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   Is the Wicker Man based on a true story?

   • The Wicker Man is a 1973 British folk horror film directed by Robin Hardy and starring Edward Woodward, Britt Ekland, Diane Cilento, Ingrid Pitt and Christopher Lee. The screenplay is by Anthony Shaffer, inspired by David Pinner 's 1967 novel Ritual, and Paul Giovanni composed the film score.

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   What is the plot of the Wicker Man?

   • The plot centres on the visit of a police officer, Sergeant Neil Howie, to the isolated Scottish island of Summerisle in search of a missing girl. Howie, a devout Christian, is appalled to find that the inhabitants of the island have abandoned Christianity and now practise a form of Celtic paganism. The Wicker Man is well regarded by critics.

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   What is a wicker man?

   • An 18th-century illustration of a wicker man. Engraving from A Tour in Wales written by Thomas Pennant. A wicker man was purportedly a large wicker statue in which the druids (priests of Celtic paganism) sacrificed humans and animals by burning.

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   Where did the Wicker Man come from?

   • Origins of a masterpiece The Wicker Man's roots lay in a little-known 1967 novel by British actor and author David Pinner called Ritual, whose film rights were purchased in 1971 by legendary veteran British horror film actor Christopher Lee. He also starred as Lord Summerisle, later proclaiming it the best film he'd ever made.

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   A wicker man was purportedly a large wicker statue in which the druids (priests of Celtic paganism) sacrificed humans and animals by burning. The main evidence for this practice is a sentence by Roman general Julius Caesar in his Commentary on the Gallic War (1st century BC), [1] which modern scholarship has linked to an earlier Greek writer ...

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   Dec 30, 2023 · Shot over a few weeks in 1972 by first-time director Robin Hardy in the glorious Scottish border region of Galloway, The Wicker Man is a leftfield low-budget yarn involving a straitlaced...

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   The Wicker Man is a 1973 British folk horror film directed by Robin Hardy and starring Edward Woodward, Britt Ekland, Diane Cilento, Ingrid Pitt and Christopher Lee. The screenplay is by Anthony Shaffer, inspired by David Pinner's 1967 novel Ritual, and Paul Giovanni composed the film score.

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   A sinister tale of a police officer (Edward Woodward) investigating the disappearance of a girl in a strange pagan community in the Scottish isles, Robin Hardy's classic 1973 movie has lost none...

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   Jul 9, 2023 · The Wicker Man (1973) Plot Summary & Movie Synopsis: Devoted lawman and god-fearing Christian, Sergeant Howie receives an anonymous invitation to this remote Scottish Island, Summerisle, to investigate the disappearance of a local teenager, Rowan Morrison.

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   Jan 4, 2024 · Summary. The Wicker Man was inspired by a 1676 engraving called "The Wicker Image" and aimed to be a more cerebral horror movie. The film was shot in 25 different locations throughout Scotland, with aerial shots of Summerisle filmed in South Africa.

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   May 3, 2023 · Like all the best cult films, The Wicker Man has been dividing audiences from the moment it slipped into Britain's cinemas 50 years ago.