Subj : Re: Scott of the Sahara - based on wat film?
To   : Waldo Centini
From : Spiny Norman
Date : Mon Apr 10 2006 03:53 am

From: "Spiny Norman" <palindromedaris@hotmail.com>


Waldo Centini schreef:

> 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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Perhaps. But it doesn't have to have been a film about Scott, it might as well 
have been another famous explorer. I have two objections I am afraid:

First, the Python sketch is more a sort of "on location report" parody. Would 
such a thing exist in 1948? And would it still be remembered in the sixties?

Second, if that 1948 movie is a near-documentary, it probably is not the one we 
are looking for. After all, it seems to me that the Python sketch mainly 
exaggerated a film report that already was a bit ridiculous. (Just like the 
Piranha brothers sketch isn't very far from the truth either.)

Puzzler. Perhaps I am mistaken and it isn't about any one specific movie or on 
location report.

Any ideas or large piles of cash are very much welcome!


"Spiny Norman"

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