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The Making of Supercar Documentary DVD

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The Supercar Story is a brand new two-part documentary running to nearly two hours, on the making of Gerry Anderson's first telefantasy series.

This innovative black & white television series followed the exploits of Mike Mercury, test pilot of the wonder machine of the age - Supercar!

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Features new and never before seen interviews with:
Mike Mercury Graydon Gould
Dr Beaker/Mitch David Graham
Director David Elliott
Director Des Saunders
Director Bill Harris
Director Alan Pattillo
Camera Operator Julien Lugrin
Art Director Bob Bell
Company Director Arthur Provis
Puppeteer Mary Turner
Puppeteer Roger Woodburn
Director of Photography John Read
Writers Martin & Hugh Woodhouse
Model Maker Bill James
Sculptor John Blundall
Sound Recordists John & Jean Taylor
Focus Puller Alan Perry
and more.

Part One:
Preparing for Launch! (Before Supercar)
Beaker's Character Bureau - Doctor Beaker's guide to the characters.
Strings Attached - The Puppets
Fly By Wire - The Special effects
Musical Maestro - Barry Gray

The advert break will contain the original Supercar adcaps, and feature:
Supercar Walls Ice Cream advert
Buccaneers, Robin Hood, Supercar 1960s Promotional Trailer.

SupercarPart Two
Voices from the Past - The voice recordings
Supercar "Take One" - Series One
Supercar "Take Two" - Series Two
The Runaway Success - Supercar's success
The Sky's the Limit - Finale

Mary Turner, David Elliott, Roger Woodburn, and John Read revisit the A.P. Films studio to share memories of working on the show.


FULL BOOST VERTICAL! also features a selection of rare archive clips from the show.
Extras include:
A.P. Films CGI walkthrough with commentary by Alan Pattillo
Title sequences: French, Spanish, Sound effects only and blank title sequences.
Flight of Fancy mini-album
Supercar Flexidisc Adventure
7 photo galleries: Production BW photographs, Colour Production photographs, Stavordale's Colour photographs, Colour Publicity, BW Publicity, Merchandise and Viewfinder images.
Supercar Title Sequence Rushes: The unedited rushes and behind the scenes footage from the making of the title sequence.
Supercar
Supercar in Colour: two 30 second sequences computer colourised specially for the documentary.
Fireball XL5 in Colour: test colourised footage.

DVD Video
PAL and NTSC Format Editions Available
Region 0 Encoded

FULL BOOST VERTICAL! is scheduled for imminent release.

To pre-order your copy in the UK, click
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And to pre-order in the US, click
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