Carter's accent
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jh66 — 13 years ago(April 29, 2012 02:27 PM)
I agree, and always wondered this myself (I'm a Yorkshireman, geographically halfway between the 300mile stretch from London to Newcastle).
I think that the Geordie and Cockney accents are strong and wouldn't wear off easily, even if they moved when young. It's clearly a cop-out to accommodate Caine's native accent (the latter) without him doing a dodgy mixture of the two.
It might also be because US audiences found Geordie (Newcastle) accents hard to understand? Hell- so do we! Lol -
Jacaranda408 — 13 years ago(September 29, 2012 10:01 PM)
This has always annoyed me so I'm glad someone brought the subject up. How can Jack be "returning home" to Newcastle when he's clearly a Londoner? And the only answer I can think of is that they were so keen to have Michael Caine play Jack Carter that they were willing to overlook his very strong London accent and just hope nobody bothered to question it.
Another thing. You know when Jack does his nudey scene on the doorstep and there are are some little Majorettes doing their routine out in the street? In the last scene that features the Majorettes, you clearly see two red London buses drive past in the background so the scene was obviously shot in London and not Newcastle.
I don't think there is much attention in general given to accuracy in this film. Maybe they didn't bother much with stuff like that in 1971 as they knew the film wouldn't be seen that often because no video at the time. -
TigerWarg — 11 years ago(May 01, 2014 01:39 AM)
you clearly see two red London buses drive past in the background so the scene was obviously shot in London and not Newcastle.
The main bus company in Newcastle and Gateshead used to be Northern General. The buses had a red livery. Northern General was only bus company outside of London to operate the Routemaster (they had 50). So a Red Routemasters would be correct for the location. -
JacintoCupboard — 12 years ago(December 21, 2013 02:27 AM)
You are entitled to your opinion re Geordie accents, but to some ears, certainly mine, it is lovely.
On the subject of accents, the whole film is a bit of a mess, with wobbly accents all over the place. It is one of the reasons this movie will never be a classic for me, as it is for so many people. Just too rough and ready and not enough care taken at all. Made in 40 days on a shoe string budget and it shows. -