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Director, Marcus Thompson




REVIEWS



 “...makes Welles’ Othello seem like an easy shoot. This film was seven years in the making, during which time some of the cast died before they could be filmed (Fernando Rey), others before they could be voiced (Vivian Stanshall, a sadly silent presence), and the rights to the original track were abruptly withdrawn.”

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“ There’s no doubt that Thompson’s overwhelming, obsessive, unfailing, chain smoking enthusiasm was the key factor in the successful completion of this ostensibly impossible task.”

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“... the film makers were plagued by poverty, interruptions and tight schedules ”

“ I kept saying ‘Get Bob Hoskins, then you’ll get some funding.’ By all accounts Dury stayed on board when he discovered that Thompson not only remortgaged his house, but had persuaded friends and members of his family to do likewise. ‘The geezer’s obsessed’, he says.”

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“ One has to salute the obsessive determination of Marcus Thompson, who made Middleton’s Changeling  on a more or less non-existent budget.”

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“ Tech credits on the $2.5 million production, which had a nail-biting seven year history making it to the screen, are tasty, with eye-catching costumes by Elizabeth Emanuel, designer of Princess Di’s wedding dress.”                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Variety

“ It was unlikely that Marcus Thompson’s treatment of a Jacobean tragedy would follow any normal rules.”

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“Here, at great personal expense to the writer,producer and director, Marcus Thompson,  this classic drama has been brought vividly to life.”

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“ The Changeling has had its own fair share of Jacobean tragedy... a five year labour of love.”

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