18th January 2022
This film, first uploaded to our Site in 2013, soon prompted correspondence from William Grant who had, whilst holidaying in Wales seen the filming and been invited onto the set. During the years that followed William continued to provide us with interesting stories, information and photographs of his experiences. It was in January 2020 that we were contacted by Stewart Buck, Director and Producer who, for some ten years had been working on a documentary, A World War ll Fairytale, about the making of Michael’s Mann’s lost epic, as he felt that William’s observations might well be relevant, particularly as it was the history and mystery of the film that had first sparked his interest. Regular correspondence between us all has taken place during the past two years to the extent that there is now a comprehensive record of William’s experiences. Whilst it is to be regretted that funding and production difficulties, not least as a consequence of COVID-19, have helped extend the documentary completion date, Stewart is currently hopeful that the final edit will be completed during 2022 thus enabling its release in 2023 to coincide with what will be the 40th Anniversary of what has now become a cult film.
William has now kindly agreed that we may make his papers available. There are two documents, both in pdf format, one entitled My Memories and the other My Photographs.