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Children of the Wicker Man: The True Story Behind One of the Most Remarkable Films Ever Made

Children of the Wicker Man: The True Story Behind One of the Most Remarkable Films Ever Made

Hardy, Dominic
Hardy, Justin
Nunn, Chris

Hardcover

Film StudiesGeneral Sociology

Publisher Price: $32.99

ISBN10: 1803995106
ISBN13: 9781803995106
Publisher: History Press
Published: Mar 24 2026
Pages: 232
Weight: 1.10
Height: 1.03 Width: 6.23 Depth: 9.30
Language: English

Justin was always conflicted over the exalted claims made for the film: for him, The Wicker Man destroyed his family. His brother Dominic has been more distanced.

The Wicker Man is a set of fragmented stories: benighted production, brutal editing, critical reception, financial failure, and later revival. Using the newly uncovered sources, the brothers investigate what Robin Hardy's creative contribution to The Wicker Man was and consider who was truly sacrificed. They reveal an unlikely heroine: Justin's mother, who bankrupted herself paying loans to her husband and the film, only for him to leave when it flopped. The brothers agree she should be justly regarded as executive producer of the film she never knew was a success.

For all women behind artist husbands, this book reveals a series of heroines: the mothers of the children of The Wicker Man.

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