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Terry&Liz
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"Bitter-sweet and full of humanity writ small..." "This is a touching documentary with much to say about the contentious interface of art and commerce... "Everyone who watches this programme will be willing them to succeed." "Endearing television." "We've got all our old Manolos, but we wore Terry's until they died and then we cried. Wipe those tears. De Havilland is back." "Two decent lovable, unpushy human beings try to get noticed in today's commercial world... They have a love of shoes before money; no pretentions, merely a sense of overdue recognition; ... Bring a hankie." Pick of the Day in: The Guardian, Time Out, The Independent, The Times, Daily Mirror, Daily Express, Daily Mail, The Sun, The People, The Mail on Sunday, The Sunday Times |
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Terry de Havilland is back Chester Dent's highly-acclaimed documentary about Terry de Havilland was screened on March 11th 2004 on BBC2. Seen the film? Rate it now on the IMDb! |
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| SYNOPSIS
Terry de Havilland (born Terry Higgins) is the forgotten genius of shoe design. His 70’s designs are in the V&A and are sold for up to £800 at auction, but until now you couldn't buy his new shoes in any shop. |
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One of his 1973 designs was the focus of a major advertising campaign and appeared everywhere from Sex & the City to Madonna’s 2003 Hollywood video. The film follows his efforts to draw attention to the injustice and to relaunch himself as a designer again. “No one does Terry de Havilland like I do” |
| Terry consults a copyright agent who advises him he has a strong case. Looking at the original shoe and the recent one together the lawyer comments “It screams copy” |
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Terry’s partner Liz is the Sharon Osbourne of shoe design. Married to one of the wild men of fashion, she has played an integral part in his comeback.Terry is the forgotten genius, Liz is his muse. |
| Terry’s has never had a problem with ideas, just business. He is the typical creative type. Without business backing he and Liz have been struggling for years. They’ve had tons of celebrity clients, everyone from Cher, Led Zeppelin and David Bowie in the 70s to Emma Bunton, Pink and Beyonce this year. They’ve done movie work for everything from Lara Croft’s boots to Love Actually. But it’s all one off work and they never seem able to capitalise on their glamorous clients. As the costs of mounting a legal action dawn on them, they put their attempt to get recognition for his designs on the back burner. |
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Then Terry is invited to design shoes for Sadie Frost and Jemima French’s show at London Fashion Week. Suddenly Terry’s shoes are at the centre of the biggest media circus in fashion. |
| At first it appears that nothing will come of it. Even the pictures in the paper are cropped to lose the models feet. But then his shoes attract the attention of Office Shoes who want them for their up-market boutique Poste Mistress in Harvey Nicols. |
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They put them in touch with a factory in Spain. Now Terry must convince them to fund the production of his expensive new designs. |
| But Terry discovers that the Spanish love his designs and can see a commercial market for them. |
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In March his new designs went on sale in Harvey Nichols. For the first time in 30 years Terry de Havilland shoes are available in the shops again. |
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For further information about Terry de Havilland's latest work click here... |
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| Credits for BBC Business Unit | |
| Executive Producer BILL GRIST | |
| Series Producer KATE MIDDLETON | |
| Film Editor DAN CROUCH | |
| Camera CHESTER DENT David Scott Colin Rogal | |
| Sound Recordist IAN McPHERSON | |
| Production Coordinator IMOGEN STRINGER | |
| Dubbing Mixer ALEX MARCOU | |
| Online Editor DAN EVANS | |
| Narrator TOM BAKER | |
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| Duration: 39 mins | |
