Wow, we only launched our Kickstarter campaign on Friday and already we’re the best part of $400 closer to our goal of getting enough money to spread the word about Under The Mud by painting a Liverpool bus.
Thanks so much to all backers so far – we couldn’t be more excited about this and we’re shouting it from the rooftops. We will of course be making regular updates to keep you informed both here and via Kickstarter, but if you want to hear from us via another medium (or just can’t get enough of Under The Mud!), you can:
Also – we really appreciate everyone that’s tweeted about Under The Mud. It’s so lovely that people are helping the film get the attention it deserves, so if you’re big on Twitter, or you just think your Mum/mate/colleague/dentist/whatever might be into what we’re doing, please do spread the word!
We’ll be back with more of an update soon (some exciting things going on here in Liverpool!), but that’s it from us for the time being. Onwards!
Love,
The Under The Mud team
The “Making of Under the Mud” documentary won the Best Regional Programme Award from the Royal Television Society. Director Sol Papadopoulos picked up the gong (a piece of plastic actually!) at a gala dinner on Saturday 17th November. The Granada Editions programme followed Mud writer/actors Lenny Wood and Mick Colligan to the Sonoma and Cannes film festivals and told the story of how this epic film finally got made.
There’s a full list of winners at How Do.
Crossing international datelines “like it ain’t no thing” – Under the Mud screens a little closer to home at the Salford Film Festival.
5.30pm
Sunday the 25th of November
Salford Arts Theatre, Westerham Avenue (off Liverpool Street).
Screenings are FREE!
Lenny and Mick with Michael Sheen
LA really is a great big freeway – though thanks to Fat Nav Mick Colligan we never got lost!
Hollywood was a blast with a bit of help from Liverpool Acme and Virgin Atlantic four boys from Liverpool set off on their madcap adventure.
The trip ended up including wildfires that stopped us ever seeing Malibu, A-list celebrities, an open mic spot for Lenny and Mick, a Critics Choice award and Venice Beach and all hosted by two of LA’s finest – Mal Young and Brian O’Hare. Not to mention a master tape that never played…all to be revealed in more detail soon.
Lisa and David at Galway FM
It was two days worth of good old Irish hospitality as ‘Under the Mud’ actress Lisa Parry and me (UTM writer David Catterall) headed to Galway for the 2007 Junior Film Fleadh.
The flight over was an interesting one as neither of us are particularly good with flying, especially on such a small aircraft. It was a good job we both had a lot to catch up on, and prepare for. We were heading straight for a radio interview as soon as we landed. Galway FM’s Craig Kelly was our host and what followed was a lively and fun interview that would hopefully get a few more bums on seats for the screening the following day.
From there we headed to our guesthouse to settle in and glam up for dinner.After a wonderful evening of wine, food and good company we turned in for the night.The screening took place at the Town Hall Theatre, a really cosy venue that was able to play host to a generously sized audience. The majority of this audience were teenagers and film makers who were interested in the process of how the film was conceived, so both of us has plenty of interesting questions to answer in the Q&A afterwards. The film went down extremely well with people, and we discovered that we had inspired the local Film companies to want to do something similar.
After sampling the local Guinness and a good old Irish knees up in a spectacular old tavern we set off home the next day content, happy and terrified of the bumpy ride home!
Mick, Lenny, Roy and Sol entertained the crowds at the Cambridge Film Festival screening of UTM on 7th July, getting a great review in the process.
The team at Cambridge Film Festival
