Swallows and Amazons (1974 film)
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79% Rotten Tomatoes | 6.5/10 IMDb Release date 1974 (1974) Budget 250,000 GBP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Virginia McKennaRonald Fraser Initial release 4 April 1974 (United Kingdom) Cast Similar Mountain Family Robinson, That'll Be the Day, All Creatures Great and, The Railway Children, Hoodwink | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Swallows and Amazons is a 1974 British film based on the novel of the same name by Arthur Ransome.
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Production
In the summer of 1973, Theatre Projects adapted the story of Swallows and Amazons in colour for the big screen and went up to the Lake District National Park in Cumbria to film it on the actual locations used by Arthur Ransome to create the fictional lake of the novel.
Released by EMI in 1974, directed by Claude Whatham and produced by Richard Pilbrow, the film starred Virginia McKenna (Mrs. Walker) and Ronald Fraser (Uncle Jim) in the main adult roles, and Sophie Neville (Titty), Zanna Hamilton (Susan), Simon West (John) & Stephen Grendon (Roger) as the Swallows.
Its budget was provided by Nat Cohen of EMI Films who was hoping to repeat the success of the film of The Railway Children.
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Release
This has been made available on video, both in VHS and DVD, in the UK, but is not readily available in the US and elsewhere. In April 2010, the boat used as Swallow in the film was bought by a group of enthusiasts and has been restored to sailing condition. It is intended to give people an opportunity to sail in a boat like the original Swallow.