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stumbled across the original audio for this scene

also this photo of how they'd planned to stage it before they apparently decided to take it in a more serious direction

#pinning this shitpost bc i had to listen this terrible show tune way too many times to make the subs and everyone needs to feel my agony #DEGREE ABSOLUTE: THE MUSICAL #i hated this movie to the point that watching it actively started pissing me off BUT #hearing this stupid song and knowing i'd soon be making this equally stupid mash-up with it helped me endure the rest of it #i also blame writer's block #i'm truly sorry #prisonerposting #mckernposting #mcgoohanposting #attritionposting #(again terrible movie do not recommend evelyn nesbit deserved better than this whitewashed garbage)

#patrick mcgoohan #the prisoner #the prisoner 1967 #the third one has been sitting in my drafts since last april oops #mcgoohanposting #prisonerposting #mckernposting #queue #*erm

#prisonerposting #mcgoohanposting #mckernposting #bortpost #queue #*erm #the prisoner 1967

In his role as the two-faced Tom Ryan plunging into the waves to recover rifle boxes in an effort to save his skin, McKern was often called upon to get more than his feet wet. His stunt double, Billy Fisher, did the really dangerous work, wearing a beard and wig knotted into a nylon head-mask to look like Ryan because it was impossible to secure false ones using the usual spirit-gum in the prevailing conditions. However, McKern took over for the close work - wearing a protective wetsuit under his costume and fortified between takes by a tot of brandy. One such scene was shot in Coumeenoole showing him being comforted by Rosy after wading ashore utterly exhausted. During the innumerable takes demanded by Lean, the eye was lost. And, to rub it in, the scene wound up on the cutting-room floor! [x]

'Leo McKern had a bad time as well,' said Sarah [Miles]. 'David [Lean]'s direction of him during the storm sequence lacked any kind of care. I was there when Leo said, "David, when my hand goes up that means I'm in trouble, real trouble, and you've got to get me out." I remember seeing that hand go up and the divers in their black suits saying, "His hand's gone up," and David hissing, "Leave it, leave it." And when Leo was fished out of the sea he'd lost his glass eye. That was the day that Leo lost respect for David and lost his respect for the whole business because he pissed off back to Australia, gave up acting and played around with boats. [x]