Subj : Re: Scott of the Sahara - based on wat film?
To   : Spiny Norman
From : Waldo Centini
Date : Sun Apr 09 2006 12:41 pm

From: Waldo Centini <waldoREMOVESPAMcentini@zonnet.nl>

Spiny Norman surprised us with

> "Scott of the Sahara" always looked to me like it was based on a
> contemporary film. Does anyone know what film this would be?
>
> There was a Scott film in 1948, but it doesn't necessarily have to have
> been a movie about Scott. Maybe it was about another explorer. But it
> does look like a parody of something specific - at least, it made that
> impression on me.
>
> Ideas?

As far as I can see the skit was based on "Scott of the Antarctic" (1948), 
directed by Charles Frend and written by Walter Meade and Ivor Montagu (if ever 
a pythonesque name was invented...). This movie was as near a documentary as 
they could get, with original Scott-items on loan.

Considering its' age, some Pythons must have seen it.

--
Waldo

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