Red, White and Zero
Portmanteau film made in 1967 by Woodfall Film Productions
- 1967 (1967)
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Red, White and Zero is a 1967 British anthology film made by Woodfall Film Productions. It consists of three segments, directed by Peter Brook, Lindsay Anderson and Tony Richardson.
Plot
The film is split into three sections of the following stories.
Ride of the Valkyrie
An opera singer (Zero Mostel), dressed in full costume and dress, must navigate through the busy city streets to get to the theater in time for his performance.
- Zero Mostel
- Julia Foster
- Frank Thornton
The White Bus
The main character, only referred to as 'the girl' (Patricia Healey) leaves London, goes north on a train full of football fans and takes a trip in a white double-decker bus in an unnamed city she is visiting, although it is clearly based on Manchester, Delaney was born and grew up in nearby Salford. The Mayor (Arthur Lowe), a local businessman, and the council's ceremonial macebearer (John Sharp) happen also to be taking the trip while they show the city to visiting foreigners.
- Patricia Healey as The Girl
- Arthur Lowe as The Mayor
- John Sharp as The Macebearer
- Julie Perry as The Conductress
- Stephen Moore as Young Man
- Victor Henry as Transistorite
- John Savident, Fanny Carby, Malcolm Taylor, Alan O'Keeffe as Supporters
- Anthony Hopkins as Brechtian
- Jeanne Watts, Eddie King as Fish Shop Couple
- Barry Evans as Boy
- Penny Ryder as Girl
- Dennis Alaba Peters as Mr. Wombe
Red and Blue
An english cabaret singer (Vanessa Redgrave) goes to Paris for a nightclub engagement, where the romantic image of her songs is very different from the reality of her solitary life. It's a musical film in which Vanessa Redgrave sings songs from Serge Rezvani.
- Vanessa Redgrave as Jacky
- John Bird as Man on Train
- Gary Raymond as Songwriter
- Michael York as Acrobat
- Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. as Millionaire
Production history
It was originally commissioned by producer Oscar Lewenstein, then a director of Woodfall, with sections supplied by Lindsay Anderson, Tony Richardson and Karel Reisz.[1] When Reisz's planned segment evolved into the feature-length Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment, it was replaced by Peter Brook's Ride of the Valkyrie. The two other planned sections of the film developed into what became Richardson's Red and Blue and Anderson's The White Bus. Of these, only The White Bus received a theatrical release in the UK.[2]
Release
The rediscovered film was eventually released by the BFI on Blu-ray and DVD in 2018.[3]
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