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Article: Marcus Thompson wanted to make a film of the Jacobean tragedy 'The Changeling'. He wanted stars. The only problem: no money.
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- June 26, 1995
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Lucinda, the PA on The Changeling, the first movie ever to have
received it's premiere at the Glastonbury Festival - on Saturday -
sits in the canteen at Pinewood Studios and explains the catalogue
of incredible coincidences that have blessed this strange
production since Day One.
"Do you realise," she says, "how weird, how appropriate this all
is. "It's the 25th anniversary of Glastonbury, the movie finished
shooting on June 25th last year, the first public screening is
being shown on the morning of the 25th, it's 25 years since Jimmy
Hendrix died, and I'll be 25 this year."
Marcus Thompson, the film's director, hastens to add that this
whole 25 thing wasn't the actual reason for choosing ...