High Rise Donkey (Original title)
Date: 1980 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Michael Forlong
Synopsis: The efforts of three children, who live in high rise flats, to save a donkey from two small-time crooks who want to sell it as horsemeat, by providing a temporary stable for the donkey in the block of high-rise flats.
Genres: Children's, Crime
Subjects: Tower blocks, Donkeys, Cruelty to animals, Animals (subject of artistic representation)
Releases
Date: April 1980Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 56 mins Length: 5070 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Children's Film Foundation
Title: [British National Film Catalogue - v18 1980: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v47 n557 June 1980 Page: 111
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v47 n557 June 1980: no known title]Language: English
In: Screen International n238 26 Apr 1980 Page: 18
Title: [Screen International - n238 26 Apr 1980: no known title]Language: English
In: Screen International n204 25 Aug 1979 Page: 10
Title: [Screen International - n204 25 Aug 1979: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
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Description: MP4MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-633498
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Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI
Description: MOVDuration: 00:54:24 minutesV210 - BFI identifier: N-3644663
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Video materials(1)
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 00:54:24 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: N-241967
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Film materials(9)
Description: 16mm Colour PositiveBFI identifier: C-1324250
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Colour InterpositiveBase: CTASound: MuteLength: 5089 FeetStock date: 1979BFI identifier: C-615596
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Colour InterpositiveBase: CTASound: MuteLength: 136 FeetStock date: 1979BFI identifier: C-615598
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 5093 FeetStock date: 1979BFI identifier: C-615600
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm MagneticBase: SafetySound: SoundBFI identifier: C-615599
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Magnetic recordingBase: PolyesterSound: SoundLength: 5089 FeetStock date: 1979BFI identifier: C-961291
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original Colour NegativeBase: AcetateSound: MuteBFI identifier: C-1525206
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: AcetateSound: SoundBFI identifier: C-1525207
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1982BFI identifier: C-1311502
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Date: 1980 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Michael Forlong
Synopsis: The efforts of three children, who live in high rise flats, to save a donkey from two small-time crooks who want to sell it as horsemeat, by providing a temporary stable for the donkey in the block of high-rise flats.
Genres: Children's, Crime
Subjects: Tower blocks, Donkeys, Cruelty to animals, Animals (subject of artistic representation)
Releases
Date: April 1980Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 56 mins Length: 5070 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Children's Film Foundation
Credits
(13)
Production Company: Anvil Film and Recording Group, Sponsor: Children's Film Foundation, Producer: Hugh Stewart, Production Manager: Jimmy Komisarjevsky, Assistant Director: Derek Gooch, Script: T.E.B. Clarke, Original story: Peter Buchanan Sr., Peter Buchanan Jr., Photography: Billy Jordan, Editor: Rhonda Small, Music: Ed Welch, Sound Recording: Peter Gray
Cast
(20)
Leigh Gotch (Andrew Everitt), Wendy Cook (Susan Everitt), Linda Frith (Tracy Everitt), Barney (Prince, the donkey), Bright Star (horse), Wilfrid Brambell (Ben Foxcroft), Pat Connell (Ron Brewer), Beryl Cooke (Miss Pringle), James Ellis (policeman), Harry Fowler (Bernie, crook), Sarah Golding (Mrs Everitt), Ray Howe (himself, Bright Star's jockey), Roy Kinnear (Mr Garnett, caretaker), Declan Mulholland (Pat, crook), Dorian Williams (himself), Sam Kydd ([resident in high-rise flats]), Alan Tilvern ([donkey derby official]), Alfie Bass ([photographer at the donkey derby]), Pat Coombs ([lady at the donkey derby]), Keith Chegwin ([himself])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(4)
In: British National Film Catalogue v18 1980 Page: 81Title: [British National Film Catalogue - v18 1980: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v47 n557 June 1980 Page: 111
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v47 n557 June 1980: no known title]Language: English
In: Screen International n238 26 Apr 1980 Page: 18
Title: [Screen International - n238 26 Apr 1980: no known title]Language: English
In: Screen International n204 25 Aug 1979 Page: 10
Title: [Screen International - n204 25 Aug 1979: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(12)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: MP4MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-633498
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI
Digital materials(2)
Description: MP4MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-633498
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI
Description: MOVDuration: 00:54:24 minutesV210 - BFI identifier: N-3644663
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Video materials(1)
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 00:54:24 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: N-241967
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Film materials(9)
Description: 16mm Colour PositiveBFI identifier: C-1324250
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Colour InterpositiveBase: CTASound: MuteLength: 5089 FeetStock date: 1979BFI identifier: C-615596
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Colour InterpositiveBase: CTASound: MuteLength: 136 FeetStock date: 1979BFI identifier: C-615598
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 5093 FeetStock date: 1979BFI identifier: C-615600
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm MagneticBase: SafetySound: SoundBFI identifier: C-615599
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Magnetic recordingBase: PolyesterSound: SoundLength: 5089 FeetStock date: 1979BFI identifier: C-961291
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original Colour NegativeBase: AcetateSound: MuteBFI identifier: C-1525206
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: AcetateSound: SoundBFI identifier: C-1525207
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1982BFI identifier: C-1311502
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film