See You at the Pillar

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See You at the Pillar
See You at the Pillar film Opening titles (1967).jpg
Directed byPeter Bayliss
Written byPeter Bayliss
Produced by Robert Fitchet
Narrated byAnthony Quayle
Production
company
Release date
  • 1967 (1967)
Running time
17 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

See You at the Pillar is a 1967 British short documentary film about Dublin directed and written by Peter Bayliss. [1] Produced by Robert Fitchet, it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. [2]

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Synopsis

The film combines contemporary footage, folk music and quotations from past residents including George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde and Brendan Behan. The film is narrated via a "conversation" between Anthony Quayle and Norman Rodway.

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Reception

In The Irish Times , "Pro-Quidnunc" called the film "lively and literate". [3]

References

  1. "See You at the Pillar". British Film Institute. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  2. "The 40th Academy Awards (1968) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  3. Pro-Quidnunc (19 March 1968). "An Irishman's Diary". The Irish Times : 9.