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'''''<nowiki>''Carbolic Soap'</nowiki>''<nowiki/>'<nowiki/>''' is an unreleased early film by Edgar Wright  
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'''''Carbolic Soap''''' is a 60 minute superhero parody film from 1992 which was written, directed and produced by British filmmaker Edgar Wright. The film was released independently by Wright and filmed on an video 8 camcorder and VHS for an unknown budget.


==Background==
==Background==
[[File:Carbolic Soap flyer.jpg|thumb|Poster advertisement for film screening, drawn by Edgar Wright ]]
The film was created by Wright when he was just 17 years old, and was one of three films he produced between the ages of 17 and 20. Nothing is known about the plot beyond the basic premise of it being a superhero parody film.
[[File:VHS COPY.JPG|thumb|A physical copy of the film has appeared alongside Edgar Wright and Martin Curtis in 1992 Gimme 5 interview ]]
''“Carbolic Soap”'' is a 60 minute superhero parody film from 1992 which was written, directed and produced by Edgar Wright. Released independently and filmed on an video 8 camcorder and VHS for an unknown budget. The film was publicly screened to an audience of 50 people on May 12th, 1992 at Kennion Hall. The film's plot is unknown and no screenshots or short clips have surfaced.


== Status ==
The only known screening of the film took place on May 12th, 1992, wherein it was publicly screened at Kennion Hall to an audience of 50 people.
[[File:VHS COPY.JPG|thumb|A physical copy of the film has appeared alongside Edgar Wright and
 
==Availability==
While Edgar Wright has shown no interest in releasing the film, he has mentioned brief details about it in past interviews.   
While Edgar Wright has shown no interest in releasing the film, he has mentioned brief details about it in past interviews.   



Revision as of 11:11, 6 May 2022

Carbolic Soap flyer.jpg

Poster advertisement for film screening, drawn by Edgar Wright himself.

Status: Lost

Carbolic Soap is a 60 minute superhero parody film from 1992 which was written, directed and produced by British filmmaker Edgar Wright. The film was released independently by Wright and filmed on an video 8 camcorder and VHS for an unknown budget.

Background

The film was created by Wright when he was just 17 years old, and was one of three films he produced between the ages of 17 and 20. Nothing is known about the plot beyond the basic premise of it being a superhero parody film.

The only known screening of the film took place on May 12th, 1992, wherein it was publicly screened at Kennion Hall to an audience of 50 people. [[File:VHS COPY.JPG|thumb|A physical copy of the film has appeared alongside Edgar Wright and

Availability

While Edgar Wright has shown no interest in releasing the film, he has mentioned brief details about it in past interviews.

In an 2015 Empire Magazine interview he states:

"Between the ages of 18 and 20 I made three hour-long films. One was a superhero film called Carbolic Soap. One was a cop film called Dead Right. And the other was called A Fistful Of Fingers.".

Edgar Wright mentioned the film in an Red Bull Music Academy Lecture interview:

"I did a superhero spoof when I was about 17 called Carbolic Soap. I remember on the end credits I used something from the score to Dario Argento’s Phenomena, because it had a particularly epic end cue. I think that was by Goblin or at least one of the members, such as Claudio Simonetti. I definitely remember all these things fondly".

On July 18, 2018 Edgar Wright announced on Twitter that an old classmate (Twitter user: @Marjorie73) had found the original poster for Carbolic Soap.

Carbolic Soap poster

References

1. Empire Magazine Interview where Carbolic Soap is briefly mentioned

2. Red Bull Music Academy Lecture interview where Carbolic Soap is briefly mentioned

3. Original Tweet by Edgar Wright

4. Gimme5 interview where VHS copy is shown