Saturday, July 4, 2009 Pontypool: The Audio Drama


Pontypool is the latest not-really-zombies-honest movie. Based on a novel by Tony Burgess, it's the story of a brash radio host broadcasting during an outbreak of a "verbal virus", spread through the use of certain words, that turns the infected in murderous not-really-zombies-honest. Although Pontypool has received some pretty good buzz, it only received a very limited release in the US. The DVD is due out next month, but I've got something to tide us over in the meantime.

During the film's production, Pontypool was also commissioned as a radio play for the CBC. Given the nature of the story, it may even be better suited for the audio medium than for film. The radio version of Pontypool was broadcast as part of the BBC World Service's Worldplay series, and can be heard as streaming audio on the BBC website via the link below. I don't know how long it will be up for, so listen while you can.



UPDATE: I've tried my hand at creating an mp3 off of the streaming audio. For those of you who'd rather listen to the play on your mp3 player (or if you want to save it for later), it can be downloaded from RapidShare via the link below.

5 comments:

Doctor TOC said...

Fantastic! Thanks for making the mp3 available. Brilliant stuff, works beautifully as an audio drama.

Anonymous said...

Thank you very much for uploading the mp3, you sir are a gentleman and I shall be forever in your debt.

rmn said...

many thanks for the mp3, i was having a hard time trying to wget the file directly from BBC servers.

Anonymous said...

Sadly, this movie goes without its much needed praise. Fantastic movie, also powerful as an audio drama. Perfect.

Haleelee said...

The link for the Pontypool mp3 download no longer works. Any chance I could get that file? :D

haleelee at gmail dot com