| Description | The file contains: correspondence regarding Sean Connery's possible involvement in 'Confessions of a Justified Sinner'; photograph of Bill Douglas, Andrew Noble, and Judy and David Steel at Hogg Monument; postcard of 'Brocken-Gespenst a visual phenomenon as a note for Justified Sinner; sketches and location lists, contact details for David Brown and various other production materials, locations and details. Postcards of possible castle locations in Scotland. Envelope with verse by Bill Douglas entitled 'Flight of the Bumblebee' which would have been used in the film. Letter from Robert Enoch (actor son of William Russell), enquiring on possible work on the project. Includes treatment and Douglas's writing on the film.
Refer to the Curator before any use. |
| AdminHistory | Bill Douglas was commissioned by Mamoun Hassan to write an adaptation of James Hogg's classic novel in the early 1980s. He undertook the project while waiting for his film 'Comrades' to get off the ground. By 1988, with 'Comrades' completed, Douglas had finished his screenplay and planned to make 'Confessions' his next film with Hassan producing. Douglas approached Judy Steel, James Hogg scholar and wife of MP David Steel, to help with background and continuity research for the film. Unfortunately, though Hassan and Andrew Noble had begun finding supporters for the film, Douglas passed away before the film could be realised. |