Christopher Lee plays two parts -- and the characters are physically separate, such that they could be physically observed separately in the same room at the same time if necessary, unlike the situations in "I Monster" or "Alias John Preston." Only one is human, yet there is no alien involved, as there was in "End of the World," and no supernatural force, as there was in "Jinnah," "Curse of the Crimson Altar," "Shivers" or, possibly, "Funny Man" or "Nutcracker Fantasy." This is a work of pure fiction -- not a documentary, nor a format where Mr. Lee comes out of one temporary guise into another -- nor into "himself," perhaps a la "The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan." What is the title?
Charles,
I just missed an eBay auction for Arabian Adventure (with real box art) because I got too involved in what I was doing after the alarm clock on my desk gave the five minute warning. :rolleyes:
It went for $41.05, which I could have recouped after seeing the movie, since it had the box art. See it all here before it disappears.
(The same seller seems to have sold the same thing or another one for $49.95 on June 15th, too. Sigh.)
Hmmm...clearly I'm not approaching this logically. Time to see if I can break this down a bit.
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Christopher Lee plays two parts -- and the characters are physically separate, such that they could be physically observed separately in the same room at the same time if necessary
Okay, straightforward. 2 parts in a program.
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Only one is human, yet there is no alien involved...and no supernatural force
This is the key. Not human, not alien and no supernatural or external force involved. This rules out Mr.Lee doubling for another actor and having a small secondary role as another character, as the other would still be human. Not a corpse lying on the floor as even though dead, it would still be human. No ghosts, aliens or anything along those lines. This leaves something else that is natural. What is not human, not alien, not magical, not supernatural but can be a character? Hmmm...I'd venture that this is then an animal? This seems to rule out all live-action film and television roles, which leads us into possibly audio performances, as technically Mr. Lee could be all characters at once.
How about something like "Peter and the Wolf"?
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This is the key. Not human, not alien and no supernatural or external force involved. This rules out Mr.Lee doubling for another actor and having a small secondary role as another character, as the other would still be human. Not a corpse lying on the floor as even though dead, it would still be human. No ghosts, aliens or anything along those lines. This leaves something else that is natural. What is not human, not alien, not magical, not supernatural but can be a character?
This is all correct.
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Hmmm...I'd venture that this is then an animal? This seems to rule out all live-action film and television roles, which leads us into possibly audio performances, as technically Mr. Lee could be all characters at once.
How about something like "Peter and the Wolf"?
This is very logical. However, you can actually observe them visually. If "physically observe" was unclear on that, then I'll have to give it to you, but I think if you keep going, you (or someone) will get the one I was thinking of.
Hint: They actually do appear in the same room in one scene, though one is seen standing just beyond a subdivision of that room.
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This is very logical. However, you can actually observe them visually. If "physically observe" was unclear on that, then I'll have to give it to you, but I think if you keep going, you (or someone) will get the one I was thinking of.
No, no, no...don't give it to me based on that. LOL...I was fishing for clues by posting my previous breakdown...and Rebecca, you came through precisely as expected, although I still don't have the answer. 
Could you define "Binky," Charles? I would say it's a blanket, but my daughter would insist, now that she's a mother, that a binky is a pacifier. In either case, the most deprived child I can think of is Roderick Grisbane, of "House of the Long Shadows," though he was probably too old for a binky, considering he was alleged to have been a father at his still tender age.
The complete OED has no entry for "binky."
The closest I can get to the word "Binky" is a Northern word we use up `ere is "Bink" which means a sort of bench, still no further forward on the title of the movie though, at first I thought you meant "Dinky" which is a locomotive and I would have said "Horror express " or something like that!!
Colin
Fuming? Hardly! This is fun!
As I was going down for a nap, I was thinking about which characters might have had a nickname such as "Binky." Kim Cattral's character in "Double Vision" crossed my mind, along with the wife in "Airport '77, but I don't know that one of those is the movie, and can't re-watch them now with work due. Someone else will probably get this. Good question!
Juan is of course correct in that the answer is the animated Terry Pratchett feature "Soul Music". I would say that providing the voice of a character, whether for an animated piece or for radio certainly involves "playing" a character, but that is simply my interpretation. So if you folks feel I've dealt unfairly here, my apologies.
Incidentally, "Binky" is the name of Death's horse!
Back to Juan to post the next question.
He called out "Lights!" during "Hamlet?"