Wonderwall (film)
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| Directed by | Joe Massot |
| Produced by | Andrew Braunsberg |
| Screenplay by | Guillermo Cabrera Infante |
| Story by | Gérard Brach |
| Starring |
Jane Birkin Jack MacGowran Iain Quarrier |
| Music by |
George Harrison The Remo Four Eric Clapton |
| Cinematography | Harry Waxman |
| Edited by | Rusty Coppleman |
| Distributed by | Compton-Cameo Films |
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Release date
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17 May 1968 (Cannes) 12 January 1969 (UK) |
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Running time
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85 minutes |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
Wonderwall is a 1968 psychedelic film by first-time director Joe Massot that stars Jane Birkin, Jack MacGowran, and Iain Quarrier, and features Richard Wattis and Irene Handl, and a cameo by Dutch collective The Fool, who were also set designers for the film.
The film is best remembered for its soundtrack, composed by then-Beatle George Harrison.
The reclusive, eccentric scientist Oscar Collins (Jack MacGowran) has two next-door neighbours: a pop photographer (Iain Quarrier) and his girlfriend/model Penny Lane (Jane Birkin). Discovering a beam of light streaming through a hole in the wall between them, Collins follows the light and spots Penny modelling for a photo shoot. Intrigued, he begins to make more holes as days go by and they do more photo sessions. Oscar gradually becomes infatuated with the girl, and feels a part of the couple's lives, even forsaking work to observe them. When they quarrel and the couple splits, Penny takes an overdose of pills and passes out, but Oscar comes to her rescue.
Cast notes:
The soundtrack was composed by Beatle George Harrison, whom Massot approached specially for the project. Harrison had never done a film soundtrack, and told Massot he did not know how to do it, but when Massot promised to use whatever Harrison created, Harrison took the job.
Deciding to make the soundtrack a kind of introduction to Indian music, Harrison recorded a series of short ragas at EMI's recording studio in Bombay in January 1968, then a selection of rock and other musical styles, at De Lane Lea Studios in London, England. Timing the segments with a stopwatch as he watched the unfinished film, Harrison built up a varied musical programme. The soundtrack album (Wonderwall Music), the first "solo" Beatles record, was released in November 1968 by Apple Records as the company's first LP. Wonderwall Music also appeared on compact disc in 1992, during reissues of the Apple catalogue, being reissued again in 2014.
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