The Appointment (1981 film)

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The Appointment
Directed byLindsey C. Vickers
Written byLindsey C. Vickers
Story byLindsey C. Vickers
StarringEdward Woodward
Music by Trevor Jones
Production
company
First Principle Film Productions [1]
Release date
  • 1981 (1981)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£650,000 [1]

The Appointment is a 1981 British horror film. [2]

Cast

Production

The movie was meant to be the first in a series of prestige British television films with a focus on the supernatural. These were to be distributed internationally under the umbrella title A Step in the Wrong Direction. [3]

Contents

Finance for the movie came from the National Coal Board Pension Fund. [3] [1] This Fund had already invested some money in Goldcrest Films over several titles, including Gandhi . It was made by the production company, First Principle Films, whose directors included Lindsey Vickers, Douglas Abbott and Lionel Anthony. [4]

"I have gone for a quality film that will frighten by suggestion rather than overstatement," said Vickers during filming. [5]

Release

The movie was never theatrically released although it was distributed on video. It was the only film in the proposed series. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Miners put their pensions on a thriller". Western Daily Press. 7 May 1982. p. 3.
  2. ↑ Newman, Ray (17 December 2022). "Of dogs and dreams: the strange case of Lindsey C. Vickers' The Appointment, 1981". Precast reinforced heart.
  3. 1 2 3 Pratt, Vic (11 July 2022). "The vanishing British horror: unearthing The Appointment". BFI.
  4. ↑ Moses, Antoinette (Autumn 1982). "British film production 1981". Sight and Sound. p. 261.
  5. ↑ "Scene stealer". Ealing and Acton Gazette. 18 September 1981. p. 6.
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