Swallows and Amazons released this month
The big screen adaptation of Swallows and Amazons will be released on August 19th.
The big screen adaptation of Swallows and Amazons will be released on August 19th.
Sailboat owner Rob Boden is among the extras to make a fleeting appearance on screen in Swallows and Amazons.
Keswick rolled out the red carpet as the makers of Swallows and Amazons staged its world premiere in the Lake District, the movie’s ‘spiritual home’.
As president of The Arthur Ransome Society, I am keen to promote ‘Swallows and Amazons’, emphasizing the aspect that children today can enjoy the outdoor activities advocated by Arthur Ransome back in the 1930s.
To say that Swallows and Amazons has changed Sophie Neville’s life is something of an understatement. She was 12 when she was cast as Titty – yes Titty – in the 1974 film of the famous children’s book.
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.
In these troubled times, a slice of something comforting can be just what’s needed. And the new adaptation of Arthur Ransome’s Swallows And Amazons could be that thing.
The reviews on early showings of the eagerly anticipated Swallows & Amazons re-make are starting to trickle out. It has got to be said that not all are convinced that the vision of ‘capturing the imagination of the Harry Potter generation’ will be realised with this spiced up, ‘white-knuckle-ride adventure’ version of the treasured Arthur Ransome novel.
‘Unlike other films, ‘Swallows and Amazons’ is within children’s reach,’ I was told last weekend. It’s true any child can pretend that their bed is a sailing dinghy taking them out to a deserted island where they can camp.