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Locations - Gatehouse of Fleet

(Based on and used with permission from the wicker-man.com site which was written circa mid-2000s.)

They shot here on Nov 17, 19 and 22, 1972. The police car night close-ups were shot here on Nov 25, 1972 (in a shed at the Cally Palace Hotel. See below.)

See also Andy Taylor's location footage from 2000.And 2019.

Gatehouse Of Fleet is a small hamlet within Dumfries and Galloway.

Of particular note to fans of The Wicker Man is the former Cally Estate offices which served as the front exterior of The Green Man
inn.

To find out more about the real location of the Green Man rear and all the bedrooms ( including Willow's ) read our location report on the town of Whithorn.

The buildings opposite the offices can also be seen in the film when Howie asks Willow for directions to the town green as she washes tables in the morning sun. It is known as Roseville. The building next to it with the boarded up windows, used to be a brewery.

Further along the same road is the area where we briefly saw Sergeant Howie make his way towards the village alongside some very unusual skull shaped bollards! The bollards, which are extremely likely to have been props, can sadly not be seen today.

The crew parked near The Murray Arms Hotel on the corner of Ann St and High St. as well as The Annexe. The pub across the street from the Cally Offices, The Masonic Arms Inn, was probably used by the cast and crew.

20 High St in Gatehouse Of Fleet is Stark's Chemist shop. This building was used for interiors of Lennox's chemist shop. The house immediately to the left, 18 High St, is none other than Dr Ewan's house!

Some behind the scenes shots of the Dr Ewan scene.

The shot of the interior of the police car, only seen in the Director's Cut, were shot at the Cally Palace Hotel in a shed at the farm (dairy) there. (See some pics of some of them recently.) Scenes of Howie bicycling to Mrs Grimmond's which never made it into any version, were also shot on the grounds there. The wrap party was held there on Nov 25, 1972.

For further reading on Gatehouse Of Fleet itself, please visit http://www.gatehouse-of-fleet.co.uk
Riveractyl

**Riveractyl** (Japanese: **川ドラ**, *Kawadora*) is a dual-type Water / Steel Pokémon.

It evolves from Pterapid starting at level 18, and it evolves into Queztidal starting at level 38.

## Game data

### Stats

#### Base stats

 * Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and a hindering nature, if applicable.

* Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and a helpful nature, if applicable.

## Trivia

### Origin

#### Name origin

Riveractyl's Japanese name is a combination of the words "river" (川, *kawa*) and "dragon" (ドラゴン, *doragon*).
VHS tapes

(needs editing/research)

Here are some. See also list of VHS and Betamax? ads in newspapers.com.

Media Home Entertainment

Distributed by Magnum

Tape has copyright date of 1981. Box cover has copyright date of 1978. This version says "An Abraxas Films Release, From Dynamite Entertainment." (Max Rosenberg headed Dynamite and also Reargaurd Distributing and he helped Abraxas "borrow" the video masters to make these copies.)

There is dialogue missing in both Media Home Entertainment and Magnum versions in italics:

“Howie …what kind of mother are you, *that can stand by and see your own child slaughtered?*

*Mrs Morrison: Sergeant, if I were you, I would go back to the mainland. Stop interfering in things that are no concern of yours.*

*Howie: I am going to search every house in this place during the next few hours*. And if anybody, including you, stands in my way, …”

See some more covers here (DVD too).
Chase through the cave

### General Information

"Rock and roll" instrumental (electric guitar, drums and flute) The story is the band thought rock music would be good for the cave sequence - Gary Carpenter.

"Gary arranged that particular piece and was played by the core musicians and recorded at Shepperton Studios where the engineers (very much ex-BBC 'Good Luck Studio') had never seen or heard a fuzzbox before! They were utterly bemused that someone would be deliberately adding distortion. It was very amusing to witness their disbelief and horror!" Andy Tompkins interview with Ian Thomas.

Music by Paul Giovanni.

### Versions

(the same on all versions. Not on the Silva Screen or Trunk recordings.)

Director's Cut, :58

Theatrical, :57

Final Cut, :58

Trunk Records - not on this recording.

Silva Screen - not on this recording.
The Green Man

Shot in the bar of the Ellangowan Hotel in Creetown. Exteriors were of the Cally Estates Office in Gatehouse of Fleet.

The sign for the pub .

Floorplans

## Harvest festival photographs.

1972 (with Rowan's face , with Lesley Mackie's face ), unknown year

## Liquor behind the bar

MacKinley’s Old Scotch whiskey

Smirnoff Vodka

Windjammer Demerara rum

Martell (blue crest) upside down and small bottles to the left

Table Bay something

Mateus in upper left hand corner

Black and White whiskey

Dewar’s Scotch (upside down) white label but not sure if that is the kind…

Cossack Vodka (lower right hand shelf)

Mortlach’s Scotch whiskey (upsidedown to the left of the door in the middle)

Remy Martin to the left.

Palace to the left.

bar/eating area behind bar

Something Special whiskey

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Most people are drinking whiskey in the first scene at the Green Man. Man in white shirt and tie with a cigarette has a dark beer.

Willow brings Howie a beer… Doesn’t look as dark as the other guy’s. (Ale?)

After the orgy, the man in the white shirt still has his beer.

As they sing Gently Johnny, we see two beers and two whiskeys on the table. Another shot of a couple closer to the bar shows two beers on the railing.

The only other alcohol I see is during the courtyard scene. One woman in a dark dress, seated at a table, hoists a beer (not too dark, Ale?). A jovial man offers Oak a beer as he see-saws (not dark, ale?) A man who’s looking at a girl has a ale. The harbor master has an ale.
Hammokoon

**Hammokoon** (Japanese: **キャンポッド**, *Kyanpoddo*) is a dual-type Bug / Grass Pokémon.

It evolves from Campillar starting at level 15, and it evolves into Intensifly starting at level 25.

## Game data

### Stats

#### Base stats

 * Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and a hindering nature, if applicable.

* Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and a helpful nature, if applicable.

## Trivia

### Origin

#### Name origin

Hammokoon's Japanese name is a combination of the words "camp" (キャンプ, *kyanpu*) and "pod" (ポッド, *poddo*).
Following the hobby

## General Information

We hear two tunes (aka “Hobby” on the Silva Screen CD) - last chaotic bit? It is called The Hobby Horse in the songbook.

1) Fiddle and flutes (by Giovanni)

2) Once inside courtyard familiar sword dance tune on fiddle (Tenpenny Bit - traditional)

3) and then musical chaos before Summerisle's speech.

Cinefantastique article - "There's a little bit of an electric guitar in the sequence where the villagers all play tricks on Howie, and the hide-and-seek with the Hobby Horse, but we play a lot of Scottish jigs against it, and it works a lot better."

Tenpenny Bit is also often used as the music for longsword dancing in U.S. and is a popular Ceilidh tune in the UK.

Music by Paul Giovanni.
Pokemon Winter and Summer

***Pokémon Summer*** (ポケットモンスターサマー, *Pocket Monsters Summer*) and ***Pokémon Winter*** (ポケットモンスターウインター, *Pocket Monsters Winter*) are the primary paired versions of Generation VIII. The games are available for the Nintendo 3DS and take place in the Nortelo region.

*Pokémon Summer and Winter* were first revealed on June 25, 2017 at 3:00 AM EST. The games' worldwide release date remains unknown at the present time; all copies of the game will be playable in the following languages: Japanese, English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Chinese and Korean.

*Pokémon Summer and Winter* also have a sequel, *Pokémon* , which takes place 10 years after them and is the final main-series *Pokémon* game in Generation VIII.

The legendary Pokémon POLISTMAS and DESERTURE, two of the three Season Guardians, serve as the version mascots of *Pokémon Winter and Pokemon Summer*, respectively.
Locations - Port Logan

(Based on and used with permission from the wicker-man.com site which was written circa mid-2000s.)

Logan Botanic Gardens

They shot here on Oct 15, 1972.

See also Andy Taylor's location footage from 2000.

These gardens are located near the town of Port Logan and can be reached 14 miles south of Stranraer. Like other Wicker man locations, the gardens lie on the Gulf Stream
which enables tropical plant life to prosper here.

The gardens served as Lord Summerisle's experimental orchard for filming of The Wicker Man. Much of the footage filmed here, Lord Summerisle's extensive talk on apples, did not make it to any existing cut of the film. Ultimately, the gardens feature in a few brief shots in the film.

Of the footage that remained in the movie, Lord Summerisle and Sergeant Howie terminate their conversation at the Veranda of the walled garden.

Scene by scene: (The #s I refer to below are found on this map.)

There are two shots looking up at the plane as it flies over the village look like they were shot at Logan. This is as Seamus Flannery is credited.

The next scenes are when Howie and Lord Summerisle walk in the garden. The first shot has Howie walking by himself down a slight incline. A brick wall is in the background. It is probably #6 on their map, the Chusan Palm Avenues.

Then there is a shot of Howie and Lord Summerisle walking in a palm tree allee in the background and a man bent over, working on a plant in the foreground. That appears to be to the left, as you face the Verandah, roughly at #23. I don’t see the stones and large pots along the path in contemporary pics though. (See this pic.) The man working on the plant is Martin Coledge, who was the head gardener/curator at the time. He still visits the garden from time to time. (Colin Belton · Garden Supervisor at Logan Botanic Garden, 5/13/18)

The next shot we see is from the Verandah of Howie and LS approaching it. That’s #5. (See this pic.)

These other shots got cut from the movie:

Howie and LS in front of a wall with distinctive stone edging. The wall top isn’t even and has an edge too. That is by #3 (Castle Balzieland)

This shot of Howie and LS in front of another distinctive layered wall. Somewhere near #20.

These last two are against a wall but too hard to pinpoint where. Probably along #20 too.

 It is possible that the scene where Lord Summerisle presents Ash to Willow was filmed here. There are large Gunnera plants and pics of LS in his kilt by some that might have been shot there (like this one.) The snail footage was shot there.

 A behind the scenes pic.

 The garden's web site.
Unit list

unit list

A list of the crew.

See a map with all of the locations.

pg 1

producer - Peter Snell

director - Robin Hardy

production manager - Ted Morley

screenplay - Anthony Shaffer

location manager - Jilda Smith

production secretary - Beryl Harvey

continuity - Sue Merry

1st assistant director - Jake Wright

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pg 2

unit manager - Mike Gowans

2nd assistant director - David Munro

3rd assistant director - Victor Smith

production accountant - Ernie Shepherd\*

cashier - Jack Hawtree\*

director of photography - Harry Waxman

camera operator - Jimmy Devis

focus -Mike Drew (Holne, not Horne)

clappers/loader - Ken Worringham

cameraman/operator, second unit - Peter Allwork

focus, second unit - Pat Davis

12

pg 3

camera grip - Roy Davidson

sound mixer - Robin Gregory (lives a few blocks away from Billy Partleton)

boom operator - Jack Davies

sound camera operator - Peter Myers

sound maintenance - George Widdows

art director - Seamus Flannery

assistant art director - Richard Rambaut (left set on  11/17)

draughtsman - Keith Pain\* (Templecroft, not Tempecroft)

set dresser - Ken Court

casting - Maggie Carter

publicist - Frank Law\*

stillsman - John Brown

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pg 4

musical director - Paul Giovanni

asst. musical director - Gary Carpenter

choreographer - Stewart Hopps (Should be Stuart)

asst. choreographer (blank)

production buyer - Jill Quertier\*

construction manager -Ernie Blake

make up - Billy Partleton (lives a few blocks away from Robin Gregory)

asst. make-up - John Weber

hairdresser - Jan Dorman (she also had a cameo)

8

39 total

\* stayed in England (6)
Sun symbols

Here is a list of the sun graphics/symbols that I see in the movie, hopefully in the order they appear. Included are:

- the opening graphic (for the theartical and Fina Cut versions only). This  is the same style as the grey one on the side of the courtyard.

- the postmark on the letter the postman reads.

- the Nuada flag seen in the harbor when Howie first lands.

- the bread in the four harvest festival pics we see in the pub. The sun bread in the harvest festival pics are all the same type. (Note that the harvest festival pics for 1970 and 1971 are the same with only the girl being different…)

- Lennox’s stamp on those harvest festival pics. I only can get a low-res version of that…

- the tarot card painted on the ceiling of the pub. (The Sun)

- the wreath at the top of the Maypole and the Maypole streamers.

- the beetle going ‘round and ‘round? Not sure about this one.

- the graphic on the bell cover outside of the schoolhouse.

- the garland seen in the cemetery.

- on the apple crates on the alter in the ruined church

- the gold design on Miss Rose’s white dress at the fire dance.

- a “spray” design at Lord Summerisle’s castle, barely seen as Howie brings in the hare from the hallway.

- the picture Howie smooshes his face into during his session with Willow and that Willow straightens the next day.

- the sword lock seen in the book in the library.

- the Nuada flag again seen in the courtyard.

- the bread seen in the courtyard.

- on the apple crates seen on the ship.

- the bread seen in the bakery.

- the waterspout outside the courtyard.

- the sun figure on wall by courtyard.

- the sword lock at stonehenge which is also a sun symbol.

- the garland thrown onto the water in the cave.

There are at least two repeated designs. The postmark, Nuada flag, all the bread (other than the John Barleycorn figure), Lennox’s logo?, the logo on the bell cover, the logo on the apple crates and the water spout are all the same. The opening graphic has a similar design to the symbol that is on the wall by the courtyard. The rest are just symbolic.

Additionally there is a press pic of the courtyard scene that shows it from an angle we don’t see in the movie. It shows the kegs of beer on a cart. These kegs have beautiful sun designs on them. The kegs we see on the beach don’t. A missed opportunity there.
Paul Giovanni - musician and composer

A good bio. (Wikipedia. imdb)

Wrote 8 or 9 songs but some had to cut out as Shaffer complained that it slowed the plot.

See the Cinefantastique article as Paul goes into detail about how he approached the music.

Wicker Man content in other movies he's worked on:

Michael and Claire: A Portrait of Love and Dreams *- the soundtrack features "Corn Rigs".*

Hostel *-* the soundtrack features a track by Giovanni called "How Do" performed by "The Sneaker Pimps"

Other Works:

Side Show *-* Self-titled 1970 album.

The Crucifer of Blood *-* a play featuring Sherlock Holmes, written by Giovanni and later made into a TV movie

Shot Through The Heart *-* a musical which has not yet been staged.

In 1967, Paul was in a band called Forever Children which included Kendell Kardt, Ronnie Gilbert, Joyce Aaron and Mike Poznick. As far as I know, they only cut one single "Only The Rain" backed with "Merry Go-Round." - Andy Taylor.
Ian Cutler - musician (fiddler)

See his website for his recollections about being in the movie.

Some recent (4/19/19) correspondence and a pic of the electric violin he used in the movie.

"Hopefully a pic of what's left of the fiddle attached. My main fiddle was the one you see and hear mostly in the film. I kind of built the electric fiddle myself for a folk rock band I was in with Gary Carpenter and Andy Thompkins and others called Hockett. I bought a really cheap fiddle (about £1.50 in modern money) stuffed it with cotton wool to prevent feedback, sprayed it black and put a DeArmond pickup on it! It sounded awful!!

Gary and I were in a barn dance band while we were at school and I was a morris dancer (did Cotswold, clog, rapper and longsword, and a bit of Scottish as well would you believe!). In fact we used Tenpenny Bit for the rapper. So all these tunes were floating around and being played in various bands we were all in at the time so I think Gary just picked the ones he felt were appropriate (Tenpenny Bit is actually Irish of course!)."

(I wrote back and here is his reply)

"Yes by all means share it. I was in Chingford Morris (North London/Essex) as a boy at school and then the adults club. It eventually split to form Albion Morris which formed to dance to electric music performed by Ashley Hutchings' Albion Band (I went with taht arm). I finally stopped dancing with them around 10 years ago. Our barn dance is kind of cross between Ceildh and English Country Dancing for complete novices, no finesse but loads of fun! I think in terms of approach it would be medium rowdy!

Yes I have performed at Sidmouth with  different acts over the years Chingford and Albion Morris, Bully Wee Band, Hot Rats......

As for the Abbott's Bromley Horn Dance, it's one of my favourite tunes ever. Here's a sample of the one I prefer https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=abbots+bromley+horn+dance+tune&view=detail&mid=8EA5FB37B33E01E0372C8EA5FB37B33E01E0372C&FORM=VIRE

The story is that the horns are stored in the church and only allowed out on Mayday! I guess it's more the mystical approach I prefer."
DVDs

Various versions compared.(with Easter Eggs)

See also list of DVD ads in newspapers.com for when some came out.

**Easter Eggs**

Starz / Anchor Bay, DVD Release Date: August 21, 2001Theatrical version, regions 1 & 4

Starz / Anchor Bay, 2006 \*(box fetish shots)

unknown editions: here, here

Warner, DVD Release Date: 22 April 2002, Director's Cut, region 2

30th Anniversary DVD revue. (more)

Optimum cover

See some more covers here and here.

## Subtitles

Find The Wicker Man in a few different languages here!
The Tinker of Rye

## General info

Cinefantastique: "The only song in Shaffer's screenplay that was retained was "The Ram of Derby" which Cilento and Lee actually sing. (Wrong - They sing The Tinker of Rye instead.) "The song was much longer and was to be three verses, with the whole scene to be built around it, but it was towards the end of shooting, and when it came to do it, we thought it was too long. And whole chunks were thrown out at beginning and end. It doesn't make too much sense in the film -- it's too elaborate and unsubtle a gag, all sexual imagery. And to make it work would have required more time. If I had known it would work out that way, I would have written something smaller." (Giovanni, Cinefantastique.)

Creetown Scotland site calls it THE MAIDEN AND THE TINKER.

See Christopher Lee sing it in the Critic's Choice interview!

Recorded live on set according to Gary Carpenter. (The studio recording, a separate performance, has additional verses...) "The vocals for Tinker are the same for both cd and film and were recorded on set with the piano fed to the actors via earpieces. The piano part was re-recorded for the cd. We didn't have the original piano recording to work with. In those pre-computer days it was a bit of a faff!" - Gary, Facebook Wicker Man group, Jan 6, 2016. Written/adapted by Paul on location as well. Gary also adds in a Freak Zone podcast: The piano accompaniment was lost. They did have the vocal tracks. Went to De Lane Lea and using a click track, re-created it. The CD version is close to what was in the film.

"The tune and these exact words may be original, but the idea of the song—that is, a series of double-entendres based on the work of a tinker —is much older." Mudcat.

## Lyrics

There was a tinker lived of late, who walked the streets of Rye.

He bore his pack upon his back, patches and plugs did cry.

Oh I have brass within my bag, my hammer's full of metal.

And as to skill I will come out and mend a broken kettle.

A maiden did this tinker meet, and to him boldly say,

Oh, sure my kettle hath much need, if you will pass my way.

She took the tinker by the hand and led him to her door.

Says she, my kettle I will show, and you can clout it sure.

Chorus For patching and plugging is his delight

*(interrupted by Howie as he throws the hare next to Miss Rose)*

*Continuation as Howie leaves. Summmerisle sings this verse.*

Fair maid says he, your kettle's cracked, the cause is plainly told:

There has so many nails been drove, Mine own could not take hold.

(The Silva Screen version has this additional verse and chorus sung by Miss Rose.)

Says she it hath endured some knocks. And more it may I know.

I’m sure a large large nail will hold If it was struck in so.

For patching and plugging is his delight

His work goes forward, day and night

(Words and music by Paul Giovanni, Copyright © 1973 British Lion Music Ltd.)

## Versions

### Silva Screen

No pause and an additional verse not heard in the movie.

1:52, V1, V2, C, (no pause) V3, V4, C
Pokémon Equinox

***Pokémon Equinox*** (ポケットモンスター春分, *Pocket Monsters Equinox*) is the final main-series *Pokémon* game released in Generation VII and the sequel to *Pokémon Summer and Winter*.

*Pokémon Equinox* was revealed on February 7, 2014 at 5:00 AM, EST. The game's worldwide release date remains unknown at the present time; all copies of the game will be playable in the following languages: Japanese, English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, and Korean.

The legendary Pokémon Symmiquor, the third and final member of the Season Guardians, serves as *Pokémon Equinox'*s mascot.

## Changes from *Pokémon Summer and Winter*

### Aesthetic changes

* As evidence of the decade that has passed in the Odysso region between *Pokémon Summer and Winter* and *Pokémon Equinox*, Arthur, Jason, Jethro, and Isabel have been redesigned.

### Storyline changes

* Professor Sequoia has replaced Professor Cypress as the Odysso region's resident Pokémon professor.
* Kelsea, a Water-type Pokémon specialist, has replaced Arthur as the Odysso region's first Gym Leader. Scarlet replaces her parents, Fei and Fiona, as the Odysso region's second Gym Leader; like Fei and Fiona, she uses Fairy-type Pokémon. Arthur replaces Klimson as the Odysso region's eighth Gym Leader; he still uses Light-type Pokémon.
* Maria, a Ghost-type Pokémon specialist, has replaced Piotr as the first member of the Odysso region's Elite Four. Bronson, a Fighting-type Pokémon specialist, has replaced Rosa as the Elite Four's second member, while Minerva, a Steel-type Pokémon specialist, has replaced Duke as the third, and Monnique, who specializes in Bug-type Pokémon, has replaced Ildegarde as the fourth.

## Staff

* **Game and Story Concepts** - The Pokémon Master
* **Character Names and Designs** - NachtBeirmann
* **Pokémon Names and Designs** - SteveO126
The Fire Dance

## General Information

This is called Fire Leap in the songbook.

This is sung by older women including Rachel Varney and Sally Presant. (GC) Lesley Mackie recorded it on Feb 15, 1973.

Recorded at Pye Studios (GC). Brown says it was recorded live but Gary Carpenter dismisses this.

Gets cut off when Howie is inside castle at verse 5.

## Lyrics

(Lyrics from http://www.priestessblog.com/?p=44)

Take the flame inside you, Burn and burn below, Fire seed and fire feed, And make the baby grow

Take the flame inside you, Burn and burn belay, Fire seed and fire feed, And make the baby stay

Take the flame inside you, Burn and burn belong, Fire seed and fire feed, And make the baby strong

Take the flame inside you, Burn and burn belie, Fire seed and fire feed, And make the baby cry

Take the flame inside you, Burn and burn begin, Fire seed and fire feed, And make the baby King (Queen)

Words and music by Paul Giovanni.

Here is an online version that shows the chords while the music plays.

## Versions

### Silva Screen

1:14, Does not include B part. When Howie looks at the girls thought the window, that music, an instrumental section, does not exist on the Silva Screen version.
Locations - Isle of Whithorn

(Based on and used with permission from the wicker-man.com site which was written circa mid-2000s.)

They shot the funeral parlour here on Oct 29, 1972. They shot at the castle on Nov 18, 1972.

See also Andy Taylor's location footage from 2000.

Isle Of Whithorn is a village on the south coast of Scotland. The scene at the funeral parlour during the search for Rowan, was shot at the back workshop of Alan Fauld's joiners/undertaker's shop. (Google Street View of the current building.) The coffin was provided by Alex Mc Cleary. You can see his name on it upside down.

The castle in Isle Of Whithorn is seen during the house search.

Howie is seen emerging from the castle's back door as pictured above. The boat seen outside the castle in the film was still there at the time this was originally written in the early 2000s, albeit in a different spot. One of the castle's bedrooms is the location where Howie was offended by two
dolls placed in the mating position. The spiral staircase that Howie looks at in this scene was actually filmed elsewhere. The
owner advised us that the staircase was actually filmed at Culzean Castle. Another of this building's rooms is where Ingrid
Pitt's bath scene was filmed. (That same room is where these shots of Ingrid standing up nude with Howie were shot.)

 Isle Of Whithorn castle was owned during filming, by Elizabeth McAdam Laughland and David Wheatley. Elizabeth also served as
an extra during the filming and can be seen during various scenes of the film. Elizabeth was good enough to share her
memories of the production with us here.

 Some behind the scenes shots taken in Isle Castle.

 Also of interest to fans of The Wicker Man here was the studio belonging to the local artist Amanda Sunderland. Amanda has
a long Wicker Man heritage; her father and uncles appear in the film!

 Amanda's father, Ian , lives on the Isle and was more than happy to reminisce with us on the subject. Ian recalls that he
featured prominently in a cut scene involving him running down the street holding hands with Brit Eckland. Ian played an antlerman in the film.

Perhaps the most memorable member of Amanda's family, in terms of what made it to the final film, is Mark Sunderland.
Mark is seen in the Green Man at the bar and as an antlerman.

Amanda's painting work incorporates the local area
including its Wicker Man connections. For more details of her work, see her website. (See also this interview on the wiki.)

For further reading on the area, go to http://www.isleofwhithorn.com
Brut Productions

Brut Productions

Some listings for the movie had mentioned Brut Productions along with Warner Brothers. In Sept of 2018, I looked around the net for more info and then, on a whim, wrote to Faberge’, the parent company of Brut Productions. (Montpelier, France is listed by their name in some credits at the time.)

I got a response on a Friday night after 5 pm! The woman who responded was interested in this, has seen the movie a few times and likes it. She thinks the CEO will be interested in this too. (Nothing has since become of this. The new owners of Faberge’ bought the brand in 2009 so they are pretty distant from whoever ran it back then.)

What I found on the net:
‘Faberge forms Brut Productions’ was announced in Billboard on 10/2/71. ‘They will make records, tapes, video cassettes, feature films, documentaries, animated features and television films.’ Robert Halmi was Exec VP of Production.

Turner Entertainment bought them in 1982 and then Warner Brothers bought their library.

In 1974 though WB and Brut Productions released TWM (and the movie Welcome To Arrow Beach). This would be the short run it had in the US.

Videocassettes made by WB (between certain dates but I don’t know what those dates would be) might have Brut Productions on there too. My local library seems to have a copy (a 35 mm print???) so I want to check it out and see if there’s anything ID-ing Brut on the credits screen. I’m not expecting the version to be any different than any other theatrical version.

Here are some Brut Productions graphics: http://www.closinglogos.com/page/Brut+Pictures

Does anyone have a Warner Brothers videocassette of the film that mentions Brut Productions on the cover? If so, is there also anything on the videotape about them? Thanks.

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FWIW
The original negatives for the film were discovered to be lost sometime after the Cinefantastique issue comes out, so Oct of 1977.
Perhaps the negatives went to Brut? (or WB?) That all happened before that.

The Variety review of 12/31/72 lists Brut as the co-producer along with British Lion.

More on Brut Productions here and here.
Trollift

**Trollift** (Japanese: **強い鬼**, *Tsuyoioni*) is a Fighting-type Pokémon.

It evolves from Weetot starting at level 30, and it evolves into Megogre starting at level 50.

## Game data

### Game locations

 **Summer**/**Winter** | ???
 **Equinox** | ???

### Stats

#### Base stats

 * Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and a hindering nature, if applicable.

* Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and a helpful nature, if applicable.

## Trivia

### Origin

#### Name origin

Trollift's Japanese name is a combination of the words "strong" (強い, *tsuyoi*) and "ogre" (鬼, *oni*).
Missing scenes - greenhouse and experimental orchard

(Some may be publicity shots, at least one is a "behind the scenes" shot.)

## Inside the greenhouse (shot at Threave)

It has been confirmed that scenes were shot at Threave. From Alan James's FB post of Nov 3, 2016, of his chat with a friend who worked there ( AJ, FB 11/13/17: "...Bill Hean's recollections, three days, and 'they wanted lots of fruit bushes.' Bill was head of the Gardening School.") Scenes 83 B, 84 and 85 were shot on Nov 11, 1972.

They parked a big caravan 'up the top', and paid 'a lot of money to use our premises, a thousand or so, but then it (the film shot there) wasn't used'. That scene was filmed 'in the potting-shed and glasshouses behind the Walled Garden'. ...The glasshouses have long since been replaced, and I don't think the potting-shed's still standing. He told me 'they painted it all up inside', so where the sculpture is standing is probably a mock-up." and ..."the scene with the sculpture is in the potting shed." 6/22/20 Update: The potting shed is still there. "It's actually a lean-to building behind the Walled Garden, with a doorway through into the fine glasshouses in that garden." Alan James.
VHS, betamax and DVDs mentioned in newspapers.com lists

When out on VHS, Betamax? and DVD

(from newspapers.com listings so not complete)

2/20/81

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

1982

1/14/82, Melbourne (AUS), listed in “large range of titles from $49…” in camcorder/VCR store ad

Feb 83

L.A., CA Licorice Pizza movie rentals $2, TWM listed

1988

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

1989

1/24, Nashville new release of video, TWM, Magnum, 102 minutes

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

12/8, Indiana, PA, US cable tv premiere (Home Media Entertainment, Director's cut)

1994

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

unknown date, TWM video review, Frank Bruni

1996

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

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

Sept 99

9/20, Sydney (AUS) TWM video mentioned

2001

9/14, Phoenix, AZ Anchor Bay DVD review

8/21, Detroit DVD Anchor Bay DVD review

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

8/21, Minneapolis DVD Anchor Bay DVD review

8/23, LA CA DVD Anchor Bay DVD review

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

9/20, Tampa FL DVD review

2002

Sept

9/12, Hartford, CT, DVD review (Anchor Bay?)
Organ stops

(Can anyone name the manufacturer of the organ?)

Here are the names of the organ stops, seen just before Howie brings the dead hare to Lord Summerisle and Miss Rose. This shot is only in the Director's Cut. (screencap)

> sub bass (16 ft)
>
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> salicional (8 ft) - "These names, of which Salicional is by far the most common, derive from the Latin salix, meaning **willow**"!!! (Encyclopedia of Organ Stops)
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> flute d'amour (4 ft)
>
>

> lieblich gedact (4 ft)
>
>

> voix celeste (8 ft)
>
>

> and one more I can't read (probably a 16 ft pipe).
>
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It had been intended that Lord Summerilse would be playing the organ in this scene. Unfortunately, mice had eaten through the works so it was unplayable.
Locations - Stranraer

(Based on and used with permission from the wicker-man.com site which was written circa mid-2000s.)

They shot here on Oct 16, 1972.

See also Andy Taylor's location footage from 2000.

Stranraer is a coastal town in the south west of Scotland. The town is a major ferrying
port and some brief scenes of The Wicker Man was filmed here.

The West Pier at Stranraer harbour is seen in the opening scene of the long version of the
film. The wall where the police car was parked is still there, however the other side of this wall is now a car park, as opposed to in 1973 when it was part of the sea!

Howie being rowed ashore behind the scenes shot.

That appears to be the ferry the Antrim Princess in the background.

Unfortunately, the building which once was adorned with the graffiti 'Jesus Saves' is long gone. However, in the following
picture taken by our friend Andy Taylor in 2000, the foundations of the unusually shaped building can just be seen on the
ground. In fact, were it not for Andy and his exceptionally keen eyesight, we'd have never have found this location as its a
little obscure.

    The footage of the police car driving in a town at night may have been shot in Stranraer. The town council gave the filmmakers permission to film in town, including the harbour and a "public house."

The postman bicycling while reading other people's mail was shot in Stranraer as well. These houses on Broadstone Rd appear to be the same ones. The one closest is called Briarbrae and is now a B&B.

    Locals remember the cast/crew eating at the George Hotel.

Additional shots of Howie trying to start his plane were shot in Stranraer. (Look at how far away the shore is and you see a pier in the earlier shots.)
Missing scenes - mainland

(In the order I would imagine them to have been in. Negative #s might conflict with that...)

## A swan

Probably taken in the River Dee, Kirkcudbright.

## The bridge

Where the A755 crosses the River Dee.

    (See the Ex:S documentary (9:35 in) for a short interview with the man, Jimmy Kirkpatrick, who was supposed to jump off the bridge!)

## The pub

This scene was shot on Nov 24, 1972. I assume it is scene #1-4.

The Steam Packet Inn, St Cuthberts Pl, Kirkcudbright

Tony Sympson

## The prostitute

This scene, #1-2, was shot on Nov 24, 1972.

Pictures taken by a wall on a building in Old Gas Lane, Kirkcudbright.
Katie Gardener
The Highland Widow's Lament

## General information

As Howie's plane flies out, we hear Northumbrian pipes w/ 2 female singers (1 overdubbed harmony?) "Lesley Mackie [Daisy in the film] also sang the haunting credits/flight music and the Northumbrian pipes for that were played by Bruce Watson" (Gary Carpenter's site.) Lesely adds: "it wasn't until March 22nd (1973) that I recorded the Highland Lament (at Shepperton). Rehearsed it on March 18 at Shepperton.

According to Cinefantastique, this "is a piece of Gaelic mouth music..."

The lyrics are from a Robert Burns poem of the same name. Giovanni used verse 1 and 3, modifying verse 3 slightly.

Music adapted by Paul Giovanni.

## Lyrics

Original lyrics

Oh! I am come to the low countrie,
 Och-on, och-on, och-rie!

Without a penny in my purse,
 To buy a meal to me.

And there I had three score o' yowes,
 Och-on, och-on, och-rie!

Skipping on yon bonnie knowes,
 And casting woo' to me.

The second verse was changed to:

One time I had a hundred sheep. Och-on, och-on, och-rie!

Skipping o’er your narrow creek and growing old for me
Tipsibat

**Tipsibat** (Japanese: ???) is a dual-type Ghost / Flying Pokémon.

It evolves into Spookeek starting at level 25, and then it evolves into Baterror starting at level 40, but only when it is leveled up at night.

## Game data

### Game locations

 **Summer**/**Winter** | ???
 **Equinox** | ???

### Stats

#### Base stats

 * Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and a hindering nature, if applicable.

* Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and a helpful nature, if applicable.

## Trivia

### Origin

#### Name origin

Tipsibat's Japanese name is a combination of the words "ghost" (ゴースト, *gōsuto*) and "bat" (バット, *batto*).
Burnt Offering - The Cult of the Wicker Man

See it on the video page.

Here are my thoughts on seeing "Burnt Offering - The Cult of the Wicker Man." (2001)

(Seen in it: Seamus Flannery, Britt, CL, Ingrid, Shaffer, Peter Snell, Robin, David Pinner, EW, Jake Wright, John Alan Simon...)

What is the picture Howie is "licking off the wall", which would be the faded dancer in the book "The Ritual". Interesting that it would be a faded dancer.

Two great quotes from Britt:  "It wasn't the usual thing, beautiful girl...which I was in those days." "It was more of an acting role!""

Funny story about having to move the apple trees around, true or not.

Sad to hear the crew didn't get along.

"The model (body double) had this big ass" :Britt

Seamus Flannery's comments about the face of the Wicker Man are familiar. Where have I seen it before? I'll have to check the DVD.

Burning the live animals quote almost the same as on the DVD.

The whole cast and crew were moved by the experience of burning the wicker man, the ritual.

Roger Corman interview seems the same as in WM Enigma?

Nice to see Deely, the man who who had so much to do with the film's losing it's full length.

I need to find out more about John Simon, the American distributor. (See more here.)

"Its a pity it was this one 'casue it feeds all the loonies" Michael Deely in talking about theories about the missing reels. He does come across as respecting it's value now.

Beltane Festivcal in Scotland looks like fun!

Shaffer: "I look forward to when we are pagans again. I think we'd have a much better time of it."

The end.

Very good overall. Very well written. Too bad there wasn't more on the pagan customs themselves but I guess I'll just have to wait for that.
Contact sheets

John Brown, the set photographer, took stills of every scene that was shot. (See his page for more info.) Allan Brown says there are 45 contact sheets of them. As they are shared, I will post them. You can see what has been posted so far, below.

See this page for a list of each shot plus a brief description. (Negative numbers (for on-set and press photographs))

Info about how they were labelled as press pics here. (WMP, WMS, WMX, WMSC, WMCP, WMCX prefixes.)

Entire collection (Google Photos) (as of 5/27/21)

Pics divided into albums (Google Photos):
Gently Johnny

## General Information

Gently Johnny is in two parts. Paul Giovanni sings it. When Ash Buchannan enters the pub, we hear some chaotic notes. See Gary Carpenter's site for a full explanation of how it was put together.

Cinefantastique says: "Gently Johnny" uses three old lyrics combined into one and slightly edited: Gently Jonny, My Jingalo (collected and bowdlerized by Sharp). The other two?

In the second part, there is one shot where we hear the fiddle drone but the fiddler isn't playing!

Lesley Mackie adds: She helped record the post-production version of Gently Johnny "all morning" of Feb 14, 1973.

## Lyrics

 (Lyrics on mudcat, revised 12/29/18)

*V1* I put my hand on her knee and she says "Do you want to see?"

*V2* I put my hand on her breast and she says "Do you want a kiss?"

*Chorus 1* Gently, gently, gently Johnny, Gently, Johnny my jingalo

Gently, gently, gently Johnny, Gently, Johnny my jingalo

*(break) song restarts after a few chaotic notes as Ash enters the pub.*

*V3* I put my hand on her thigh and she says do you want to try?

*V4* I put my hand on her belly and she says do you want to fill me?

*Chorus 2*

*(instrumental break as Lord Summerisle recites Whitman)*

*Chorus 3 But gently, gently, gently Johnny, Gently, Johnny my jingalo*

Gently, gently, gently Johnny, Gently, Johnny my jingalo

Words and music by Paul Giovanni.

## Versions

### Director's Cut

V1, V2, C1 1:10, V3, V4, C2, instrumental break, C3 2:36, TT 3:46

### Final Cut

V1, V2, C1 1:08, V3, V4, C2, instrumental break, C3 2:26, TT3:32

### Silva Screen

no pause, with 2 instrumental breaks

V1, V2, C1, shorter instrumental break, V3, V4, C2, instrumental break, instrumental verse, C3, instrumental outro, TT 3:33,
QuackersClocks

Gender:

**QuackersClocks** is TheSuperdog19's friend. He joined YouTube on October 6, 2012. He was tagged by TheSuperdog19 in The Winter Holiday Webkinz Tags!. In the past, he has been known to imitate TheSuperdog19's videos, and even now his characters share names and kinds with TheSuperdog19's characters. He is a huge fan.
Sequels

1) direct sequel

Working titles included The  Loathsome Lambton Worm and The Wonderful Legend of the Lambton Worm

In 1989, Shaffer wrote a thirty-page film script treatment entitled The Loathsome Lambton Worm, a direct sequel to The Wicker Man, for producer Lance Reynolds. (wikipedia) Hardy and other's didn't like it and it was never produced. (See also Brown's book for the script which he calls The Wicker Man II. Shaffer didn't like Roman numeral-titled sequels.)

"Where The Wicker Man drew from Celtic pastoralism and ancient Greek propitiatory myths dealing with death and rebirth in the cycle of nature, The Wicker Man II is spiced with references to more esoteric European folklore such as Poleviks, which are Russian corn spirits; the Rusalka (image used in script), an erotic spirit which dwelt in trees; and the Leshy, another Russian forest spirit. There are also plates depicting the legend of Faustus….” (Excerpt From: Allan Brown. “Inside the Wicker Man.” iBooks.) A cover used a an old photo of a Kern Baby. The Lambton Worm is an English folk tale.

A commentator from the article below remarked: "One minor quibble. A Rusalka is a water nymph, said to be seen in trees, but not a tree spirit."

An article about it. Wikipedia

An imagined poster for it. Designed by Steven Sloss. That's Britt Ekland on the couch from the movie Scandal.

A "film treatment" and a "screenplay" titled The Wickerman II (sic) were given to The Queensland University of Technology by Diane Cilento. More info about them here.

2) The Wicker Tree

3) The Wrath of the Gods
Christopher Lee - Lord Summerisle

LAWRENCE FRENCH: As Lord Summerisle, you have a rather distinctive hairstyle in the film.

CHRISTOPHER LEE: Yes, but it's not my hair, I'm afraid. It's supposed to represent the rays of the sun, that golden-blonde, leonine wig. It comes from the emblem of Summerisle. It's all very symbolic, representing Nuada, their God of the Sun. But quite obviously it's not my own hair. My own hair is what you see here, and that was obviously a wig.

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His appearance in the movie as Teaser is exactly as it is described in the book, long black hair and a shoddy dress.

## Lord Summerisle

His grandfather, "a distinguished Victorian scientist, agronomist, freethinker", bought the island in 1868.

His last name is Morrison! (pg 70 of the novel.)

His houndstooth tweed two-piece suit.
Missing scenes - the hairdresser's

This scene was shot on Nov 16 and Nov 19, 1972 and possibly on the days inbetween. It would be scene #116.

In this shot, makeup artist Jan Dorman is dressed up to be in the shot (on the left in white), as opposed to the "behind the scenes" shot where we see her doing Willow's hair in the Green Man.

This version of the same shot is cropped slightly differently so that you can see a little more on the left-hand side, of Jan Dorman.

The exterior years later. Elizabeth R Smith hairdressers, 23 George Street, Whithorn.

Interior shots
Missing scenes - the Green Man

A shot of Howie watching the wrestling with Broome explaining what they're doing. This is scene 35 most likely and was shot on Nov 16, 1972. Scene 36 is also a wrestling scene but Oak has Duggald above his shoulders for that.

A similar picture is found in Brown's e-book (plate 3, page 464), showing Oak carrying this man above him.
Constructing ‘The Wicker Man’: Film and Cultural Studies Perspectives

Constructing ‘The Wicker Man’: Film and Cultural Studies Perspectives, Crichton Campus, University of Glasgow, 2005. Edited by Jonathan Murray, Lesley Stevenson, Stephen Harper and Benjamin Franks.

The Wicker Man: Readings Rituals and Reactions conference, University of Glasgow Crichton Campus, July 14-15 2003 led to the publication of this book as well as The Quest for the Wicker Man.

It contains the following essays:

Straw or Wicker? Traditions of Scottish film criticism and The Wicker Man: Jonathan Murray

Religion in The Wicker Man: Context and representation: Steven J. Sutcliffe

Demotic Possession: The hierarchic and anarchic in The Wicker Man: Benjamin Franks

‘Here On Official Business’: Production, patriarchy and the hazards of policing a pre-industrial utopia: Belle Doyle

‘The Game’s Over’. Breaking the Spell of Summerisle: Feminist discourse and The Wicker Man: Gail Ashurst

Sightseeing in Summerisle: Film tourism and The Wicker Man: Lesley Stevenson

Things that go Clunk in the Cult Film Text: Nodes and interstices in The Wicker Man: Justin Smith *(Lots of good background info.*)

Now a Major Motion Picture? The Wicker Man Novelisation: Mark Jones (*Very detailed analysis of the difference between the book and the movie*.)

Mister Punch as Sacrificial Victim in The Wicker Man: Melissa Smith (*More than you’ll ever want to know about Punch in the movie*.)

‘The Other Coppers’: Uncanniness identity and The Wicker Man audience: Stephen Harper

The Wicker Man, The Uncanny, and the Clash of Moral Cultures: Stefan Gullatz

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A review can be found here:

http://offscreen.com/view/wicker\_man
Locations in the film

*See also Locations (real) for more info. See also this Google Map for the locations in the real world with "street views" where available. See also locations arranged by scene for each version.*

This excellent website Reel Streets also explores these locations

Aerial shots - Flying to Isle of Skye, orchards - South Africa

Alder's room - See Whithorn page.

Dr Ewan's (then) - See Gatehouse of Fleet page.

Howie's room - See Whithorn page.

Lennox's Chemistry shop (and darkroom) See Gatehouse of Fleet page. Darkroom shot in Newton Stewart.

Lord Summerisle's castle - See Culzean and Lochinch pages for interiors. Culzean for exterior.

May Morrison's Sweet Shop (and Post Office. Also listed as "The Snug" in the school directory at one point.) See Kirkcudbright page.

The beach - See St Ninian's Cave page.

The church seen in the flashback - See Kirkcudbright page.

The cliffs - See Burrowhead page.

The courtyard - See Lochinch Castle page.

The graveyard - See Anworth page.

The Green Man - See Creetown page for interior, Gatehouse of Fleet page for exterior.

The harbor - See Plockton page.

The library - See Whithorn page.

The maypole - See Anwoth page.

The pier Howie lands at and takes off from in the Director's Cut - See Stranraer page.

The police station on the mainland (Director's Cut only) - See Kirkcudbright page

The registrar's office - See Whithorn page.

The schoolhouse - See Anwoth page.

The "stones" - See Castle Kennedy page.

The ruined church - See Anwoth page.

The village green, scene of the orgy - Wookey Hole, England

Willow's room - See Whithorn page.
Lists of extras by scene

Here is a list of the scenes that have extras in them. The lists are based on Facebook. Please comment there if you have info to add about anyone or the scene.

Extras, for the sake of this list, are anyone who is not a star in the movie so that includes characters who are listed in the credits.

See also these memories of extras here. Also the Cast and Crew list here.

Some stats on all this.