PCH-1
Not Just A Highway – A Way Of Life. A Cultural Heritage Documentary
76mins Completed: December 2024.
Now PCH has reopened since the devastating fires of January 2025 – it’s time to share the film!
Director CAREY HAMBLETT lived on Santa Monica beach as a child & during countless return trips between 2005-2018 shot the material for PCH-1.
WATCH TRAILER 5mins https://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
EQUATION D Thriller/Paranormal/Action
2075 SciFi/Paranormal/YA
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.
MY ROCK’N’ROLL YEARS
ECO ROCK – Festival For A Green Future (DVD Hendring / TV 1990)
Producer: Fife Aid Trust / Director: CAREY HAMBLETT (aka Cari)
ROCK LEGENDS RAISE ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS
Van Morrison, John Martyn, Rick Wakemen, Jack Bruce, Davy Spillane
“I’ll never forget walking into the HMV store on Oxford Street and seeing Eco Rock on the shelf alongside Live Aid and WoodstockI. I must have been one of the first women directors to film a major outdoor rock concert.” Carey Hamblett
BLUE SUEDE SHOES (Channel 4 1985)
Producer: Delilah Films Director: TOM GUTTERIDGE
George Harrison, Ringo, Eric Clapton, Rosanne Cash, The Stray Cats & the great Carl Perkins
“My first TV production job as a humble Assistant to the Producer was to drive Carl Perkins the Grandaddy of Rockabilly to buy him his Blue Suede Shoes for the show – and he sang to me all the way down the Kings Road! Filmed at Limehouse Studios it was the rockingest evening London had ever seen!” Carey Hamblett
ARCHETYPE/CHARACTER/STORY
ENSEMBLE SCREEN-WRITING WORKSHOPS – CHARGE YOUR IMAGINATION / EXPAND YOUR UNIVERSE. 1997-2007
Carey Hamblett created & led unique workshops – a fusion of physical theatre & film/drama theory to develop character & story.
Physical & Voice Work / Background & Subtext /Character’s Universe / Journey / Story Arc / Improvisation / Drawing On Experience / Composites / Archetypes.
Jerwood Space/Camberwell Project /YCTV (Youth TV) Nottinghill/Redroofs Drama School/Diorama Arts/Brighton Film School
CONSULTANCY
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In addition to developing and scripting projects Carey headed the development department of Stirling Films UK. She also scripted and produced youth drama for Channel 4 and been a consultant on projects across most genres.
FILM STUDENT DAYS
A TRULY INTERNATIONAL CREW – DEDICATED, TALENTED & CRAZY AS HELL:
HONOURING OLD HOLLYWOOD…Where it all began
MOTION PICTURE COMPANIES FILMING SILENT FILMS ON THE BEACH 1927 Victor Plukas