Memento Mori (Original title)
Dates: 1992 (Copyright), 19 April 1992 (Television)Countries: United Kingdom, USADirector: Jack Clayton
Production company billing: ©BBC a BBC-TV production in association with WGBH/Boston
Synopsis: London in the 1950s. A group of old people start to receive distressing anonymous phone calls, the caller giving only one message: "Remember you must die".Synopsis: Television film adapted from the novel by Muriel Spark, about a group of upper-class, elderly characters plagued by a mysterious telephone caller.
Genres: Drama, Thriller
Subjects: Death, Telephones, Old People, Threats
Series title:
TV Transmissions
Date: 19 April 1992Broadcast channel: BBC2Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:45-23:25Slot duration: 100 minsNetwork - Language: English - Colour - Sound
Title: [Stage - n5794 30 Apr 1992: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v2 n2 June 1992 Pages: 55-56
Title: [Sight and Sound - v2 n2 June 1992: no known title]Author: STRICK, Philip Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Variety 6 Apr 1992 Pages: 166-167
Title: [Variety - 6 Apr 1992: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Television Today n5790 2 Apr 1992 Page: 20
Title: Clayton is well prepared for a grave experience of a lifet..Author: GARNER, Jane Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Article about the film, in which director Jack Clayton talks about the cast of top actors and actresses, the subject of the film, and something of his own background.
In: Television Today n5772 28 Nov 1991 Page: 20
Title: Jack's the ladArticle type: Location ReportLanguage: English
In: Screen International n829 18 Oct 1991 Page: 20
Title: [Screen International - n829 18 Oct 1991: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(6)
Accessible materials to view(2)
Description: Betacam SPTX date: 1992-04-19BFI identifier: C-867516
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Betacam SPTX date: 1992-04-19BFI identifier: C-868399
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Digital materials(1)
Description: MOVDuration: 01:45:30 (inc. prog. junctions) minutesV210 - TX date: 1992-04-19BFI identifier: N-738431
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Video materials(3)
Description: 1-inch C-FormatDuration: 98.39 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1992-04-19BFI identifier: C-693136
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: Betacam SPTX date: 1992-04-19BFI identifier: C-867516
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Betacam SPTX date: 1992-04-19BFI identifier: C-868399
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Film materials(2)
Description: 16mm Colour NegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteTX date: 1992-04-19BFI identifier: C-1312052
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 16mm NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundTX date: 1992-04-19BFI identifier: C-1312051
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Dates: 1992 (Copyright), 19 April 1992 (Television)Countries: United Kingdom, USADirector: Jack Clayton
Production company billing: ©BBC a BBC-TV production in association with WGBH/Boston
Synopsis: London in the 1950s. A group of old people start to receive distressing anonymous phone calls, the caller giving only one message: "Remember you must die".Synopsis: Television film adapted from the novel by Muriel Spark, about a group of upper-class, elderly characters plagued by a mysterious telephone caller.
Genres: Drama, Thriller
Subjects: Death, Telephones, Old People, Threats
Series title:
TV Transmissions
Date: 19 April 1992Broadcast channel: BBC2Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:45-23:25Slot duration: 100 minsNetwork - Language: English - Colour - Sound
Credits
(43)
Production Company: BBC Films, Production Company: WGBH (Boston), Executive Producer: Mark Shivas, Producer: Louis Marks, Associate Producer: Carolyn Montagu, Associate Producer: Derek Nelson, Production Manager: Michael Jackley, Finance Assistant: Jackie Wright, Location Manager: Susannah Maclean, Assistant Director (2nd): Theresa Macinnes, Assistant Director (2nd): Emma Bridgeman-Williams, Andy Jackson, Continuity: Thelma Helsby, Casting Consultant: Irene Lamb, Screenplay: Alan Kelley, Screenplay: Jeanie Sims, Screenplay: Jack Clayton, Based on the novel by: Muriel Spark, Script Consultant: Jeanie Sims, Director of Photography: Remi Adefarasin, Focus Puller: Sean Savage, Clapper Loader: Simon Finney, Lighting Gaffer: Mike Chitty, Grip: Mick Ellis, Graphic Design: Jane Walker, Editor: Mark Day, Designer: Oliver Bayldon, Design Assistant: Laurence Williams, Props Supervisor: Alex Crichton, Props Buyer: Laura Richardson, Construction Manager: Barry Moll, Costume Designer: Les Lansdown, Costume Assistant: Jill Taylor, Make-up Designer: Lisa Westcott, Music: Georges Delerue, Solo Piano: Peter Katin, Music Conductor: Harry Rabinowitz, Sound Recording: John Pritchard, Sound Assistant: Alun Banks, Dubbing Mixer: Aad Wirtz, Dubbing Editor: Julie Buckland, Bronwen Jenkins
Cast
(38)
Maggie Smith (Mrs Mabel Pettigrew), Michael Hordern (Godfrey Colston), Renée Asherson (Charmian Colston), Stephanie Cole (Dame Lettie Colston), Thora Hird (Jean Taylor), Maurice Denham (Guy Leet), John Wood (Ex-Inspector Henry Mortimer), Zoë Wanamaker (Olive Mannering), Peter Eyre (Eric Colston), Cyril Cusack (Percy Mannering), Jacqueline Leonard (Gwen, the maid), Elizabeth Bradley (Mrs Anthony), Margery Withers (Granny Barnacle), Robert Flemyng (Ronald Sidebottome), Barbara Hicks (Tempest Sidebottome), Muriel Pavlow (Granny Valvona), Damaris Hayman (Miss Lottinville), Anna Cropper (Mrs Mortimer), Paul Opacic (Jeff), Mary Healey (ward sister), Preston Lockwood (deaf old man), Arthur Hewlett (ancient man), John Baskcomb (fat old man), Jan Carey (tea shop manageress), Leonard Maguire (Mr Willoughby), Martina Stanley (Nurse Lucy), Richard Lawry (photographer), Dominic Taylor (young journalist), Terence Soall (publisher), Walter Sparrow (stallholder), Andrew Charleson (policeman), Frank Shelley (the stranger), Aimée Delamain (ambulatory grannie), Emma Richler (young nurse), Alan Leith (detective), Hilda Sachs, Brenda Cullity, Brigitte Loesser (tea room trio)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(6)
In: Television Today n5794 30 Apr 1992 Page: 21Title: [Stage - n5794 30 Apr 1992: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v2 n2 June 1992 Pages: 55-56
Title: [Sight and Sound - v2 n2 June 1992: no known title]Author: STRICK, Philip Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Variety 6 Apr 1992 Pages: 166-167
Title: [Variety - 6 Apr 1992: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Television Today n5790 2 Apr 1992 Page: 20
Title: Clayton is well prepared for a grave experience of a lifet..Author: GARNER, Jane Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Article about the film, in which director Jack Clayton talks about the cast of top actors and actresses, the subject of the film, and something of his own background.
In: Television Today n5772 28 Nov 1991 Page: 20
Title: Jack's the ladArticle type: Location ReportLanguage: English
In: Screen International n829 18 Oct 1991 Page: 20
Title: [Screen International - n829 18 Oct 1991: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(6)
Accessible materials to view(2)
Description: Betacam SPTX date: 1992-04-19BFI identifier: C-867516
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Betacam SPTX date: 1992-04-19BFI identifier: C-868399
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Digital materials(1)
Description: MOVDuration: 01:45:30 (inc. prog. junctions) minutesV210 - TX date: 1992-04-19BFI identifier: N-738431
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Video materials(3)
Description: 1-inch C-FormatDuration: 98.39 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1992-04-19BFI identifier: C-693136
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: Betacam SPTX date: 1992-04-19BFI identifier: C-867516
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Betacam SPTX date: 1992-04-19BFI identifier: C-868399
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Film materials(2)
Description: 16mm Colour NegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteTX date: 1992-04-19BFI identifier: C-1312052
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 16mm NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundTX date: 1992-04-19BFI identifier: C-1312051
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status