Summerisle Wicker Man

The wicker man is a 1973 british folk horror film directed by robin hardy and starring edward woodward britt ekland diane cilento ingrid pitt and christopher lee the screenplay by anthony shaffer inspired by david pinner s 1967 novel ritual centres on the visit of police sergeant neil howie to the isolated island of summerisle in search of a missing girl.

Summerisle wicker man. Woodward is best know for his tv work as either callan or the equalizer depending what generation you re from but he s superb as the deeply religious sgt. Lord summerisle is the landholder and ruler of the island of summerisle named so after his grandfather who set the basis for the island s current society and the main antagonist of the 1973 robin hardy s supernatural psychological horror film the wicker man. While the wicker man focuses on the may day festival may 1st and the celebration of spring there are many similarities between the two festivals that warrant comparison. Most notably the maypole.

She is also the mother of willow woodward the ex fiance of edward and the grandmother of rowan woodward. This pole is present in midsummer and may day festivities with the only difference being streamers attached to the may day maypole instead of greenery. Lee is very good in the movie as the enigmatic lord summerisle but edward woodward is the real star. The wicker man issue also has a profound political dimension reliably driving summerisle americans into republican arms.

Sumer is a cumen in from the original motion picture soundtrack the wicker man 1973. Summersisle is the private island of a pagan matriarchal community that traces its roots to celtic england as well as massachusetts during the salem trials.