Wicker Man: True story providing accurate portrayal of Scottish People, today?

[GammaGlobulin]

Dear Folks,

 

The film Wicker Man is such a wonderful film.

And, I have always wondered if this film is actually based on a True Story.

IMHO, I believe it is.

Do you?

 

 

And, what about Scottish Society?

Does this film accurately portray what it’s really like to live in Scotland?

 

Naturally, if one is just a tourist visiting Scotland, then one would not be able to see such things as this docudrama seems to accurately depict.

 

Obviously, I guess most members here are NOT from Scotland.

But, if you are Scottish, or, if you have spent much time in Scotland, then….

How accurate a depiction is this film of what it’s REALLY like to live there.

 

I have always wanted to visit Scotland.

And, unfortunately, this film is the closest I have come to better understanding this land.

 

This film has been acclaimed, broadly, since its first release.

And, recently, there has been a new FINAL CUT version put together from the original people involved with  producing this wonderful film.

 

I recall setting this film, many years ago, and I have just watched it once again, …the Final Cut….

 

And, I must say: Glorious. Raving!. Mad!  So many adjectives can be attached to this thing.

 

By the way:  The music provided to viewers of this film is magnificent.

 

Anyone here able to answer the above questions?

 

I guess this is why UK films are still better, in most cases, compared to dumb American ones.

 

Enjoy this film, once again, the Final Cut, if you might have time.

Very worth the viewing, once again.

 

Best regards,

Gamma

 

Note: I guess that most here know that I have always dug Celtic music. So, the film just provides a very superficial taste….yet….still good.

 

Note2:  Hail!... Hail, the queen of the May...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

[save the frogs]

one of the creepiest scariest films ever.

 

[GammaGlobulin]

  On 2/16/2025 at 5:29 PM, save the frogs said:

one of the creepiest scariest films ever.

 

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It IS scary.

Even at my age, I got scared a few nights ago while watching the newest release.

 

Still, one of the best.

 

My guess is that such a film could not be made in America.

 

As far as I know, there has been several versions, original versions, lost.

One was recovered from Harvard, according to what I read.

 

A great film...I think.

 

EDIT: Yes.  Just checked, and here I found this from Gemini....

 

 

[lamyai3]

  On 2/16/2025 at 5:20 PM, GammaGlobulin said:

And, I have always wondered if this film is actually based on a True Story.

IMHO, I believe it is.

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Whether it was true or not, Britt Ekland's bum was fake - an imposterior. 

 

Terrific film, and Christopher Lee's personal favourite role. 

[GammaGlobulin]

  On 2/16/2025 at 5:55 PM, lamyai3 said:

 

Whether it was true or not, Britt Ekland's bum was fake - an imposterior. 

 

Terrific film, and Christopher Lee's personal favourite role. 

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Abridged version.

Watch the original film.

 

What was that....

Some kind of fertility dance?

 

Such temptation.

 

 

[save the frogs]

  On 2/16/2025 at 5:31 PM, GammaGlobulin said:

It IS scary.

Even at my age, I got scared a few nights ago while watching the newest release.

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Hey Gamster,

 

If you want to get spooked out, check out Lady Gaga's latest video.

You will need to sleep with your Teddy Bear.

Dance ... or Die !!

 

 

[blaze master]

If it's no Scottish it's crap. Mom and dad left just after university and said they are glad they did. Growing up in Glasgow in the 50s and 60s sounded terrible. Mom said the pollution was horrendous when she was young. 

 

Free education and health care though. I wonder if I will ever qualify for a pension there. I should check on that. Been a whole bunch of times to see family and can't say I'd want to live there. The food and weather suck. 

 

 

 

Oor gamma...your gamma...abodys gamma

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

  On 2/16/2025 at 9:21 PM, blaze master said:

If it's no Scottish it's crap. Mom and dad left just after university and said they are glad they did. Growing up in Glasgow in the 50s and 60s sounded terrible. Mom said the pollution was horrendous when she was young. 

 

Free education and health care though. I wonder if I will ever qualify for a pension there. I should check on that. Been a whole bunch of times to see family and can't say I'd want to live there. The food and weather suck. 

 

 

 

Oor gamma...your gamma...abodys gamma

 

 

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Yet, the humor there seems alive and well....fortunately.

 

[blaze master]

  On 2/16/2025 at 9:26 PM, GammaGlobulin said:

 

Yet, the humor there seems alive and well....fortunately.

 

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Aye. 

[Lacessit]

Edward Woodward as a virgin strains belief.

 

Scary is Wolf Creek 2.

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

  On 2/16/2025 at 11:42 PM, Lacessit said:

Edward Woodward as a virgin strains belief.

 

Scary is Wolf Creek 2.

 

 

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This has nothing to do with the May queen.

 

[blaze master]

Under the skin.

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=J7bAZCOk0Sc

[Lacessit]

  On 2/17/2025 at 12:37 AM, GammaGlobulin said:

 

This has nothing to do with the May queen.

 

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Try broadening your horizons.

[GammaGlobulin]

  On 2/17/2025 at 5:59 AM, Lacessit said:

Try broadening your horizons.

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Not likely.

I will leave the May queen to....

You?

 

[Drumbuie]

Scotland was for many years my home; I lived mostly in the Highlands and Edinburgh, and in Glasgow (where, incidentally, I have never eaten a bad meal, and have frequently eaten world class food) every January for Celtic Connections.

There are many different Scotlands. The Highlands are not the same as the Borders, the islands are definitely different from the mainland, especially the Northern Isles ( Orkney and even more so Shetland), the cities are different from the rural areas. 

Nowhere have I ever seen anything remotely resembling The Wicker Man - except at Edinburgh's Beltane Festival.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beltane_Fire_Festival

 

 

[Caldera]

It's a great movie.

 

I wouldn't know, but I sure hope it doesn't depict real-life Scotland. 

[Purdey]

I understand that the Druids sacrificed animals and humans, thousands of years ago. Certainly not during modern times. 

[Alidiver]

Responding to your click bait trying to antagnoise the Scottish people.
The film was set in a remote Hebridean Island which, believe it or not, has cars and internet as does Scotland and is christrian.
The film is a fictional piece of work depicting the villagers follow a Pagan Celtic religeon which carries out human sacrifice.
Although this was documented by Julius Ceasar as "Celts burning people in wicker men" modern scolars question this claim. 

[GammaGlobulin]

  On 2/18/2025 at 6:24 AM, Alidiver said:

Responding to your click bait trying to antagnoise the Scottish people.
The film was set in a remote Hebridean Island which, believe it or not, has cars and internet as does Scotland and is christrian.
The film is a fictional piece of work depicting the villagers follow a Pagan Celtic religeon which carries out human sacrifice.
Although this was documented by Julius Ceasar as "Celts burning people in wicker men" modern scolars question this claim. 

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I will trust you when you say that this depiction is purely fictional...IF...

You will also trust me when I assure you that this Topic is neither click-bait nor is it intended in any way antagonize the Scottish People.

 

One should never watch films, either, since not all are strictly documentaries based on fact.

Sometimes, though, it becomes difficult for some to tell fact from fiction, it seems.

 

[Maybole]

The film was based on a novel by English author David Pinner which was based in a fictional Cornish village.