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Created on Wednesday, 7th July 2010, 11:12
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Created on Tuesday, 6th July 2010, 20:44
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• Change #1 - to him. <newline> <newline>Extras on the DVD are a scene selection and brand new interviews with Fergus McClelland (who is 60 this year, but looks incredibly young and vibrant for his age) and James Mangold, former colleague and friend of the late Alexander "Sandy" Mackendrick. A pity though that the original CinemaScope trailer couldn[apost]t have been included, as it would have been interesting to be reminded of how the film was pitched to the cinema-going public of 1963. As for Fergus, it[apost]s impossible to imagine what the film would have been like with any other boy playing Sammy. Fergus was so right for the part that he actually became Sammy and, as far as his many fans are concerned, he still is Sammy and always will be.

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Created on Monday, 5th July 2010, 20:08
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Created on Sunday, 4th July 2010, 19:00
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Created on Sunday, 4th July 2010, 19:00
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Created on Saturday, 3rd July 2010, 19:13
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• Change #1 - block. <newline> <newline>[url="http://www.myreviewer.com/default.asp?a=0000131336"][imgmc=0000223402.jpg][/url] <newline> <newline>The Egyp
• Change #2 - <newline> <newline>On his first night out, he is found sleeping on a sand dune in the middle of the Egyptian desert by a Syrian peddler (Zia Mohyeddin) who is sexually attracted to him and wants to have his way with him (the British Board of Film Censors asked for cuts to be made in these scenes before they would give the film a "U" certificate and the producers had to comply...although some small parts of the Syrian[apost]s sexual advances toward Sammy did make it to the final release print and are included in this DVD). The Syrian offers to take Sammy further south over the mountains and Sammy agrees to go with him. But after a few weeks, it becomes clear to Sammy that the Syrian has no intention of taking him to Aunt Jane, but merely wants to keep Sammy with him indefinitely for his own ends. Later, the Syrian comes to a very bad end and Sammy makes off across the desert to Luxor and is found by a rich American tourist (Constance Cummings), who takes him under her wing. But, when he realises she is going to take him back to Port Said, he escapes and continues his journey south. <newline> <newline>Throughout his five thousand mile journey from Port Said to Durban, Sammy meets many different types of people...some who want to molest him, or use him, or exploit him, so that by the time he meets the diamond smuggler Cocky Wainwright, wonderfully played by Edward G. Robinson, who only wants to help him, Sammy is still withdrawn and untrusting. But he and Cocky get on wonderfully together and a very touching moment in the film occurs when Sammy, now finally trusting Cocky, asks him if he can stay with him forever and Cocky replies that he can. Cocky and his band have now become his new family and Cocky[apost]s home Sammy[apost]s new home and, for the first time since Port Said, he is happy. But yet more trauma is on the way for him...! [url="http://www.myreviewer.com/default.asp?a=0000131331"][imgmc=0000223397.jpg][/url] <newline> <newline>On his first night out, he is found sleeping on a sand dune in the middle of the Egyptian desert by a Syrian peddler (Zia Mohyeddin) who is sexually attracted to him and wants to have his way with him (the British Board of Film Censors asked for cuts to be made in these scenes before they would give the film a "U" certificate and the producers had to comply...although some small parts of the Syrian[apost]s sexual advances toward Sammy did make it to the final release print and are included in this DVD). The Syrian offers to take Sammy further south over the mountains and Sammy agrees to go with him. But after a few weeks, it becomes clear to Sammy that the Syrian has no intention of taking him to Aunt Jane, but merely wants to keep Sammy with him indefinitely for his own ends. <newline> <newline>[url="http://www.myreviewer.com/default.asp?a=0000131329"][imgmc=0000223395.jpg][/url] <newline>Later, the Syrian is blinded in a campfire explosion and chains Sammy to him so that he can[apost]t escape. The Syrian dies in the night and the next morning, Sammy finds the key to the bracelets and frees himself from the Syrian[apost]s rigor-mortified corpse, before escaping across the desert with the Syrian[apost]s donkey[apost]s and wallet full of money. Sammy eventually arrives in Luxor and is found by a rich American tourist (Constance Cummings), who takes him under her wing. But, when he realises she is going to take him back to Port Said, he escapes and continues his journey south. <newline> <newline>[url="http://www.myreviewer.com/default.asp?a=0000131334"][imgmc=0000223400.jpg][/url] <newline>[url="http://www.myreviewer.com/default.asp?a=0000131330"][imgmc=0000223396.jpg][/url] <newline>ABOVE: A very bedraggled Sammy boards a steamer sailing down the River Nile. "If I died, no one would know...aunt Jane wouldn[apost]t know...nobody would know." <newline> <newline>Throughout his five thousand mile journey from Port Said to Durban, Sammy meets many different types of people...some who want to molest him, or use him, or exploit him, so that by the time he meets the diamond smuggler Cocky Wainwright, wonderfully played by Edward G. Robinson, who only wants to help him, Sammy is still withdrawn and untrusting. <newline> <newline>[url="http://www.myreviewer.com/default.asp?a=0000131332"][imgmc=0000223398.jpg][/url] <newline>Cocky is amazed to find how far Sammy has travelled on his own from Port Said. Sammy and Cocky get on wonderfully together and a very touching moment in the film occurs when Sammy, now finally trusting Cocky, asks him if he can stay with him forever and Cocky replies that he can. Cocky and his band have now become his new family and Cocky[apost]s home Sammy[apost]s new home and, for the first time since Port Said, he is happy. But yet more trauma is on the way for him...! <newline> <newline>[url="http://www.myreviewer.com/default.asp?a=0000131328"][imgmc=0000223394.jpg][/url] <newline>[url="http://www.myreviewer.com/default.asp?a=0000131335"][imgmc=0000223401.jpg][/url] <newline>[url="http://www.myreviewer.com/default.asp?a=0000131327"][imgmc=0000223393.jpg][/url] <newline> <newline>

Revision 2

Created on Saturday, 3rd July 2010, 17:53
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Revision 1

Created on Saturday, 3rd July 2010, 16:35
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Initial Version

Created on Saturday, 3rd July 2010, 16:09
First Submitted by David Rayner