Inside the Wicker Man: How Not to Make a Cult Classic

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"A book about The Wicker Man? I would think you'd need an encyclopaedia"--Christopher Lee 'A stunning examination of one of my favourite films by one of my favourite journalists' - A A Gill "Inside The Wicker Man" is a treat for all cinemagoers, exhaustively researched and achieving a near-perfect balance between history, trivia and serious analysis. Allan Brown describes the filming and distribution of the cult masterpiece as a 'textbook example of How Things Should Never Be Done'. The omens were bad from the start, and proceeded to get much, much worse, with fake blossom on trees to simula. Appendix IV The Wicker Man: complete cast and crew listAppendix V From Christopher Lee's autobiography Tall, Dark and Gruesome Appendix VI British and American press reviews Appendix VII Lord Summerisle's complete introduction speech from Anthony Shaffer's script Appendix VIII The cover blurb for The Wicker Man on its first release on home video in Britain, May 1981 Appendix IX Documents Index List of Plates.