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Post by Rob Tompsett on Jan 21, 2008 12:26:21 GMT
Hi All, Haven't been around for a while and have just rediscovered this forum  I'm still looking for 'Sam and the River', a Swedish/UK co production broadcast in 1975 on BBC. I have found an IMDB listing for it at www.imdb.com/title/tt0346392/ but I seem to remember it no longer exists. Is this still the case? Does anyone know who wrote the theme tune, and is it available anywhere? Cheers PS!! Just discovered it was directed by Joseph McGrath, who also directed two of my favourite films; Digby and Casino Royal (1967)!! |
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Post by Daniel O'Brien on Jan 21, 2008 17:18:57 GMT
Hi All, Haven't been around for a while and have just rediscovered this forum I'm still looking for 'Sam and the River', a Swedish/UK co production broadcast in 1975 on BBC. I have found an IMDB listing for it at www.imdb.com/title/tt0346392/ but I seem to remember it no longer exists. Is this still the case? Does anyone know who wrote the theme tune, and is it available anywhere? Cheers PS!! Just discovered it was directed by Joseph McGrath, who also directed two of my favourite films; Digby and Casino Royal (1967)!! I recall the title sequence of this series but not much else. I think it was shot entirely on 16mm film, so wouldn't have been a candidate for erasure. Whether the negative or any prints survive is another matter. Given its mid-70s vintage and the BBC's co-producer status, there's a fair chance that it still exists. Hope you find a definitive answer. By the way, Joe McGrath was the original director on 'Casino Royale', shooting most of Peter Sellers' scenes, but was fired from the production on Sellers' orders (he later apologised to McGrath). At least four other directors worked on the final version. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2008 9:49:31 GMT
As you say, if it's a film production, it will probably survive (I don't have the Kal guide to hand to check but does anyone else?) The other thing is if it's a co-production, it probably exists in the Swedish co-producer's archive anyway (not sure whether there would be an English language version in that instance though).
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Post by Daniel O'Brien on Apr 27, 2008 13:17:42 GMT
I could be wrong, but I think the theme is the same as that Harmonica theme to 'Midnight Cowboy' (John Barry). The danger is, if I'm wrong, once you hear it you'll never remember the original correctly again... It's been 30 years since I heard it, but I think the 'Sam and the River' theme music was different. I vaguely recall whistling rather than a harmonica but the memory does play tricks. Wouldn't the rights to John Barry's 'Midnight Cowboy' theme have been on the expensive side for a children's TV serial? According to the Imdb, the Swedish co-producer was Sveriges Radio. Not sure if this helps any. |
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Post by martinu on Mar 21, 2011 21:26:27 GMT
It's been 30 years since I heard it, but I think the 'Sam and the River' theme music was different. I vaguely recall whistling rather than a harmonica. It definitely was whistling. Somewhere on an audio cassette I have an off-air recording of the music - made by the high-tech method of putting a microphone next to the TV speaker :-( |
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Post by John Archbold on Mar 21, 2011 22:31:59 GMT
Sam lives in an old pub in the heart of London's dockland where he notices the mysterious arrival of strangers by the riverside.
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Post by Ray Langstone (was saintsray) on Mar 22, 2011 8:41:59 GMT
My research indicates it may survive as a 35mm print at the BFI. My search of the Swedish Media Archive (public thanks to them for letting me join) has come up with nothing yet.
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Post by matt on Jan 25, 2014 14:15:35 GMT
I don't think it was Midnight Cowboy, more of a John Barry homage with a whistler rather than harmonica. Haunting. I'd love to hear it again. As I recall, the series captured the dying days of London's docklands before they were redeveloped in the eighties.
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