The Home-Made Car (1963)

Review: The Home-Made Car (1963)

Director: James Hill

Cast: Ronald Chudley, Caroline Mortimer, Sandra Leo ,

Ronald Chudley
Ronald Chudley
Caroline Mortimer
Caroline Mortimer
Sandra Leo
Sandra Leo

Plot: The Home-Made Car is a 1963 short film directed by James Hill about a young man who rebuilds a vintage car and finds love. Made in and around Farnborough, Hampshire, it became a cult success when regularly broadcast as a trade test colour transmission on the run up to the start of BBC2 colour transmissions. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

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DVD diary: another eclectic week – part two

DVD diary: another eclectic week – part two

Christopher Smith is an English director whose first feature, Creep (2004), was an attempt to emulate Gary Sherman’s Raw Meat (aka Deathline, 1973) and Douglas Cheek’s C.H.U.D. (1984); it had a woman trapped overnight in the London […]

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