Spanner Films - With Photos

We apologise for the break in diary service

franny — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 07:21:23 +0000

Hello anyone who might be reading this.

Sorry I haven't had a moment to get the diary entries from August to December up here.

500 million people on the case?

sylvia — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:05:52 +0000

The last ever day filming Crude didn't start too well for poor Lizzie as the hire car she picked up yesterday developed a flat tyre and she spent half the night organising tow trucks. Then had to get up at 5.30am to pick me and new soundman Ben up to drive to Bedford for the result of Piers's three-year battle to get planning permission for his latest windfarm.

Spices then gold now oil next water

sylvia — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:54:49 +0000

Rain, Cameras, Action....

Photograph: Charlotte Rushton

Never making another film

sylvia — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:39:39 +0000

McLibel is on at a festival in Tel Aviv soon, so I did an interview for some Israeli radio station or something today. Made my best effort to be interesting in case The Boy happens to hear it.

So much for my last ever flight

sylvia — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:00:31 +0000

Jeh with mockup planes at Airbus in Toulouse

Photograph: Patrick Igonet

The last ever flight for Crude

sylvia — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 11:14:30 +0000

Sharing a bed & office for the best part of 2 years...

Photograph: Charlotte Rushton

Perv massages and piano lessons

sylvia — Tue, 15 May 2007 21:57:59 +0000

Two of the stars of Crude being taken for a ride by the filmmakers

Photograph: Sabri Hakim

Trip to the dead sea

sylvia — Tue, 15 May 2007 21:41:05 +0000

We'd arranged a bonding trip to the Dead Sea today, for Rasmia and Jamila to have a rare good time and, hopefully, trust us a little more. They are understandably very nervous of British people - as their lives have been destroyed by the Americans (and British). So we booked a minibus and a load of kids we picked up at the school video session.

Dropped down dead when he heard the news

sylvia — Tue, 15 May 2007 21:28:58 +0000

Franny, and our fixer, Khulood, interviewing Iraqi widows on the streets on Amman<

"Nooni"

sylvia — Tue, 15 May 2007 21:21:39 +0000

Nooni finds splendid new filming position