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    From Spiny Norman@1:379/45 to All on Sunday, April 09, 2006 04:05:00
    From: "Spiny Norman" <palindromedaris@hotmail.com>

    "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?

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  • From Waldo Centini@1:379/45 to Spiny Norman on Sunday, April 09, 2006 12:41:24
    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.

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  • From Spiny Norman@1:379/45 to Waldo Centini on Monday, April 10, 2006 03:53:04
    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.

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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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