The Lost World of Mr. Hardy
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The Lost World of Mr. Hardy | |
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Directed by | Andy Heathcote Heike Bachelier |
Produced by | Andy Heathcote Heike Bachelier |
Starring | James L. Hardy |
Cinematography | Andy Heathcote |
Edited by | Heike Bachelier |
Music by | Stephen Daltry |
Distributed by | Trufflepig Films |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The Lost World of Mr. Hardy is a feature-length documentary film about a much loved family fishing tackle business. It was directed by Andy Heathcote and Heike Bachelier. The film tells the story of the disappearing art of the craftsman through the history of the Hardy Brothers, the Rolls Royce of fishing tackle makers. The film includes rediscovered archive movie footage of salmon fishing, filmed by L.R. Hardy and his chauffeur 'Appleby' in the 1920s.
The film was produced by Trufflepig Films who successfully self distributed the project giving the film a UK cinema release in 2009/10. The film played well in rural cinemas across England.
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- 2008 films
- English-language films
- 2000s documentary films
- British films
- British documentary films
- Fly fishing
- British independent films
- Films about fishing
- British documentary film stubs