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Post by Kev on Dec 20, 2005 12:37:31 GMT
Not sure if this has been covered before,but for a long time now Ive been after a Richard Burton film called VILLAIN set in the early seventies and which features a P5B as his car.
Well as luck would have it i got a copy and sure enough the Rover features heavily in the film.
So my question is does anybody have or know of ..
HXC 802H Burnt Grey/Silver Birch Coupe?
I would have thought it was a loan car from the factory,brilliant gangster film with Burton playing an unusual part,lots of well known actors like Ian mc Shane,Donald Sindon,Colin Welland etc.
If it's not too late , and you want the film,ask nicely and Santa may bring it for you for Christmas.
Merry Christmas my fellow enthusiasts, Kev.
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Post by PatMcCoy on Dec 20, 2005 14:27:29 GMT
Kev
Its Pat m8
Give me a ring when you get a chance
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Post by dorsetflyer on Dec 20, 2005 16:24:34 GMT
Kev, you are probably right about it being a loan car from Rover, as the reg XC was allocated to Solihull from 1964 to 1974.
Where is the film available from now you have whetted our appetite?
Regards
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Post by Kev on Dec 21, 2005 7:55:40 GMT
At the moment good old E BAY has 2 copies for sale, that is were i finally tracked my copy down as no luck with Amazon etc. good luck, Kev.  |
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Post by Kev on Dec 21, 2005 7:57:42 GMT
Hey Pat, i didn't realize i was communicating with a Rover Lunatic.
Kev.
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Post by glennr on Dec 21, 2005 8:14:22 GMT
Great film. If I remember right he plays a gay gangster but is as hard as nails. Not a bit like camp Freddy from the Italian job.
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Post by PatMcCoy on Dec 21, 2005 8:30:08 GMT
I know where you can get copy
Email me if your interested
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Post by glennr on Dec 21, 2005 14:09:09 GMT
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Post by PatMcCoy on Dec 21, 2005 17:33:48 GMT
Email me
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2005 11:31:55 GMT
I know this might be a good film but £25 for a VHS video tape Is asking a bit much?
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Post by glennr on Dec 22, 2005 14:07:25 GMT
Well he is a Villain!!!! ;D All the best to you and you're family Davie. Have a good Christmas. I personally can't wait. Just to get a break from driving tuition and all those near death experiences.  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2005 20:21:49 GMT
Same to you Glen-how about giving them lessons In the p5,Imagine the stress off that?
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Post by glennr on Dec 23, 2005 8:35:38 GMT
Mate, I shudder at the thought of it  |
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Post by Kev on Dec 24, 2005 8:37:46 GMT
Any news on the car in the film?
Kev.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2005 19:25:36 GMT
These movies also had P5s:
The life and death of Peter Sellars - 2003
Lock stock and two smoking barrels - 1998
The man who haunted himself - 1970
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2005 22:09:33 GMT
;DAlso a low budget black comedy made in the 1990's set in a chocolate factory! The P5B a white Coupe was trashed driving throughfileds and a haystack  Cannot remember the name at the moment. Roger Moore in The Man Who Forgot Himself drove the P5B (Bordeau red) at really high speeds - just the job |
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Post by rover1066 on Dec 30, 2005 12:41:41 GMT
Yes some of the high speed work and other shots in the Roger Moore film were excellent.
They seem to have used 2 P5b's in the film, and a mocked up 3 litre for the crash scenes!
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Post by Roy of the Rovers on Dec 30, 2005 19:45:53 GMT
Don't forget:
To (till?) the end of time, grey P5b saloon
Boon series- Episode with scots woman as the baddy, baddy bloke called Doogie...silver birch b coupe high speed chase and high flying through a haystack.
Shooting Fish- p5b
Plus an old Christopher Lee film -can't remember the name but he is the baddy and he ploughs his dark P5 into the side of an austin 1100 or something in order to make contact with his 'victim'.
Oh and I almost forgot- I bought villain and the man who haunted himself from HMV, they ordered in for me for about £7 each about 5 years ago..
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Post by roedmose on Jan 11, 2006 17:53:27 GMT
I think I can remember that when Danish Television broadcasted the Inspector Morse episodes last year, there was an episode where an elderly gentleman drove a P5B. I think he was supposed to be headmaster of some sort of school.
- I am not sure, though. Yoy know : 11 o'clock in the evening on the sofa and the eye-lids are dropping and then I woke up and saw Morse's Jag besides the P5(B). I shouted so loud that my wife woke up as well !!!
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Post by Phil Nottingham on Jan 11, 2006 19:25:23 GMT
It was but only for a few seconds
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2006 8:35:24 GMT
The bloke in Morse with the Rover was Richard Briers in a very bad black hair do!
I can recommend watching 'Life on Mars' on BBC1 Monday nights for the next few weeks - set back in 1973 - lots of nice period cars from Saab, Triumph Herald and Toledo, Vauxhall Vivas and Victors, Transits, etc - a friend of mine provided a P6 in the opening shots too. The story line is very good.
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Post by glennr on Jan 22, 2006 13:49:14 GMT
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Post by p5tgc on Feb 25, 2006 17:50:47 GMT
 Here's one you missed! The Big Sleep, starring Robert Mitchum, Edward Fox, Joan Collins etc used a P5 Coupé fitted with Rostyle wheels as one of the villain's cars. The film used the car in a shot outside a Soho club, on the road in a tracking shot, then blew it up in a finale shootout! Best of all, a DVD version of the film was given away free with the Mail on Sunday a few weekends back! 
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Post by p5tgc on Mar 19, 2006 11:23:25 GMT
I watched an episode of McCloud last night on ITV3, and noted a Mark 1 P5 (White) being used by one of the villains. I wonder why "our" cars always seem to be run by the guys in the black hats!
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Post by Phil Nottingham on Mar 24, 2006 22:55:53 GMT
 ;)For those in the fortunate position to watch TV on wet afternoons, unlike me slaving away earning the wherewithall, there was a 1965 Mk11c Coupe in Charcoal Grey in a film on Channel 5 this afternoon. It was a biopic - the Patricia Neale Story and starred Glenda Jackson and Dirk Borgarde. It was actually made in 1981 but set in the late 60's. According to my better half the film (a true story) was quite good as were a number of shots of the Coupe. The actors slammed the doors and boot lid!!!
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;)For those in the fortunate position to watch TV on wet afternoons, unlike me slaving away earning the wherewithall, there was a 1965 Mk11c Coupe in Charcoal Grey in a film on Channel 5 this afternoon. It was a biopic - the Patricia Neale Story and starred Glenda Jackson and Dirk Borgarde. It was actually made in 1981 but set in the late 60's.