{"id":1189,"date":"2012-12-07T17:50:16","date_gmt":"2012-12-07T16:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/?p=1189"},"modified":"2012-12-07T17:50:16","modified_gmt":"2012-12-07T16:50:16","slug":"michael-apted-and-cory-mcabee-from-cradle-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/2012\/12\/michael-apted-and-cory-mcabee-from-cradle-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Apted and Cory McAbee: From cradle to&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1190\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1190\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/review_podcast_Crazy-and-Thief.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[1189]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/review_podcast_Crazy-and-Thief-594x334.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Crazy and Thief\" width=\"594\" height=\"334\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1190\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/review_podcast_Crazy-and-Thief-594x334.jpg 594w, http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/review_podcast_Crazy-and-Thief-300x168.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/review_podcast_Crazy-and-Thief.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crazy and Thief<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ia701508.us.archive.org\/7\/items\/ElectricSheepPodcastMichaelAptedAndCoryMcabee-FromCradleTo\/electricsheeppodcast_mcabee_apted.mp3\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-169\" style=\"margin-right: 8px;\" title=\"audio\" src=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/audio.gif\" alt=\"audio\" width=\"88\" height=\"37\"><\/a> Alex Fitch talks to two directors about their projects, which capture visions of childhood and how that progresses into adulthood. In a Q&#038;A recorded at SCI-FI-LONDON: EAST, Alex chats to Cory McAbee, creator of SF musicals <I>The American Astronaut<\/I> and <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/04\/02\/online-movies-stingray-sam\/\"><I>Stingray Sam<\/I><\/A>, about his latest film <I>Crazy and Thief<\/I> \u2013 a semi-improvised drama that documents the director\u2019s children as they journey across New York looking for stars, again scored by his band, The Billy Nayer Show. McAbee discusses his change in direction for this project and the difficulties of directing children, and performs a song from the soundtrack. Also, Alex discusses <I>56Up<\/I> with Michael Apted, the latest instalment of his <I>7Up<\/I> series, which has charted the lives of 14 children from diverse socio-economic backgrounds since the age of 7. Apted also discusses his involvement with another serial that has reached its 50th anniversary as the director recalls his experience of directing the Bond movie <I>The World Is Not Enough<\/I>.<\/p>\n<p>Visit <A HREF=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/details\/ElectricSheepPodcastMichaelAptedAndCoryMcabee-FromCradleTo\" target=\"_blank\">www.archive.org<\/A> for more info and formats.<\/p>\n<p><I><B>Podcast produced by Alex Fitch.<\/B><\/I><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/ElectricSheepPodcastMichaelAptedAndCoryMcabee-FromCradleTo\" width=\"500\" height=\"30\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"expander\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The two directors about their projects, which capture visions of childhood and how that progresses into adulthood.<br \/>\n<I><B>Podcast produced by Alex Fitch<\/B><\/I><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,8],"tags":[242,240,241,243],"class_list":["post-1189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-check-it-out","category-radio-and-podcasts","tag-childhood","tag-cory-mcabee","tag-musicals","tag-sci-fi-london"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","wps_subtitle":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pMSoh-jb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":557,"url":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/2010\/03\/directing-low-budget-sci-fi\/","url_meta":{"origin":1189,"position":0},"title":"Directing Low-Budget Sci-Fi","author":"Virginie Selavy","date":"March 6, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"In a panel discussion recorded live at last year's London Science Fiction and Fantastic Film Festival, Alex Fitch discusses the many aspects of creating convincing SF scenarios on film with a quartet of eminent low-budget film directors.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Check it out&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Check it out","link":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/category\/check-it-out\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/review_podcast_scifi-594x445.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/review_podcast_scifi-594x445.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/review_podcast_scifi-594x445.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":409,"url":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/2009\/05\/qa-with-marc-caro-at-sci-fi-london-8\/","url_meta":{"origin":1189,"position":1},"title":"Q&#038;A with Marc Caro at Sci-Fi London 8","author":"Virginie Selavy","date":"May 1, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Alex Fitch and Virginie Selavy will be interviewing Marc Caro, co-director of The City of Lost Children on stage after a screening of the film at the Apollo Piccadilly","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Events and Screenings&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Events and Screenings","link":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/category\/events-and-screenings\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The City of LostChildren","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/events_CityofLostChildren-594x445.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/events_CityofLostChildren-594x445.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/events_CityofLostChildren-594x445.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1119,"url":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/2012\/06\/modern-hauntings\/","url_meta":{"origin":1189,"position":2},"title":"Modern Hauntings","author":"Virginie Selavy","date":"June 28, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Eduardo S&#225nchez discusses his debut film The Blair Witch Project and his latest movie, Lovely Molly, which follows the mental breakdown of a young woman tormented by the ghosts of her past. 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