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Hi John, I just wanted to reply using your own logic. I haven't seen London to Brighton. Some people say it's a good film. But it didn't play in Blackburn and I couldn't find it being on anywhere else. At the same time there were a lot of foreign films on at my local multiplex - some of these...

A number of this forum's contributors have been pointing out how there are many things rotten with the UK Film Council and its Regional Screen Agencies. And we're not alone. More and more are, like Ken Loach, Robert Carlyle, Brian Cox, Jonathan Gems and many others, standing up and being...

Whoa Michael! It's not my film! I wrote Bad Lad for you. I was in no position to shoot, edit and do all the rest. I like being in front of the camera! It needed a producer - no film is made if no one produces it - even if you direct it as well it's the "producer's hat" what gets it made. And...

Just have (started new thread that is). Thanks too for saying I'm a gent. As a child I was taught the phrase, "Good manners cost nothing" - and that's a really important thing to remember when you're making films on good will. Our films have taken years to make, but everyone's stuck with them...

The biggest issue is exhibition. Over the past decade quite a few features have been made in the North West - but they've hardly been screened. And it's also the case with shorts too. This thread is dedicated to doing something about it. Our films aren't going to be on in the multiplexes except...

The key problem is exhibition. If your film was neither produced, nor acquired by one of the US majors (or Pathe) it will not be on general release. If your film is acquired by one of the 50+ small UK distributors, typically for 'no advance' they will get it on for one to two weeks in one or two...

On February 2nd North West Vision staged a distribution seminar, hosted by Elizabeth Draper. Elizabeth has some 25 years experience working at the highest level for America and French majors such as Fox and Pathe - distributors of medium to large budget films with well known casts and the clout...

Brilliant Chris! I never knew we filmmakers had so much power! One request for some assistance in completing 'Bad Lad' (turned down). One invitation to a preview screening of Bad Lad (not attended by anyone from NWV). One informal chat when you asked after Bar Stewards and told me about some...

Right now I'm in the process of contacting the independent screens in the region as well as the multiplexes with Digital Screen Network subsidised screens - these are screens which are supposed to be used a few times a month to show 'specialised films' (classic, foreign and independent films)...

Hi George, Do you have any contact details for the makers of both Kicks and Slavage? Jon

North West Vision. Such a waste of space and money. When we'd got a reasonable cut made of Bad Lad, we still needed to do a heck of a lot of audio post-production, so we approached Chris Moll to see if he could give us any assistance. For a long time I thought that we we got from NWV was...

Respected Indiewire film web-zine blogger, Michael Tully, is so impressed with Bad Lad that he says he'll be putting his weight behind it as soon as it comes out in the States. Michael sent us a pretty long email about the film. Here's just some of what he said: "I was VERY impressed by...

With Diary of a Bad Lad Pleased Sheep Films set out to prove that uncompromising films could be made on no money. We didn't set out to blaze a trail, but as soon as we'd finished shooting, Bad Lad star and Bolton resident Joe O'Byrne set about developing the now virtually completed, no-budget...

DIARY OF A BAD LAD double disc special edition is going to be available just as soon as we've got, and checked the samples from the manufacturer. And it's no ordinary special edition. Besides two hours of extras there's also an interactive section where you can edit your own version of one...

Hi, Chris Moll got NWV&M to commission a really good report on feature film making in the North west from Derek Murray. Derek called the report, "Defying Gravity" as he'd pretty much concluded that filmmaking in the region happened without support. NWV never changed the title - you can download...

Look closely at the picture and what do you see from left to right? Paul Gordon with sun tan and shaved head? Jon in novelty bathing hat? Joe in drag? Roxanne - definitely And who's that lurking behind in the sun hat? Why, it's 'tranny' Coppack himself!

The Bolton News has just run an article about Joe and Bad Lad - you can see it online at: http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/display.var.1902330.0.china_in_his_hand.php

And here are some 'Bad Lad' quotes "I'm not a debt collector, more of a 'debt cousellor' "Have you got a problem with colonic irrigation?" "This is just going too far. This is my wife you're talking about" "We won't get another chance at something like this" "You sick bastard" "My parents...

This is not actually a photograph of Michael Booth, but of his Chinese look-a-like, MaikerBushi. He's wearing shades because the eyes would give it away. Oh yes, and Chinese fans are now up to 5,352 (up 20 on yesterday).

Funny place, Cornwall. A lot of middle class arty-types have moved there, along with city-dwelling second homes buyers, and all these people have seen the value of the properties go through the roof. They are all very nice, even the young people who are out on the streets at midnight move out of...