GET CARTER: REVISITED

A short documentary revisiting many of the locations featured in Get Carter.

[@normtoon4914]

Class ending on the beach, nice one 👍I watch this film everytime it's on TV. When Carter throws Cliff Brumby off the car park that's me and my mates playing football in the background. Rest in peace Mike Hodges.

[@meejoir1]

That’s some claim to fame that mind Norman! Class! If I’d known that 10 years ago I would’ve interviewed you 🤣

[@tonydearsley665]

Very well done, I never get sick of watching this film and I have the soundtrack as a ring tone!

[@meejoir1]

Tony Dearsley - it's a cracking soundtrack. Certainly of its time!

[@marcnews75]

Tony Dearsley same as mate

[@KutWrite]

The ringtone is a great idea!

[@joebryant5722]

What a super little production. Better late than never, glad I found this. It's become a major piece of British cinema history and an amazing look at the north east of Britain at that time. The atmosphere of the whole film is incredible. 'Your a big man, but your in bad shape' for me it's a full time job!

[@meejoir1]

Thank you for your lovely comment Joe. It is a true masterpiece - a real snapshot of the north east in the early 70s.

[@chrisevans5259]

Filmed when industry and proper down to earth people were still relevant and important to this country, now it's a changing world ,industry as died, regeneration to areas have helped, but some areas have lost their character and are just to new and shiny with no soul or spirit. ....love this film , and its so iconic, and is a permanent reminder of a lost Britain that we have lost forever.

[@Isleofskye]

Very well put..

[@LentaChorum]

Fuck gentrification.

[@kitano47]

thatcher killed it and yet England continue to vote Tory. the mind boggles

[@IanP1963]

Stop being so gloomy - those days were as shit in many ways 🤦

[@IanP1963]

@@kitano47 Don't talk nonsense, Thatcher never killed anything, the British people themselves helped to kill their own country, what mythical legend have you been researching 🤦

[@davidbuxton7921]

My wife used to live in St Cuthberts village Gateshead as a child ,the bathroom scene was actually filmed in their house. The film crew took over their house for a day . Her dad ,who had been at work since 6am came home and walked straight through the middle of the set and told them to not so politely “go away” as he was starving. Brilliant!.

[@meejoir1]

David Buxton that’s a great story!

[@KutWrite]

Which bathroom scene? The one with Glenda or Edna?

[@anthonygibbons3895]

I rewatched Get Carter last night and this was a really nice, interesting complement to the film. Many thanks for a great job!!

[@tenbarsteam]

that final sequence must have froze your bollocks off man- pure dedication and what a totally class film - bleak incorporated!

[@meejoir1]

Haha. We told him if he wanted to present it that was what he had to do. And you're right, it was a freezing January of February afternoon - worth it though!

[@meejoir1]

Thank you all for the lovely comments. Good to keep the spirit of Get Carter alive!

[@Retro_Rich]

Ya canna whack it man.

[@garyambrosini1427]

With you it's a full time job

[@Robhalifax]

Nice work at the end recreating the scene.

[@stuartwebster4955]

Brilliant mate! Very well done and presented, get Carter pure class, and a few years later the other British classic the long good Friday.

[@beardedloon77]

Both lead actor's Caine/micklewhite and hoskins are of Anglo Romani gypsy decent. Your very welcome!

[@mickontherock1]

What a great interesting well researched film. This is what you tube should be used for. It was a great film, a brilliant soundtrack and this video does them both justice. Well done and thank you.

[@meejoir1]

Thank you. That’s very kind. We enjoyed making it.

[@ivanhart6675]

Great documentary , for a great film.I would love to go there one day and just walk around soaking up the atmosphere , before its turned into another Slough or Milton keynes.

[@basslegend29]

just seen this for the 1st time, bloody brilliant, am visiting Newcastle in a couple of days, can't wait to tread them Quayside steps, thanks for a great film...

[@meejoir1]

Mark Smith Thank you Mark, I hope you enjoy your visit to Newcastle - the sun might still be shining!

[@marksoutham7074]

Thanks for doing this...Just watched the movie again,really enjoyed this brilliant....

[@markosmith8037]

a great video - the place has certainly changed but it seems the atmosphere has long gone. Excellent work.

[@DavidArch68]

Really enjoyed this. Well presented and really interesting. Get Carter is one of my favourite films. Thanks

[@dazbrinkley9027]

Enjoyed this very much! Especially that final scene! I laughed my head off. Thanks for your great work.

[@AbandonEarth911]

Yes its grim up north. The aerial flight and the filth and slurry on blackhall colliery beach has gone. But sadly so has the solidarity and comradship of the old mining communities.

[@thesoultwins72]

majorMcpharter........This is essentially why Thatcher was so hell-bent on destroying it. She absolutely despised that 'collective spirit' and 'sense of community'. For her [and her sycophantic followers] it was all about SELF. People being focused and devoted to ME, ME, ME, I, I, I and nobody else. In my humble opinion this is the reason why we live in such a horrid shithole of a world today.

[@KutWrite]

@@thesoultwins72 That has certainly continued with today's parasite class (politicians). They milk that lure of "free stuff" to separate everyone, then treat an entire class as one.

[@martinjohnston6685]

thanks dave what a great little film ,first saw get carter about 1978 i was 14 ,everyne was talking about it the next day at school , quite shocking to me at the tiime , thanks for this trip down memory lane .

[@meejoir1]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@richardmawdsley2589]

I thoroughly enjoyed your film, Not a Geordie myself , it was a fascinating watch . well done and thankyou.

[@Garth28]

Good video chaps, I'm a huge fan of the film. I live in the area and I'm very familiar with all the filming locations. Very well done

[@meejoir1]

Thanks for the kind words, Garth. I should make another one about Auf Wiedersehen Pet!

[@seagreenyweeny]

Brilliant video. Thanks for posting!

[@robclarke3402]

Very good. Watched the film yesterday so was nice to see this. Was wondering why the big car park wasnt featured - but read that it was knocked down in 2010. shame.

[@meejoir1]

Thanks for watching Rob, the car park is now a great big Tesco's!

[@alancumming6407]

Brilliant film and a great soundtrack. This video is a really good companion to the film. Thanks.

[@jasonfernee2401]

Brilliant, thank you for this.

[@amaraprabhu1982]

really enjoyed your video. I Am a big fan of the movie.it's the best British film ever. my fav dialogue is the "visiting relatives" line

[@meejoir1]

Thanks for your comment, it's much aporeciated. We loved making it and it was great to revisit the scenes of some of one of Britain's greatest gangster movies.

[@harpothehealer]

Great piece of work really enjoyed your upload. Best regards

[@meejoir1]

Thank you, that’s very kind.

[@Harry-kw1fy]

excellent.. watched the film again just yesterday still stands up well

[@Del-yv1qy]

One of my favourite movies,well done on your video .

[@MrJasdog107]

A lovely tribute to a legendary film . Open credits show Carter on the London to Newcastle train passing through Selby my home town going the wrong always been film buffs talking point in Selby. Thanks for posting this gem.

[@meejoir1]

James Smith thank you for your kind comment. Get Carter truly is a great film.

[@kyleJohn1997]

Did it also show Grantham?

[@VanlifewithAlan]

Excellent film. In 2010 I went back to Newcastle to film the locatons (which are on KZbin) although I never finished it not getting to Blackhall, Hamsterley Forest, the race course or the cemetery thinking that I would do it sometime in the future. Seven years later I have still not done it. However I was lucky enough to see Trinity Square car park - had I been one month later it would have been too late! I suspect the exit from Manors Staton might have gone by now too.

[@christiansenron4]

no it's still there

[@davidcrespin6987]

Great short documentary, well made, perfect.

[@cartertoulcher8556]

I was named after this film. I'd like my first son to be called Alfie too, Caine is a legend

[@beardedloon77]

Maurice micklewhite to give him his real name is one of the most famous successful Anglo Romani/gypsy actors Bob hoskins aswell there ours.

[@martinkulkarni3569]

Caine wasn’t called Alfie in this film, but he was called that in another film, unless that is what you meant.

[@paulspence2645]

Great Movie and great doc. Late 70s had a girl friend who I met in Majorca, a Newcastle girl she was the telephone voice on directory enquiries back in the day.. Nice days in Whitley bay

[@herbert9241]

Couldn't help a bit of a maniacal chuckle when our correspondent's 'corpse' twitched in reaction to the lapping sea. Thanks, I enjoyed this. Some interesting local insights on a film I've always enjoyed.

[@jackoboymm]

I'll bloody well take care of you Jack! Classic , soundtrack is amazing. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍👍👍

[@arunphillips6977]

Such a great movie, never gets old!

[@martinkulkarni3569]

Agree 100%. That is an interesting first name. Same as my youngest brother which is a Hindi name as my father was Indian but we were born in Newcastle.

[@nickthegog]

After all the watches I've given this film, I've just noticed that the hitman who kills Jack is in the train compartment with him in the credits.

[@martinkulkarni3569]

Waiting to get my order of the remastered vinyl soundtrack next month!

[@fuzzylon]

Well done! I've just watched Get Carter again for the umpteenth time (I have it on Amazon Prime) and it was great to see some of the locations where it was filmed and how it all looks today.

[@pedrodedgud8923]

They may have filmed the Blyth Staithes scene on a Sunday morning but prior to that the crew and possibly the actors had been doing a recce and rehearsing a couple of days before. We were 15 years old, still at Blyth Grammar School and we used to skive off to watch the goings on, they used to gather on Ferry corner. We didn't particularly like school dinners so we used to go for our dinner to Bates Pit canteen, and guess what?, yes, one day the crew and all were in the canteen having a feed. I couldn't say whether Michael Caine or George Sewell were there or not simply because they weren't that well known, at least not to us, but hey they may have been! I never tire of this film, the West Road Cemetary hasn't changed at all. Happy, happy days.

[@meejoir1]

Excellent! I wonder if Michael Caine ever ate his dinner at Bates Canteen?! Thanks for watching and for sharing your story.

[@mrvillan6951]

That was great. Thank you.

[@rbffbvs]

I enjoyed your film very much after re-watching the movie itself. Thank you for the insight!

[@kennypowers5679]

That was brilliant. Really enjoyed that. Fair play to you!

[@jasonfernee6395]

Thanks for this. An amazing film and Michael Caine just oozed coolness.

[@williamsmith752]

I am from Hebburn....where the betting shop scene was filmed....i was born and raised less than 200 yards from there..i remember seeing the cameras and lights outside the shop...never knowing then...that i would end up being in tv shows and films here in Los Angeles......

[@meejoir1]

Excellent ! I’m actually cycling across to Hebburn today (in torrential rain) 🤣

[@andybullemor-music5928]

Great video. Love Get Carter.

[@davemitcheson4210]

Andy Bullemor thank you. It was great fun to make.

[@martinkulkarni3569]

Interesting comment about poverty Caine mentioned. He was born into poverty as Maurice Micklewhite!

[@Claymor621]

At 9:38 - they didn’t dump coal into the sea, that would somewhat defeat the object of digging it out of the ground in the first place. It’s slag they’re dumping.

[@meejoir1]

Claymor yes, it was a scripting error which was pointed out a while ago in these comments somewhere. I must admit, It would be fairly dumb to dump coal into the North Sea sea, especially since they mined millions of tonnes from underneath the bloody thing!

[@meejoir1]

Claymor yes, it was a scripting error which was pointed out a while ago in these comments somewhere. I must admit, It would be fairly dumb to dump coal into the North Sea sea, especially since they mined millions of tonnes from underneath the bloody thing!

[@eugenetiernan4585]

Excellent, well done.

[@andrewparsons6217]

What a great vid well done pal !!!!

[@andrewdonaldford]

Great vid. I'm off to watch the movie again thanks Dave.

[@meejoir1]

Thanks Andy. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@johnrogan9420]

A time capsule of 1970 English life....Newcastle, England

[@lordred4116]

Great piece of filming.Get Carter is my favourite film,although I'm from the north west, Newcastle is a fantastic city.Ive visited to work,and as a tourist and the north east coast is the most stunning in the country.

[@yorkie556]

This is fantastic. Thank you

[@driver4832]

Everyday when I go into college this theme plays in my head (I live in Newcastle)

[@barrygordon2721]

Excellent job!

[@MyCovertNarcissism]

This deserves 100000x more views and likes, excellent video, thank you

[@keddw]

Very nice; good editing and it was good to hear from a couple of locals though you sound like you're from the North East. Just wondering when the Blackhall 'flight' pillers/pylons were removed. If I had grown up around there, I would have been tempted to ride them round as a kind of rite of passage, I' bet a few likely lads must have done this. lol.

[@meejoir1]

Hi John and thanks for the kind comments. We did the film for our second year Journalism project at Northumbria Uni. It was great fun but very time consuming. There's only a little concrete line of stones where the pylons once were but you're right, I guess all the local kids must have messed around on them at some point!

[@VanlifewithAlan]

I can recall the Blackhall coal dump as a child but that was not much after Get Carter was filmed. I did not live round there so did not get a chance to experience the flight!

[@ELPaso1990TX]

Alan Heath Would be great to put Boris Johnson on one and hope it breaks down lol, like that time he went on the cable car in London.

[@AffieFilms2]

Great location film...thanx for taking the time and all the effort.

[@Mr223P]

Top notch. Going to watch it again this weekend now....

[@davemitcheson4210]

Thanks Steve, it’s a classic film.

[@johnmc8675]

I’ve seen this film lots, and I’m absolutely blown away with the twist in the opening scene. Only just realised. Anyone else know it? Or am I naive?

[@mikep4566]

The shooter in the same railway carriage?

[@robbryant52]

Love it thank you

[@AbandonEarth911]

The aerial flight dumped the stone waste from the Blackhall Colliery coal mine, as there is always stone mixed in with the coal when it comes up the shaft into the washing plant, some coal also ends up in the flight buckets. They also had a slurry pipe pumping waste water onto the beach, hardly a grain of sand in sight.

[@meejoir1]

Yes it was a scripting error (on my part) to suggest coal was dumped into the sea. Thank you for clarifying that for me.

[@darrensmith6999]

Brilliant Thank you! might watch it tonight !

[@darren2514fv]

Did you try to get Warner Home Video interested in this documentary with a view to them including it in the Bluray or a special 40th anniversary release of the film on DVD in 2011 as a extra

[@Del-yv1qy]

Enjoyed this short film ,thank you ,and well done.

[@amarith1972]

Nice piece. Thank you.

[@mikeh5431]

Brilliant lad! Keep it up! You add a good twist to the story

[@meejoir1]

Thank you Mike. It was fun to make.

[@IndieVolken]

nice one ; but opening pub scene ??? (2 pubs used i think ) one still there ; the Comet ? long bar - and the iconic car park scene ?

[@soulboy5700]

Great documentary. Sad to see much of the buildings have been knocked down for development. It’s such a great film..

[@leeosborne3793]

I'm not sure it's THAT sad. The film was unrelentingly grim and was full of scenes of poverty, decay and pollution. I wouldn't get too nostalgic for that.

[@soulboy5700]

@@leeosborne3793 that's your opinion and your welcome to shove it where the sun don't shine.

[@malsearle]

Great video , great movie .. im surprised you didnt go to the pub by the station and have a pint of bitter in a thin glass

[@garyturley2435]

great video. never been up that way. but nice to see where this classic film was made. good to see some of the places are still there.

[@lindahernandez9938]

I love the bridges and the Geordie accent.

[@meejoir1]

Linda Hernandez Thank you for your kind words. We are blessed with a series of fantastic bridges in Newcastle.

[@michaelcummins477]

Mackem accent on the lad narrating.....

[@meejoir1]

Blackhall Colliery accent he would say hahaha.

[@kitano47]

Great stuff Dave. thank you

[@meejoir1]

Thank you, very kind of you.

[@LL-uw6sm]

Geordies are top people i like them and its a classic film love it..

[@johnswimcat]

My favourite film of all time

[@johnrees7909]

Smashing video mate, why it took so long for the feature film to become a cult classic is a wonder to me, i watch it every time it on the old box me late mam loved it as do i but i would say that being a bloke from the North East ( Hartlepool) howay the lads.

[@SydneyForTheDuration]

Really enjoyed your doco. And not to forget the iconic stripped back sound track on a very low budget. How interesting to see Michael Caine produced this though not credited. Shows a deep insight. Those long stairs - the first Bourne?

[@meejoir1]

Thanks for the feedback. I loved making it although it seems a million years ago now!

[@KutWrite]

@@meejoir1 A million plus six, now! Cheers!

[@gerrytaylor]

Excellent. Thank you.

[@meejoir1]

Thanks Gerry.

[@gerrytaylor]

@@meejoir1 Most welcome Dave. Gerry Taylor (aka gerry cannell).

[@mbryson2899]

Nicely done. Thank you for the tour. :)

[@martinkulkarni3569]

I remember them in Benwell. My mother reckons I bought Caine a box of matches, even though I was only eight! Me and my mates convinced ourselves they were filming ‘Land Of The Giants’ even though it was an American programme!

[@ianallan8005]

When I was a kid, living in Benwell, we often used to see the old Jag car with the odd coloured door.

[@dannycarter1966]

Regarding the iron bridge, if you look carefully you can see the reflection of the Panaflex camera on the bridge metalwork.

[@melvert33]

Good spot!

[@yorkie556]

Absolutely fascinating film, Thankyou for posting. A shame the car park didn't survive, I did see it in 2001,it was quite a landmark in Gateshead.

[@briansaiditsoitmustbetrue4206]

Cars can no longer drive under this bridge... I am showing my age but I can remember when cars were allowed to drive over this bridge at 05:16 in this video. If I recall correctly cars were not allowed to drive over it from 2008.

[@golddalekwho5944]

I have always wondered if that tall block of flats where Jack first saw the film of his neice on the homemade film, still stands. The wind howling outside always reminds me of it being so bleak and out of the way.

[@ELPaso1990TX]

Really enjoyed that! Sadly though Gateshead multi-story Car park where he threw Alf Roberts from the top, is gone. Tbh I’m not a fan of 1960s brutalist concrete but I think what’s replaced it is worse, Gateshead town centre looks more like an industrial estate now. John Dodson and Grainger town architecture my style :)

[@meejoir1]

ELPaso1990TX Yes I know what you mean regarding the new architecture in the north east. Compare the new Children’s wing of the RVI with the original Victoria wing - no comparison!

[@clavdig]

Poor bastard, the actor will always be known as Alf Roberts!

[@ianinnes8063]

Very well put together . I mind that club as ritzys it was a den back then lol but great place to meet talent .

[@meejoir1]

Aye it was the Studio then Ritzy’s when I went but I much preferred Madisons up the stairs.

[@buxvan]

That was very interesting. I love this film. What about the car park scene where he says " you're a big man, but you're out of shape

[@mabbrey]

great vid have they bashed down the multi storey car park?

[@IanP1963]

Excellent 👌

[@andyrobson2441]

My mother and father Had the jazz band in the film From the late 70's till the band folded in late '86..

[@christiansenron4]

behind the nightclub is now student accomodation , also the metrocentre is r of the power station site

[@BigAlonBass]

What about the Hebburn/Wallsend Ferry?

[@Stuck_in_the_70s]

Brilliant little video many thanks for making/sharing it I’m really glad to have stumbled upon it. It was really interesting to see some of the uniquely wonderful locations used in the film. I’m a long time fan of Get Carter it’s one of my very favourite films, and I believe it to be certainly the greatest British film ever made. There are so many great performances, and I just love the authenticity of it and how grim it all feels. Roy Budd’s superb soundtrack is the icing on the cake for me. Carter’s killer being in the same train carriage as he makes his way up north is just one of many delicious little details. I think The decision to kill Carter off at the end of the film is a very interesting one. Perhaps the film would be much less impactful had he survived - in fact I strongly believe that would have been the case. Still an interesting decision tho because the smart move would have been to follow the source material (Jack’s Return Home) in which he survives, of course. They could then have made the Jack Carter Trilogy - Jack Carter’s Law, and Jack Carter and the Mafia Pigeon - now that would really have been something!

[@meejoir1]

Thank you for your kind words. I totally agree that it's a glorious film that's steeped in a time when Newcastle was at the cusp of change.

[@ffrancrogowski2192]

One of 1971s classic films.

[@JB-pk4ck]

Also visit the corner of melbourne street and trafalgar street- this is where the steps are where carter follows margaret and her friend down. You cant get to the steps but you can see the windows on the corner of city house

[@patrickduffy4321]

Really enjoyed this. 👍

[@fasthracing]

Good video thanks for posting

[@shahedmc9656]

Thanks for tracing the locations!

[@lindahernandez9938]

I never saw get Carter but recently stumbled across Stormy Monday starring Tommy Lee Jones, Sean Bean and Sting. It was filmed in Newcastle around 1988. The movie paid homage to Get Carter.. I am a big fan of Inspector George Gently and that is how I became interested in Durham and Newcastle, Especially the Green Bridge and the Durham Cathedral. I am in the US. I love the area but never have been there.

[@christiansenron4]

thank u the tyne bridge was the biggest suspension bridge in the world at the time.we also have the worlds only tilting bridge the high level was the first to carry trains and roads and the swing bridge the 1sy swings bridge.search for great british railway journeys newcastle to chester le street