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The usual
requisite for when a Dial-a-Cab driver and taxi are
called on for a role in a movie is that any advertising of the
radio circuit is removed. In the case of Jim Rainbird’s (T25)
most recent film job, it was quite the reverse. Jim takes up the
story... "Ninety nine percent of all TV and film work I do starts with a phone call asking if I have a plain black taxi without any adverts or logos? I can answer yes to the question, hopefully without fear of being put on complaint by Allan Evans, because I’ve had magnetic DaC logos made up which are easily removed, specifically for this purpose. Regarding this particular shoot, I had not one but three phone calls, none that would usually be expected. The first came from the assistant director, another from the producer and finally one from the art department to make sure that I would allow advertising - and specifically a phone number on my cab as it was an important part of the scene. The shoot involved the usual - waiting for an actor / passenger, helping them in with luggage and then driving away – all shot from three different angles. The necessity for the phone number in this scene was that as we drove away, another actor runs out but just misses us and then takes down the phone number to call the taxi company. I asked if it was ok to use a real phone number and logo and not the usual fake film prop ones? The answer was yes, so guess which taxi company I suggested – but in a slightly different way than usual. When I arrived at the location – the beautifully stylish art deco flats of Lichfield Court in Richmond – the director came down and said they were shooting from one of the first floor flat balconies and that the phone number on my cab was too low down. Could I move it to the centre of the rear door, as it |
Film studios often call on
Dial-a-Cab drivers when a taxi and / or driver is required for a
movie. Last month it was Tony Arnold (F03), now it’s Jim
Rainbird (F25) in a movie with screen legend Sylvia Syms. But
this time it included an unusual request... Dial-a-Cab’s Free Advertising... |
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 Jim Rainbird with screen legend Sylvia Syms |
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 The
incorrectly placed logos on Jim’s Cab
needed to be in shot for as
long as possible? I explained that it wouldn’t be PCO approved
(!!!) but as the director pointed out to me; within the poetic
licence of the film industry, why let the truth get in the way
of a good story! |
but deserves to be
referred to by that old cliché - a national treasure! She is not just a tremendously talented and experienced actor, but also a very funny and lovely lady. When the cameras weren’t rolling, it really was laugh out loud stuff from the whole crew. She has starred on film, television, stage and radio for over 50 years. Her credits include Hamlet at The National Theatre, starring as Margaret Thatcher on television in The Final Days, whilst on film as the Queen Mother in The Queen with Dame Helen Mirren. She also starred alongside Julie Andrews and Omar Sherif in The Tamarind Seed and most memorably with Sir John Mills, Anthony Quayle and Harry Andrews in Ice Cold In Alex. Last year she appeared in Is Anybody There with Michael Caine and Anne-Marie Duff . She is, and always will be, a true star, gaining her OBE in the 2007 Queen's Birthday Honours list. This latest film is a romantic comedy provisionally called Booked Out, but that could change by the release, which is scheduled to be later this year. Perhaps the new title could be something to do with Dial-a-Cab!!!" Jim Rainbird (T25) |
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