- published: 21 Jun 2013
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Comrades is a 1986 British historical drama film directed by Bill Douglas and starring an ensemble cast including James Fox, Robert Stephens and Vanessa Redgrave. It depicts the story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, who were transported to Australia in the nineteenth century. Parts of the film were shot in the ghost town of Tyneham in south Dorset which was taken over by the military during WWII for use as a training area and is still part of a large military range. The film was entered into the 37th Berlin International Film Festival.
In credits order.
There's a yellow sun that's rising, rising in the east
but this is not like any one I think I've ever seen.
Something from infinity
is shining more than light on me...
Trapped inside this hourglass
the yellow sand is falling falling fast
Cupped inside the maker's hands
the suns goes slipping through like... yellow sand....
Days and days and days go by
and I close my eyes and I try to tell myself
that this is all a dream
Time goes by and I see the signs
and I know nobody else can live my life
nobody else but me.
Something from a distance speaks
calling to my memory...
Every minute ticking by
I'm closer to the reason why
and somehow now I understand that
time goes slipping through like...yellow sand
I've taken this ride ever since I can't remember when
but this is not like any place I think I've ever been.
One more chance is all I ask
just one more chance to turn this back around
Trapped inside this hourglass
the yellow sand is falling falling fast
Cupped inside the maker's hands