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Hullywood ‘Made in Hull’ Dates and details of projections

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Please note: Quentin Budworth’s Hullywood Icons starts Thursday 29 December in the car park of The St John’s Hotel, Queen’s Road, Hull. The BBC will be filming the event with many of the Hullywood Icons too. You can also see the installation on Friday 30 December at Archbishop Sentamu Academy, 7pm-9pm.

January 1/2/5/6/7 Silver Street Hull, Silver Street Bar and Restaurant. 19 Silver Street Hull (at the bottom of Whitefriargate). HU6 9PS.

Here is the Made in Hull Map:

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Beverley 7pm-9pm Saturday 14th January town center various locations.
Beverley Minster, Guildhall and St Mary’s

Bridlington  7pm-9pm Friday 20th January.
Bridlington Priory 7.00pm -7-30 Spa 8-30 to 9-00pm

Hullywood Icons Exhibition February 17th to 2nd April HIP Gallery (Hull International Photography Gallery)   Harbour Deck, Prince’s Quay, Dock St, Hull HU1 2PQ, United Kingdom.

Wrap Party and Hullywood Icons Exhibition opening. February 17th from 6pm at the HIP Gallery (Hull International Photography Gallery)   Harbour Deck, Prince’s Quay, Dock St, Hull HU1 2PQ, United Kingdom. Click on the link to book your tickets.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

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Doug Peters asked me if he could recreate a scene from Close Encounters of the Third Kind and play one of the aliens, only briefly glimpsed at the end of the film he’s very poorly so it took a tremendous effort on his part to don the mask and walk into his garden but the results I think are well worth it.
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a 1977 American science fiction film written and directed by Steven Spielberg, and starring Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garr, Bob Balaban, and Cary Guffey. It tells the story of Roy Neary, an everyday blue-collar worker in Indiana, whose life changes after an encounter with an unidentified flying object (UFO).

It’s all about the art and the legacy

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Hull council hands out £1m to keep City of Culture going in 2018 and beyond

By Hull Daily Mail  |  Posted: December 17, 2016

By Angus Young

INVESTMENT: Council grants cash boost for Hull's City of Culture company to continue after 2017

INVESTMENT: Council grants cash boost for Hull’s City of Culture company to continue after 2017.

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The company set up to run Hull’s City of Culture year is being given £1m of council cash to continue beyond 2017.

It is part of a deal with the Government after former chancellor George Osborne announced a £13m package of support in March.

The City of Culture company is led by chief executive Martin Green with broadcaster Rosie Millard as its chairman. As yet, it is not known whether either will stay on after 2017.

At a recent East Riding scrutiny meeting Mr Green hinted he might move once the year had finished, admitting: “I’m a bit of a project junkie”. However, the company itself will continue to operate until 2021 to delivery a legacy programme of culture and arts activities.

‘PROJECT JUNKIE’: Martin GreenCity council deputy chief executive Trish Dalby said: “2017 is going to be a fantastic year but it’s not just about that year.

“It’s about another three years after that when Hull will still be the UK City of Culture.

“During that time we will be looking to change significantly how people think about arts and culture in Hull by using them as a vehicle for regeneration and transformation.”

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Ms Dalby said it was too early to say whether key company figures such as Mr Green would be staying. She said: “Ultimately it will depend on personal circumstances and we have to respect that, however, I am confident that some people who have come to Hull work on 2017 will consider staying on.”

She said one the roles of the company beyond 2017 would be to continue the job of attracting arts funding to Hull. “We have already seen how it has attracted really big funders and sponsors for 2017,” she said.

“For this additional investment the council is putting in we would expect a similar return.”

CULTURE: ‘Hullywood’ movie posters are among the projects catching attention.Several major funders for the 2017 programme have already expressed an interest, in principle, of extending that support for Hull into the following years.

The council’s £1m allocation will sit alongside £8m from Mr Osborne’s grant for legacy work. The remaining £5m from the government grant is going towards the cost of redevelopment work at Hull New Theatre.

The 2017 company was set up in October 2014 after Hull won the bid to become the next UK City of Culture. It operates as a charity and is based in High Street.

Read more at http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/hull-council-hands-out-1m-to-keep-city-of-culture-going-in-2018-and-beyond/story-29989565-detail/story.html#qxgkwSj8ZgRVGmFp.99

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

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Well at last  I have succumbed after much cajoling to create my own  Hullywood Icon. The temptation to do a selfie in the bell tower of Holy Trinity was great but after researching the 1939 version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame starring Charles Laughton I realised that the mise-en-scene was everything as the film had one of the largest and most extravagant sets ever constructed. Following a serendipitous meeting with Reverend Neal whilst shooting Cosette from Les Miserables in Trinity Square on a cold December morning I approached Holy Trinity Church to recreate a classic moment from the film.
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Eraserhead

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When Kate Macdonald asked me if she could be The Lady in the Radiator from the cult David Lynch film Eraserhead I thought blimey that’s a bit out there but what the hell let’s give it a whirl.
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Kate explained that she had scene the film whilst a living in a flat which resembled the kitchen in Withnail and she was about 18 the first time she watched it and under the influence of various things and remembers the jacket potato she was trying to eat resembled the baby in the film. She was determined to watch it when ‘straight’ but said it was still as weird! The meaning attributed to the mysterious Lady in the Radiator (Laurel Near) was that she represents the Grim Reaper and sings to Henry an eerie song of heaven and of how “everything is fine” there. It can be stated that the radiator itself is representative of Henry’s thoughts of self-destruction and that he sees death as a source of freedom from his living Hell.

This view seems to be confirmed at the film’s shocking climax when Henry kills his baby in act of release and mercy. He is then met by the Lady in the Radiator in a brilliant flash of light and dies in her arms. In this act, Henry has finally embraced Death and accepted it into his life, giving him admittance to his own personal heaven and freedom.

Many thanks to Paul Jackson at the Adelphi for letting us use the stage there for the shoot.

Dirty Dancing

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Amy Burley contacted me about recreating a scene from Dirty Dancing with her husband James… it was a bit breezy but well worth the effort…

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Dirty Dancing is a 1987 American musical romance film written by Eleanor Bergstein, directed by Emile Ardolino and starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey in the lead roles, as well as Cynthia Rhodes and Jerry Orbach.

Originally a low-budget film by a new studio, Great American Films Limited Partnership, and with no major stars (except Broadway legend Orbach in a supporting role), Dirty Dancing became a massive box office hit. As of 2009, it has earned over $214 million worldwide. It was the first film to sell more than a million copies on home video, and the Dirty Dancing soundtrack created by Jimmy Ienner generated two multi-platinum albums and multiple singles, including “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life”, which won both the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Original Song, and a Grammy Award for best duet

Star Wars 1977

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Here’s Rick Gilroy talking about the shoot for Star Wars 1977 which we shot at The Hull University Library with his friend and Snow Trooper Paul Rogers

I got in touch with Quentin to see if I could recreate some scenes from Star Wars, I had seen some of his earlier pictures of Jean Todd as Princess Leia and thought we could hopefully complement those photographs, I have always loved the science fiction genre and this would be a great opportunity to be photographed in what I consider to be an iconic costume from the film, a Storm trooper.

The film is very nostalgic for me as I remember going to see it at the Dorchester cinema down George Street in 1977 with my Dad and watching the film today takes me back to that time.

I choose the Brynmor Jones library at Hull University as a location as I felt it had a very futuristic look and the architecture of the building both internally and externally would provide an excellent backdrop to match certain scenes from the film. I also have to give credit to my mate Paul Rogers another super fan for joining me in the photo-shoot as a Snow trooper.

The timing of this project is perfect as the new Star Wars film comes out this week called Rouge One and is actually a prequel to the original 1977 film featuring again the white Storm troopers. The film follows the story of how the rebels acquired the plans for the Death Star which are then passed on to Princess Leia.

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Quentin, Liz Heaney from Hull University and Les Drake, film maker for their help and assistance.

The Wizard of Oz – take 2

| Quentin Budworth

Jane Green, Grant Davison and Rachael Hindle got in touch about recreating a scene from The Wizard of Oz, Pearson Park seemed like a good place to recreate the scene in which Dorothy, the Lion and the Tin Man meet the mighty Oz. You may recall Emma Palmer was pictured earlier in the series pictured as Dorothy outside the city of culture offices with a real yellow brick road you can see the post here.

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Back to the Future

| Quentin Budworth

Mark Westwood and Ian Bond got in touch with me about recreating a scene from 80’s cult sci-fi film back to the future we met in a car park near Kingswood late one evening to create this Hullywood moment, Ian very kindly volunteered to put the flames in the shot. I love it when that happens…
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Back to the Future is a 1985 American science fiction adventure comedy film[5] directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Zemeckis and Bob Gale. It stars Michael J. Fox as teenager Marty McFly, who is sent back in time to 1955, where he meets his future parents in high school and accidentally becomes his mother’s romantic interest. Christopher Lloyd portrays the eccentric scientist Dr. Emmett “Doc” Brown, Marty’s friend who helps him repair the damage to history by advising Marty how to cause his parents to fall in love. Marty and Doc must also find a way to return Marty to 1985.