Tag: Screenings

The Bromley Boys screening

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The investors’ screening of The Bromley Boys arranged by Warrior Film Promotions on the nights of Wednesday the 10th and 17th were held at the glamorous Hospital Club in Covent Garden, Central London. It was a pleasure to be there for the evening along with such exciting guests as Bromley Boys’ director Steve Kelly (City Rats, The Shouting Men), producer TJ Herbert (e-luv, The Cutting Room), and actress Anna Danshina, who plays Anoushka in the film and whose other credits include the upcoming comedy You, Me & Him as well as several prominent stage rôles. Beginning the evening in the Hospital Club’s Bellini Bar, drinks were served to all, including beer, white wine, red wine, and soft drinks. After the guests had all been introduced to one another, it was time to move through to the club’s private cinema for the screening to get underway.

But first, producer TJ gave a brief introduction, explaining to all in attendance that what we were about to see wasn’t quite the finished version – “It’s about 85% complete,” in his words, “so by my mathematics that means the finished version should be about 15% better”. That bodes well, because what we were shown was pretty damned good, as it is. The picture, from Dave Roberts’ novel of the same name, claims to be “Based on true events…and some rumours”. It opens in the late 1960s, introducing us to Dave, capably played by young star Brenock O’Connor (Game of Thrones, Dickensian). Banned from supporting football by his perpetually disgruntled father (Alan Davies), his rather warmer mother (Martine McCutcheon) helps him to begin a life-long obsession with Bromley F.C., “The worst football team in Britain”. Along the way, he makes some friends for life, falls in love, and fibs his way into, and out of, a lot of trouble. Hilarious, surprisingly affecting, and boasting a cracking 60s-70s soundtrack, The Bromley Boys is sure to be a hit with anyone who’s ever been hopelessly in love, with football or with anything else.

After the screening was finished, and a few further brief words said by TJ, further refreshments were served back in the Bellini Bar, where the food coming round on trays included chili and garlic prawns and cleverly miniaturised versions of such classic dishes as fish and chips, Welsh rabbit, and burgers. There was a round of congratulations, questions, and general discussion, and some photos were taken to commemorate this memorable and highly successful night.

Mad To Be Normal Screening

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At Warrior Film Promotions, dealing with people from the film industry is only half the job. On the other side of the business, there are investors that we must take care to ensure remain involved. In particular, it is essential that investors understand how and where their money is being used, and are kept up to date on the production progress of their particular project.

 

To this end, Warrior set up a special screenings in Covent Garden’s Hospital Club. Since the British film industry is mostly centred in and around Soho, the members’ club is well-known in film circles as a place for meetings, screenings, and special events, down to the more informal – casual drinks, or food from the restaurant. For Warrior, it was the perfect venue to arrange a social event with investors, many of whom had expressed that they’d like to properly see where their money is going, with something more physical than an email or a phone call.

 

The event began at 6PM, with guests socialising over some nibbles and free drinks. Your correspondent can confirm that the red wine was a beautiful, mellow Negroamaro, which it was very easy to drink several glasses of. After some relaxed drinks and chat between investors and producers, we began our screening of Mad to Be Normal. Because the films our investors are currently involved with, such as You, Me and Him, The Bromley Boys, and Milk and Honey, are at various stages in their development cycle, they might not necessarily have had any tangible product to screen – You, Me and Him, for example, began shooting on Monday 31st. Nevertheless, Mad to Be Normal proved a good representative of the style, ethos, and high quality level common to the films represented by Warrior. It even shares with You, Me and Him its leading man David Tennant.

 

Mad to Be Normal is an account of the astonishing true story of controversial Scottish psychiatrist R.D. Laing, known for his classic work The Divided Self and for his five-year experiment at Kingsley Hall in the 1960s, which is the focus of the film. At Kingsley Hall no drugs were administered, and neither were some of the other more drastic treatments common at the time, such as ECT (which history has largely vindicated, albeit as a last resort) and lobotomy (which history has not). The patients and doctors lived together as equals, and no treatment at all was given to patients if they did not want it. The idea is plainly a radical one, but Mad to Be Normal never tries to glamourise its subject, instead offering a sympathetic, yet insightful view of the doctor, and bringing his professional and personal shortcomings into focus just as much as the more heroic aspects of his extraordinary life. With a career-best central performance by Tennant as well as strong support by such acclaimed actors as Gabriel Byrne and Michael Gambon, Mad to Be Normal was a winner with the audience, many of whom confessed to me afterwards that the picture moved them to tears.

 

Following the screening, the group retired to the private room for more drinks, as well as some delicious food – mushroom brioche, lamb squares, miniature burgers and prawn toast. By 11PM, which was the time the room was booked until, guests were thoroughly satisfied with the film, the food, the drinks, the conversation, and the wisdom of their investments.

 

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Mad To Be Normal Private Screening 13th October London

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It was an incredibly successful night as Warrior clients got to view the Directors Cut of the film they have invested in.

The film’s Producer Peter Dunphy, together with the Warrior Film Promotions team; Jeff Clarke, Claire Lee and David Poole, along with Olivia Poulet, one of the film stars, socialised with clients in the upmarket Hospital Club in London’s Covent Garden.

The film was received extremely well by both investors and members of the press. So much so, that Warrior has now added a further date to accommodate the high level of interest. The exclusive Private Members Club frequented by all in the music, media and television business, is the perfect setting in which to host such an event.

The clients and invited guests were impressed; not only by the quality of the production, excellent script and authenticity of the story and character portrayal but also by the marketability of this film. This heightened interest augers well for investors as a film of this calibre is sure to generate pleasing returns for investors.

“Mad to be Normal” recounts the life of renowned Scottish Psychiatrist, R. D. Laing and his unique community at Kingsley Hall, East London, during the 1960’s.

One of the invited guests John Jolliffe, who knew R. D Laing by attending the groups he held at his house in Belsize Park, not only loved the film but Mr Jolliffe thought it was an excellent and accurate portrayal of Laing.

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