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Post by Dave on Mar 9, 2006 16:51:50 GMT
That's one hell of a story there Stiffy! One man's quest for the holy grail of Meadows films!
It really seems that for now, you're only chance is second hand (and hopefully from someone who doesn't realise what they have and are selling it for next to nothing).
Bring on that DVD though! I whole-heartedly agree!
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Post by Companero on Mar 9, 2006 16:52:58 GMT
Welcome, Stiffy and g’day mate. You’ve come to the right place for all things meadows. Small Time isn’t available yet, as you’ve found out but there’s some great films for you to catch up on. Make sure you get hold of them all! My personal favourite is Dead Man’s Shoes but A Room For Romeo Brass and 24/7 are ace too. You’ve got some treats in store, mate.
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Post by shanemeadows on Mar 9, 2006 21:04:20 GMT
Hi Stiffy. I know that feeling when you search for something that seems so good yet noone has it, remembers it or seems to have seen it! I have been after a TV Drama called 'One Summer' for over 10 years and finally it has now been released. This programme touched me deeply as a young boy and I have been looking for a copy ever since, now I have one and I almost don't want to watch it in case it doesn't live up.
I actually managed to get a copy of Smalltime on DV cam recently from the master tape. So I could in theory make some DVD's. I was hoping to release it officially though and include some bonus footage but then some pratwagon seemed to have beat us to it, now they have vanished and Mark Herbert (my producer and master of Warp Films) promises me that he is still going to be the man who gets the rights and supposedly fairly soon.
As you said, It's been a topsy turvy ride on this one. And if someone doesn't release it this year, I will do my own pirate run for those who want one. So they'd better pull their frikkiin fingers out!
I hope in the meantime that working your way through my other films will keep you going and I promise you that if you can't buy a copy before the year is out, I will burn you a DVD myself!
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Post by deadmansrockports on Mar 9, 2006 21:32:18 GMT
See ya wouldnt get Spielberg blastin a copy of ET or Jurassic Park on a Maxell 4.7 disc would ya. Your a good un you Shane!
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Post by RydCook on Mar 10, 2006 9:48:59 GMT
great story stiffy! yeaah we all want small time, just gotta wait a little longer, i'm happy with a pirated one from meadows himself or a proper release! lol. i hope shane's other films keep you happy for now.
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Post by Dazza on Mar 17, 2006 14:52:41 GMT
I first came across Shane Meadows when i was led in bed ill one Saturday night, I switched to BBC2 and it was about half way through this film called a room for romeo brass, i decided to give it 5 minutes of my time to see what it was like and was hooked, after the film ended I was straight on amazon looking for the film so I could see the first half, every friend or family number i have lent the dvd to and recomended it to has come back with the same verdict it is a great film, forget hollywood special effect blockbusters, Shane Meadows films are like real life and thats what I like to see.
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Post by mackem1 on Mar 17, 2006 15:55:01 GMT
Saw Small Time as an insomniac teen on Channel 4 late one night and thought it was well funny. Totally forgot about it, then when i moved to Sneinton a couple of years ago (from Sunderland) some one asked if I had seen Small Time. I tracked it down and realised that it was the same film that had made me laugh a few years earlier. Since then I have followed everything hes done and can't wait for the new one.
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Post by matt2cool4skool on Mar 18, 2006 13:24:52 GMT
In 1997 I went to see 'TwentyFourSeven' at the cinema (The Electric Cinema, Birmingham) and fell in love with it. Remember later seeing an article in Empire Magazine touting Shane as the next big British talent and giving '24-7' five red stars!
I kept a keen eye open for the next project and sure enough i caught a trailer of 'A Room For Romeo Brass' while watching a double-bill of 'Run, Lola, Run' and 'Go' at the Electric. Me and my mate pissed ourselves out loud at it. It was the arguement over the chips that did us in!
Anyway, being a div that i am i missed the four day run 'ARFRB' got at the Electric. So on a miserable, wet, dreary and windy winter night had to drag my girlfriend at the time (who that day was doubled-over in pain with PMS - yes i'm a selfish barsteward when it comes to catching a rare film but you'd have all done the same!!) on the train to Wolverhampton to watch it at the Lighthouse Cinema.
We were blown away. As the credits rolled, we turned and looked at each other. It was perfect; the music, the chemistry between the characters, we had laughed and nearly cried, we knew it was a moment.
We walked out of the cinema and were joined by a small lady wearing glasses who had sat alone a few rows ahead of us. "What did you think?" she shrieked, clearly as excited as us. "It was brilliant!" we answered in unison.
That night coming back on the train we chatted every scene and every detail to death, the lashing rain, the wait in the cold for the last train home and the crippling PMS pains all seemed to fade away.
It wasn't long afterwards that i had tracked down copies of the soundtracks and screenplays for '24-7' and 'ARFRB' and a copy of 'Small Time + Where's The Money Ronnie' on VHS.
Been a huge fan ever since and as mentioned in a previous thread managed to arrange a screening of 'ARFRB' at my local cinema for my friends and family on my 21st birthday.
Went to see 'Once Upon a Time In The Midlands' and 'Dead Man's Shoes' on their day of release cos they were showing at the multiplexes.
And so, nearly ten years later, the journey continues!!
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Post by Hyde on Mar 19, 2006 2:22:28 GMT
Standing in my local tesco's with £15 in one hand and a copy of DEAD MANS SHOES in the other just standing there looking at the cover thinking THIS MOVIE LOOKS AMAZING.
and it was. Been a BIG fan of Shane Meadows work ever since.
When I was like 8-9 years old I saw Reservoire Dogs, no film had ever came close till I saw Dead Mans Shoes when I was 15.
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Post by Dave on Mar 19, 2006 2:44:30 GMT
When I was like 8-9 years old I saw Reservoire Dogs, no film had ever came close till I saw Dead Mans Shoes when I was 15. Kids these days eh!  |
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Post by RydCook on Mar 19, 2006 19:46:28 GMT
8 or 9 when you saw resevioire dogs!? BLIMEY!
great story mat2cool4skool, this is a very interesting thread
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Post by fattaxi on Mar 19, 2006 22:24:30 GMT
I think I was about the same age too when I saw Res Dogs.
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Post by Morell™ on Mar 20, 2006 9:30:10 GMT
15? what certificate is dead mans? it has the word Cunny in it? some one wasnt keeping an eye out letting you get you paws on reservoir dogs at 8-9.
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Post by Hyde on Mar 20, 2006 15:50:57 GMT
Nah I recorded it of the tv, I was to do the same thing over the next years with Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Alien etc.
anyways I may have been 10-11 but I know I was around those ages.
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Post by missdonk on Mar 20, 2006 21:45:10 GMT
My sister used to make me watch X-Files with her when she babysat for me. The nightmares I had those nights...
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