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Catch Us If You Can (U.S. title: Having a Wild Weekend in the U.S.; also known as The Dave Clark Five Runs Wild) is the 1965 feature-film debut of director John Boorman.
Catch Us If You Can (1965) Hoping to cash in on the success of A Hard Day’s Night (1964), producer David Deutsch hired first-timer John Boorman – who later directed Deliverance (1972) – to bang out a quick pop confection starring Britain’s hugely successful Dave Clark Five. Instead, Boorman delivered this moribund film where drummer ...
Synopsis CATCH US IF YOU CAN NOVEL Rory and his grandfather, Granda, have looked after each other since Rory’s dad walked out on them. Granda is given to lapses in memory (putting Rory’s homework down the rubbish chute and the rubbish in Rory’s school bag) and completely
Oct 20, 2011 · Directed by John Boorman (yes, the man behind Deliverance and the wonderfully insane Zardoz), it’s the story of the pressures of show business – in this case, the face of Britain’s Meat Marketing Board, played by Barbara Ferris.
The synopsis outlines the story of Rory caring for his grandfather and their journey of escaping authorities to stay together after being separated. Key themes discussed are family relationships, adolescence, generational gaps, and social biases.
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The summary explains that the novel is about a boy named Rory and his frail grandfather who are on the run from police and authorities. As they travel across the country evading capture, they meet people who help them.