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8 YEARS AFTER THE PILOT 'LE DONK' IS FINALLY MADE!
« Thread Started on Jul 23, 2007, 9:12pm »
I have kept this a little closer to my chest than usual as every time I announce something, It tends to collapse in a great big heap of unfundable poop. I have, for the last month or so, been in discussions with Paddy (Considine) and Mark Herbert about trying to ressurect the charactor of Le Donk in some format and allow ourselves to have some proper fun before we begin writing King of the Gypsies in the Winter.

A couple of months back I was asked to get involved with shooting a film with the Artic Monkeys at their Old Trafford concert (Happening over the last weekend of July). I didn't really see myself making a concert film on a par with woodstock, so declined, but after talking to Paddy about how gutted I was that we have never made anything with the charactor of "Donk' the penny dropped and I realised that we had a golden platform for 'Le Donk' staring us in the face.

So we decided to buy 'Le Donk' a bedford rascal camper van, get him signed up as an official 'Roady' and we are about to set off to old trafford on a 5 day adventure in search of a film. We have No script, No funding and a tiny crew, but we are all buzzing about it and think the whole thing could be shot edited and ready for showing way before crimble!

We know not whether it will be a Short, a Feature or the first episode of a series, but it'll be a great crack getting back in the saddle, and if Paddy's first rehearsals are anything to go by, It should be piss funny! Rock on!!!!
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« Reply #1 on Jul 23, 2007, 9:23pm »
Great stuff Shane - can't wait to see this - will Paddy still have his 'slight impediment' when doing Le Donks' voice - "Extvvavaganza" - I've a mate who speaks like that and found it hilarious!

Good luck with it!

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« Reply #2 on Jul 23, 2007, 9:26pm »
Exciting times are here again!

Not only Le Donk, but evidence that King of the Gypsies has the backing it needs?!?! :D
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« Reply #3 on Jul 23, 2007, 9:36pm »
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« Reply #4 on Jul 23, 2007, 10:01pm »
Here... whilst I've been having a mooch, found this from an interview with yer good self Shane...

Meadows already has his next feature planned, and it sounds both hilarious and wildly different. It's called Le Donk. 'Le Donk will be the next film and Paddy will be in it. It's about a rock drummer who gets dropped from his label and he has to go back and work on the council estate. It'll be a fly-on-the-wall documentary and will be totally different. He's called Le Donk because he got off with a French student when he was at school.'

And of course, I had to have a look at the vid again... and I can't be mithered getting out the Midlands DVD... so I used God's own - youtube:

Click Here to See

Still creases me that... he can't half shift though - like an amphetamine filled dog with worms that's in a hurry - geat stuff!

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« Reply #5 on Jul 23, 2007, 10:47pm »
great sounds like a lot of fun for cast crew... and the all important paying public
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« Reply #6 on Jul 24, 2007, 8:33am »
This is sure to be hilarious.
I love that you guys are so hugely versatile.
This Is England ..to.. Le Donk. Brilliant!

Shane, please please PLEASE .. can you put the outtakes from
the dance in ..Romeo Brass on something! I beg of you!
(and while you're at it dig out a copy of Civvy Street Fiasco from your archives .. Stephen and Nick from Unisex reckon you have the only copy! hehe)

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« Reply #7 on Jul 24, 2007, 9:48am »
Great news Shane cant wait.

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« Reply #8 on Jul 24, 2007, 10:18am »
Sounds amazing. Im having visions of that Chilli Peppers video with the guy with the mullet.

Good luck with it Shane.

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« Reply #9 on Jul 24, 2007, 11:16am »
OH YES! So you will be up Manchester way then. Might bump into ya mate. Sounds ace!
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« Reply #10 on Jul 24, 2007, 11:43am »
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« Reply #11 on Jul 24, 2007, 12:43pm »
Excellent news! Think i just soiled myself a little.
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« Reply #12 on Jul 24, 2007, 3:41pm »
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« Reply #13 on Jul 24, 2007, 3:45pm »
Good luck Shane and co! Can't wait to see this.
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