On location


When I was a taxi-driver, I was on my way back to Folkestone from Heathrow Airport. I pulled into a motorway service station for a break. Right outside the main entrance, Edward Woodward was sitting in a car, midway through shooting a scene for a film. I was told this by somebody, (who I took to be a member of the production staff), who after being persistently badgered finally told me what was going on. It turned out, it was The Appointment. I've never seen the film, I gather it was not up to much. Would like to have look though.

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Very interesting and thank you for sharing. While this is a little known film and those that have seen it, for the most part, don't think much of it, I happen to love it. It's a great, slow burn character study of one man and the trappings of his eventual fate. It plays more like a nightmare of the subconscious, rather than typical horror fare. It's this nightmarish quality that stayed etched in my memory after first seeing the film 25 years ago on television, and has since prompted me to track it down on VHS.

Edward Woodward was a marvelous actor and I wish more people knew about this little gem.

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You should definitely see The Appointment, if you can. It's a masterpiece of slow-burn horror, psychological and suspenseful, and full of striking visuals, progressive sound design, and deeply creepy implications. I think it's poor reception on this site is due to its meanings being implied more than told, which adds to the mysteriousness of the piece. The only video issuing I know of is the NTSC American release on Sony Visual Software in the early 80's. The director, Lindsey C. Vickers, never made another film, and I would be very interested in tracking him down.

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Afaik , he was last living in Milton Keynes

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