Talk:The Punch and Judy Man

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Set in the early 1950s?[edit]

The plot section mentions the film is set in the 1950s. I'm not 100% sure but the film seems to me to be set when it was made in the 1960s. He mentions television killing off the punch-and-judy act, and I don't think TV was widespread in the early 1950s.Lord Cornwallis (talk) 20:21, 10 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Porcelain Pig incident[edit]

It is not not merely in the script, but has been in the film - Hancock definitely pushed the flowers into the ornament's posterior. The issue of verifiability is a little tricky. Reportedly, the scene is missing from the 1986 VHS release and the 2006 DVD, either for reasons of duration or to secure a U certificate from the British Board of Film Classification. All this is not mentioned in a reliable source I can find. At the moment, the excised material is not difficult to locate, and runs for four minutes.

It appears from the BBFC website that the original release was cut, and the submitted print ran for 89 ½ minutes. The later video versions run 88 ½ minute; obviously with the 4% PAL speed increase they would be about 86 minutes in duration if they were identical. IMDb and Halliwell's Film and Vieo Guide (1999) gives the film as having a 96 m length; the Time Out Film Guide suggests 90 m. Philip Cross (talk) 01:05, 11 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

@Philip Cross: I have just watched the film on Talking Pictures TV, having recorded a transmission at 13:50 on Saturday 22 August 2020, and it contains the full scene of Hancock pushing the flowers into the pig ornament's posterior. TPTV classified the film as a "PG" "as some scenes may scare a younger audience", but the broadcast included the original BBFC certificate for a "U". --Blurryman (talk) 23:26, 27 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

inaccuracies[edit]

You are mistaken. A large part of the film was filmed in Eastbourne. Look at the pier in the early shots when he first reaches the beach. Now look at eastbourne pier and bognor pier on google maps. Its clearly Eastbourne pier. Hancock loathed Eastbourne., Also, the opening sequence at breakfast was written by Phillip Oakes, who moved in with Hancock at his house (called McConkeys, which is why its a 'McConkeys Production'") to write the film script The entire sequence was based on Oakes 's observations of how Hancock and his second wife Cicely actually behaved. The story as told to me by Oakes, years later, was that when Hancock read the first draft, he realised it was about him, and after reading it, looked up to oakes and said "You bastard......" You people know nothing about how this film was made. 2.59.114.197 (talk) 14:03, 27 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

While none of the information in the "Background" section is referenced with a reliable source and should possibly all be removed for that reason, you give no reasons nor reputable sources to make what you say any more acceptable. However, the location of Bognor Regis is confirmed by the REELSTREETS website at https://www.reelstreets.com/films/punch-and-judy-man-the/, which has recent comparative photographs of the scenes in the film. --Blurryman (talk) 17:35, 27 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Cicely (Romanis) was Hancock's first wife, Freddie (Ross) was the second. The location work was filmed in Bognor Regis. Even for some shots, Eastbourne is extremely unlikely as it is the other side of Brighton on the south coast, perhaps 50 or so miles east of Bognor Regis. Philip Cross (talk) 06:26, 28 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Title[edit]

Just a minor point, but is the character "Lady Jane Caterham", or "Lady Caterham" (although of course the film itself might well have referred to her by both), since the article gives both but the two names indicate rather different things? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.144.76.135 (talk) 17:41, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]