Get Carter film locations : part four Watt's Scrapyard
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My analysis of the 1971 British cult crime thriller Get Carter.
Get Carter is a 1971 British crime film directed by Mike Hodges and starring Michael Caine as Jack Carter, a gangster who sets out to avenge the death of his brother in a series of unrelenting and brutal killings played out against the grim background of derelict urban housing in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne. The film was based on Ted Lewis' 1969 novel Jack's Return Home, itself inspired by the real life one-armed bandit murder in the north east of England.
The film was Hodges' first as a director; he also wrote the script. The production went from novel to finished film in eight months, with location shooting in Newcastle and Gateshead lasting 40 days. It was produced by Michael Klinger and released by MGM. Get Carter was also Alun Armstrong's screen debut.
In 1999, Get Carter was ranked 16th on the BFI Top 100 British films of the 20th century; five years later, a survey of British film critics in Total Film magazine chose it as the greatest British film of all time. Get Carter was remade in 2000 under the same title, with Sylvester Stallone starring as Jack Carter, while Caine appears in a supporting role. This remake was not well received by critics.
Initial critical reception was poor, especially in the United Kingdom: "soulless and nastily erotic...virtuoso viciousness", "sado-masochistic fantasy", and "one would rather wash one's mouth out with soap than recommend it". The American film critic Pauline Kael, however, was a fan of the film, admiring its "calculated soullessness". A minor hit at the time, the film has become progressively rehabilitated via subsequent showings on television; with its harsh realism, quotable dialogue and incidental detail, it is now considered among the best British gangster films ever made. In 2004, the magazine Total Film claimed it to be the greatest British movie in any genre.
There are two slightly different versions of this film. In the opening scene of the original version Gerald Fletcher warns Carter that the Newcastle gangs "won't take kindly to someone from The Smoke poking his bugle in". This was later redubbed for American release in a less pronounced Cockney accent (not by Terence Rigby) with "won't take kindly to someone from London poking his nose in", as tape previews in the US had revealed that many Americans did not understand what "The Smoke" and "bugle" meant in this context. "Smoke" is slang for London, in reference to its reputation as a foggy city, while "bugle" is slang for nose. The line "I smell trouble, boy" is also edited out.
Places from the film not shown here but still standing in October 2010:
Dryderdale Hall, near Wolsinghamd - current up for sale at GBP1.6m
Newcastle's West Road Crematorium
Oxford Galleries in Newcastle - I should have filmed this as it is very easy to get to!
Post Office in Hebburn
I state that Cliff Brumby's house in northern Durham is still standing. However it was knocked down to redevelop the site.
Cast:
Michael Caine as Jack Carter
John Osborne as Cyril Kinnear
Ian Hendry as Eric Paice
Bryan Mosley as Cliff Brumby
George Sewell as Con McCarty
Tony Beckley as Peter the Dutchman
Glynn Edwards as Albert Swift
Terence Rigby as Gerald Fletcher
Godfrey Quigley as a work colleague of Frank Carter's
Alun Armstrong as Keith
Bernard Hepton as Thorpe
Petra Markham as Doreen
Geraldine Moffat as Glenda
Dorothy White as Margaret
Rosemarie Dunham as Edna Garfoot
Britt Ekland as Anna
John Bindon as Sid Fletcher
Kevin Brennan as Harry
Ben Aris as Architect
John Hussey as Architect
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I know Newcastle has changed now, but I really liked the way it looked in 1971.
Great videos by the way
100% correct of where this scene is. I used to work for Gateshead council as a gardener back in the 90's and it was commonly known that Get Carter was shot there. Scrap Yards used to run right down to Dunston on the riverside of the tyne until the late 80's. I can remember them in Dunston.
Industrial desperation was more for the 1980's - in 1970's industry was still King!
Thanks for your input. I was so young at the time that my recollection is not worth much!
I think it was on the other side because watching the squire starring the late great Alan Hull he was seen running down the side of the Tyne and there was no scrap yard
Keith I remember it on the other side too but I was not very old at the time! I am certain of the location.
This clip features local actor Alan Hockey (b. 1924) in South Shields.
Austin A105 goes through 3 decades then makes it last voyage
excellent, well done
WOW, what a big difference! If that really is the exact location.
Yes, I agree that is Gateshead!
don't they sell tripods in Newcastle?
@tmtfb I think it is the correct location - mainly because of the shape of the bridge but thanks for backing me up.
How my personal technology has changed since I filmed this. One year ago I went there with a drawing I had made from a still from the film, now I could have loaded it onto my mobile phone and stopped it until I found it exactly.
I asked many people where this was - including in Tourist Information - and no-one seemed to know!
The bridge shown at 3:34 is the new redheugh bridge which replaced the old one in about 1983 and the bridge with the metro train going over it was built around 1979/1980
Chris below worked there and he says it is correct. When I went there I had a little picture I had drawn of the bridge and the background. The bridge was the same but the buildings in the background were different!
@paulallan1000 Are you sure? Can you support this with any sources? That is what I seem to remember but I was not very old at the time - and I have asked a lot of people. Furthermore you can see that the bridge fits the 1971 film from the southern bank - and I think the Newcastle skyline fits as well.
I accept I may be mistaken.
good-to-see-Gateshead
Yes we heard what he said you showed a repeat of it, you're wasting time repeating it again 🤦
You're on the wrong side it was on the Newcastle side just along from where the Arena is now
Alan, for God's sake man, that's Gateshead not Newcastle!
other side of the river opposite the Sage I think was the yard.
mcwolfus2 No, I am pretty certain that it was where I say in this film - of course I may be wrong - I was not very old at the time.
+Alan Heath Since you are interested in history as I am, the take a look at a drama called "Lore", about a German family after the war. Very very good, and quite shocking.