Class ending on the beach, nice one 👍I watch this film everytime it's on TV. When Carter throws Cliff Brumby off the car park that's me and my mates playing football in the background. Rest in peace Mike Hodges.
My wife used to live in St Cuthberts village Gateshead as a child ,the bathroom scene was actually filmed in their house. The film crew took over their house for a day . Her dad ,who had been at work since 6am came home and walked straight through the middle of the set and told them to not so politely “go away” as he was starving. Brilliant!.
Filmed when industry and proper down to earth people were still relevant and important to this country, now it's a changing world ,industry as died, regeneration to areas have helped, but some areas have lost their character and are just to new and shiny with no soul or spirit. ....love this film , and its so iconic, and is a permanent reminder of a lost Britain that we have lost forever.
@@kitano47 Don't talk nonsense, Thatcher never killed anything, the British people themselves helped to kill their own country, what mythical legend have you been researching 🤦
What a super little production. Better late than never, glad I found this. It's become a major piece of British cinema history and an amazing look at the north east of Britain at that time. The atmosphere of the whole film is incredible. 'Your a big man, but your in bad shape' for me it's a full time job!
Haha. We told him if he wanted to present it that was what he had to do. And you're right, it was a freezing January of February afternoon - worth it though!
Yes its grim up north. The aerial flight and the filth and slurry on blackhall colliery beach has gone. But sadly so has the solidarity and comradship of the old mining communities.
majorMcpharter........This is essentially why Thatcher was so hell-bent on destroying it. She absolutely despised that 'collective spirit' and 'sense of community'. For her [and her sycophantic followers] it was all about SELF. People being focused and devoted to ME, ME, ME, I, I, I and nobody else. In my humble opinion this is the reason why we live in such a horrid shithole of a world today.
@@thesoultwins72 That has certainly continued with today's parasite class (politicians). They milk that lure of "free stuff" to separate everyone, then treat an entire class as one.
What a great interesting well researched film. This is what you tube should be used for. It was a great film, a brilliant soundtrack and this video does them both justice. Well done and thank you.
just seen this for the 1st time, bloody brilliant, am visiting Newcastle in a couple of days, can't wait to tread them Quayside steps, thanks for a great film...
thanks dave what a great little film ,first saw get carter about 1978 i was 14 ,everyne was talking about it the next day at school , quite shocking to me at the tiime , thanks for this trip down memory lane .
Great documentary , for a great film.I would love to go there one day and just walk around soaking up the atmosphere , before its turned into another Slough or Milton keynes.
I am from Hebburn....where the betting shop scene was filmed....i was born and raised less than 200 yards from there..i remember seeing the cameras and lights outside the shop...never knowing then...that i would end up being in tv shows and films here in Los Angeles......
They may have filmed the Blyth Staithes scene on a Sunday morning but prior to that the crew and possibly the actors had been doing a recce and rehearsing a couple of days before. We were 15 years old, still at Blyth Grammar School and we used to skive off to watch the goings on, they used to gather on Ferry corner. We didn't particularly like school dinners so we used to go for our dinner to Bates Pit canteen, and guess what?, yes, one day the crew and all were in the canteen having a feed. I couldn't say whether Michael Caine or George Sewell were there or not simply because they weren't that well known, at least not to us, but hey they may have been! I never tire of this film, the West Road Cemetary hasn't changed at all. Happy, happy days.
Thanks for your comment, it's much aporeciated. We loved making it and it was great to revisit the scenes of some of one of Britain's greatest gangster movies.
Great Movie and great doc. Late 70s had a girl friend who I met in Majorca, a Newcastle girl she was the telephone voice on directory enquiries back in the day.. Nice days in Whitley bay
Very good. Watched the film yesterday so was nice to see this. Was wondering why the big car park wasnt featured - but read that it was knocked down in 2010. shame.
I remember them in Benwell. My mother reckons I bought Caine a box of matches, even though I was only eight! Me and my mates convinced ourselves they were filming ‘Land Of The Giants’ even though it was an American programme!
A lovely tribute to a legendary film . Open credits show Carter on the London to Newcastle train passing through Selby my home town going the wrong always been film buffs talking point in Selby. Thanks for posting this gem.
Couldn't help a bit of a maniacal chuckle when our correspondent's 'corpse' twitched in reaction to the lapping sea. Thanks, I enjoyed this. Some interesting local insights on a film I've always enjoyed.
Agree 100%. That is an interesting first name. Same as my youngest brother which is a Hindi name as my father was Indian but we were born in Newcastle.
Well done! I've just watched Get Carter again for the umpteenth time (I have it on Amazon Prime) and it was great to see some of the locations where it was filmed and how it all looks today.
The aerial flight dumped the stone waste from the Blackhall Colliery coal mine, as there is always stone mixed in with the coal when it comes up the shaft into the washing plant, some coal also ends up in the flight buckets. They also had a slurry pipe pumping waste water onto the beach, hardly a grain of sand in sight.
Excellent film. In 2010 I went back to Newcastle to film the locatons (which are on RU-vid) although I never finished it not getting to Blackhall, Hamsterley Forest, the race course or the cemetery thinking that I would do it sometime in the future. Seven years later I have still not done it. However I was lucky enough to see Trinity Square car park - had I been one month later it would have been too late! I suspect the exit from Manors Staton might have gone by now too.
Great piece of filming.Get Carter is my favourite film,although I'm from the north west, Newcastle is a fantastic city.Ive visited to work,and as a tourist and the north east coast is the most stunning in the country.
At 9:38 - they didn’t dump coal into the sea, that would somewhat defeat the object of digging it out of the ground in the first place. It’s slag they’re dumping.
Claymor yes, it was a scripting error which was pointed out a while ago in these comments somewhere. I must admit, It would be fairly dumb to dump coal into the North Sea sea, especially since they mined millions of tonnes from underneath the bloody thing!
Claymor yes, it was a scripting error which was pointed out a while ago in these comments somewhere. I must admit, It would be fairly dumb to dump coal into the North Sea sea, especially since they mined millions of tonnes from underneath the bloody thing!
Brilliant little video many thanks for making/sharing it I’m really glad to have stumbled upon it. It was really interesting to see some of the uniquely wonderful locations used in the film. I’m a long time fan of Get Carter it’s one of my very favourite films, and I believe it to be certainly the greatest British film ever made. There are so many great performances, and I just love the authenticity of it and how grim it all feels. Roy Budd’s superb soundtrack is the icing on the cake for me. Carter’s killer being in the same train carriage as he makes his way up north is just one of many delicious little details. I think The decision to kill Carter off at the end of the film is a very interesting one. Perhaps the film would be much less impactful had he survived - in fact I strongly believe that would have been the case. Still an interesting decision tho because the smart move would have been to follow the source material (Jack’s Return Home) in which he survives, of course. They could then have made the Jack Carter Trilogy - Jack Carter’s Law, and Jack Carter and the Mafia Pigeon - now that would really have been something!
I'm not sure it's THAT sad. The film was unrelentingly grim and was full of scenes of poverty, decay and pollution. I wouldn't get too nostalgic for that.
Brilliant film, the best gangster film ever. R.I.P. Rosemary Dunham (Landlady: Las Vegas). Tony Beckley (Peter the Dutchman). George Sewell (Con). Bryan Mosley (Cliff Brumby) John Osborne (Cyril Kinnear) Ian Hendry (Eric Paice). Glyn Edwards (Albert Swift).
Smashing video mate, why it took so long for the feature film to become a cult classic is a wonder to me, i watch it every time it on the old box me late mam loved it as do i but i would say that being a bloke from the North East ( Hartlepool) howay the lads.
Really enjoyed that! Sadly though Gateshead multi-story Car park where he threw Alf Roberts from the top, is gone. Tbh I’m not a fan of 1960s brutalist concrete but I think what’s replaced it is worse, Gateshead town centre looks more like an industrial estate now. John Dodson and Grainger town architecture my style :)
ELPaso1990TX Yes I know what you mean regarding the new architecture in the north east. Compare the new Children’s wing of the RVI with the original Victoria wing - no comparison!
Also visit the corner of melbourne street and trafalgar street- this is where the steps are where carter follows margaret and her friend down. You cant get to the steps but you can see the windows on the corner of city house
I never saw get Carter but recently stumbled across Stormy Monday starring Tommy Lee Jones, Sean Bean and Sting. It was filmed in Newcastle around 1988. The movie paid homage to Get Carter.. I am a big fan of Inspector George Gently and that is how I became interested in Durham and Newcastle, Especially the Green Bridge and the Durham Cathedral. I am in the US. I love the area but never have been there.
thank u the tyne bridge was the biggest suspension bridge in the world at the time.we also have the worlds only tilting bridge the high level was the first to carry trains and roads and the swing bridge the 1sy swings bridge.search for great british railway journeys newcastle to chester le street
I have always wondered if that tall block of flats where Jack first saw the film of his neice on the homemade film, still stands. The wind howling outside always reminds me of it being so bleak and out of the way.
