Wednesday, 2 March 2011

Donal MacIntyre Documentary - Channel 5 - 'Lucky Tucker'

'Lucky Tucker' -
Ian Tucker,dept collector,Kent underworld,police have been watching him for years,but no evidence to put him away.Kent to south east London - along the Thames.

 - interview panning round the men,recalling one of his stories
 - 'The Bill' (1994) - he got a part to make it seem more real,playing gangsters - clip shown
 - archive footage of Ronnie Crays funeral,Ian being the bodyguard at the church
 - Donal,serious tone (mocking) voice over
 - 9 months on the run,for armed robbery,shown on a clip from a past 'Crimewatch'
 - Jill Dando (presenter of 'Crimewatch') Tucker blamed for her murder (shooting),because of the mistake on 'Crimewatch' of saying he was involved in an armed robbery
 - music intense when Ian is driving fast,camera in passenger seat
 - Ian facing 8 years due to having a firearms in his house
 - lots of closeups when Donal id talking to Ian
 - shaky camera work
 - point of view shot,almost like spying on people
 - fast cut editing
 - archive footage - CCTV footage,news reports
 - funny music,whilst 'tuff guy Ian' gets massaged (pampered)
 - Meatloaf='Bat out of Hell' song played whilst Ian rides his motorbike really fast down the motorway
 - home video footage of broken foot
 - panning out of village,whilst his foots healing
 - "right hand man" - Doug,Ian's best friend
 - witness=Sydney (friend - whose gun it is)
 - shots up and down showing the guns
 - Ian gets away with having firearms in his house for 1 whole year
 - "i did it my way" (Sinatra)=Ian preparing before his trial in court
 - Maidstone crown court - where the trial is taking place for 1 week
 - more tense music whilst waiting for the jury's verdict
 - 23rd May 2007,Ian sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison,Sydney didn't tern up to the trial as his witness
  -similar to Michael Moore (Donal McIntyre);sarcastic,funny music,informative and bias views about the issues raised

http://www.tvthrong.co.uk/macintyres-underworld

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