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June 3

Sacred site (1986)

Where can I find Sacred site (1986), a short film (~7min). Polygnotus (talk) 04:46, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The film's entry and user reviews [here] on IMDB (not a "Reliable source" for Wikipedia) suggest that because it is an IMAX film shot on 70mm film stock and is so short, it is economically impractical to transfer it to another more accessible medium.

However, these were only user opinions of uncertain date, so it's possible that the transfer has subsequently been done. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.192.228.242 (talk) 07:09, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Quay South book plot.

I've been looking so much trying to find what the full plot is of the 1947 book titled Quay South which was released by Howard Clewes. I'm also trying to find out what each character does in the plot and what happens to them by the end of the book. Matthew John Drummond (talk) 16:29, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

We have an article on screenwriter and novelist author Howard Clewes: this title (it is in fact a play) is not in its (admittedly incomplete) list of his works, so is evidently somewhat obscure, which means there is unlikely to be any published detailed synopsis of it.

The only practical way to find the information would seem to me to be to obtain a second-hand copy of the volume and read it. Websearching brings up a number of copies for sale priced variously under £20. You might also enquire at a Public Library to see if there is a copy available via inter-library loan.

I expect you already know, given your interests, that the work was adapted for television and that DVD and Blu-ray versions of this are also available. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.192.228.242 (talk) 18:40, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Here you go! Found a review of Quay South. Only a paragraph, I'm afraid, so it doesn't meet your request for full details. (I happened to discover that one character is called Elwes, if that helps any. There's also a 1955 adaptation for "ITV Television Playhouse" with plot outlines available around the web: again not much detail. Theatre World in 1948 mentions that "Its scene was laid in an inn parlour in a derelict seaport; with a cast of eight men and two women.")  Card Zero  (talk) 19:56, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]