Red, White and Zero (1967)
"The White Bus" (original title)

Director:

Lindsay Anderson

Writers:

Lindsay Anderson, Shelagh Delaney (screenplay),

Stars:

Patricia Healey, Arthur Lowe, John Sharp

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Patricia Healey	...	The Girl
Arthur Lowe	...	The Mayor
John Sharp	...	Macebearer
Julie Perry	...	Conductress
Stephen Moore	...	Young Man
Victor Henry	...	Transistorite
John Savident	...	Supporter
Fanny Carby	...	Supporter
Malcolm Taylor	...	Supporter
Allan O'Keefe	...	Supporter (as Alan O'Keefe)
Anthony Hopkins	...	Brechtian
Jeanne Watts	...	Fish Shop Couple
Eddie King	...	Fish Shop Couple
Barry Evans	...	Boy
Penny Ryder	...	Girl

Storyline

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 December 1979 (USA)

Also Known As:

Red, White and Zero

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Holly

Technical Specs

Runtime:

46 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Black and White (Black & White and Color) Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Along with the short films The Ride of the Valkyrie, directed by Peter Brook and Red and Blue directed by Tony Richardson they were to be released as a film titled Red, White and Zero and was billed in a 1968 United Artists publicity brochure.

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Connections

Follows Red and Blue (1967)

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Soundtracks

"Resolution der Kommunarden"
sung by Anthony Hopkins
Lyrics by Bertolt Brecht / Music by Hanns Eisler

User Reviews

Red and Blue by Tony Richardson

This review is for Red, White and Zero. It's possible to reconstruct the facts around this film, but the IMDb listing is confusing. Lindsay Anderson's The White Bus was briefly and unsuccessfully released with two other shorts: a very short film by Peter Brook featuring Zero Mostel in a hurry (The Ride of the Valkyries - lots of frantic mugging), and Red and Blue by Tony Richardson. Only Lindsay Anderson's film seems to be readily available. (The others would make good Criterion extras.)

I saw Red, White and Zero on late night Australian television in 1984. The White Bus wasn't seen to best effect on the small screen - rather self-consciously poetic, but as an Anderson film it will obviously bear reseeing. Red and Blue was fascinating and not very good. Tony Richardson was in love with the Nouvelle Vague, and raided its box of tricks and its composers (Bassiak from Jules and Jim; Duhamel from Godard's Pierrot le Fou) in an imitation Demy/Moreau vehicle for Vanessa Redgrave! She fluted a song in English, and Kevin Brownlow provided the jumpcuts. (You can hear her singing Bassiak's Bonjour Papa on YouTube).

Most weirdly, the sex interests for the romantically-besieged Vanessa were provided by Douglas Fairbanks Jr, William Sylvester (the scientist from Kubrick's 2001), and Michael York. The sparks didn't exactly fly. Anyway, after 30 years, it's time to make this available again.