The Lost World of Mr Hardy (tbc)
- Run time: 1 hour 33 mins
- Genre: Documentary
- Release date: 1st January 2008
- Starring: John Mullock, Jim Hardy, Mark Terry
- Directed by: Andy Heathcote, Heike Bachelier
- Official Website: www.trufflepigfilms.co.uk
- Distributor: Trufflepig Films
Plot Synopsis
Jackie is a straight talking, bright eyed craftsman of 85. He says he would much rather ‘do his time’ in the 1930s than work in today’s world. Jackie spent all his fifty year working life at Hardy’s of Alnwick, and much of the fishing tackle he once hand crafted now sits in private collections. Hardy’s made everything from intricate salmon flies to beautiful cane fishing rods. They had royalty, maharajas and film stars on their books. But nowadays working by hand is a thing of the past. With this inevitable progress is there something else we have also lost? Could the pride behind the handmade reflect some deeper need to connect with our surroundings?