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The Invisible Man

| Quentin Budworth

David Osgerby approached me about playing Dr Jack Griffin  to recreate the classic 1933 B movie The Invisible Man. A science fiction horror film based on H. G. Wells’ science fiction novel of the same name, published in 1897, as adapted by R.C. Sheriff, Philip Wylie and Preston Sturges. Produced by Universal Studios, the film was directed by James Whale and stars Claude Rains, in his first American screen appearance, and Gloria Stuart. It spawned a number of sequels, plus many spinoffs using the idea of an “invisible man” that were largely unrelated to Wells’ original story.

Rains portrayed the Invisible Man (Dr. Jack Griffin) mostly only as a disembodied voice. Rains is only shown clearly for a brief time at the end of the film, spending most of his on-screen time covered by bandages.

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George was so taken by his role that he is planning some performances as ‘The Invisible Poet’ at the Union Mashup in 2017.

 

 

Taxi Driver

| Quentin Budworth

I arrived at Mark Pollard’s house and he said let’s pop around the corner to my mate’s house we need to pick up the shooter…  Let me explain we were recreating a scene from Taxi Driver  a 1976 American vigilante film with neo-noir and psychological thriller elements, directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Paul Schrader. Set in New York City following the Vietnam War, the film stars Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle who Mark portrays admirably in the ‘are you looking at me scene’.

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Singing in the Rain

| Quentin Budworth

I met Richard Sharp Wilson in Hull to recreate a moment from Singing in the Rain the famous 1952 musical comedy starring Gene Kelly. it was pouring down Rich told me that his choice of film moment was all about the unabashed care free expression of joy at the simplest of things. Singing and dancing in the rain.

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Mean Girls

| Quentin Budworth

Eleanor Churchill contacted me about recreating the mall scene from Mean Girls with her friends and work colleagues. Mean Girls is a 2004 American teen comedy film directed by Mark Waters and written by Tina Fey. The film is based in part on Rosalind Wiseman’s non-fiction self-help book Queen Bees and Wannabes, which describes female high school social cliques and the damaging effects they can have on girls.

We created this shot after work on friday afternoon after work at St. Stephens in Hull. In the picture from left to right – Sam Kitchen, Bethany Watson, Eleanor Churchill and Nicola Taylor.

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When Harry Met Sally

| Quentin Budworth

Emma Wilkinson approached me about recreating the infamous scene from ‘When Harry Met Sally’ with her partner Tish Lamb in Coffee31 (a shrine to all things Hull) in Hull city center. I really couldn’t resist the pull of playing against Hollywood stereotyping so a same sex ‘When Harry Met Sally’ was a win for me.

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Hullywood icon in Hull Daily mail feature

| Quentin Budworth

Hullywood icons captures Tom Hanks Castaway on The Humber

By Hull Daily Mail  |  Posted: November 04, 2016

By Ian Midgley

Tom Hanks in Castaway – on the Humber!

If you think Tom Hanks had it hard in Castaway, then imagine how tricky it was for Jim Wardlaw recreating the marooned movie on Hessle Foreshore.

Jim is one of the latest hardy Hull residents to recreate their favourite movie moments for the Hullywood Icons projects which saw him taking to the foreshore, under the shadow of the Humber Bridge, armed with nothing but a loincloth and a basketball called Wilson for company.

Photographer Quentin Budworth, the creator of the project, said the “biting North Sea winds” hadn’t made the photoshoot easy. He said: “Poor old Jim, it was absolutely freezing on the day when we did the shoot. I got there early to do a bit of a recce and it was perishing with that icy Norwegian wind blowing in off the estuary.

“But Jim was brilliant. He said he had done the Sea of Hull and that was being naked for four hours. So he said four minutes being naked for the Castaway picture didn’t bother him. He spent ages getting ready in the car before we took the picture so I went to see what he was doing and he was busy getting his Wilson ready. He was making his own props.”

Wilson gets a talking to on the Humber 

Quentin has now captured 19 iconic movie moments, including shooting scenes from Kill Bill, Judge Dredd, Lara Croft and Caroline Ullyart as Norma Desmond from Sunset Boulevard.

“Caroline perfectly captured Norman Desmond,” said Quentin. “We did the photoshoot in the Guildhall and she completely nailed the crazy eyes and everything.”

The finished results of Hullywood Icons will be projected onto the sides of buildings across Hull Old Town during the opening week of 2017, as a side attraction of Sean McAllister’s giant Made In Hull City Of Culture launch installation.

Quentin says he is still on the lookout for other participants to have a go at living their silver screen dreams. He will be visiting more city locations this week to take pictures inspired by films such as Star Wars and When Harry Met Sally.

 

Tom Hanks and original Wilson from the hit movie Castaway
He is also appealing for people across Hull and its suburbs who would like the images to be projected on the side of their buildings in January 2017 to get in touch.

“As long as they have a wall in a public space that the public will be able to see I want to hear from them,” he said. “I want to bring my mobile projector along and take these images out t as many people as possible.”

* Quentin is still looking for people to join in with Hullywood Icons and for spaces to project the finished images. Contact quentinbudworth@yahoo.com or visit the websitewww.hullywoodicons.com

Link http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/hullywood-icons-captures-tom-hanks-castaway-on-the-humber/story-29868270-detail/story.html

 

Star Wars

| Quentin Budworth

67 year old Jean Todd is a huge Star Wars fan – her favourite character is Princess Leia – we chose a location overlooking the Deep to create this Star Wars scene. L67A2203.jpg

Planning projections

| Quentin Budworth

A great technical meeting in a very cold barn deep in the wilds of East Yorkshire with Chris and Tim who are working with me on the Hullywood Icons projections for the opening event of City of Culture in January 2017. We will be using two 5.5 projectors with wide and long throw lenses mounted on a Land Rover with sound system. Here’s a glimpse of the icons in the barn.

Cast Away

| Quentin Budworth

Jim Wardlaw suggested that we recreate the scene from Cast Away starring Tom Hanks on Hessle foreshore with the Humber Bridge in the background . I asked Jim why Cast Away and he said it was really difficult to find characters in films with beards so the character of Chuck Noland was a godsend. We hadn’t reckoned on the biting ice cold wind but Jim was an excellent sport and we got on with the shoot despite the wintry conditions. The film also features ‘Wilson’ Hanks side kick in the movie.

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