PCH-1
Not Just A Highway – A Way Of Life. A Cultural Heritage Documentary 76mins
Completed: December 2024.
Now PCH has reopened since the devasting fires of January 2025 – it’s time to share the film.
Director CAREY HAMBLETT lived on Santa Monica beach as a child. On countless return trips shot the material for PCH-1.
WATCH TRAILER 4mins: http://www.vimeo.com/206240921
WATCH BACKSTORY 2mins:https://www.vimeo.com/944132296
COMMENTS:
KATHY KOHNER ZUCKERMAN (The real GIDGET) ‘Love it – needs to be seen!’
CATHERINE McGOOHAN (Actor/Screenwriter) ‘I loved it!! What a rich slice of life.There’s a deep spiritual energy along this coastline and Spirit Hawk gives us such a poignant ending.’
MIKE WALLINGTON (TV Producer) ‘This film is a real gem.’
TV DRAMA SERIES In Development:
2075 SciFi/Paranormal/YA
EQUATION D Thriller/Paranormal/Action
FEATURE ANIMATION In Development:
GENERATION CITY Urban/Fantasy/Horror/Action
SHORT FILMS
LITA ALBUQUERQUE https://vimeo.com/952856681?fl=pl&fe=sh
Filmed 2010 / 14 mins / Director: Carey Hamblett /
Visionary installation, environmental artist, painter and sculptor of the Light and Space and Land Art movements talks about her work in Antarctica and shows us her ephemeral pigment piece Malibu Line from 1978. A short sequence of this film is included in the documentary PCH-1.
POEM FOR A PIER https://vimeo.com/120884070?fl=pl&fe=sh
Filmed 2009 / 5 mins / Director: Carey Hamblett
Renowned actor Steven Berkoff’s spoken word evocation of the power of the Pacific – On The Wrecking of Santa Monica Pier By Storm, 1983.
STORY’S END https://vimeo.com/141197419?fl=pl&fe=sh
Filmed 2015 / 15 mins / Director: Carey Hamblett
Highgate, London. The legendary bookshop Ripping Yarns is forced to close due to extortionate rent hikes. The Monty Python team loved the idea of a bookshop honouring their hilarious TV show and it was frequented by people from all over the world including such names as Peter O’Toole and Ralph Steadman. Owner and actor Celia Hewitt recounts it’s illustrious history. Her late husband the celebrated poet Adrian Mitchell held memorable readings here and the space is still sorely missed by all people who love books.
ECO ROCK – Festival For A Green Future DVD 60 mins
ROCK LEGENDS RAISE ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS
Van Morrison, John Martyn, Rick Wakemen, Jack Bruce, Davy Spillane
Producer: Fife Aid Trust / Director: Cari (aka Carey) Hamblett / Release: Hendring 1990
‘I’ll never forget walking into the HMV store on Oxford Street and seeing Eco Rock on the shelf alongside Live Aid and Woodstock. I must have been on of the first women directors to film a rock concert.’ Carey Hamblett
CAREY HAMBLETT 