Mountain Films

  • Invaders From Mars

    Invaders From Mars

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    I know that like myself this will surprise many of you!  This was a title that I’d always associated with Mountain Films, but it would seem that Derann was the original owner of the 8mm rights and that at some point, Derek and Peter Burt, of Mountain Films, traded the rights of some their titles.…

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  • Sound

    Sound

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    In March, 1978 my Father passed away. He’d survived a number of heart attacks during his final 15 years, and then one came along and just snuffed out his life. He had been a difficult man, with a violent temper and we hadn’t seen eye to eye on many issues, (if any), but he’d mellowed…

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  • Mountain – Part 2

    Mountain – Part 2

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    If you thought that my ‘Mountain’ post ended abruptly that’s because when I’d finished typing, it was so long I decided to cut it in half… so here’s that second part.  Peter and Aubrey were like chalk and cheese…. Peter was generally very talkative and would have a constant stream of information concerning new releases…

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  • Mountain

    Mountain

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    Our (Derek and myself) trips to London generally followed a regular pattern. We would travel down in Derek’s car, arriving at around 7.30am, park as near to West Central Street as possible and take a short walk to a cafe to have breakfast… always the same small cafe. It would give Derek chance to stretch…

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