The name thatis given by film companies on the credits of a film which has been disowned by the director, usually because the film is awful or the director is upset by which cuts have been made to his creation. There are now strict criteria by which an "Alan Smithee Production" can be applied.
The word "widdershins" or "withershins" has fallen out of use these days, but what does it mean?? (i actually read it in a George Orwell book the other day, so it isn't that old).
just breifly going back to UP's question about abbey road, think i'm right in saying the penny lane sign is now painted onto the wall as the council could not keep up with the need for replacement signs
jimmymac wrote:just breifly going back to UP's question about abbey road, think i'm right in saying the penny lane sign is now painted onto the wall as the council could not keep up with the need for replacement signs
Yup, or it was a few years back. I actually rented a flat on Penny Lane for about nine months in 1996. Bonuses of living there include being asked to take random tourist's photos every bllody time I came home from work. I got very very very sick of the Beatles...
Incidentally, "Widdershins" means anticlockwise, doesn't it?