THE RELUCTANT WITCH (Part 7 of 7), a feature film adapted from the novella by James E. Gunn. (2017).
6A feature film by MUNROW'S RETRO.
This is Phase 2 of a film project using the original unused footage, found footage, parts from a film originally televised in 1972 (previously public domain, that status may have changed since re-release on DVD), clips from the television series Smallville and Charmed, old film footage from the early 1960s and 1930s now in the public domain, snippets from some video games, snippets from video shorts, clips from videotaped stage plays, and other sources. Actor dialogue is accomplished by use of captions. Soundtrack music is provided by copyrighted music in Parts 1 and 6 only, and free music and music licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (with link back) in the other parts. Phase 3 may be anywhere from a year to four years away, and necessary changes including changes to plot points may be necessary, but enjoy the story in its current form as it unfolds which pretty much follows Mr. Gunn's novella.
"The Reluctant Witch" by James E. Gunn was originally entitled "Happy Is The Bride" but was ultimately published in Galaxy Magazine in May 1953 under the title "Wherever You May Be." Gunn never liked the Galaxy title and when the story was published as the first of a trilogy of tales in a short-story collection entitled The Witching Hour in 1970, he re-titled it "The Reluctant Witch." I quote him here from his introduction: "I never liked 'Wherever You May Be' ... and changed it, in this collection, to "The Reluctant Witch." Thus, "the Reluctant Witch" (as it was labeled on Herk Harvey's film can) could not have been a working title Herk Harvey would have used until at least the summer of 1970 if not later. To me, based on my memory of the times, the footage looks as though it was either shot then or, much more likely, around the summer of 1971.
FINALE. There will be no spoilers here, so you will have to watch to see how the story resolves. This completes the project for the time being, although there MAY be considerable fine tuning of each part in later updates.
For more information regarding the incomplete footage shot by director Herk Harvey, and the strategy behind the use of the raw footage with footage from other sources, as well as the use of different substitute actors to play Matthew Wright (acted by Leonard Schneider in the raw footage) and Abigail Jenkins (originally intended to be played by Jennifer Salt), consult the descriptions in the other six parts.
Deep Space by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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Heliograph by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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Dark Fog by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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