freds dad Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Anyone fancy getting into the film business? http://www.bwfc.co.uk/page/General/0,,1004~2369315,00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anewman Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Anyone fancy getting into the film business? http://www.bwfc.co.uk/page/General/0,,1004~2369315,00.html I think the club or the players should donate before they ask us peasants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 I think the club or the players should donate before they ask us peasants They might have Investing in football + picture = more risk than I could ever take on, tax relief or not Good luck to 'em, though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mounts Kipper Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 How good would this be if it does get of the ground it is a truly interesting story and one that deserves to be heard by a wider audience, surely the club should have a stake in the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 I think the club or the players should donate before they ask us peasants let's be honest, I doubt any of the current first team squad give a toss about the "Wartime Wanderers" and therefore would be suprised if any of them doled out a significant some of money towards the making of the film. I've read the book, and I enjoyed it, I'm not sure how good a film it would make though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted June 1, 2011 Site Supporter Share Posted June 1, 2011 Let's also be honest, this is a similar situation to the recent Octagon play "And Did Those Feet". It's one thing expecting Bolton supporters to watch with great interest, a play or a film about their beloved football team. Watching a play or a film about any other team in the world wouldn't quite hold the same feelings for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiritofBurnden Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Let's also be honest, this is a similar situation to the recent Octagon play "And Did Those Feet". It's one thing expecting Bolton supporters to watch with great interest, a play or a film about their beloved football team. Watching a play or a film about any other team in the world wouldn't quite hold the same feelings for me. Not sure about that. The themes are fairly universal and if it's a good enough film there will be an audience outside of Bolton for it. It's the sort of project that could create interest in the club overseas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Not sure about that. The themes are fairly universal and if it's a good enough film there will be an audience outside of Bolton for it. It's the sort of project that could create interest in the club overseas. Germany? Japan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiled Girl Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Germany? Japan? No, no, no. The entire Wanderers team of that era were from the USA - don't you remember? Therefore, American actors and make a killing in the US, get Stu Holden in a leading role and bingo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted June 1, 2011 Site Supporter Share Posted June 1, 2011 Not sure about that. The themes are fairly universal and if it's a good enough film there will be an audience outside of Bolton for it. It's the sort of project that could create interest in the club overseas. Hey, if you feel confident that it'll do well at the box office, put your money where your mouth is. I don't share your confidence, therefore I am out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 No, no, no. The entire Wanderers team of that era were from the USA - don't you remember? Therefore, American actors and make a killing in the US, get Stu Holden in a leading role and bingo. Weren't the Americans too busy winning the war for us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiled Girl Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Weren't the Americans too busy winning the war for us? They won the war on every front, I don't know why anyone else bothered to turn up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted June 2, 2011 Site Supporter Share Posted June 2, 2011 They won the war on every front, I don't know why anyone else bothered to turn up. I've seen the films . . . nobody else did turn up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Biff Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 No, no, no. The entire Wanderers team of that era were from the USA - don't you remember? Therefore, American actors and make a killing in the US, get Stu Holden in a leading role and bingo. They could get Matt Jansen to play the role of the bloke who escapes from POW on a motor bike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BittyBattyRatty Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 (edited) Let's also be honest, this is a similar situation to the recent Octagon play "And Did Those Feet". It's one thing expecting Bolton supporters to watch with great interest, a play or a film about their beloved football team. Watching a play or a film about any other team in the world wouldn't quite hold the same feelings for me. Last two football related films I watched had nothing to do with Bolton. I still watched them. Edited June 2, 2011 by BittyBattyRatty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flannel Truscott Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Shame it's got that cunt Bradley Walsh in it. On that basis I'm out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter barryk32 Posted June 2, 2011 Site Supporter Share Posted June 2, 2011 I wouldn't watch it so I doubt someone from Plymouth/Doncaster/Nottingham (infact anywhere else at all) would. I am oooot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted June 2, 2011 Site Supporter Share Posted June 2, 2011 Last two football related films I watched had nothing to do with Bolton. I still watched them. I don't doubt it. Dont tell me, one of them was Green Street and the other Escape to Victory. . . or even the Brian Clough thing that was on a few months ago. The point is, most football films aren't a history lesson from a single club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BittyBattyRatty Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 I don't doubt it. Dont tell me, one of them was Green Street and the other Escape to Victory. . . or even the Brian Clough thing that was on a few months ago. The point is, most football films aren't a history lesson from a single club. The Brian Clough thing was one. Have you seen it or dismissed it because it's got loose connections with Derby, Leeds and Brighton? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted June 2, 2011 Site Supporter Share Posted June 2, 2011 The Brian Clough thing was one. Have you seen it or dismissed it because it's got loose connections with Derby, Leeds and Brighton? I watched it because the life of Brian Clough was the draw, not Leeds, Forest, Derby or Brighton. The film was not about any of the clubs it was about him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BittyBattyRatty Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 I watched it because the life of Brian Clough was the draw, not Leeds, Forest, Derby or Brighton. The film was not about any of the clubs it was about him. So you don't think telling the story about the bravery, patriotism and brotherhood of a group of blokes who went to war together. Giving up slightly privileged lives in order to do what they thought was right. Then after years of fighting and against all odds,almost coming back as a whole unit. That not a good enough draw for you? Oh and they played for Bolton Wanderers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted June 3, 2011 Moderators Share Posted June 3, 2011 problem is that this movie would've been made years back if it was united it's a great story that would entertain anybody who watched it unfortunately its little bolton wanderers so it won't get people through the doors shame, cos i'd be first in the queue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted June 3, 2011 Site Supporter Share Posted June 3, 2011 So you don't think telling the story about the bravery, patriotism and brotherhood of a group of blokes who went to war together. Giving up slightly privileged lives in order to do what they thought was right. Then after years of fighting and against all odds,almost coming back as a whole unit. That not a good enough draw for you? Oh and they played for Bolton Wanderers. What bit of I'd go and watch it because it's Bolton did you fail to grasp? What I said, quite clearly, is that in and around the Bolton area, this would make a killing. Outside the Bolton area it wouldn't even get shown. Bolton Wanderers are just not that big a deal to anyone not a supporter. As Casino goes on to say, if it had been United who marched off to sign up someone would already have made the film. If <insert the name of any football team in England here> had a team of players who all marched off to the recruitment office to sign up for the war effort it would be equally important, historically, but nothing to do with my team, therefore I don't think I'd be that interested. The "Oh and they played for Bolton Wanderers." is the important bit about your post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BittyBattyRatty Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 What bit of I'd go and watch it because it's Bolton did you fail to grasp? What I said, quite clearly, is that in and around the Bolton area, this would make a killing. Outside the Bolton area it wouldn't even get shown. Bolton Wanderers are just not that big a deal to anyone not a supporter. As Casino goes on to say, if it had been United who marched off to sign up someone would already have made the film. If <insert the name of any football team in England here> had a team of players who all marched off to the recruitment office to sign up for the war effort it would be equally important, historically, but nothing to do with my team, therefore I don't think I'd be that interested. The "Oh and they played for Bolton Wanderers." is the important bit about your post. So you will watch a film that is in the main about Leeds United's history because it features a part of Brian Clough's career. Yet when its pointed out this story is a bit more than Bolton's history, nobody outside of Bolton will view it? Makes me wonder how any film, novel or biography actually sells beyond the limits of narrow interest groups. I bow to the power of your cultural barometer and bold typing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted June 4, 2011 Site Supporter Share Posted June 4, 2011 I bow to your inability to understand that the Brian Clough story was less to do with any football club and more to do with a personality that was Brian Clough. If you can't grasp that a film about the wartime efforts of a Bolton football team won't be as well received outside Bolton than it will be inside then you are seriously looking at the world through rose-tinted glasses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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