Film fans flock to Cumbria cinemas to watch new Swallows and Amazons – NW Evening Mail
THE new Swallows and Amazons film – shot in Cumbria – has taken nearly £680,000 in its first week at the box office.
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Film: Swallows and Amazons – Varsity
When it comes to adapting many books written in the 1930s and 1940s onto the big screen, writers and directors typically face a tough challenge: maintaining the spirit of the era while allowing a modern audience to identify and engage with the child protagonists…
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Record-breaking Swallows and Amazons takes in over £670000 – News & Star
The new Swallows and Amazons film – shot in Cumbria – has taken nearly £680,000 in its first week at the box office.
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‘A time of innocence’ – Virginia McKenna on making Swallows and Amazons – The Telegraph
Virginia McKenna, the star of the 1974 adaptation of Swallows and Amazons, fondly remembers making the Vintage Classic on location in the Lake District. It was 43 years ago when Claude Watham, the director of the 1974 film of Swallows and Amazons, asked if I’d like to play the part of Mrs Walker…
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On location: Swallows and Amazons – Financial Times
River Deep Mountain High in Coniston is just one of dozens of activity centres that offer families the chance to recreate their own Swallows and Amazons -style adventure with dinghy sailing tuition or a guided canoe …
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Swallows & Amazons star Hannah Jayne Thorp urges Coventry to ‘live on the edge’ this summer – Coventry Telegraph
Swallows & Amazons hits the cinema screen at Warwick Arts Centre this week. On Friday, August 26, the eagerly-anticipated film – which is one of the University of Warwick campus venue’s summer programme highlights – will finally be released…
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#TBT – In Search Of The Real Swallows and Amazons – Part 3
The boathouse at the Slate Quay where Arthur Ransome came as a child sits at the southern end of Coniston Water. How wise he was to write about the places, the culture and experiences that he knew so well. The boathouse came to be owned by Bridgit Sanders, nee Altounyan, who was the inspiration for…
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#TBT – In Search Of The Real Swallows and Amazons – Part 2
We set off from the Lakeside Railway Station on the southern shore of Windermere to explore Arthur Ransome’s world full of excitement. I was wondering how many signs of ‘Swallows and Amazons’ we would find…
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#TBT – In Search Of The Real Swallows and Amazons – Part 1
On a wet but beautiful day in Cumbria we set off on a quest to find some of the locations used in Richard Pilbrow’s 1974 film of Swallows and Amazons…