Re: Castaway

[Rona <rona@slip.net>]

Richard Bensam wrote:
> 
> Stormin' wrote:
> 
> >The original "Be Kind To My Mistakes" is, I believe, played in full in
> >the movie it came from, "The Castaways."  A friend of mine made a copy
> >of it eight years ago (taped audioly directly from the video), along
> >with audio recordings of her concert (direct from video) and the
> >current B-sides he had (I now have them on TWW) and Ferry Aid's "Let
> >It Be."
> >
> >The main difference between the two versions is there's an
> >instrumental pause between verses, and the conclusion of the original
> >has her repeat "One white rose" over and over again.
> >
> >Right now I'm too busy to make any copies.  I still owe others out
> >there, some (Hi, Emmy.  :) .  Speaking of which, I should write to
> >you.)  You may, however, easily tape it audioly from the movie (I hope
> >I have the movie title, right.  I haven't even seen it yet,  Though I
> >caught the end of "The Innocents" on PBS last night.  :)   )
> 
> According to the Gaffaweb Dictionary at
> http://www.gryphon.com/gaffa/diction/  "Castaway" is a 1987 film directed
> by Nicholas Roeg, starring Oliver Reed and Amanda Donohoe.  It's based upon
> the autobiographical book "Castaway" by Lucy Irvine, in which a middle-aged
> man places an advertisement in a London paper for a woman (Irvine herself)
> to spend a year with him on a desert island.
> 
> Be warned that even the person who wrote that Dictionary entry has never
> seen the film although he did own the soundtrack album; the film was never
> properly released in the United States, and to my knowledge had *one*
> screening in a theatre in New York City.  This is moderately surprising
> because the original book actually did fairly well over here!  I'm not
> aware of a US video release, but given Roeg's cult popularity it's much
> more likely that the film will turn up on cable television on some
> arts-oriented channel.

Castaway turns up either on Showtime or Cinemax.
Rona