Lots of smaller events and pieces of news that are happening around the 50th Anniversary re-release of Get Carter, maybe not worthy of a full post but worth keeping track of. 7th May there was a screening and Q&A in … Read More
BFI have recently announced the details of the new 4K release of Get Carter. And it looks set to be a fantastic one. Plenty of new extras which we haven’t seen on a Get Carter release before. Michael Caine is Jack … Read More
You may have seen that Michael Caine chose to auction off a number of his personal items last month – naturally this included a number of Get Carter items. The highlight of this collection for Get Carter fans was a … Read More
Flown under the radar a bit this one but last week a new limited edition vinyl of the Get Carter soundtrack was released – limited to a 1000 copies and on purple vinyl. Being released by Music on Vinyl, I’ll … Read More
Great news from the BFI this morning who have let us know that Get Carter is being re-released back into cinemas in 2022 with an accompanying new 4k UHD BluRay release. Great news! I’ll let them pick up the story: … Read More
Great news for all lovers of the iconic Roy Budd Get Carter score as it will be played live this November in Hull. Acclaimed pianist and Hammond player Wendy Kirkland presents fresh arrangements of Roy Budd’s iconic score for the … Read More
Slightly late with this news but the architect of the infamous Get Carter car park, Owen Luder, has died aged 93. There have been plenty of wonderfully written obituaries, which are linked below: The Guardian Wallpaper The Times (Non-paywall link)
Jools and Paul Donnelly have recently been in touch to let us know of a campaign they have running to mark a piece of Newcastle film history by attempting to get a heritage plaque installed for the film Get Carter. … Read More
As Get Carter turned 50 years old last week it was inevitable that there would be a number of retrospective articles around the web looking back on the film and it’s anniversary. Whilst the site didn’t get much more activity … Read More
A huge milestone for the film as this week marks 50 years since Get Carter was released to the British public all that time ago in 1971. The film initially held a Newcastle premiere on the 7th March 1971 where … Read More