The Wicker Man: Learning to love the film that broke us
Dominic and Justin Hardy were young boys when their father, the director Robin Hardy, began an obsessive quest to make The Wicker Man. The fallout for the family was painful.
Dominic and Justin Hardy were young boys when their father, the director Robin Hardy, began a gruelling and obsessive quest to make The Wicker Man. Now the film is regarded as a masterpiece and beloved by fans across the world, but when it was first released in 1973, it was a major flop. The fallout for the Hardy family was painful, tearing them apart. It would take many decades, a bundle of lost letters and another burning effigy for Dominic and Justin to finally come to terms with the past – and this iconic movie.
Presenter: Asya Fouks
Producer: Maryam Maruf
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(Photo: Still from The Wicker Man. Credit: Children of The Wicker Man archive)
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