How many Neolithic sites can you name right now?
Stonehenge … Avebury … the Rollrights?
In fact Britain has tens of thousands of stone circles, henges, barrows and dolmens, each with its own fascinating story. Whether you re familiar with most of them or have only a passing familiarity with a few, we made STANDING WITH STONES for you.
Produced and directed by myself (documentary film-maker Michael Bott) and presented by my old friend naturalist and explorer Rupert Soskin, it is a first-hand account from Rupert of a journey we took through the British Isles and Ireland, starting at the tip of Cornwall and ending on the Scottish Isles, visiting over 100 Neolithic and Bronze age monuments en route.
Beautiful to look at (the British Isles have seldom looked this good) and managing (we think) to be both enlightening and entertaining (as well as, at times, deeply moving the ending always has my wife in tears!), the film explores the diversity and wonder of these extraordinary enigmatic structures. It also looks at some of the theories and nonsenses which attach to them.
The entire project was conceived and realised (as in filmed, edited, music specially composed and CGI graphics created) entirely by us – just us two guys with a camera, a camper van, two very understanding wives – and a passion for stones! But though we may have had a boys own adventure (which we enjoyed enormously – listen to the commentary in the DVD’s extras), we believe we’ve also produced a superb broadcast quality movie. Rupert (writer and presenter) has a deep knowledge of his subject, but also a refreshingly open-minded attitude to the who, the how and especially the why of the stones construction.
Rupert & Michael in a still from the DVD interview
Film is extrodinery good. Do we get the right to show your film in public (village cinema) legaly?
Is there any chance of a physical disc?
Sorry, would love to buy it but I detest downloads (I must have spent too many years working in IT)
Hi Steve
Yes there is every chance. The film was originally released on DVD and normally I would have stock but our UK distributor lost ours in the fire at the Sony warehouse last year. We lost that distributor and have not been able to find a good one prepared to invest in manufacturing a run since. I cannot afford to do so myself.
If you have a DVD player capable of running region 1 DVDs from the USA then you will find imports from the US distributor on Amazon.co.uk. However, I also have an number of DVDs here that are UK format – but they don’t have a display case. If you would like one of these, please let me know. The other advantage of having the DVD of course, is that you have a really well indexed menu system and all the extras – outtakes, unseen footage, interview, original pilot, etc..
All the best …
Michael
Hi, do you still have one of those UK DVDs without a case available? My computer is too doddery for downloads and I would really love to buy the film.
Hi Michael,
I would really like one of the UK format DVDs if that’s possible – display cases can be found.
What do we need to do to arrange that?
Thanks, Steve
Hi Michael,
Sorry to jump on the bandwagon here, but I, too, have been trawling the internet looking for a physical disc! Unfortunately I can’t run Region 1 DVDs on my machine, but I’d also love a copy without its display case, if that is possible? If so, how can I go about arranging it?
Many thanks
Alix
Hi there – to all who have enquired about the possibility of obtaining a physical disk: first, sorry for the delay in getting back to you – second, please drop me a line at michael@michaelbott.net and I’ll make that happen for you!
Cheers
Michael