Results tagged “CLUBBED” from Birmingham Mail - Mega Movies

IT was great to see Coventry screenwriter Geoff Thompson at Cineworld Broad Street last introducing the national premiere of his first feature film, Clubbed.

Imagine the pride he had in doing that!

The film was screened in two cinemas at once and the packed audience really seemed to like it. See my review in this Friday's Mail.

Meanwhile, Geoff's message was that if he can get a film made, anyone can - so he hopes that his influence rubs off.

In the same vein, you might like the chance to attend an audition to possibly become a film star yourself.

So here are the details of the next open opportunity in Brum.

ACTING AUDITIONS
The producers of Freestyle, filming in April and due for release in October 2009, are auditioning in Birmingham this weekend to find a new black actor, black actress and female mixed race.
Entrants will be asked to perform a one min freestyle basketball routine, a one minute streetdance routine and read an extract from the script.
The auditions are in the NIA's community hall from 9.30am-noon and 1pm-4pm on Sunday.
Details: www.bebo.com/freestylemovie

Here are the full details of the characters:

Man-Man (Actor) Male Black
One of Leon¹s best friends, Man-Man is well-built and athletic and an ace
freestyler. Role requirements: Afro-Caribbean male, playing age 18. Must be
over 6ft, athletic build and have strong freestyle skills.

Ondene Marchant - Female Mixed Race
Female Lead: a beautiful and smart mixed-race girl from a wealthy background
who dreams of studying law at Oxford.
Role requirements: Mixed race girl, playing aged 17. Good basketball skills
essential, freestyle and dance skills preferred.

Prunella - Female Black
Ondene¹s rival both on and off the court. She has bags of attitude and
wicked freestyle skills to match.
Role requirements: Afro-Caribbean girl, playing age 18. Good freestyle
skills essential.

To register for your audition spot please email freestyle@revolvergroup.com

The best entrants seen at auditions around the country will go through to the grand finals in London on January 24.

The film is being promoted as 'an urban love story that revolves around a freestyle basketball competition... a uniquely British take on traditional American genre
films such as Step Up and High School Musical, with the added urban grit of
something like Kidulthood'.

I'M about to catch up with former Coventry bouncer Geoff Thompson - a man who's really going places.

The martial arts expert is going to be promoting his forthcoming film, Clubbed, which I'll see for the first time today, three months before it's due to be released in January, 2009.

Also due at the screening are director Neil Thompson and stars Colin Salmon (Die Another Day / AVP / Match Point), Maxine Peak (Veronica in Shameless) and Mel Raido (Derailed).

Clubbed was shot in Birmingham and it only seems like two minutes since I was reporting from the set of the film in Sparkbrook for a Mail feature.

Taglined 'Once you're in there's no way out', the film is the semi-autobiographical story of a lonely factory worker whose life is transformed when he becomes a nightclub doorman.

I first met Geoff years ago when he came to our office to promote a book.

Today, he's a BAFTA-winning film writer and it's his ambition to be regarded as 'one of the top five per cent of screenwriters within five years'.

I fully expect him to make it, judging by how he's turned his life around from sweeping factory floors and beginning his writing career by sitting in the toilets with a pen and pad.

Here are the details of just two of his books if you want to follow his astonishing example.

One of them is called The Elephant and the Twig - The Art of Positive Thinking: 14 Golden Rules to Success and Happiness.

ISBN 1 84024 115 2 (Summersdale - www.summersdale.com)

The other is a more abridged version of the above and other books and it's called Everything That Happens To Me Is Good.

ISBN: 1-84024-597-2 or ISBN 13: 978-1-84024-597-4 and it is also published by Summersdale, Publishers Ltd of 46 West Street, Chichester, West Sussex. PO19 1RP

The key line of Geoff's motivational work is one which so many people never grasp.

And that is, quite simply: 'The more you give, the more you get back'.

Read the books. And pass them on to your friends. They'll be glad you did.

Meanwhile, keep an eye on details of Clubbed at www.clubbedthemovie.com although it's really only flagging up a future website at the moment.

And don't miss the cracking trailer of a short film by Geoff called Romans 12:20. It's at www.romans1220.com