Car Park the movie - useful links

CAR PARK - relevant links

Site for the funding body that aids, helps and informs filmmakers in the north west of England

Critical Mass

A documentary about bike couriers. Critical Mass follows a group of bike couriers through the streets of Toronto and looks at a particular lifestyle subsisting in a large city.
Free lock in the towers, get the door prize, pick the road rash and attend a safety meeting all while making drops to earn a dollar. Danger pay and recuperation are absent in a world fraught with hazard and dominated by a search for freedom. Eventually, the accumulation of road rage and winter days push each character to a point which breaks them and makes them strong.

Lookin’ For Lucky

A feature film, currently being made on the Paradise Heights estate in Bolton, a place where even the dogs are scared. Written by JoeO’Byrne. Directed by Joe O’Byrne and Chris Leonard. Featuring Jimmy Foster, Donna Henry, Jack Verity, Joe O’Byrne, Greg Kelly, Ian Curley and Bill McCoid. Get lucky, check it out.

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Champion Blues

A documentary about blues singer Mickey Champion.

The late Charles Brown considered Mickey Champion one of the greatest powerhouse blues singers of all time. Not long before his death he said, "Ain't no one left who can sing like that when Mickey's gone".

Mickey was born into the Louisiana blues musical culture and nurtured on the distinctive cooking styles of her native Lake Charles, influences she took with her to Los Angeles. Without Mickey, Central Avenue in Los Angeles, would have been an awfully bland patch of pavement. With her, it became a Mecca.

Over the years she has performed with greats such as Billie Holiday, T. Bone Walker, and Dinah Washington doubled for Esther Phillips and shared the friendships of singers Barbara Morrison, Linda Hopkins and Ray Brewster; and trumpet player Clora Bryant.

On a different level, Mickey Champion was seen as just another busy single parent doing her best to rear seven children in Los Angeles. For this she could have been the "poster mom" for the Hollywood adage, "don't give up your day job". For seventeen years Mickey was a cook for the Los Angeles Unified School District. She nourished the body by day, and the soul by night.

Heritage tour of the Get Carter Car Park

After the glories of the Baltic Arts Centre, the Winking Bridge and the Angel of the North, Tyneside's tourist promoters have returned to earth - with tours of a multi-storey car park.

The tatty concrete edifice in central Gateshead will host guided groups on a trial basis for three days next month.

The monotonous climb up the block's identical floors is expected to be booked out - because this is the car park which featured in a chilling sequence from the cult film Get Carter. Visitors on the Heritage Open Days tours, between September 13 and 16, will be able to see the exact spot where Michael Caine, playing gangster Jack Carter, threw a rival villain over the parapet.

The pull of the 1971 thriller has been so strong that council leaders in Gateshead had no doubt about including the car park in their 14 most interesting buildings. The venue ranks alongside the Tyne bridges and the graceful remains of Gibside stately home.

Manchester Airport - Car Parks

Car Park Details
Conveniently located for the M56 and M60, this car park operates a rapid transfer service taking only 5 minutes. The car park operates 24 hrs a day and has capacity for 2000 vehicles.

This is not a Car Park

Documentary.
"While Hamill Street's uniquely central geography makes it pivotal to the history of Belfast, it is also where its problems stem from. Every day the area is swamped by commuters seeking free car parking. And it is this issue the residents have decided to gather around."

Passion for Cheese

"A gentleman only buys his cheese from Paxton & Whitfield" - Sir Winston Churchill

Bristol City FC Car Park

Virtual, interactive car park tour.