Shoot: ext wicker man, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, /147, 148/114, Day/Dusk, Burrowhead Holiday Village, Whithorn/ The Castle in Isle of Whithorn, hole they come out of, cliffs by wicker man /house inspection,

Call sheets: #9, Castle Kennedy, scenes (page 1, page 2) (Provided by John Bortherton one of the swordsmen.)

Script additions: new page 111, scene 141? cont, 142, pg 112, scene 142

What was actually shot: Lochinch, EXT stones, EXT path, completed: 133, 134, 135, partial: 137

Oct 20, '72

Brown's book: Closing the mainland pub scene (Kirkcudbright),

What was planned:

Cross plot document: Pages: 1& 1/4, Sets: Int Mainland Public Bar, Night, Artiste: Edward Woodward, 20 extras, 2nd unit: Mainland atmosphere, Special requirements: Police panda car, Scene numbers: 1-A, 1-3

Seamus Flannery scene index: Shoot:-  int mainland pub, Stranraer, - ext wicker man, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, /147, 148/114, Day/Dusk, Burrowhead Holiday Village, Whithorn/ The Castle in Isle of Whithorn, hole they come out of, cliffs by wicker man /house inspection. Prop dress: - stills photographic, the pics seen in the darkroom, - ext school house and int, scene 53, Day, SF - Kirkinner, Brown - Anworth

What was actually shot: Lochinch, EXT stones and path, completed: 137.

Oct 21, '72

Browns book: Rest day except for Lee, Rowan and Lesley Mackie and some extras. Harvest festival pics and darkroom pics shot - Harvest Festival shots were taken at Anwoth. It snowed... (See Kathryn Soriani's experience with this. And Shona Alexander.'s (choose Harvest Festival picture models link.)

What was planned:

Cross plot document: Sets: (stills) rest day, Artiste: Edward Woodward, Rowan, Daisy, 18 extras(!), 13 children (!) , Stills session for int Chemist shop & Green Man,

Seamus Flannery scene index: Shoot: sets: - stills photographic, the pics seen in the darkroom, - country road, scenes: 28, 29, 31, 79, 133, 134, 136, Whithorn, Prop dress: ext school house and int, scene # 53, Day, (SF Kirkinner) Brown - Anworth

What was actually shot: We don't know.

Front page, two pics and a blurb. Five Apples for Mr Woodward at Logan Gardens. Monster In Our Midst article with picture.

Oct 22, '72

Brown’s book: Anwoth: Shaffer appears on set, (cast and crew in Plockton home movies of bar footage shot then!), Shaffer comforts Woodward… (Snowed?)

What was planned:

Cross plot document: Pages: 4, Sets: Ext school house, Day, Artiste: Edward Woodward, Miss Rose, Holly Grimmond, Daisy - Leslie Mackie, 30 children, Kirkineer, Scene numbers: 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 98

Seamus Flannery scene index: Set: ext school house and int, Scene 53, Day, (SF - Kirkinner)Brown - Anworth), Shoot:-  ext wicker man, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, /147, 148/114, Day/Dusk, Burrowhead Holiday Village, Whithorn/ The Castle in Isle of Whithorn, hole they come out of, cliffs by wicker man /house inspection, - country road, scenes: 28, 29, 31, 79, 133, 134, 136, Whithorn, - ext churchyard and int church, scenne 59, Day, (SF - Whithorn) Brown - Anworth)

What was actually shot: Lochinch, INT great hall, completed: 80, 81, 82, partial: 83.

From Summerisle News #2: Cinema TV today blurb,  lists crew and says: “On location in Scotland. First week of seven week schedule. (Publicity: Frank Law)

Oct 23, '72

What was planned:

Cross plot document: Pages: 5, Sets: Int School house, Day, Artiste: Edward Woodward, Miss Rose, Holly Grimmond, Daisy - Lesley Mackie, 30 children, Scene numbers: 57

Seamus Flannery scene index (same as yesterday): Set: ext school house and int, Scene 53, Day, (SF - Kirkinner)Brown - Anworth), Shoot:-  ext wicker man, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, /147, 148/114, Day/Dusk, Burrowhead Holiday Village, Whithorn/ The Castle in Isle of Whithorn, hole they come out of, cliffs by wicker man /house inspection, - country road, scenes: 28, 29, 31, 79, 133, 134, 136, Whithorn, - ext churchyard and int church, scene #: 59, Day, (SF - Whithorn) Brown - Anworth,

What was actually shot: Lochinch, INT great hall, completed: 83, partial: 89.

Oct 24, '72

Brown’s book: Entire cast except for Myrtle and Daisy at Burrowhead for 3 day shoot. 5 scenes. 142 - 147

Still processing today and filming at the stones. The Burrowhead filming starts on Wednesday which is day 15 of the shoot... (Fintan) Shaffer says they filmed the crowd scenes first and then the close ups. Most of the cast had gone away for those shots.

What was planned:

Cross plot document: Pages: 3, Sets: Ext Wicker Man, Artiste: Howie - Edward Woodward, Summerisle: Christoper Lee, WIllow, Miss Rose, Librarian, Rowan, Alder MacGreagor,  Harbour Master - Kevin Collins, Old Fisherman - John Mulvaney, Mrs Grimmond, Holly Grimmond - Jane Walker, Alistair (Oak) - Bruno Elrington, Duggald/Green Man, ?/Broome/Young? man, Schoolmaster  - Walter Carr, Old Gardener - Aubrey Morris, Lennox - Donald Eccles, Dr Ewan - Patrick Newell, Gillie, Ash Buchannon - Richard Wren, Hairdresser - Leslie Blackater, Baker - John MacGreagor, Fishmonger - John Young, Butcher - Charles Kearney, Antler dancers (6), Tar men (3), Sword dancers (6), 1 stunt man, 7 dummy orchestra,  25 extras, End sequence, Special requirements: Pony and trap, Whithorn, Scene numbers: 142, start

Seamus Flannery scene index: Shoot: -  ext wicker man, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, /147, 148/114, Day/Dusk, Burrowhead Holiday Village, Whithorn/ The Castle in Isle of Whithorn, hole they come out of, cliffs by wicker man /house inspection, - country road, scenes: 28, 29, 31, 79, 133, 134, 136, Whithorn, - ext school house and int, Scene 53, Day, (SF - Kirkinner)Brown - Anworth), - ext churchyard and int church, scenne 59, Day, (SF - Whithorn) Brown - Anworth)

What was actually shot: Lochinch, INT great hall, completed: 89.

Oct 25, '72

Brown's book: scenes from when Rowan and Howie come out of cave to end, studio men (American bond co?) try to wrap the film, burn #1 in hero man.

What was planned:

Cross plot document (same as Oct 24): Pages: 3, Sets: Ext Wicker Man, Day, Artiste: Howie - Edward Woodward, Summerisle: Christoper Lee, WIllow, Miss Rose, Librarian, Rowan, Alder MacGreagor,  Harbour Master - Kevin Collins, Old Fisherman - John Mulvaney, Mrs Grimmond, Holly Grimmond - Jane Walker, Alistair (Oak) - Bruno Elrington, Duggald/Green Man, ?/Broome/Young? man, Schoolmaster  - Walter Carr, Old Gardener - Aubrey Morris, Lennox - Donald Eccles, Dr Ewan - Patrick Newell, Gillie, Ash Buchannon - Richard Wren, Hairdresser - Leslie Blackater, Baker - John MacGreagor, Fishmonger - John Young, Butcher - Charles Kearney, Antler dancers (6), Tar men (3), Sword dancers (6), 1 stunt man, 7 dummy orchestra,  25 extras, End sequence, Special requirements: Pony and trap. Whithorn, Scene numbers: 142, cont.

Seamus Flannery scene index (Same as Oct 24) Shoot: -  ext wicker man, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, /147, 148/114, Day/Dusk, Burrowhead Holiday Village, Whithorn/ The Castle in Isle of Whithorn, hole they come out of, cliffs by wicker man /house inspection, - country road, scenes: 28, 29, 31, 79, 133, 134, 136, Whithorn, - ext school house and int, Scene 53, Day, (SF - Kirkinner)Brown - Anworth), - ext churchyard and int church, scenne 59, Day, (SF - Whithorn) Brown - Anworth)

What was actually shot: Burrowhead, EXT cliff top, partial: 141, 142.

Oct 26, '72

Brown’s book: Burn #2 close-ups in shorter man. Head falling over shot (Shaffer and Brown say at the smaller man location.)

Script additions: pg 59,  scenes: 75 (Librarian studies Rowan pic, how did she die, as in movie), 76 (Librarian locks up public records office, H asks where reference section is.) 77 (H in library), pg 60, no scene # (is 77) (Library scene, old man instead of old woman, also talks to librarian as he leaves.)

What was planned:

Cross plot document: same as yesterday except for scenes: 142-147

Seamus Flannery scene index: same as yesterday.

What was actually shot: Burrowhead, EXT cliff top, EXT wicker man, partial: 142, 143, 144, 148.

Edward Woodward breaks toe according to Your Face Here.

Oct 27, '72

Brown’s book: Pick-up shots for procession to the beach, Woodward not included (A “double” was Punch) (near St Ninian's cave),

What was planned:

Cross plot document: Pages: 1 & 1/2, Sets: Ext Country road, Day, Artiste: Summerisle - Christopher Lee, Willow, Miss Rose, Librarian, Harbour Master - Kevin Collins, Old Fisherman - John Mulvaney, Mrs Grimmond, Holly Grimmond - Jane Walker, Alistair (Oak) - Bruno Elrington, Duggald/Green Man, Schoolmaster - Walter Carr, Old Gardener - Aubrey Morris, Lennox - Donald Ecceles, Dr Ewan - Patrick Newell, Gillie, Daisy - Lesley Mackie, Ash Buchannan - Richard Wren, Hairdresser - Leslie Blackater, Baker - John MacGreagor, Fishmonger - John Young, Butcher - Charles Kearney, Antler dancers (6), Tar men (3), Sword dancers (6), dummy orchestra (7), 25 extras, 1 double, End sequence, Special requirements: Pony and trap, Scenes: 133, 134, 135

Seamus Flannery scene index: Shoot: - country road, scenes: 28, 29, 31, 79, 133, 134, 136, Whithorn, - ext school house and int, Scene 53, Day, (SF - Kirkinner)Brown - Anworth), - ext churchyard and int church, scenne 59, Day, (SF - Whithorn) Brown - Anworth) since 10/22!, - ext and int Morrison’s, scene 20, Day, (SF - Creetown) Brown - High St, Kirkcudbright), May Morrison's sweet shop

What was actually shot: Burrowhead, EXT wicker man, Whithorn Public Library, INT public library, completed: 74, 75, partial: 142.

It rained nearly all day on Friday October 27th so they filmed at the library in Whithorn. There could be no filming the next day {on Saturday} because that was everyone's day off... (Fintan)

Oct 28, '72

Brown’s book: Rest day for cast and crew

What was planned:

Cross plot document: Rest day

Seamus Flannery scene index: Shoot: ext beach and cave, 138, 139 (contradiction), St Ninan's Cave, Whithorn, beach and cave entrance

What was actually shot: We don't know.

These articles ran in the Galloway Gazette: FILM MEN WANT SWEET SHOP (An ad they also ran.) Wickerman Film Star Talks to Sheila Mcnamara - Diana Decides Its The Farm For Her.

Oct 29, '72

Brown’s book: Beach shots (near St Ninian's cave)

What was planned:

Cross plot document: Pages: 3, Sets: Ext Beach and Cave, Day, Artiste: Edward Woodward, Summerisle - Christopher Lee, Willow, Librarian, Rowan, Harbour Master  - Kevin Collins, Alistair (Oak) - Bruno Elrington, Duggald (Green Man), ?/Broome/Young? man, Schoolmaster - Walter Carr, Old Gardener - Aubrey Morris, Lennox - Donald Eccles, Dr Ewan - Patrick Newell, Gillie, Ash Buchannan - Richard Wren, Hairdresser - Leslie Blackater, Baker - John MacGreagor, Fishmonger - John Young, Butcher - Charles Kearney, Antler dancers (6), Tar Men (3), Sword dancers (6), 5 stunt men!, 7 Dummy orchestra, 20 extras, 1 double

Second unit: Ext Road, Flat road (insert C 4s with Howie's Gille), end sequence, Special requirements: Pony and trap, Howie’s bicycle, Scene numbers: 138, 139, 140 pt, 144 pt, 113A

Seamus Flannery scene index: Shoot: - ext beach and cave, scene numbers: 138, 139 (contradiction), St Ninan's Cave, Whithorn, beach and cave entrance (same as yesterday), - int library and records office, scene 74, 75, 76,, 77, - ext churchyard and int church, 59, Day, (SF - Whithorn) Brown - Anworth, - ext and int Morrison’s, 20, Day, (SF - Creetown) Brown - High St, Kirkcudbright, May Morrison's sweet shop

What was actually shot: Burrowhead, EXT cliff top & wicker man, Whithorn, INT Public Library, Isle of Whithorn, INT funeral parlour, 77, 124. completed: 77, 124, delete scenes: 119, 120.

Oct 30, '72

Brown’s book: Howie meets “librarian” scene and reading in library (Whithorn)

What was planned:

Cross plot document: Pages: 3 & 1/4, Sets: Int Library / Public Records Office, Day, Artiste: Edward Woodward, Librarian, Old Man ? sc 77 (in library), Scene numbers: 74, 76, 75, 77, 113A.

Seamus Flannery scene index: Shoot: - int library and records office, 74- 77, Day, Public library, Whithorn, hallway of library?, , - ext churchyard and int church, 59, Day, (SF - Whithorn) Brown - Anworth, - ext and int Morrison’s, 20, Day, (SF - Creetown) Brown - High St, Kirkcudbright, May Morrison's sweet shop

What was actually shot: Burrowhead, EXT clifftop, 2nd unit wicker man, partial: 142.

Oct 31, '72

Brown’s book: Anwoth: schoolhouse, ruined church, grave keeper and nighttime grave shots. (Snowed?)

What was planned:

Cross plot document: Pages: 4 & 1/2, Sets: Int Library / Public Records Office, Day, Artiste: Edward Woodward, Old Gardener - Aubrey Morris, 1 small part, 9 extras, 4 children, scene numbers: 59, 60, 62, 63, 64, 87, 88, 39A

Seamus Flannery scene index: Shoot: - ext churchyard and int church, scene: 59, day, (SF - Whithorn) Brown - Anworth, - ext and int Morrison’s, scene: 20, day, (SF - Creetown) Brown - High St, Kirkcudbright, May Morrison's sweet shop

Fintan: Exterior shooting of the maypole dance and the chat between Howie and Miss Rose. No graveyard sequences shot on Halloween!

What was actually shot: Anwoth, EXT village school, EXT village green, EXT village graveyard, completed: 53, 54, 55, partial: 52, 57, 58.

Lesley Mackie remembers: On October 31st, I say I got a good reception when I sang in the pub, so that must have been the day I sang Summertime with Edward and a Piaf song and out of it came the chance to sing in the film.

November '72

Britt Ekland discovers she is pregnant.

Nov 1, '72

Brown’s book   Gatehouse of Fleet: chemists, exterior shots of Ash and Willow and Lord Summerisle (Whithorn)

What was planned:

Cross plot document: Pages: 2, Set: Int Church /Ext Rear of "Green Man" (Extended Day), Day/Night, Artiste: Howie (Edward Woodward), Summerisle (Christopher Lee), Willow, Old Gardener (Aubrey Morris), Ash Buchannan (Richard Wren), 1 small part, I child. Second unit: Snail inserts, Scene numbers: 61, 44, 45, 46

Seamus Flannery scene index: 1/2 Shoot (night?): Set: ext churchyard and int church, scene: 59, Day, (SF - Whithorn) Brown - Anworth, 1/2 Shoot (night?): rear Green Man ext, Whithorn, Shoot: ext and int Morrison’s, scene 20, Day, (SF - Creetown) Brown - High St, Kirkcudbright, May Morrison's sweet shop

What was actually shot: Anwoth, EXT school, INT school, completed: 98, 1 completed by 2nd unit, partial: 57.

Nov 2, '72

Brown’s book Exteriors and interiors of May Morrison’s (Kirkcudbright), Lord Summerisle’s Whitman speech (Whithorn),

What was planned:

Cross plot document: Pages: 1 & 3/4, Set: Ext Morrison's Shop, Day, Artiste: Edward Woodward, May Morrison, Myrtle (Jennifer Martin),,14 extras, 3 children, Creetown, Scenes: 19A, 20, 112 (B?)

Seamus Flannery scene index: Shoot: - ext and int Morrison’s, Scene: 20, Day, (SF - Creetown) Brown - High St, Kirkcudbright, May Morrison's sweet shop, - int Willow's bedroom, (SF - Creetown), Brown - upstairs, Cally Estate Office, Gatehouse of Fleet, Willow's dance

Int and ext school and ext churchyard and then to the old church. (Fintan)

What was actually shot: Anwoth, INT school, EXT school, EXT churchyard, completed: 57, partial: 58, 88.

Nov 3, '72

Brown’s book: Willow’s dance filmed (Whithorn), butcher and fishmonger scenes (after Willow’s dance so it wasn’t evening?) (Whithorn) Call sheet from that day agrees. We don't know what the addresses of them were though.

What was planned:

Cross plot document: Set: Int Willow’s bedroom, Night, 3, (The document has a crease here so it’s hard to read.), scene 95

Seamus Flannery scene index: Shoot - int Willow's bedroom, (SF - Creetown), Brown - upstairs, Cally Estate Office, Gatehouse of Fleet, Willow's dance

What was actually shot: Whithorn, Howie's room, Int. corridor to Alder's room, completed 77, 97, 130.

Call sheets: page 1, page 2.

Lorraine Peters contract as body double. page 1, page 2.

Nov 4, ‘72

Brown’s book: Rest day, (5 & 6) interiors of May Morrison’s?

What was planned:

Cross plot and Seamus Flannery’s scene index: rest day

What was actually shot: We don't know.

Two items rain in the Galloway Gazette that day: CHERRY TREES BLOSSOM IN NOVEMBER BUT ANWOTH MYSTERY WAS EASY TO SOLVE, Christopher Lee and Edward Woodward arm wrestling for charity pic.

Cinema TV Today says: The Wicker Man in production on location in Scotland (3rd week of a 7 week schedule)

Nov 5, '72

Brown’s book: Anwoth: Miss Rose, schoolgirls and gravekeeper - retakes! (Newton Stewart darkroom on standby)

What was planned:

Cross plot document: Pages: 4 & 1/2?, Set: Int Morrison shop, Artiste: Edward Woodward, May Morrison, Myrtle (Jennifer Martin), Scenes: 21, 66, 22, start

Seamus Flannery’s scene index: Shoot: ext and int Morrison’s, Scene: 20, Day, (SF - Creetown) Brown - High St, Kirkcudbright, May Morrison's sweet shop

What was actually shot: Anwoth, EXT school, completed: 58, partial: 59.

Nov 6, '72

Brown’ book: Shaffer rewrite of script.

What was planned:

Cross plot document: Pages: 4 & 3/4, Set: Int Morrison Shop, Artiste: Edward Woodward, May Morrison, Myrtle (Jennifer Martin), Scenes: 22, 27, 67

Seamus Flannery’s scene index: Shoot: - ext and int Morrison’s, Scene: 20, Day, (SF - Creetown) Brown - High St, Kirkcudbright, May Morrison's sweet shop, - int bar Green Man, scene 34, night, Ellingowan Hotel, Creetown, Green Man interior

What was actually shot: Anwoth, EXT old church, Newton Stewart, INT dark room, completed: 44, partial: 92, 46.

Nov 7, ’72

Brown’ book: Shaffer rewrite of script.

What was planned:

Cross plot document: Pages: 3 & 1/2, Set: Int Bar "Green Man”, Artiste: Edward Woodward, Willow, Alder MacGreagor, Harbour Master (Kevin Collins), Alistair (Oak) (Bruno Elrington), Duggald/Green Man, ?/Broome/Young? man, scene: 34

Seamus Flannery scene index, Shoot: - int bar Green Man, scene 34, night, Ellingowan Hotel, Creetown, Green Man interior

What was actually shot: Burrowhead, wicker man 2, EXT cliff top, EXT wicker, completed: 143, 145, 147, 144.

Nov 7 - 10  - Brown's book: Creetown: Green Man interior sequences, bakery interior shot. Filming the burning of the wicker man at Burrow Head (Fintan)

Nov 8, '72

What was planned:

Cross plot document: Pages: 3 & 1/2, Set: Int Bar "Green Man”, Artiste: Edward Woodward, Willow, Alder MacGreagor, Harbour Master (Kevin Collins), Alistair (Oak) (Bruno Elrington), Duggald/Green Man, ?/Broome/Young? man, Rest day, scenes: 35, 36

Seamus Flannery scene index: Shoot: Set: ext int funeral parlour, Kirkcudbright

What was actually shot: St Ninian's Cave, EXT beach and cave, completed: 138, partial: 139.

Nov 9, ’72

What was planned:

Cross plot document: Pages: 2, Sets: Int Bar "Green Man”, Night, Artiste: Artiste: Edward Woodward, Willow, Alder MacGreagor, Harbour Master (Kevin Collins), Alistair (Oak) (Bruno Elrington), Duggald/Green Man, ?/Broome/Young? man, Scenes: 40, 41, 93

Seamus Flannery scene index: Shoot: - int bar Green Man, scene 34, night, Ellingowan Hotel, Creetown, Green Man interior, - ext Green Man and street, /back garden, Scenes: 33, 44, Day and Night, Cally Estate Office, Gatehouse of Fleet, Green Man exterior, back garden, - ext & int experimental orchard, Threave

What was actually shot: We don't know.

Nov 10, '72

What was planned:

Cross plot document: Pages: 1, Sets: Int Bar "Green Man”, Night, Artiste: Artiste: Edward Woodward, Willow, Alder MacGreagor, Harbour Master (Kevin Collins). Scene: 125

Seamus Flannery scene index: Shoot: - int bar Green Man, scene 34, night, Ellingowan Hotel, Creetown, Green Man interior , - ext Green Man and street, /back garden, Scenes: 33, 44, Day and Night, Cally Estate Office, Gatehouse of Fleet, Green Man exterior, back garden, - ext & int experimental orchard, Threave

What was actually shot: We don’t know.

Nov 11, '72

What was planned:

Cross plot document: Rest day

Seamus Flannery scene index: - int bar Green Man, scene 34, night, Ellingowan Hotel, Creetown, Green Man interior , - ext Green Man and street, /back garden, Scenes: 33, 44, Day and Night, Cally Estate Office, Gatehouse of Fleet, Green Man exterior, back garden, - ext & int experimental orchard, Threave

What was actually shot: Threave Gardens, INT experimental gardens, completed: 83 B, 84, 85.

Call sheets (from an eBay sale, June 2016): SETS: a) INT/EXT EXPERIMENTAL ORCHARD Sc.Nos: a) 83b. 84. 85. DAY, SECOND UNIT b) To SHOOT P O V AT CULZEAN

Movement order (a rare look at what went into each day’s shoot.) Interesting info from Jilda Smith, the location manager.

Nov 12, '72

Brown’s book: Gatehouse of Fleet: Howie and Willow outside pub, Howie and Gillie (shot but deleted), nighttime shots of Green Man exterior

What was planned:

Cross plot document: Pages: 3, Ext High St/ Green Man/ Green, Extended Day, Artiste: Edward Woodward,Willow, Alder MacGreagor, Gillie, Scenes: 19, 48, 49, 50, 51, 78, 33, 37, 38, 39.

Seamus Flannery's scene index: Shoot: - ext Green Man and street, /back garden, Scenes: 33, 44, Day and Night, Cally Estate Office, Gatehouse of Fleet, Green Man exterior, back garden, - ext & int experimental orchard, Threave

What was actually shot: Whithorn, 1sts unit: Int Howie's room, Int Hairdressing salon, Ext/Int Howie's room and Willow's room, completed: 94, 96, 45, 46, 115, 2nd unit: 26, Int Myrtle's room, Scs 23, 24, 25 deleted.

Nov 13,'72

Brown’s book: Lord Summerisle speech history of island speech shot in Threave but deleted (crew spent 4 days dressing set)

What was planned:

Cross plot document: Pages 4 & 3/4, Ext/Int Experimental Orchard, Day, Artiste: Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Scenes 84, 85.

Seamus Flannery’s scene index: Shoot: - ext & int experimental orchard, Threave, - ext & int chemists, scene 71, Day, (SF - Kirkcudbright) Brown - Stark Chemist's, Gatehouse of Fleet), description of scene: Chemists’s,

Call sheet #31 page 1, page #2

Movement order Could be for this day. Also this map which was on the back of it.

What was actually shot: We don’t really know… The call sheet and movement order might have printed up before the date.

Nov 14, '72

What was planned:

Cross plot document: Pages: 3 & 12, Ext Rear Green Man/ Village Street, Day, Artiste: Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Alder MacGreagor, Harbour Master (Kevin Collins), Alistair (Oak)(Bruno Elrington), Duggaid/Green Man, Lennox (Donald Eccles), Dr Ewan (Patrick Newell), Ash Buchannan (Richard Wren), Baker (John MacGraegor), FIshmonger (John Young), Butcher (Charles Kearney), Scenes: 109, 131

Seamus Flannery’s scene index: Shoot: - int Howie's bedroom, scene: 95, (SF - Kirkcudbright), Brown - Mrs Rubty Kirk, George St, Whithorn), scene description: Howie’s bedroom, - ext & int chemists, scene 71, Day, (SF - Kirkcudbright) Brown - Stark Chemist's, Gatehouse of Fleet), description of scene: Chemists’s,

What was actually shot: We don’t know.

Nov 15, '72

Interiors of Howies room (Whithorn), Ellengowan hotel and Anworth church graveyard (Fintan)

What was planned:

Cross plot document: Pages: 3, Int Howie's Bedroom, Day/Night, Artiste: Edward Woodward, Willow, Alder MacGreagor, Scenes: 97, 126, 127, 128, 129,

Seamus Flannery scene index, Shoot: - int Howie's bedroom, scene: 95, (SF - Kirkcudbright), Brown - Mrs Rubty Kirk, George St, Whithorn), scene description: Howie’s bedroom, - int McGreggor's bedroom, scene 130, (SF - Kirkcudbright) Brown contradicts himself, says was across from Howie's bedroom at King St, Whithorn, McGreggor’s room, - ext & int chemists, scene 71, Day, (SF - Kirkcudbright) Brown - Stark Chemist's, Gatehouse of Fleet), description of scene: Chemists’s

Call sheets: page 1, page 2. EXTENDED DAY, SETS: a) INT. "GREEN MAN — Sc. Nos. 125 D, 36 N, 41,42,46A,93,35 NIGHT, b) EXT. CHURCH AND CHURCHYARD - Sc.Nos. 60,61,62,63.64 D, 88,39A. N. LOCATIONS: a) ELLENGOWAN HOTEL, CREETOWN. b) ANWOTH CHURCH, ANWOTH.

What was actually shot: Creetown, INT Green Man Inn bar, 2nd unit then moved to Howie's room, completed: 36, 41, 42, 93, 125, partial: 34.

Nov 16, ’72

What was planned:

Cross plot document: Pages: 2 & 1/2, Set: Int Howie's Bedroom/MacGreagor's B’room, Day, Artiste: Edward Woodward, Alder MacGreagor, Scenes: 42, 43, 47, 94, 96, 130

Seamus Flannery’s scene index: Shoot:- 1/2 shot - int Howie's bedroom, scene: 95, (SF - Kirkcudbright), Brown - Mrs Rubty Kirk, George St, Whithorn), scene description: Howie’s bedroom, - 1/2 shot - int McGreggor's bedroom, scene 130, (SF - Kirkcudbright) Brown contradicts himself, says was across from Howie's bedroom at King St, Whithorn, McGreggor’s room, - ext & int chemists, scene 71, Day, (SF - Kirkcudbright) Brown - Stark Chemist's, Gatehouse of Fleet), description of scene: Chemists’s

What was actually shot: 1st unit, Creetown, INT Green Man Inn, bar and dining room, completed: 35, partial: 43, 2nd unit, Kirkcudbright/Creetown, INT baker's, INT Green Man, EXT village High St, completed: 43, 46 A, 93 A, 47 A, partial: 107, 108 pt, 116 pt.

Nov 17, ’72

Brown’s book: Greyfriars church interior (Kirkcudbright)

What was planned:

Cross plot document: Pages: 1/2, Set: Ext/Int Church, Artiste: Edward Woodward, Scenes: 1-1, 1-1A

Seamus Flannery’s scene index, Shoot: - ext int church scotland, Greyfriers Church, Kirkcudbright, scene: Howie in church, - ext & int chemists, scene 71, Day, (SF - Kirkcudbright) Brown - Stark Chemist's, Gatehouse of Fleet), description of scene: Chemists’s

What was actually shot: Gatehouse of Fleet, INT/EXT chemist's shop, 2nd unit, EXT Summerisle st, completed: 68, 69, 70, 71.

Nov 18 - Rest day, bridge scene actor “signed up” in Kirkcudbright, Details: Whithorn Castle, INT bathroom, corridor bedroom, completed: 114 I, (1 A), (1 B). Meet the real Britt, an interview with Britt Ekland.

Cinema TV Today says In production on location The Wicker Man in Scotland (5th week of a 7 week schedule).

Nov 19, ‘72

Brown’s book: Kirkcubright: Bridge scene shot called off. Howie pursues hobby horse, funeral parlor, police station,

What was planned:

Cross plot document: Pages: 1 & 1/2, Ext/Int Funeral Parlour, Day, Artiste: Edward Woodward, very old woman, Scenes: 120, 121, 122, 123, 124

Seamus Flannery’s scene index: Shoot: - ext int funeral parlour, Kirkcudbright, - ext & int chemists, scene 71, Day, (SF - Kirkcudbright) Brown - Stark Chemist's, Gatehouse of Fleet), description of scene: Chemists’s

Shot or not table: Scene 72A, Gatehouse of Fleet, partial scene with Dr Ewan (Not shot according to Jake Wright's scene index - Brown)

What was actually shot: Gatehouse of Fleet, INT/EXT chemist's shop, Creetown, INT bakers, completed: 91, 92, 69, 116.

Nov 20, ’72

What was planned:

Cross plot document: Pages: 5, Set: Ext Ullwater Main Street / Interior Police Station, Day/Night, Artiste: Edward Woodward, Post man (Tom Cotcher), P.C. Mctaggart (John Hallum), Scenes: 1,2,3,4,5,6.

Seamus Flannery’s scene index: Shoot: - Set: ext Ullwater street, Scenes: 3 (police station), 114, Kirkcudbright, house inspection, - int Police Station, scene 3, Kirkcudbright, Interior of police station, - ext & int chemists, scene 71, Day, (SF - Kirkcudbright) Brown - Stark Chemist's, Gatehouse of Fleet), description of scene: Chemists’s, - int butcher, baker, fishmonger, scene 116, (SF - Kirkcudbright) Brown - opposite Ellengowan Hotel in Creetown), Baker's shop

Call sheet #38

What was actually shot: Kirkcudbright, EXT/INT May Morrison's, Post Office Sweet Shop, completed: 21, partial: 22.

(See call sheet. It lists scenes 20, 21, 66, 110, 22, 27, 65, 67 - Day, 2nd unit b) ext streets scenes 107 day, c) ext graveyard scenes 39A Night, d) int/ext chemist s/b good weather call scene numbers to complete Day.)

Nov 21 - Details: Kirkcudbrightshire, 1st night, May Morrison't shop and parlour, 2nd unit, Kirkcudbrightshire, EXT prison?, Anwoth, EXT graveyard, completed: 1st unit, 22, 27, 27 A, 67, 2nd unit, 131, 39 A, partial (1st or 2nd unit?), 110, 66.

Nov 22, ’72

What was planned:

Cross plot document: Pages: 3 & 3/4, Set: Int Chemist Shop, Day, Artiste: Edward Woodward, Lennox (Donald Eccles), Dr Ewan (Patrick Newell), Scenes: 71, 91, 92.

Seamus Flannery’s scene index: Shoot:- ext & int chemists, scene 71, Day, (SF - Kirkcudbright) Brown - Stark Chemist's, Gatehouse of Fleet), description of scene: Chemists’s, - int butcher, baker, fishmonger, scene 116, (SF - Kirkcudbright) Brown - opposite Ellengowan Hotel in Creetown), Baker's shop, - ext int Apple store, Kirkcudbright

What was actually shot:  Kirkcudbright, INT police station, Gatehouse of Fleet, EXT Dr's & Chemist's, completed: 1st unit, 72, 18 D 2, 2nd unit, 1-5 Bm 1-5 D,, parital: 1-5 A pt.

Nov 23, ’72

What was planned:

Cross plot document: Pages: 2 & 1/4, Set: Int Butcher/ Baker/Fishmonger’s, Day, Artiste: Edward Woodward, Baker (John MacGreager), Fishmonger (John Young), Butcher (Charles Kearney), Scenes: 116, 117, 118

Seamus Flannery’s set index: Shoot,- ext & int chemists, scene 71, Day, (SF - Kirkcudbright) Brown - Stark Chemist's, Gatehouse of Fleet), description of scene: Chemists’s, - int butcher, baker, fishmonger, scene 116, (SF - Kirkcudbright) Brown - opposite Ellengowan Hotel in Creetown), Baker's shop, - ext int Apple store, Kirkcudbright

What was actually shot: 1st unit: Kirkcudbright: Int Mainland church, Anwoth: Ext Graveyard and old church, 2nd unit: 1) Kirkcudbright, Ext May Morrison't shop, 2) Gatehouse of Fleet: Lighting Ext Green Man Inn, completed: 2, 88, 33, 37, 38, 101, partial: 39

Nov 24, ’72

Brown’s book: Wrap (40 days, 40 nights). Two extra days used for various cover shots. Party at the Cally Palace Hotel (CL says he finished filming on a Monday... Nov 24 is a Thursday, so when did CL finish?)

Brown later says mainland pub and prostitute scenes were shot between 10/12  and 24… (pg 427) and were definitely in Steam Packet Inn in Kirkcudbright (owner paid, etc)

What was planned:

Cross plot document: Pages: 1 & 1/4, Set: Ext/ Int, Apple Store/Int Hairdressers, Artiste: Edward Woodward, Hairdresser (Leslie Blackater) , Scenes: 119, 120, 115.

Seamus Flannery’s scene index: Shoot, - ext int Apple store, Kirkcudbright, - int hairdressers, Kirkcudbright

Shot or not table

2 Ullwater -  Night, (Kirkcudbright), Howie and McTaggart in police car\*, hear music from pub (pics), go in, Howie slams piano cover down cover. \*(Not sure which mainland pub pics are for this scene.) https://twm.fandom.com/wiki/Missing\_scenes\_-\_mainland#The\_pub

? 3 Ullwater - Night, cut to another pub, Howie stops a game of darts. \*(Not sure which mainland pub pics are for this scene.)

4 Ullwater - Night, As Howie and McTaggart leave pub, see prostitute. https://twm.fandom.com/wiki/Missing\_scenes\_-\_mainland#The\_prostitute

6 Day, (shot at Greyfriers Church, Kirkcudbright), Church scenes Howie takes communion, etc. that ended up in the movie.

(These will have different scene numbers than on the scripts...)

What was actually shot: Anwoth, EXT old church, INT mainland church, EXT streets of Summerisle, Kirkcudbright, INT/EXT mainland pub, EXT alleyway, EXT police station, completed: 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-1 A, 59, 60, 61. (88\*)

Fintan: Filming finished at 4pm on Saturday November 25th Most of the stars had already left in the previous days. Shooting had over run by 4 days.... Sadly the shoot for The Wicker Man didn't last a biblical "40 days and 40 nights". The shoot was estimated to be a very tight 40 days of filming but ran over by 4 extra days, so today was the second last day of filming i.e. day 43 of 44.

Nov 25, ’72

Brown’s book: cast and crew return to London (says 10/25 in book…)

What was planned: Cross plot document: Unit wrap & return to London.

Front page: Stranraer Will Get The First Ever Showing Of New Mystery Thriller with pic of Edward Woodward relaxing fireside at the Cally Hotel.

Props used: Police car used on the mainland

What was actually shot: Farm in Cally Palace Hotel grounds, INT Panda car, completed: 1-5 A, 1-5 C , 28, 29, 88\* completed yesterday, End of Shooting, all scenes covered.

December '72

Peter Snell: “Effectively, we finished shooting early December, first early days of  (December), ’72." (Wicker Man Enigma)

12/17 Sunday Express, London. I've Found A Man I Can Trust - Clive Hirschhorn. Article where Britt decries Newton Stewart as "the most dismal place in Creation." And she goes on as mentioned in Brown's book.

12/23 Galloway Gazette publishes a number of articles on their reaction to Britt's comments. (top, bottom) AN ANGRY TOWN HITS BACK: BRITISH LION FILM CHIEF SENDS AN APOLOGY

12/25 Sunday Express, London. Peter Snell writes an apology, "Any goose pimples which our Sassenach skins suffered during our stay with you... ” Daily Record version.

12/31 Variety reviews it.

1973

The official soundtrack album, recorded, but not released, in 1973. (Summerisle Film, ℗1973, All selections © 1973 British Lion Music Ltd.)

January '73

Deely and Spikings join British Lion as previous management is bought out by the banker J H Vavasseur.

January 11-12

The orgy and cave sequences were shot at the Wookey Hole in England. The Wells (England) Journal ran this story about it a week later. Paul Meacock took some pics there of what could be the parts of the cave that were used. See more about that here.

February 11 - 16

From Lesley Mackie: "from the 11th-16th that most of the songs were done: Gently Johnny, Fire Leap song, Willows Song. It it wasn't until March 22nd that I recorded the Highland Lament."

February 11 - Lesley Mackie 'Recording of songs. Back to the Hardy's. Stayed the night.' Not sure which songs these were.

February 12 - Lesley Mackie coaches Britt in Scots.

February 14 - Lesley Mackie - 'Session for Gently Johnny all morning. Listened to Corn Rigs. Lovely'

February 15 - Lesley Mackie - Willow's Song. Fire Leap Song.'

February 18, '73

Editing/post production started at Shepperton. (Took 3 months) Cinefantastique: "Present, for a time at least, were Hardy, Snell, Peter Shaffer, sitting in for his brother who left to attend to another commitment, editor Eric Boyd Perkins, and Giovanni, who was asked to stay on because of the complicated nature of the music." (Your Face Here says: it was completed in Feb. Hardy has heart attack and has to be taken to hospital by Eric Boyd-Perkins.)

Ernie Shepherd totals the cost: 448, 300 pounds, not including editing.

March '73

(end of month) Snell told he would be replaced. "Hardy, Snell, everyone connected with the film's production, were locked out from the studio." - Cinefantastique. Prints had been sent to distributors in America already.

Christopher Lee sees first cut at Broadwick House, London.

March 16 - Lesley Mackie - 'Session all day. Out at Shepperton for run through'

March 18 - Lesley Mackie - 'Rehearse title song'. (The Highland Widow's Lament, at Shepperton)

March 22 - Lesley Mackie - 'Recording of title song (The Highland Widow's Lament) at Shepperton'.

April 16, '73

 An internal memo from Film Finances’ accountant Richard Soames to their Managing Director Bernard Smith of 16 April 1973 shows an invoice had been presented from Shepperton Studios (no. 20177) for ‘re-editing after editing completed’ to the tune of £620 (Boyd-Perkins was on a rate of £160 per day) - (Justin Smith, Calculated Risks: Film Finances and British Independents in the 1970s)

(April 28, '73, Saturday, day 1 of the movie. (Director's cut))

(April 29, '73, Sunday, day 2 of the movie)

(April 30, '73, Monday, day 3 of the movie)

(May Day, '73, Tuesday, day 4 of the movie)

May 10–25, '73

WM statue (a spare one leftover) put up at Cannes Film Festival, It was placed in front of the Carlton Hotel on the Promenade de la Croisette. (Some say Deeley then had it taken down, others say it was set afire.) Film had entered the Marché (non-competitive) section but is not shown. British Lion reps Sidney and Lawrence Safir, staying at the Hotel Majestic, handed out brochures. (See postcard.) Corman sees the statue and asks to see the movie when it is done… (He was told it was incomplete). He gets a 16 mm copy later… (when?) (Stuart Byron says 2 102 (99 really) minute versions were sent to him. Only one was returned later to Abraxis.) "From its screenings at Cannes, the film was sold to a number of foreign territories." (See this AP footage from :44 - :47.)

sometime after this:

May 18, '73

Memo from Robin Hardy to Michael Deeley about the editing done on Wed May 16. This is probably when they were editing down the Director's Cut to the theatrical cut. I don't see Corman mentioned but it is hard to read.

Eric Boyd-Perkins cuts it down overnight using the list of changes Corman wanted, taking 15 minutes out, leaving us with the “theatrical version.” (Trailer has an excerpt of Dr Ewan’s speech and “far-out” Giovanni music that wasn’t in Hardy’s cut… http://youtu.be/21gb49H-Uo4)

August '73- Snell joins the Stigwood Organization

September '73 - Cutting and Continuity script published, 192 pages

 October '73 - Don't Look Now is a big success.

November '73

Film still not released. Lee sees 99 minute version for the first time "in a private cinema in the basement of British Lion." Broadwick House, Broadwick St, London.

Late 1973

Released but had X rating. (When would it have gone on tv?)

Trade, press and test screenings.

December '73

3 - trade screening. David McGillivray and 2 others see it.

6 - Opens for test screenings at the Metropole Cinema in Victoria, London with Don't Look Now as a double bill. Don't Look Now played for about a week or two earlier without being a double bill right before this at the Leicester Square Theater.  (Time Out, Nov 30 - Dec 6, 1973)

Test screenings at Metropole Cinema in Victoria, London sometime between 12/9 and 12/15.

Mid December '73

Gets bad reviews. Lee calls up film critics he knew and offers to pay for their seats to get them to review it.

14 - Financial Times review by Nigel Andrews (Metropole Victoria showing, see Brown book)

15 - Financial Times and CinemaTV Today (a trade periodical) reviews

16 - Time Out, London Times, Sunday Telegraph and Sunday Times reviews (See Brown’s book for Sunday Times Dilys Powell review)

23 - Sunday Telegraph review by Margaret Hinxman. (See Brown’s book for Sunday Telegraph review)

28 - Daily Telegraph review by Patrick Gibbs (See Brown’s book)

1974

Unknown date for Odeon Worthing (UK) Possibly 1973 but unlikely.

Early 1974 - Screened for US distributors.

January '74

Monthly Film Bulletin review by David McGillivray. (Also in Brown’s book) National General Pictures goes bankrupt. Warner Brothers takes over.

4 Playing on double bill with Don't Look Now at the Odeon Kensingington on High St.

9 - Edinburgh Evening News review. Hollywood Reporter review by Allan Howard.

13 - A ”premiere” shown at the Regal Cinema, Stranraer and The Cinema, Newton Stewart, 3 pm. (And the Cally Palace Hotel, Gatehouse of Fleet, probably very close to this date.) (pic of ticket.)

19 - plays at the Birmingham Odeon Queensway Cinema at 11.30pm. The Wicker Man Gets A Mixed Reception At Local Premieres and It's All a Matter of Taste reviews published in the Galloway Gazette.

20 - The Curzon Cinema, Eastbourne. Also the Sports Argus newspaper lists a showing in West Midlands, DLN

21 - standalone showing at Odeon Haymarket, London (Your Face Here book)

24 - Playing at the Odeon Film Centre in Liverpool with Don't Look Now.

26 - Odeon Queensway Cinema, Birmingham

February '74

2 - Odeon Queensway Cinema

3 - Classic Colindale & Classic Leyton, DLN, Rex, Wimslow, DLN

7 - Official opening at the Odeon Haymarket, London, as double bill with Don’t Look Now. (a poster for the run.)

9 - Odeon Queensway Cinema, Sports Argus newspaper lists one, DLN, Odeon Haymarket, DLN

11 - Odeon Haymarket, DLN

12 - Odeon Haymarket, DLN

14 - Odeon Haymarket, DLN

15 - Coventry

17 - Odeon Haymarket, DLN

18 - Odeon Haymarket, DLN

19 - Odeon Haymarket, DLN

20 - Odeon Queensway Cinema, Birmingham Daily Post lists one, DLN?, Odeon Haymarket, DLN

21 - Coventry, Odeon Haymarket, DLN

22 - Coventry

23 - Odeon Queensway Cinema

24 - Odeon Haymarket, DLN

25 - Coventry Odeon DLN

26 - Coventry, DLN

28 - Coventry DLN, Odeon Haymarket, London Evening News review by Felix Barker. (See Brown's book)

Movie was pretty much done showing in UK theaters. (Tamworth UK ticket stub.)

March '74

1 - Odeon Haymarket, DLN

2 - Coventry, DLN, Odeon (Carry On Girls as well), Odeon Haymarket, DLN

3 - Odeon Haymarket, DLN

4 - Birmingham, DLN, Coventry, DLN, Granada?, Rex, Wimslow, DLN

5 - Birmingham, DLN, Coventry, DLN, Rex Wimslow, DLN

6 - Birmingham, DLN, Rex, Wilmslow, DLN

7 - Coventry, DLN, Granada?, DLN, Rex Wimslow, DLN

8 - Birmingham, DLN, Rex Wimslow, DLN

9 - Coventry, DLN, Granada?, Birmingham, don’t see DKN in search results, Imperial?

10 - Odeon Haymarket, 2nd bill to DLN

11- Birmingham, possible DLN in search results

14 - Birmingham, DLN, Imperial?

15 - Birmingham, possible DLN

17- Odeon Haymarket, DLN, Classic Rendon Central, DLN w/ 6 altogether

24 - Odeon Haymarket, DLN

April '74

Films & Filming (GB), Vol 20, No 7 review by Alexander Stuart?

2 - Coventry Odeon

4 - Odeon Queensway Cinema, Coventry

5 - Odeon Queensway Cinema, Coventry, Banbury Films: Classic I (theater) DLN & TWM, Studio 9, Deansgate, DLN, late show

6 - Odeon Queensway Cinema, Coventry

7 - Odeon Queensway Cinema, Coventry

8 - Odeon Queensway Cinema, Coventry, Studio 9 Deansgate, DLN

9 - Odeon Queensway Cinema, Coventry, Studio 9 Deansgate, DLN

10 - Studio 9 Deansgate, DLN

11 - Odeon Queensway Cinema

13 - Studio 9, Deansgate, DLN, last day

14 - Odeon Queensway Cinema

15 - Odeon Queensway Cinema

30 - Grand Prix award winner at the third Paris International Science-Fiction and Fantasy Film Festival

aka Grand Prize: 3rd Festival of Fantastic Films, Paris, 1974. (Lee "smuggled" it there.)

May '74

3 - preview in Burbank, CA.

4 - Stockland Green?, Odeon Queensway Cinema, Odeon Sutton Coldfield - Birmingham, Sports Argus newspaper lists one, DLN, Stockland Green? Stockland Green Plaza, Birmingham Daily Post newspaper lists one, DLN

6 - Odeon Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham Daily Post newspaper lists one, DLN

7  - Odeon Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham Daily Post newspaper lists one, don’t see DLN in search results

 8  - Odeon Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham Daily Post newspaper lists one, DLN

9  - Odeon Sutton Coldfield, DLN,  Birmingham Daily Post newspaper lists one, review by Alan Howard in The Hollywood Reporter

10  - Odeon Sutton Coldfield

11  - Odeon Sutton Coldfield, Sports Argus newspaper lists one, Don’t see DLN in search results, Birmingham Daily Post newspaper lists one, DLN

12 - Atlanta Constitution runs ad saying it will open Wed, 5/15.

13  - Odeon Sutton Coldfield

14  - Odeon Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham Daily Post newspaper lists one,  DLN, Atlanta (GA) Constitution WB pic ad - starts tomorrow.

15  - Odeon Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham Daily Post newspaper lists one, DLN, A good review in Variety. 97 minute time is erroneous. (See Brown’s book), Atlanta (GA) Constitution WB pic ad (plays in Bankhead Drive In, Marbro Twin II DI, Old Dixie Highway Twin, Buford Highway Twin, National Triple #2, Roosevelt Drive In, Lakewood Theater, Northeast Expressway DI, Roswell Village Twin, Mableton Cinema, North Starlight DI, Scott Drive In, South Expressway DI, Toco Hill Theater, Westgate #3, Alamo Theater - Newnan, Lagrange Theater - LaGrange, Salemgate - Conyers, De Soto - Rome, Family DI - Carollton, Lithia Drive In - Lithia Springs, Skyview Drive In - Gainesville, Jonesboro Twin - Jonesboro, Parkwood - Griffin, West Rome DI - Rome. 25 total. 11 are known drive-ins, the rest could be real theaters.

16  - Odeon Sutton Coldfield

17  - Odeon Sutton Coldfield

18  - Odeon Sutton Coldfield, Sports Argus newspaper lists one

21- Atlanta (GA) Constitution WB different pic ad, Smyrna, GA

Started playing in US. Over in a few weeks. (San Diego and Atlanta) Warner Brothers struck 24 prints of the 86 min (aka theatrical) version. (Brut Productions involved as well.)

June '74

(~Mid 74, a new international campaign to push the film overseas was created, which included the British Lion one-sheet, but that was never used in the UK. - picturepalacemovieposters.com, use arrow to go back one page.)

6 /19 - 7/4, State (Sydney, Australia), 2nd bill to Maid In Sweden

21 - Aaben Cinemas, Manchester, DLN, 2 shows

22 - Aaben Cinemas, Manchester, DLN

23 - Classics Hampstead, DLN

25 - review in Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), reviews Maid in Sweden and then TWM - “a wonderful film”, no child should be denied the sight (contesting the R rating)

26 - Aaben Cinemas, at Unit Four, Jackson Crescent, Hulmes, Manchester, DLN

27 - Aaben Cinemas, Manchester, DLN

28 - Aaben Cinemas, Manchester, DLN

29 - Aaben Cinemas, Manchester, DLN

July '74

7/1 Dept of Trade registration number BR/E 37199/13/1/7, British Lion Films, 86 min running time. ("theatrical" version)

7/19 - 8/74, Metro Twin Drive-In Chullora, top bill with On The Game (AUS)

20, one ad for  Odeon-Kings Suburban, field 1 (drive-in) top bill with On The Game (Sydney, AUS)

August '74

(all L.A., CA showings. Brown mentions the College Theater, also in San Diego.)

7 - El Cajon, Aero Dr. In - Wicker Man top bill with Frenzy, Oceanside, Crest -  Wicker Man top bill with Frenzy

8 - El Cajon, Aero Dr. In - Wicker Man top bill with Frenzy, Oceanside, Crest -  Wicker Man top bill with Frenzy, Parkway 3, 1286 Fletcher Parkway -  Wicker Man top bill with Frenzy, Village Theater, Coronado (weekdays, sat, sun) Wicker Man top bill with Frenzy

9 - El Cajon, Aero Dr. In - Wicker Man top bill with Frenzy, Oceanside, Crest -  Wicker Man top bill with Frenzy, Parkway 3, 1286 Fletcher Parkway -  Wicker Man top bill with Frenzy

10 - El Cajon, Aero Dr. In - Wicker Man top bill with Frenzy, Oceanside, Crest -  Wicker Man top bill with Frenzy, Parkway 3, 1286 Fletcher Parkway -  Wicker Man top bill with Frenzy

11 - El Cajon, Aero Dr. In - Wicker Man top bill with Frenzy, Oceanside, Crest -  Wicker Man top bill with Frenzy, Parkway 3, 1286 Fletcher Parkway -  Wicker Man top bill with Frenzy

13 - El Cajon, Aero Dr. In - Wicker Man top bill with Frenzy, Oceanside, Crest -  Wicker Man top bill with Frenzy

Film "shelved" by Warner Brothers.

1975

Giovanni tries to check for his royalties and gets nowhere. (See Cinefantastique.)

8/30 - Sydney, Australia, State theater, Late night, 2nd bill to “Stone” at 11:30 pm

1976

Spring

Hardy phones around to try to find out what has happened to his film. Abraxas wins bid to distribute it from Beachhead. (Abraxas had been in business for ~2&1/2 years by then.)

May '76

1 - Sydney, Australia, Cremore Orpheum,  2nd bill to Man From Hong Kong, 1:20, 7:20

2 - Sydney, Australia, Cremore Orpheum,  2nd bill to Man From Hong Kong, 5 pm

6 - Sydney, Australia, Cremore Orpheum, 2nd bill to Man From Hong Kong, 7:20 pm

7 - Sydney, Australia, Cremore Orpheum, 2nd bill to Man From Hong Kong, 7:20 pm “a mystery with a difference by the author of Slueth”

(8/26/76 story in The Evening Independent about Stirling Smith being bitten by a rat in the Orpheum Theater!)

September 7 - John Simon and Stirling Smith screen the film (theatrical version, 86 min) at the Robert E Lee Theater, New Orleans, just for themselves. (Hoping to distribute it.)

Ron Weinberg comes back to New Orleans and joins Abraxas. Had tentative deal from Beachhead. Buddy Brimberg joins at the same time.

12/10/76 Abraxas Film Corporation of Canada comes into business. (opencorpdata)

1977

Abraxas (John Simon and Stirling Smith) get the rights from Beachhead  Properties and National General. Abraxas was left with only the 25 (35 mm) prints, struck originally by National General of the short version (theatrica versionl), 86 min, to work with. Hardy informs them a 99 minute version exists somewhere. Weinberg calls Corman…`They are attempting now to make a third generation negative from the Corman 16 mm print, which was nearly virgin having been run only a few times, and re-cut the missing sections back into the film.

April '77

Abraxas screens film (theatrical version) for NY theater owners. The lab work for the restoration is not complete yet. "...the exact form of the film (has) yet to be ironed out by Hardy..." - Cinefantastique.

"The only national exposure THE WICKER MAN has received thus far is a small bit in the National Enquirer in the April 5, 1977, edition reporting how Rod Stewart offered a six-figure sum to buy the "nudie movie" and destroy it, keeping girlfriend Britt Ekland's nude scenes from reaching American audiences." - Cinefantastique.

July '77

NYC Police contact Hardy thinking the Son of Sam murderer is related to a Wicker something….

August '77 - Philadelphia Daily News. TWM picked up for American distribution. (pdf)

September '77 - Philadelphia Daily News: listed in new crop of films for fall.

30 -Minneapolis Star newspaper has review: 'Film is a howling hoot. There’s one print wandering the American countryside, and Don Morrison is glad it was plucked out of that limbo for a booking in Minneapolis. He describes it as a howling hoot that fans of ridiculous movies will enjoy.' Page 7C. (See separate review/pdf). Plays Downtown World Theater (? & Hennepin), 6 showtimes

October '77

1-6, Downtown World Theater, Minneapolis, (? & Hennepin), 6 showtimes. (See The New Orleans Connection for more info on these showings.)

28 - Cinefantastique issue comes out coincidentally with "theatrical" 87 minute version opening at the Sena Mall (Metaire, suburban New Orleans, a Gulf States Distributing Co. theater) for two week booking which gets cancelled. (Stewart Byron says it did show. Christopher Lee is slated to be there.) Test showings start at the University Cinema in Baton Rouge and the Meadowbrook Cinema 6 in Jackson, MS. In Jackson, clergy saw the film. Christopher Lee and Robin Hardy accompanied it. The film also played in Biloxi, MS.

(Some point after this it is discovered that all of the original footage/negatives have been lost. Also sometime around this Summerisle Film splits from Abraxas, moves to NYC and begins work on the restoration version (aka Final Cut.)

November '77

Something Wicker This Way Comes by Stuart Byron in Film Comment magazine (vol.13 no.6)

3 -Jackson, MS, Northside Sun newspaper ad, 4th week?, 7:30, 9:30, weekends 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30

4 - Jackson, MS Clarion newspaper story, Fri, starts 7:45, 9:45

Star Tribune, Minneapolis, MN uses British Lion pc (sun through WM) in newspaper ad

5 - Jackson, MS, Clarion newspaper story, Sat, 1:45, 3:45, 5:45, 7:45, 9:45

6 - Jackson, MS, Clarion pic ad Sun, Exclusive first run, 1:45, 3:45, 5:45, 7:45, 9:45, rated r

7 - Jackson, MS, Clarion ad Mon small ad, 7:30, 9:30

10 - Jackson, MS, Clarion 2 ads Thurs small ad 7:30, 9:30

11 - Jackson, MS, Clarion pic ad  Fri held over,  7:45, 9:45, traditional celtic-pagan and druidic research done by Peter Shaffer, author of Equus

15 - Jackson, MS, Clarion ad Tues, small ad Tues, 7:45, 9:45

16 - Jackson, MS, Clarion ad Wed, small ad Wed, 7:45, 9:45

17 - Opens in Baton Rouge, LA. University Cinema, Jackson, MS Meadowbrook 6 Theater, CL will be in lobby Saturday night (11/19) in person. Weds 7:15 and 9:10, Weekends 1:45, 3:35, 5:25, 7:15, 9:10 (pic ad in Clarion), Thurs held over, weekdays 7:45, 9:45. CL and RH to appear Sat. and they will answer your questions about the secret behind their favorite film

18 - Jackson, MS, Clarion pic ad, 2 other ads Fri, held over, CL and RH appear Sat at 6:30 pm,  7:15, 9:10,  Fri small ad for Fri  7:15, 9:10, Sat and Sun 1:45, 3:35, 5:25, 7:15, 9:10. University Cinema ad says American premiere is tonight... w/ CL in person.

19 - Christopher Lee and Stirling Smith appear at the Sena Mall in Metairie, a New Orleans suburb to promote another movie. Lee mentions TWM several times but the movie isn't shown. (Challenger fanzine #19). Jackson, MS, Clarion Sat small ad for Fri  7:15, 9:10, sat and sun 1:45, 3:35, 5:25, 7:15, 9:10. No big ad or reference to CL and RH being there!

22 - Jackson, MS, Clarion ad Tues, small ad 7:15, 9:10

December '77

11 - Christopher Lee and Robin Hardy are interviewed on Stirling Smith's Critic's Choice show which aired on WGNO, New Orleans. Christopher Lee was on the show the previous week (December 4) to talk about his other work.

12 - Abraxas print plays in New Orleans as a "Summerisle Film". (Possibly the 86 min "theatrical" version. Possibly the newly created Final Cut version... - Brown. Possibly at the Prytannia Theater.)

18 - TWM mentioned in Jackson, MS article. Robin Hardy to interviewer: looks forward to directing in the South.

Sometime in 1977: Hardy makes color internegative of Director's Cut. (Later lost.)

1978

At some point, unknown date, the movie premieres on ATV London (or in the Midlands). (Probably the theatrical version.)

January '78

11 - nice long article in Shreveport Times (see pdf), Shreveport, LA. Says Abraxas is using the 86 min (theatrical) version for now.

12 - (opens at Shreve City Twin in Shreveport, LA)?

13 - pic ad and mention in (opening today?), in Shreveport Times, Shreveport, LA. Use British Lion pic (sun through WM) in news paper ad, also pic ad in Laurel, MS.

14 - playing Shreveport Times, Shreveport, LA

15 -  article on CL, TWM pic and mention Shreveport Times, ad Shreveport Times, Shreveport, LA

13 - mention Shreveport Times, with pic ad, Shreveport, LA

15 - pic ad Shreve City Twin (Gulf States Theater) Shreveport Times, 2nd bill to Looking For Mr Goodbar, Shreveport, LA

16 - Shreve City Twin (Gulf States Theater) Shreveport Times, Shreveport, LA

17 - Shreve City Twin Shreveport Times, Shreveport, LA

18 - listing Shreve City Twin Shreveport Times , 2nd bill to Looking For Mr Goodbar, Shreveport, LA

19 - listing Shreve City Twin Shreveport Times , 2nd bill to Looking For Mr Goodbar, Shreveport, LA

20 - pic ad Shreveport Times, blurb, Shreveport, LA, Warner Brothers pic (Flesh to burn)

21 - listing Shreveport Times 2nd bill to Looking For Mr Goodbar, Shreveport, LA

22 - pic ad Shreveport Times, detailed listing, Shreveport, LA

23 - listing and small ad Shreveport Times, Shreveport, LA

24 - small ad Shreveport Times, Shreveport, LA

25 -Shreve City Twin, 2nd bill to Looking For Mr Goodbar, Shreveport Times, Shreveport, LA

26 - Shreve City Twin, 2nd bill to Looking For Mr Goodbar, Shreveport Times, Shreveport, LA

27 - press pic and mention Shreveport Times, sneak and peak see TWM for one admission, mention Shreveport Times, Shreveport, LA

28 - sneak and peak see TWM for one admission, mention Shreveport Times, Shreveport, LA

29 - listing Shreveport Times, Shreveport, LA

30 - small ad Shreveport Times, 3rd week, Shreveport, LA

31 - ad Shreveport Times, Shreveport, LA

Feb '78

1 - playing and small ad, Shreveport, LA

2 - Shreve City Twin, 2nd bill to Looking For Mr Goodbar, Shreveport Times, Shreveport, LA

March '78

Stirling Smith writes to FBI about (tv) distribution, which would put the movie on tv before it got into theaters. "Weinberg “struggling to take film under his sole control.” Weinberg and Charest form Summerisle Film to sub-lease the movie from Abraxas. (Some time before this, Weinberg gave tv rights to Group IV who now controlled the negative and the 99 minute version.) Also sub-leased to Hemisphere Pictures which played the movie before the New Orleans premiere, which got cancelled."

Stuart Byron, in Film Comment vol.14 no.2 (March 1978), writes: Abraxas "has **only one print of the director-approved 102-minute\* version working**", the rest being the 86 minute version.\*(102 being the 99 minute version.... see John's explanation here in the last paragraph about times/lengths.)

9 - Classic 1,2,3,4 Oxford, St Theater, London, DLN late show 11 pm

11 - Classic 1,2,3,4 Oxford, St Theater, London, DLN late show 11 pm

10 - Classic 1,2,3,4 Oxford, St Theater, London, DLN late show 11 pm

13 -Classic 1,2,3,4 Oxford, St Theater, London, DLN late show 11 pm

17 - mention, playing at Cinema 21 Portland, OR, 7pm, “Excellent film”

19 - mention, playing at Cinema 21 Portland, OR, 2pm, schedule shows 3/24 and 3/25 showings at Cinema 21 Portland, OR

23 - listings for 3/24 and 3/25, same theater

24 - Cinema 21 Portland, OR

25 - Cinema 21 Portland, OR

25 - Regent, Upper regent St, London, DLN

26 - Regent, Upper regent St, London, DLN

30 - TWM mentioned: 'last week’s TWM, so excellent they defy description…; Salem, OR (Portland)

March/April 78

Back Talk, Stuart Byron, Film Comment, Vol. 14, No. 2

April '78

25 - Claire Martin review with small mention of TWM, Salem (Portland), OR, at film festival last month

May '78

7 - Anniston, AL book review

19 - Circleville, OH book review

14 - Asheville, NC book review

25 - The novel is released. $8.98.

5/27, Indianapolis Star, nice pic ad in LA (CA) Times for book

5/27, book announcement Indianapolis

June '78

3 - book mention Greenfield, IN

10 - book mention, Shreveport Times

25 - book mention, Staunton,  VA

26 - book mention, Pittsburgh

Aug '78

17 - book review, Louisville, KY

Sept '78

9/2-9/4 - Brown and the Summerisle Film press release say the Summerisle Film version (aka Final Cut) premieres at the Telluride (CO) Film Festival under the distribution of Summerisle Corporation (Ron Weinberg and Micheline Charest). (A later interview with Hardy says the restoration was done after that...)

1 - book in library Appleton, WI

October '78

5 - Groton, CT Navy base showing, 75 cents, children under 6 free.

12 -  Groton, CT Navy base showing, 75 cents, children under 6 free

15 - Paul Giovanni story, asbury park press and Allentown, PA (see pdfs)

18 - book listing, Logansport, IN

November '78

12, Groton, CT Navy base Hartford Courant

end of November 78

slated to open in San Francisco. Craig Miller brought in, designed posters, badges, press kit

17 - Guyana mass suicide so opening was postponed.

Sometime, date unclear: 99 minute print taken to LA (!! Press release says it was NYC!!)

30 - San Francisco Examiner has 2 listings:  Pacific Film Archive Midnight showing of **restoration**, "Citizen Kane of Horror Films." CL will attend. This may apply to Dec 1 showing.

December '78

Midwestern premiere in March of 1979 mentioned, Facets Multimedia Theater, 1517 Fullerton Av,  Chicago Tribune

1 - San Francisco Examiner, showing scheduled for tomorrow midnight at the Castro Theater has been cancelled. Restoration.

2 - San Francisco Examiner, showing scheduled for midnight at the Castro Theater. Cancelled the day before. Restoration.

1979

Paperback of novel comes out.

Sometime in 1979, it wins Best Horrow Film at the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films in Los Angeles. Christopher Lee wins Best Actor, Robin Hardy wins Best Director, Paul Giovanni wins for Best Music, Anthony Shaffer wins for Best Writing.

January '79

3 - "US premiere of restored and original uncut version", JWA Screening Room, 582 Market St, San Francisco, 9 am. "102 minute running time." - Opening date, 1/10. Surf Theaters press release. (No year given. I assume it is for 1979)

4 - San Francisco Examiner mentions the Pacific Film Archives showing. "US premiere of restored and original uncut version", Lumiere Theater, Califronia at Polk, 5 pm, "102 miute running time." Opening date, 1/10 - Surf Theaters press release. (No year given. I assume it is for 1979)

6 - Opens in San Francisco’s Castro theater, delayed from 10/78 planned opening. (Final Cut aka Summerisle Film version) Midnight. Post premiere party at Getty home. Then played at Lumiere where it ran for 4 months. (April)

8 - society news: Grace Warnecke gave a benefit Sat for British film producer Robin Hardy. From the party, Grace… ...guests went on to a midnight… ...of his new film. TWM at … ...Theater for the benefit of … ...m Archive. Christopher Lee will be in town … ... (next?) week.

10 Opening date of Lumiere Theater premiere - Surf Theaters press release.

14 - San Francisco Examiner, Lumiere Theater showing mentioned. (Final Cut aka Summerisle Film version)

17 - Opens at the Lumiere. It plays there through March 19. Other area theaters include the Act II in Berkeley, the Warfield, Cento Cedar and the Plaza 1 & 2. (Jeanne Miller review in the San Francisco Examiner on the 18th. It is called An Abraxas Film Corporation release then.)

February '79

Opens in Oregon. Oregonian review by Ted Mahar.

4 - Sash Mill Cinema, Santa Cruz, CA premiere starts 2/8, Santa Cruz CA ad pic (pdf), Craig Miller design

5 - sixth annual Science Fiction awards by Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films best horror nominee (Rochester, NY paper, Hollywood event, UPI)

7 - Sash Mill Cinema, Santa Cruz premiere starts tomorrow, Santa Cruz CA ad pic (pdf)

8 - Sash Mill Cinema, Santa Cruz premiere, now through next wed, Santa Cruz CA ad pic (pdf)

9 - Sequoia 1 Theater, Mill Valley (First run), review in Santa Cruz, CA Sentinal with press pic, pic ad, nightly 7 & 9, bargain show Sunday at 5:05

15 - The Hollywood Reporter vol.255 no.22, pp.3, 27 (USA) note,

16 - Sequoia 1 Theater, Mill Valley (First run)

16 - "George Washington's Film Weekend at Tarrytown House", Tarrytown, NY - The Wicker Man and seven other films, are screened and discussed by Judith Crist of NY Magazine and other "prominent members of the film community."

16 - Sash Mill Cinema, Santa Cruz premiere starts 2/8, Santa Cruz CA ad pic (pdf) held over ends next Wed.

20 - The Hollywood Reporter vol.255 no.24, review,

21 - ad mentions ends tonight 7 & 9 pm Sash Mill Cinema, Santa Cruz

23 - Sequoia 1 Theater, Mill Valley, CA (First run), listing

24 - Best Screenplay and Best Picture at American Science Fiction Awards (6th Saturn Awards) (= Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, LA, CA.) The ceremony was held on February 24. Wins Best Horror Film Release 1978. Also nominated for best actor (CL), director, writing and music.

 EMI finds out about this later.

27 -Joe Baltke reports (Philly Daily News) TWM will be “resurrected” and released by Ron Weinberg and Micheline Charest, complete version…

Sometime between February and May: Churchill Films takes posession of videotape masters and original long-version print, neither is ever seen again.

March '79

(mostly LA, CA listings)

In Seattle and 7 theaters in Los Angeles. (Leamle Chain), Seattle (Suky Hutton review), U of Washington Daily (another?)

2 - Sequoia Theater 2, Petaluma, CA: TWM and A Man and His Dog

11 - Laemmle Theater - Los Feliz , 1822 No Vermont: Starts Wed, with Craig Miller-style pic

11 - pic ad, Westland I, West LA, listing

14 - Opens at the West LA, Hollywood, Northridge, Costa Mesa Garden Grove and selected drive ins (poster). Also have ads for Los Feliz and Cinema Center 2, Parthenla listings, review notice LA (CA) Times, 2 reviews, pic ad (many theaters - see 3/18 list)

15 - Westland Twin I, “occult thriller”

3/16 FIrst tv listing I found, ATV 11 pm, London**.** also Los Feliz , pic ad.

17 - possibly at the Westland Twin I or II (10754 Pico)  and The Oriental (7425 Sunset Blvd)

18 - Los Feliz and Westland pic ad, also at Northridge Cinema Center, Alhambra El Rey, Costa Mesa Cinema Center, Garden Grove Westbrook, San Bernardino Mt Vernon Drive In

listing, at selected theaters

19, Westland Twin I, Los Feliz, Cinema Center 2 Parthenla

20 - Los Feliz, Cinema Center 2 Parthenla. Summerisle Film Corporation comes into existence. Abraxas Film Corporation of Canada goes out of business. (opencorpdata)

21 - Los Feliz (Vermont & Franklin)

21 - pic ad with more theaters listed

23, Westland Twin I, Los Feliz

24 - Westland Twin I, Los Feliz

25 - listing, at selected theaters

27 - Westland Twin I, Los Feliz

28 - Westland Twin I, Los Feliz

29 - Westland Twin I, Los Feliz, Cinema Center 2 Parthenla

30 - Los Feliz

31 - Westland Twin I, Los Feliz

April '79

(Mostly LA, CA listings)

1 - listing, at selected theaters, tv listings week in review - Jonathan Meades, blurb on TWM, Monday “Granada film 1973” 11-12:45 (pm?) The Observer, London

2 - tv listing London, Granada 11 pm

3 - Westland Twin I

5 - Westland Twin I

6 - Westland Twin I,  Los Feliz

7 -  Los Feliz

8 - Westland Twin I,  Los Feliz

May '79

San Diego

Weinberg goes to NYC to negotiate with United Film Distribution Company, a division of United Artists, about releasing the movie nationally.

Before June

Churchill Films takes possession of videotape masters and original 99 min film print which they then lose… Simon gets brief access and gets VHS release of 99 min cut on Media Home Entertainment. It is mistakenly labelled as being 102 minutes.

June '79

John Alan Simon sues Weinberg for failing to make payments and wins (6/21/79). Summerisle Film was no more. They handed back everything to Abraxas. John Simon takes over.

After this, Abraxas opens film on the East Coast.. Gets 99 minute version on Media Home Entertainment VHS.

September

28 -Austin, TX, Varsity Theater, large pic ad

November '79

Shaffer writes a sequel.

1980

January

11, Ken Cinema, 4016 Adams, San Diego, top bill to The Last Wave. Summerisle Film Corporation goes out of business. (opencorpdata)

13 **First tv listings in the US! Allentown PA, ch 9 (WOR?), 3 am (Sunday morning) on 1/19/80, Akron Oh tv listing 3 (am) ch 12.** Also LA Times mention TWM w/ The Last Wave, Nuart Theater, West LA on 1/17

18, TV listing, Morristown, NJ Ch 9, 3 am?

19

Miami tv listing, ch (square black box), 1 am, 1975 credit

Miami tv listing short blurb - “offbeat horror film, short on shocks but long on eroticism.”

Hartford Courant tv listing, 3 am TWM part 1!

20 - London Observer: tv listing 10:30 - 12.5, Thames film listing with blurb, WOR (NYC) broadcast in Youngstown/Erie PA - 3 am. (NYT), Journal News White Plains, NY ch 9 (= WOR) 1 am

22 - London tv listing, 10:30 with blurb

February '80

6 - Santa Fe, NM premiere, City Lights Cinema, pic ad

7 - Santa Fe premiere, City Lights Cinema, pic ad

8 - Santa Fe review

15 - Balboa Cinema Newport Beach, CA, 2nd bill to The Last Wave

22 - Missoula, MT ad, Crystal Theater, 515 South Higgens, Late Show Fri & Sat at 11:30

29 - LA, CA, Monica #2, 2nd bill to The Fog

March '80

1 - London Granada TV listing, 10:55 pm

2 - LA,  CA, Monica Twins (#2), 2nd bill to The Fog, Laemmle Theater

3 - LA, CA, Monica #2, 2nd bill to The Fog

4 - LA, CA, Monica #2, 2nd bill to The Fog

10 - book listed in Bargains Book Sale, Chicago Tribune

26 - Final Cut aka Summerisle FIlm version opens in NYC theaters(?) Paramount. (Brings in $22,500 during its first week.) Slightly after that it goes on WOR TV, NYC (by Group IV). Variety reports second highest gross in Manhattan. NYC transit strike hurts the remaining two weeks of showings. Janet Maslin NYT review.

29 - Paramount, NYC

April '80

3 - The Hollywood Reporter vol.261 no.9, pp.1, 4. note, New Brunswick, NJ review with press pic

4 - review in Columbia University newspaper See ad.

5 - Paramount Theater, NYC

6 - Paramount Theater, NYC

7 - review Columbus IN

8 - Currently playing at the Cinema V Paramount Theater in NYC (Max J Rosenberg’s Dynamite Entertainment, a subsidiary of AIP, re-release). (Plans are to open it in Orson Welles Cinema, Cambridge (Boston - It played there 12 weeks), Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.) Transit strike affects week 2 and 3. (Also mentioned: Nickelodeon Theatre in Boston, date unknown)

9 - Paramount Theater, NYC

 10 - Catholic paper condemns it, (Abraxas is distributing)

12 - Janet Maslin review, Jackson MS

13 - Paramount, NYC, Opens at the Orson Welles Cinema, Cambridge.

14 - Paramount, NYC

17 - Paramount, NYC

19 - Paramount, NYC

21 - Paramount, NYC

22 - Joe Baltke reports (Philly Daily News) reports it opens in NYC theater, see pdf, Paramount, NYC

27 - Indianapolis Star: English films playing: only TWM

May '80

Film is playing in America, Lee promoting it. Hardy had done that the previous year.

At some point: John Simon gives up and moves to LA., Weinberg and Charest move to Montreal, Stirling Smith died of a heart attack, 1980?

3 - Britt Ekland article mentions TWM

4 - Sydney Australia: Movie of the week blurb:  TWM ch 7, 8:30 pm with non-WM pics, tv listing, ATN 7 channel for Monday, 5/5

5 - Sydney blurb

16 - Hartford, CT Showcase Cinema, 936 Silver Lane, Fri (4 showings), Sat 6 showings, Sun 5 showings, also West Springfield MA, Fri 3 showings, Sat Sun 4 showings each day

19, Hartford: Showcase cinema 3 showings, also Springfield 3 showings

20 - Springfield 3 showings

21 - Springfield 4 showings

June '80

1 - Morristown, NJ review

6 - Cincinnati pic ad, starts today at Erlanger and Springdale. 6 showings at each. Use Warner Brothers pic (Flesh to burn AND Craig Miller design)

7 - Cincinnati mention at top of newspaper

10 - Cincinnati pic ad, Erlanger and Springdale, 5 showings each

12 - Cincinnati pic ad, Erlanger and Springdale, 5 showings each, last times today

19 - Cambridge, MA, last appearance at Orson Welles Cinema. (Possibly ran until 6/26)

27 - Louisville, KY: Village 8 Theater, 6 showings

28 - Louisville KY review, small pic ad, first run, 5 showings, 6 showings at Village 8

29 - Louisville KY, village 8, small ad, 5 showings, village 8, 5 showings

30 - Louisville KY, village 8, 5 showings

July '80

1 - Louisville KY, village 8, small ad, 5 showings

2 - Louisville KY,  village 8, small ad, 5 showings

3 - Louisville KY, village 8, small ad, 5 showings

4 - Louisville KY, village 8, small ad, 6 showings

5 - Louisville KY, village 8, small ad, 6 showings

6 - Louisville KY, village 8, small ad, 5 showings

7 - Louisville KY, village 8, small ad, 5 showings

8 - Louisville KY, village 8, 5 showings

Aug '80

1 -Ithaca, NY TV listing, channel 9N ++ 1/2 (time?), 1975 credit, McHenry, IL tv listing, unknown channel, unknown time, 1975 credit, Huntingdon, PA tv listing 6 pm, ch 9, 1975 credit, Waterloo, IA cable tv listing, 5 pm, ch 10, 1975 credit

2 - Pittsburgh, PA Sunday 8/3, WOR , 6 pm, 1975 credit, Lancaster PA tv listing 6 pm ch 9, 1975 credit, Glens Falls, NY tv listing 6 pm ch 9, 1975 credit, Binghamton, NY tv listing 6 pm ch 9, 1975 credit, Rochester, NY tv listing 6 pm ch, 1975 credit, Miami, FL tv listing, 6 pm, black square channel, 1975 credit, Carlisle, PA tv listing, 6 pm ch 9 1975 credit, Vineland, NJ tv listing, 6 pm, ch 9, 1975 credit

3 - Allentown, PA tv listing, 6 pm ch 9, Morristown, NJ, 6 pm ch 9,  1975 credit, Binghamton, NY tv listing, 6 pm, ch 9, 1975 credit, Elmira, NY tv listing, 6 pm, Ch 9 NYC, 1974 credit, Hartford, CT tv listing, 6 pm, ch 9, Philly Inquirer tv listing, 6 pm, ch 9, 1975 credit, New Brunswick, NJ tv listing, 6 pm, ch 9, 1975 credit, Fond Du Lac, WI tv listing, ch 29, 1975 credit, White Plains, NY tv listing, 6 pm, ch 9, 1975 credit, Rochester, NY tv listing, 6 pm, ch 9, 1975 credit, Fond Du Lac, WI tv listing, 5 pm ch 29, 1975 credit, Poughkeepsie, NY tv listing, 6 pm, ch 9, 1975 credit, Wilmington, DE tv listing, 6 pm, ch 9, 1975 credit

14 - Louisville, Uptown Theater, 2nd bill to The Warriors, Louisville book sale, former best sellers

16 - Louisville Uptown Theater, middle bill of 3

18 - Louisville Uptown Theater, 2nd bill to the Nude Bomb

19 - Louisville Vogue Theater solo bill

21 - Louisville Vogue Theater, middle bill of 3 to Sound of Music and The Long Riders

(see catholic ratings code inbetween here)

28 - Catholic Advance, Wichita, KS Condemned rating

October '80

3 - Chino, CA tv listing, 10 pm?, 1975 credit

21 - Phoenix, AZ, Valley Art Theater, top bill with The Shout

22 - Phoenix, AZ,  Valley Art Theater, top bill with The Shout

24 - Cincinnati, OH: Moviola Theater opens, TWM plays next week

28 - The Louisville Courier Journal says the movie is playing in San Franciso, Boston and Austin, TX and doing well.

30 - Park City, UT review

30 - Hartford, CT, navy base plays friday

31 - Cincinnati, Moviola ad, TWM 7:30, all seats $2 each film.

November '80

2 -Cincinnati, Moviola ad, TWM 7:30, all seats $2 each film

3 -Cincinnati, Moviola ad, TWM 7:30,

6 - Catholic Advance, Wichita, KS Condemned rating, Park City, UT, review

7 - Clarksville, TN tv listing, ch 9, 1973 credit, Ithaca, NY tv listing, 9N channel, Lancaster, OH tv listing, ch 9, 1975 credit, McHenry, IL tv listing, ch 35, 1975 credit, North Hills, PA tv listing, unknown channel, 1975 credit

8 - Glens Falls, NY tv listing, ch 9, 1973 credit ,Santa Fe, NM tv listing, ch 17, 1975 credit, Rochester, NY tv listing, ch 9, 1975 credit, Vineland, NJ tv listing, ch 9, 1975 credit, Miami, FL tv listing, black box channel, midnight, 1975 credit, Rocky Mount, NC tv listing, midnight, two channels, 10 &?, 1975 credit, Santa Fe, NM, tv listing, ch 17, 1975 credit

9 - Morristown, NJ tv listing, ch 9, 1973 credit, Port Myers, FL tv listing, midnight, ch 6, 1973 credit, Allentown, PA tv listing, midnight, ch 9, 1973 credit, “hopefully editing won’t ruin film’s absorbing effect.”, Fort Myers, Fl tv listing, midnight, ch 9, 1973 credit, Green Bay, WI tv listing 11 pm?, ch 7 1975 credit, Poughkeepsie, NY tv listing, ch 9, midnight, 1975 credit, Binghamton, NY tv listing, midnight, ch 9, 1975 credit, Rochester, NY tv listing, midnight, ch 9 1975 credit, Wilmington, DE tv listing, midnight I presume, ch 9, 1975 credit, Elmira, NY tv listing, ch 9 NYC, midnight,, Hartford, CT tv listing, midnight, ch 9, Akron, OH tv listing, midnight, ch 12

26 K-B Cerberus and Studio, Washington, DC.

1981

January '81

3 - review, Minneapolis and  Varsity Theater, 1308 SE 4th St, Minneapolis, 1977 credit

8 - Des Moines blurb for film festival on 2/5-8/81

9 - Varsity Theater, 1308 SE 4th St, Minneapolis, 1977 credit

11 - listing for Minneapolis Film Festival Sat 1/17, 7:30, Varsity Theater, 1308 SE 4th St, Minneapolis, 1977 credit

13 - Varsity Theater, 1308 SE 4th St, Minneapolis, 1977 credit

16 - Paris TX 2 tv listings, 8pm, Ft Worth ch 11 KTVT, 1973 credit

18 - Odessa, TX tv listing 8 pm, ch 11, 1975 credit

18 - Shreveport, LA tv listing, ch 11 8 pm, 1973 credit, 3 checks

30 - Minneapolis pic ad, Campus Theater, Oak and Washington, tonight and Sat, Sun. Use Craig Miller design.

February '81

6 - Ft Lauderdale review and article, Miami FL review, Miami listing, opens in Grove Cinema, Fri, Sat, Sun, Rocky Horror Sat and Sun nights at midnight (Final Cut)

6 - Minneapolis pic ad, 2nd hair-raising week, Campus, Miami FL short review, refers to article, Ft Lauderdale blurb refers to article, review and article, same as first listing, listing, Grove Cinema, 1975 credit

9 - Minneapolis listing, Campus

10 - Miami FL listing, Grove Cinema

13 - Albuquerque, Don Pancho, revival with The Magus, Ft Lauderdale listing, Grove Cinema

20 - Indianapolis ad for VCRs lists TWM as a great movie to see on them - so is out on VHS (but could be Betamax…)

March 81

13 - LA, CA, La Paloma Theater, 471 1st St Encinitas, TWM Wed and Thurs top bill with The Shout

19 -  LA, CA, La Paloma Theater, 471 1st St Encinitas, TWM Wed and Thurs top bill with The Shout

20 - Ft Lauderdale Lakes 4 Theater listing, Today through Sunday, 4 showings, Marina VIII Theater, North Dade county, FL, 3 showings Fri, Sat and Sun, Palm Beach FL pic ad, Cross County 8, $1.75 or $3, Warner Bro logo. Use Warner Brothers (Flesh to burn) pic.

21 - Miami FL listing,  Ft Lauderdale,Lakes Six Theater, Palm Beach, Cross County 8

22 - Ft Lauderdale listing, Lakes 6

25 - West Palm Beach FL, Cross County 8

26 - West Palm Beach FL, Cross County 8

26 - Sioux Falls, SD, tv listing, ch, 4 6:30 pm, Fri, 1975 credit

27 - Montgomery, AL listed (with others) as showing at a private screening to test if an “fine arts” theater can make it there.

May '81

First home video release in Britain.

13 - Pittsburgh review and listing, Arcade, 1915 E Carson St, 2 shows

14 - Pittsburgh pic ad and listing, Arcade, very good, Use Craig Miller design.

15 - Pittsburgh review, 2 pdfs, listing, Arcade, “bizarre and silly”

June 81

3 - listed in movies this month, “unintentionally hilarious”

4 - Des Moines ad and short review (2 pts), Varsity, starts Friday

July 81

16 - St Louis CL article mentions

27 - Tampa Fl, CL article mentions

August 81

18 - Palm Springs, CA article about John Alan Simon (some might be slightly different)

20 - Reno NV, Tampa FL Jackson, TN article about JAS

21 - San Bernardino, CA and Miami FL article about JAS

22 - Ft Lauderdale article about JAS

23 - Lincoln NE article about JAS

24 - Green Bay WI article about JAS

25 - Nanaimo, BC and Bloomington, IL article about JAS

26 - Akron OH article about JAS

28 - Jackson, MS article about JAS

30 - Salisbury, MD article about JAS

September '81

3 - Saint Cloud MN and Indianapolis IN article article about JAS

6 - Mansfield OH article about JAS

9 - Camden NJ and Greenville SC, article about JAS

25 - Elmira, NY article about JAS

October '81

26 - Asbury Park, NJ article about JAS

29 - Lincoln NE listing, Fri through Mon at the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery

31 - Lincoln NE ad, Sheldon, Sat through Mon, Oct 31, Nov 1 & 2. two shows plus a $3 matinee

December '81

(Your author sees the film on NYC's WOR tv (Fright Night) and writes diary entry about it.)

1982

January '82

1 - Pittsburgh 10 worst list, #9

14 - Melbourne (AUS), listed in “large range of titles from $49…” in camcorder/VCR store ad

30 - Iowa City, IA listing, The Bijou at U of Iowa, one of 3 movies playing that night, 7 pm

February '82

26 - Philly, blurb Atlantic Film Society, Walter E Edge Theater, Mays Landing, NJ Council on the Arts, $3, $2 for students and elderly

1983

February '83

11 - LA, CA Licorice Pizza movie rentals $2, TWM listed

April' 83

29 - Orlando FL Film series listing

30 - Orlando FL review, 2 pts

May '83

5 - Orlando, mentioned as playing in film series last weekend

June 83

8 - Philly Theatre of the Living Arts, 334 South St, 2 showings, 2nd bill to The Long Good Friday

13 - London, tv guide? south-west 10:40 pm TWM

September '83

4 - Morristown, NJ tv listing, ch 9 midnight, 1973

1984

1/9 - Chicago, Parkway, Clark & Diversy, 2nd bill to The Last Wave, one showing

1985

2/3 - White Plains, NY blurb, ch 9, 1 am Sat.

9/20 - Minneapolis, burb, Weyerhaeuser Auditorum, Landmark Center, 75 W 5th St, St Paul. 8 pm

1986

1/30 - London article on RH

1/22 - Nashville, TN, article author remembers seeing TWM/May Day

2/9 - NYC tv, ch 9, 11:30 pm

3/16 - LA, CA article on Cinefantastique mentions as one of the top issues.

11/15 - Hattiesburg MS tv listing, USA channel! 1973

1987

February

25 - illustrated article (The Wicker Man - mystery solved by Janice Turner) in Time Out no.862, p.32 (UK) illustrated interview with Robin Hardy

26 - London TWM mention with RH The Fantacist

1988

Shaffer starts work on a sequel.

1/22 - Minneapolis new video released this week, $59 from Magnum!

5/5 - London tv movie blurb, Sunday BBC2 start of new series with Alex Cox, Moviedrome. They thought they were getting the Director's Cut. Instead they got the "middle" version (aka Final Cut).

5/8 Moviedrome airs at 11 pm The Final Cut (not known as that yet).

 1989

1/22 - Baltimore review, unintentional laughs

1/24 - Nashville new release of video, TWM, Magnum, 99 minutes

1/27 - Danville, KY new release on video, TWM

4/2 - Hartford CT article on theater mentions Paul Giovanni

5/14 - Akron, article about Britt Ekland mentions TWM

10/30 - RenoNV, short review

1990s - WM #1 legs burned in bonfire

1990

1/19 - Philly tv listing, ch 3 1 am, 1973

6/20 - Asbury Park, Paul Giovanni obit

6/21 - Muncie IN Paul Giovanni obit

10/18 - Sydney (AUS) ad, Halloween Spook party, Encore Cinema

1991

8/23 - London BBC 1, 11:35 pm listing with pic, 1:10 close, also Scotlands 12:10 TWM, 1:45 close.

8/28 - London article mentions showing on BBC was pulled due to Orkney Island child abuse investigation.

1992

(nothing found except a political cartoon using a Wicker man)

1993

US cable tv premiere? (NO, see earlier dates) (Home Media Entertainment, Director's cut)

See TWM listed in newspapers:

4/4 - Indiana, PA

4/5 - Indiana, PA

4/7 - Indiana, PA

6/4 - Indiana, PA movie made 11.7 million

6/23 - London movie listing

6/26 - London movie listing, Sky Movies Gold (satellite?) Director's Cut (POV Ninety Nine, FB)

8/6 - Indiana, PA

8/7 - London movie listing

12/8 - Indiana, PA

1994

7/10 - London Cinema Fumee opens 8/5 with TWM, band plays in foyer, cigarette girls…

8/8 - London TWM with people dressed up at CInema Fumee’, Brixton Academy.

8/21 - Ft Myers FL tv listing, WPBT 1 am (cable)

9/10 - London Oxford Phoenix TWM

11/6 - Odessa TX review of videos, Frank Bruni (Knight Ridder)

unknown date, TWM video review, Frank Bruni

1995

2/15 - LA CA Ken Theater, 4016 Adams Ave, TWM top bill with Walkabout, one showing

2/24 - West Palm Beach FL, TWM mentioned in article on other movies

4/27 - Honolulu Movie Museum Theater, 3 shows, $5

4/29 - London article mentions “Mancuians” put on stage show of TWM and refused to be paid at the previous year's Glastonbury festival.

7/19 - London win a tv and TWM and other movies

10/29 - Asbury Park NJ favorite pic of CL

1996

4/28 - London 10 cult movies, TWM

5/27 -Sydney (AUS) review, 86 min (theatrical) video version, $24.95

6/20 - Melbourne (AUS) Polygram, 86 minute (theatrical) review, Classic of the week.

6/21 - Melbourne (AUS) winter solstice celebration with burning wicker man, East Gippsland

8/29 - Melbourne (AUS) article mentions Plockton and TWM

11/22 - London tv listing, C4 12:15 am w/ pic

11/24 - London blurb on religious cults

1997

4/11 - Indiana PA article about JAS

10/14 - Baltimore Orpheum Cinema, TWM top bill to The Last Wave, one show each

10/31 - Chicago Music Box Theater, Fri and Sat midnight

1998

4/20 - Melbourne (AUS) tv listing Optus channel (pay tv) 11:30 pm, shorter vers (theatrical)

6/27 - London Oxford Phoenix Picture House, TWM with several others

9/12 - London review blurb

December

Trunk CD comes out.

1999

January '99

8 - London big review with pics, 2 pts

9 - London, letter to editor - remembers seeing it in Stafford in early 70s.

11 - London letter to editor - so daft…

15-17 So-called "first ever Wicker Man convention" at the Ellangowan Hotel. 9 fans plus locals attend including Edward Woodward, Allan Brown, Gail Ashurst, Stuart Bolton (who published and edited the Wicker Man fan magazine Nuada), David Lally of the Wicker Man Appreciation Society and at least one woman who was in the film (Annie Findlay, the woman who we see looking out of the window as Howie first walks into town) . Run entirely by fans. Watched Director's Cut on VHS provided by Allan Brown. Filmed for BBC Scotland documentary (Ex-S)

April

Brown and Shaffer pose in front of WM #2 stumps, Galloway Gazette article about Shaffer revisting the area.

May '99

15 - Burlington, VT: Pagan film series and potluck fellowship (in religion notes section, 2 pts)

12 - London, Cube Cinema, TWM with others

25 - Pittsburgh Upstage Oakland, w/ 2 other movies

September '99

20, Sydney (AUS) TWM video mentioned

October

21 - Falkirk (UK) Town Hall Cinema - Allan Brown shows the Director's Cut and  approximately :45 of the Plockton home movie footage. (See post #18 in this thread.) Newspaper article about it.

2000

January '00

9 - London Wed FilmFour, intro’d by Phil Daniels

12 - London, FilmFour, Astra Cable, DST, OND, 10 pm TWM

8 - London FIlmFour, with 15 min restored!

28 - London, what’s all the fuss about TWM article

29 - London longest version (Director's Cut) PLUS behind the scenes footage! Wed

May 3 - National Film Theatre (NFT), London hosts screening and talk in co-ordination with Allan Brown's book release. Quentin Cooper, film critic, Anthony Shaffer, Christopher Lee, Ingrid Pitt, Seamus Flannery, Allan Brown and Steve Pemberton of the League of Gentlemen appear. Plockton home movie footage shown. It included the girls removing their masks and pub scenes. (Handouts 1, 2, 3 4, a short glimpse of the event appears in The Wicker Man Enigma.) Also End of the World, E Mahony article. See also Brown's Introduction to his e-book.

2001

2/24 - London, Shaffer article

4/9 - London FilmFour cable DST, OND 10.0, The Fantacist later

6/22 - London, VHS Warner Home Entertainment, 5.99 pounds

8/2 - LA CA American Cinematheque presents the 2nd Annual Festival of Fantasy, Horror and Science Fiction. Lloyd E Rigler Theater at the Egyptian, TWM, 5 pm, one other later.

8/21 - Minneapolis DVD Anchor Bay DVD review, Detroit DVD Anchor Bay DVD review

8/23 - LA CA DVD Anchor Bay DVD review

8/31 - West Palm Beach DVD Anchor Bay DVD review

9/14 - Phoenix, AZ Anchor Bay DVD review

9/20 - Tampa FL DVD review

11/7 - London, Shaffer obit

11/9 - Detroit, Shaffer obit

December 2001 - Commentary recorded with Robin Hardy, Christopher Lee, Edward Woodward and Mark Kermode.

12/29 - London, tv listing, Burnt Offering, 12:30, 1:40 am, TWM has it’s tv debut on NYE?!

12/31 - NYE 11:40 pm, C4. Its tv debut?!

2002

February '02

1 - article, Billy Bragg, music is bullshit

March '02

8 - London, Jonny Trunk article

16 - London, singalong with Jonny Trunk and others

April 2002

7 - Shreveport, LA, article about remake

20 - London, win a home theater with TWM DVD

526/02 - 13th Festival of Fantastic Films Bradford, UK Wicker Man shown, Hardy attends.

7/14/02 - London, article about film drawing thousands to remote Scottish villages, w/ pics

9/12/02 - Hartford, CT, DVD review (Anchor Bay?)

2003

Warner Brothers DVD made from original 1" telecine master. (Date of master?)

July '03

12 - London, Wicker Man Festival, Kirkcudbright

14-15 -The Wicker Man: Readings Rituals and Reactions conference, University of Glasgow Crichton Campus

October '03

25 - London, Burnt Offering, 5:20 pm tv listing

30 - London, Burnt Offering, 4:20 (am? pm?) satellite?

2004

4/16 - LA CA, Micheline Charest obit

11/26 - Muncie, IN, wicker man exposes himself, got into car and drove away

2005

10/21 - Honolulu, Movie Museum, 3 showings Thursday

10/28 - Asbury Park, NJ Night of the Wicker Man reading, Eatontown Playhouse, $10, includes coffee, wine, cheese.

2006

4/29 & 4/30 Scottish Book Town Spring Festival, Wigtown. With Hardy, Pitt, Allan Brown, Kirsty Wark. A Wicker Man is burned. An excellent review from the old wicker-man.com site. Galloway Gazette article. A blog about it retelling the story of Peter Snell this time, buying the distillery, The burning of a Wicker Man at the end was filmed for the BBC Coast documentary.

Weekend of 11/18 - 11/19 probably when WM #2 legs were stolen. See this excellent article on the old wicker-man.com site about it. Newspaper reports #1, #2.

2009

Ian Cutler goes back to Scotland to meet up with Robin Hardy, Ingrid Pitt and Alan Cumming for BBC4. (Autumn airing) Scotland On Screen.

2013

9/17 National Film Theatre (NFT), London showing with Robin Hardy. (Final Cut)

10/2 Final Cut plays at the Castro Theater in San Francisco where it "premiered" as just the middle version back on Jan 9, 1979.

2015

October - 4:26 of Plockton home movie footage of Howie and the girls taking their masks off as well as locals and actors drinking uploaded to YouTube.

2021

Justin Hardy gets letter from Linda Moscone letting him know she has bags of source materials about the film. (See the letter.)

2023

Various events celebrating the 50th anniversary of the release of the film take place in Scotland and England

June 17 - July 8 Exhibit of Hardy archives at the Horse Hospital in London. Robin Hardy's sons contribute various materials of their father's including scripts, a storyboard page, a record, drawings by Seamus Flannery of The Wicker Man, the stones and the hobby horse, Their promo: “Featuring previously unseen archival materials from the Hardy Family Archive, The Wicker Man designer Seamus Flannery's personal schedule (the scene index), set-build blue-print plans and photographs. Along with a selection of rarities: the 1980's fanzines that kept the film fan-base afire, their relics and ephemera.,,, including video homage from likes of Radiohead (Burn The Witch), Iron Maiden (The Wickerman), The KLF (Rites of Mu) right up to Gazelle Twin's Hobby Horse/Pastoral. David Lally material was included as well. ” On June 20, Dr Wickham Clayton gave a 2 hour presentation.