Review, Picture Special And Video: Swallows and Amazons film has its world premiere at Keswick’s Theatre by the Lake
Originally posted by the Westmorland Gazette:
Keswick hosted the world premiere of the new film adaptation of Arthur Ransome’s classic Swallows and Amazons story about four children from the south coast who spend a summer holiday in the 1930s in the Lake District and have a set of adventures while camping in an island in the middle of a lake.
Fans of the book will be glad to see some well-loved elements – the famous ‘duffers won’t drown’ telegram from Mr Walker, the charcoal burners and the ‘leading lights’ – all make it into the film.
But while remaining true to the general feel of the novel, this is a spiced-up Swallows and Amazons. Rafe Spall, for example…
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