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Working Title: Detour
Director: Adrian Vitoria
Script: Lee Karaim
Producers: Ian Brady & Stephen Salter
Synopsis: Twenty years ago the entire McKlusky family were butchered in their remote farmhouse, becoming the final victims in a vicious killing spree by a sadistic killer called Waxler. A drifter who was later caught and readily confessed to many more murders, Waxler refused to comment when questioned that, due to the slow and calculated nature of the torture, he must have had an accomplice. Now, five young friends are driving across country on their way to a music festival and, as a dare, decide to stop to visit the abandoned farmhouse. Under extreme peer pressure, some of them agree to go inside and look around, a decision that will lead to history repeating itself as one by one the friends are viciously butchered. Could the rumoured accomplice be active again? A classic teenage US set horror/thriller.


Title: The Crew
Director: Adrian Vitoria
Script: Ian Brady & Adrian Vitoria
Novel "Outlaws": Kevin Sampson

Producers: Ian Brady & Stephen Salter
Executive Producer: Rafael Quintian
Stills Gallery: Open>>

Synopsis: Across the city organised gangs are fighting for control of the lucrative supply of narcotics but supremacy in this violent world is short-lived as younger, hungrier and more ruthless gangs move up. Against this brutal backdrop Ged Brennan, Moby, Ratter and their crew pursue a dying trade of old time heists but, with two decades of meticulously planned jobs behind him, Ged is now planning to turn his back on this life but not before planning one final heist. As usual, he won't give them any details until the morning of the job so, until then, they have to stay off the street and keep out of trouble. The problem is that Moby loves to go out and with just days to go before the heist, an incident in a lapdance bar nearly leads to a gang war. Ratter, meanwhile, has long since outgrown the needless danger of Ged's blags and is desperate to cut all links with the crew but, for now, he has his own sinister reasons for staying on board. As the make-or-break heist approaches, Ged needs to summon all his street nous and killer instinct just to survive and even then he needs friends in low places to ensure that the stains vanish without trace.

"Brutal & Disturbing, This Is An Absolute Must See *****" ZOO

"A Gripping British Thriller. Don't Miss It! ****" LOADED

  "Intense and Ultra-Violent ****" FHM


 
Going Off Big Time
Nominated for four British Independent Film Awards including best production and released by Entertainment Film Distributors.

Described by Total Film as "Funny and angry...comparisons with Tarantino are not unjustified" and by the Daily Star as "an exciting and fast moving thriller", Going Off Big Time is the hard hitting story of the rise to power of Mark Clayton (Neil Fitzmaurice) to become one of the most powerful men in Liverpool.

Opening with a scene of violence and mayhem in a pub, the film unfolds in flashback as Mark recounts to his lawyer (Sarah Alexander) how bad luck and judgement turned him firstly into a hardened con, then into a small-time gangster. The prison sequences feature a masterly performance by Bernard Hill as the older con who shows Mark the ropes; the second half charts Clayton's rise to power taking over nightclub doors, running protection scams and dealing drugs. Director Jim Doyle, Screenplay Neil Fitzmaurice.


Re-Inventing Eddie
Winner of the Tribeca Best Film Award at the Galway Film Festival and the Jury and Audience Prizes for Best Film at the Cherbourg Film Festival.

Eddie Harris (John Lynch) is a 'normal' dad, who loves his life, job and most of all his family. His philosophy is honesty and frankness and he agrees with his wife Jeanie (Geraldine Somerville) to be open and natural when answering their children’s questions about the facts of life.

However, his frankness lands him in trouble and before long social workers are swarming to his doorstep. In an attempt to keep his family together, he is forced to exile himself and with the benefit of some misguided advice from his best friend Cliff (John Thompson) embarks on a quest to become a ‘normal’ dad again. Wickedly funny and extremely poignant, Re-Inventing Eddie is a journey of lost innocence and false accusations. Director Jim Doyle, Screenplay Ian Brady and Jim Doyle from the play One Fine Day by Dennis Lumborg.

"This is a timely look at a worrying subject...Lynch and Somerville neatly portray the frustration of people caught up in something beyond their control." HOTDOG ***

"Lynch brings sincerity to an awkward role and FAST SHOW alumnus John Thompson supplying gentle humour as his best mate." TOTAL FILM ***

EMPIRE ***



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