[BNM] [OT] A film (or two) I used to watch when I was young

[Antony Jones]

> I remember Film 2! It used to be shown as a 'Friday Film Special' on
> Childrens BBC in the late 80s - I loved it!... A quick Google search
> later and I think it was called 'Breakout' - scroll to the bottom of
> this page: http://www.tvradiobits.co.uk/eightieszone/eighties2.htm

Amazing! Years of torment trying to figure out what that film was! Thank
you! Donny 'The Bull'... if only I'd remembered that important detail!

Thanks!

Antony Jones
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> From: bnmlist-bounces at brightonnewmedia.org [mailto:bnmlist-
> bounces at brightonnewmedia.org] On Behalf Of Dave House
> Sent: 30 October 2007 15:01
> To: 'Brighton New Media'
> Subject: Re: [BNM] [OT] A film (or two) I used to watch when I was
young
> 
> I remember Film 2! It used to be shown as a 'Friday Film Special' on
> Childrens BBC in the late 80s - I loved it!... A quick Google search
> later and I think it was called 'Breakout' - scroll to the bottom of
> this page: http://www.tvradiobits.co.uk/eightieszone/eighties2.htm
> 
> You can even get it on DVD (albeit a dodgy copy from VHS most
likely)!!
>
http://www.raretv.co.uk/breakout-children-39-s-film-foundation-cff-1983-
> dvd-p_1154.html
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bnmlist-bounces at brightonnewmedia.org
> [mailto:bnmlist-bounces at brightonnewmedia.org] On Behalf Of Antony
Jones
> Sent: 30 October 2007 14:37
> To: Brighton New Media
> Subject: [BNM] [OT] A film (or two) I used to watch when I was young
> 
> 
> This is an odd request for a new media list, but I need some help.
> 
> Two (maybe they were both the same!) films I remember from when I was
> little, I would like to see them again. Does anybody have any idea
what
> films I'm talking about.
> 
> Film 1:
> 
> Begins with some sort of abandoned building, with loads of steps,
> somebody fills the pram with leaves and rubbish and sets fire to it.
> They then use this as a sort of torch and push it inside the abandoned
> building, down steps and down a sort of stone passage.
> 
> Film 2:
> 
> I remember two old Jaguar XJS, being covered up in the forest with a
> sort of leaf-like mesh cover. The criminals who cover these cars up
hear
> a snap in the woods, chase two young boys and one falls off a cliff
> where he grabs a twig and dangles there until the criminal rescues him
> with a large wooden branch. This then leads to the kidnap of these two
> boys by the criminals.
> 
> In the same film, later on, one of the kids goes to the toilet, writes
> help on a piece of paper and sticks it in his shoe. On coming out the
> criminal finds it, roughs him up a little, and then says 'are you ok?'
> to which he responds 'Just about'... which the criminal finds
hillarious
> and keeps repeating 'Just about! Just about!'.
> 
> Later on a forest-chase scene occurs where the theives get chased by
> cops in those old rover police cars - with the criss-cross segmented
> lights at the back:
> http://www.austin-rover.co.uk/images/policerover_03.jpg the police car
> ends up in a ditch in the forest.
> 
> These films have been bugging me for ages!
> 
> Antony Jones
> Developer
> Gamesys Ltd
> e: antonyj at gamesys.co.uk
> t: 0207 478 8103
> a: Second Floor, 52-64 Regent Street
> London W1B 5RE
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