NOTE: EARLY START TIME DUE TO EXTRA BANK HOLIDAY GOODNESS!
14:20 – Sheepy’s opening caption then music.
14:25 – Melody (1971) – a British children’s romantic comedy-drama film about puppy love. Written by Alan “Bugsy Malone” Parker (his first screenplay), directed by Waris “An Unearthly Child” Hussein (his third feature film), and produced by David Puttnam (his first producer credit), the film stars the “Oliver!” duo of Jack Wild & Mark Lester, and Tracy Hyde. It features music from the Bee Gees and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Although the film was a box office disappointment in both the United States and Britain (the latter blamed on a very late name-change to S.W.A.L.K.), it turned out to be a hit in Japan as well as in some Latin American countries such as Mexico, Argentina and Chile, and a modest hit in South Africa. This romantic story is told through the viewpoint of the children in the story, the adults playing only supporting roles. Daniel Latimer befriends the troublesome Ornshaw. However, when Daniel falls in love with Melody Perkins, the boys’ friendship becomes jeopardized,…
