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Film Four: 'The Hide' on 16/2/2009 (1 Viewer)

Alex_sk

A lady who *hearts* nature
A feature film on Film Four on Monday at 11pm. It is a film of a play by Tim Whitnall that featured on Radio 4 a while back.

http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=77403

"Based on the play by Tim Whitnall and starring Alex MacQueen and Philip Campbell, The Hide tells the story of a reclusive bird watcher who spends his time on desolate marshes. His peace is disrupted by the arrival of a stranger whose dishevelled appearance initially causes him some alarm. Surprisingly, the pair strike up a friendship, discovering that they have more in common than they first thought. Unfortunately, this is short lived. A police announcement on the radio alerting the public to a manhunt, throws the two into a deadly fight for survival.

Inside the Bird hide © Poisson Rouge The Hide was erected on the marshy shores just below the Harty Ferry Inn. Other footage was shot a little further along at the Elmley Marshes Nature Resrve on the Isle of Sheppey. Exposed to the elements, the bleak and atmospheric coastal marshland was the perfect backdrop for this tense thriller. An RSPB reserve, Elmley Marshes is a little bit of wilderness located on the shores of the River Swale and is home to many unusual species such as the Avocet and the Marsh Harrier making it an ideal spot for twitching and indeed a film about a bird twitcher!

The film has been well received on the film festival circuit, making the official selection at the Dinard Film Festival and has recently been acquired by Film4.

The film will be shown on Film4 as part of their British Connection season on the 16th February."

http://www.kent.gov.uk/filmoffice/film-focus/the-hide-2009

Synopsis and photos:

http://www.alisonfm.com/page6.htm

Reviews:

http://www.alisonfm.com/page15.htm

http://www.moviescopemag.com/tag/the-hide/
 
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Thanks for the heads up Alex. I will put that into my PVR, although Film Four is a bit hit or miss with their broadcasting times. I used to live on Sheppey for a couple of years and share my surname with one of the stars so I'm looking forward to it.

Ron
 
No! 95% footage was of the two actors faces. A very predictable story line. I thought more suited to radio presentation rather than a movie.
 
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