hartlepool. Boy and Bicycle (1965). ridley scott. (filmed in hartlepool)

Boy and Bicycle is the first film made by Ridley Scott. The black and white short was made on 16mm film while Scott was a photography student at the Royal College of Art in London in 1962.

Although a very early work - Scott would not direct his first feature for another 15 years - the film is significant in that it features a number of visual elements that would be become motifs of Scott's work. Shot entirely in West Hartlepool and Seaton Carew the film features the cooling tower and blast furnaces of the local British Steel North Works foreshadowing images in Alien, Blade Runner and Black Rain. The central element of the Boy and the Bicycle is re-used in Scott's advert for Hovis of the early 1970s. The film features Scott's younger brother Tony as the boy.

Scott secured finance from the British Film Institute to complete the editing and sound in 1965 including a track by John Barry called "Onward Christian Spacemen" which originally appeared as the "b" side of the theme to the television series The Human Jungle . Scott wanted to use the existing recording by Barry, but the composer was so impressed by the young film maker he agreed to produce a new recording for the film at limited cost.

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[rigragtag]

RIP Tony Scott. Such a shame, great film maker.

[sid1662]

Very sad about Tonys death and even more so after watching this old beauty – a fine testament to the the brothers Scott.

[qt8625]

RIP Tony Scott.

[RHCPtvv]

ridley scott is a genius

[john w smith]

Great film.

[jarakutube]

後の作品につながるイメージが興味深いです。

[VideoGamesGalaxy]

Rest in Peace Tony Scott , i can't even imagine how difficult this must be for Sir Ridley Scott.

[iain mcmanus]

god bless and rest tony scott. tragic and very poinent watching this back after recent events. i teared up.

[lucioscp3]

RIP Tony Scott

[jeffrey bruce butterfield]

hartlepool has been famous for a lot of negative things, from monkey hanging,to john darwin.

but here we have the evidence,that hartlepool did have genius in their midst,but, like all talent in this town,they have to spread their wings & go where their talent is most appreciated

nevertheless! r.i.p. tony scott.

[simon waller]

R.I.P. Tony, to quote Alabama Worley "You're so cool"