Jerry Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 My grandson and I watched the 1971 film noir with plenty of scenes in and around Newcastle. Lots of Sunbeams, and Mini-Coopers, ferry boats and a river, girls in mini-dresses, Britt Ecklund with a cameo, 1971 music, but at the end there is a sort of ski lift hauling large buckets of something up to the river (or sea) and dumping it right at the bottom of a turn around. Seems like those cinders, or rocks, or whatever would soon overwhelm the ski lift, unless, oh, that must be it, there must be a steep cliff under water there so the stuff would slide many fathoms deep and away. We don't want to haul coals to Newcastle do we? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 Think you mean "Get Carter" starring Michael Caine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inky pete Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/tyne/content/articles/2008/05/21/get_carter_film_feature.shtml That final scene was filmed at Dawdon Beach in County Durham. The aerial conveyor was for dumping waste from the nearby coalmine into the sea where the tides running across the beach would wash it along the shoreline - leading to a completely black beach. The same beach was also used in one of the Alien films. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 Think you mean "Get Carter" starring Michael Caine? Isn't that what he said? As for the coal on the beach. The natives used to go down there picking bits of coal to help keep the fires burning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Posted May 31, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 Michael Caine indeed. It was a time capsule on a DVD. There is a rumor here that Sylvester Stallone had a film called Get Carter, but I wouldn't think it would be filmed in Newcastle. Thanks for the 'tide will carry the debris out' -- looked to me like it would build up if not for such topography. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 Sly did star in the re-make, which ironically included Caine - not a patch on the original imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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