The Wicker Man (1973) Wikia

## Welcome to the The Wicker Man (1973) Wikia

*The Wicker Man* is a classic cult 1973 British movie filmed (mostly) in Scotland. It combines thriller, existential horror and musical genres. Directed by Robin Hardy and written by Anthony Shaffer, the film stars Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento, Ingrid Pitt and Britt Ekland. Paul Giovanni composed the soundtrack.

*The Wicker Man* is generally very highly regarded by critics. Film magazine *Cinefantastique* described it as "The Citizen Kane of Horror Movies", and in 2004 the magazine *Total Film* named *The Wicker Man* the sixth greatest British film of all time. It also was the Grand Prix winner at the 1974 third Paris International Science-Fiction and Fantasy Film Festival and won the 1978 Saturn Award for Best Horror Film amongst other awards.

## This wiki

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## Table of Contents

We currently have 164 pages. **Click on the page count link to see all of the pages on this wiki.** It will open to a page that has them alphabetically arranged.

Wikia's "categories" (similar to tags) for this wiki can be found here: Music (all of the pages that relate to music). More categories to come possibly, like behind the scenes, missing scenes, etc.

The contents include:

## Audio recordings

Canal+ (via SIlva Screen)

Music on Vinyl

Silva Screen

Trunk Records

## Fan material

Nuada - The Wicker Man Journal

Dave Lally's map of Summerisle

Trading Cards

Wicker Man Appreciation Society

January 1999 reunion at the Ellangowan Hotel, filmed for the BBC Scotland documentary *The EX:S Files*.

## Gallery

Collections of \*some\* of the pictures. Currently: "Behind the scenes pics", locations as they appear recently and "missing scene pics". More to come. To see ALL of the pics on this site, click here. **Click on "More Info" to read any additional info there may be about that picture.**

## Locations (real), arranged by location

See also the screencaps page which also list locations for each shot in the Director's Cut.

See also  locations arranged by scene for each version.

See also Google Map with Street Views of as many locations as possible.

## Memories

Memories of filming by locals

Memories of Extras and some of the crew.

## Missing scenes

( Missing scenes "shot or not" table.)

Dream sequence

At Holly Grimmond's

Howie asking where the public records office is

Howie at the hairdresser's during the house search

Inside the Green Man

In the greenhouse and the experimental orchard

Librarian bath scenes

Mainland - bridge, pub, prostitute

Howie confronting May and Myrtle about Holly's clothes

## Music

General info (including links to individual songs and other music, reviews, covers, music inspired by, podcasts,and songbook, etc)

Info about the extended version aka the Director's Cut.

Info about the Final Cut

Info about the Theatrical version

## Musicals/Stage shows

Musicals and stage show versions of the movie that others have put on.

## Photographs seen in the movie

The pictures Howie looks at in the darkroom.

The pictures Lord Summerisle shows Howie.

The Harvest Festival photographs.

## Press and Publicity

Current distributors, pressbooks/campaign books, contact sheets, press photo info, negative numbers for press and on-site photos, John Brown's page (the official still photographer for the movie.), Lobby cards, newspaper articles (mostly Galloway Gazette), marketing materials (pressbooks, posters, trailers, radio spots), newspaper listings (mostly from newspapers.com)

## Production info

Notes and Production/release timeline . See also Production documents below. See also Newspaper Listings, a list of theaters/cinemas, tv guides and some other sources showing when and where the film played in the UK, US and Australia. Brut Productions involvement with distribution.

## Production documents

Accomodation lists

Call sheets

Cross plot document

Jake Wright's set index

Seamus Flannery's set/scene index. (pic)

Movement orders

Editor's script

Lorraine Peters (bum double) contracts, October 13 and November 3, 1972.

Wicker Man drawings from Seamus Flannery. Other drawings from Seamus.

Unit list (a list of the crew)

## Props

* Book about May Day Howie reads in the library
* Calendars in the The Green Man and the darkroom
* Corn dollies
* The covered chair Lord Summerisle sits in when Howie enters the room
* Door marker seen during house search
* Ingrid Pitt's bath
* John Barleycorn bread
* Lawnmower the gravekeeper uses
* Lennox's Pharmacy
* Masked villagers
* May Morrison's Sweet Shop (aka The Post Office/Tuck Shop)
* Names in the school register
* Nuada bread
* Organ stops
* Photographs seen in the movie - (The pictures Howie looks at in the darkroom, the pictures Lord Summerisle shows Howie, the Harvest Festival photographs).
* Police car on the mainland
* Pony trap Howie rides to Lord Summerisle's castle
* Rowboat with the evil eye
* Sailing ship (Schooner Summerisle) that Howie searches
* Seaplane
* Schoolroom blackboard

## Religious doctrine

Religious texts/doctrines in the movie and book.

## Screencaps

A site that uses the Director's Cut.

Two sites that use the Final Cut. 1, 2.

Screencap of X rating from British Board of Censors.

## Scripts

Full scripts including Ingrid Pitt's original script, Production materials

## Sequels

1) Loathsome Lambton Worm - Shaffer's script that Hardy and other's didn't like which was never produced as a film. (See also Brown's book for the script.) aka The Wicker Man II (See this pic for one of the cover pages. Here is page 48 of one version called The Loathly Lambton Worm.) An audio-only version was produced in 2020 which you can hear here and here.

2) The Wicker Tree (produced)

3) The Wrath of the Gods (not produced but had been in production, Hardy died before if could be finished.)

## The New Orleans Connection

How four people in New Orleans gave us the Director's Cut and what is now called The Final Cut.

## Timeline

Planning, filming and everything after (aka Production/release timeline)

## Versions

* Director's Cut (aka Extended or long version) (Watch it here with Spanish subtitles on the Internet Archive.)
* Final Cut (aka Middle or Moviedrome version) (Watch it here on the Internet Archive)
* Theatrical version (aka short version)
* Version summaries (with dates from the movie)
* Locations for each version scene by scene as a chart